Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-06
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.


The Columbian whist club had their first
meeting of the season Tuesday evening.
DIR. A. w. Gorham is assisting Mrs.
Hitchcock in her shoe store for the present.
Mrs. ates-lIadley has an opening at
her millinery rooms Tuesday Wednesday
and Thursday of next week.
The reunion of Windham county veter-
ans at Putney Wednesday was attended by
about 100 old soldiers from here
Nat Wheeler has finished work in a drug
store in Orange, Mass, and he and Mrs.
Wheeler are spending little time here.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Barber and Mrs.
Brown, Mrs BARRIERS mother returned
Thursday from weeks stay in Montreal
Rev. j. f. Fullerton of the Congrega-
tonal church, exchanged with Rev. Mr.
Babbitt of West Brattleboro last Sunday
The funeral of Mr.. Cole, who was killed
at Brattleboro, was held on Friday at the
home of Henry Frost, Rev. Mr.. Marggraf
officiating.
Mrs. G. A. Keyes and Miss Fannie ar
rived here from Littleton, n. H., Saturday
They are at Mr.. Leonards on Atkinson
street for the present
Mrs. c. r. B. Dodge attended the an
nual meeting of the wOman's missionary
Society Vi lllt W OOuSlOCk DdpllSb dSSbNih-
ton at Andover, Wednesday.
Mrs. f. p. Hadley and Mrs. VIM. Conant
were in Woodstock a part of this week at
tending the meeting of the womau's aux
iliary of the Episcopal church.
Mrs. Frank Landon, who has been great
sufferer for years from rheumatism, and
confined to an invaid's chair, goes to New
York tomorrow for medical treatment.
The ladies aid society of the Universal
list church served an oyster supper in their
vestry last evening, with Mrs II. {. Nc
Duffey and Mrs. 4. a. Prouty in charge.
Fannie II. Osgood went on Tuesday to
Boston to enter the private school of Miss
Emerson, taking a special course of in
struction. She was accompanied by her
mother
Rev. E. f. Marggraf was in Nashua
Wednesday and Thursday attending the
New Hampshire state convention of Uni
versalists, before which he preached the
closing sermon.
The Wednesday club met with Mrs. H.
d. Ryder Wednesday afternoon. This
being their first meeting this season no pa
pers were read, but plans were made for
the years work.
The Daughters of Rebekah gave a pleas
ny enter ldllultul 1T OhNl L 'llbNo nan lhol
Friday evening, which was well attended
This evening they will give a bean supper
at the same place.
Morrison's Faust will be given here next
Thursday evening" under the local manage
ment of II. l.. Averill. The presentation
is looked forward to with great deal of
pleasure by the theatre-going part of the
community,
Mrs. Case, a missionary from Burmah,
spoke in the Baptist church last Sunday
evening. She had, among other curiosi-
ties from that country, the garments of
priest, which were put on by young man
from the audience.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. n. Chase, who have
been spending the summer with their
daughter, Mrs. Edward Kirkland, left this
week They drive to Templeton, Mass,
and after brief visit there 90 to some
point in the South for the winter.
Frank l.. Fish, states attorney of Addi-
son county, well known by our citizens as
young man studying law few years ago
with Judge Read last week purchased
nice residence in the city of Nergennes for
his future home. All friends here rejoice
in his prosperity.
F. L. Ranville, in charge of the toll
bridge, has recently become so disabled by
disease as to necessitate his giving up the
position in which he has been so well known
to all our citizens for many years. He was
last week removed to his farm near Law
renee Mills and his place at the bridge is
being partially taken by his son. The many
personal friends of Mr. Ranvile regret the
necessity for the change, as well as the
prospect that his infirmity will be much
more than temporary matter, as advised
by his physicians.
The Mount Kilburn wheel club are to
open their new rooms Wednesday evening
next, giving a reception to their friends.
These rooms have been finished expressly
for Them and are very ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ed, giving them as fine club rooms as any
in the state. The club was organized eight
years ago with II members, and now num-
bers 20. This is the third change they
have made since leaving their first rooms
in Lovell's block. They have in each move
improved their quarters, going from good
to better and best.
The change in the passenger tariff of the
Boston IL Maine railroad, which went into
effect Monday on the Connecticut River
division, was one which our citizens appre-
ciate fully, and had worked for years to see
made. In the place of a tariff of over four
cents per mile, larger than any other road
in our state, it is now tritie less than three
To Brattleboro, in place of its being dol
lar it is II cents; to Windsor it is only 70
cents, and intermediate stations in the same
proportion. Charlestown was 35, is now
%. 1t is another indication of the Boston
& Names willingness to be just and fair
Among the new teachers this year in our
public schools is Mrs Weeks, teacher of
driving, who spends two days in each week
here, instructing in each grade except the
High school. She comes well recommend
ed, and has already become popular with
her pupils. She teaches portion of each
week in the public schools of Keene in the
same branch. Mondays and Tuesdays are
her days here. Drawing is to be put into
the High school also next year, but as the
graduating class had not had the benefit of
the rudimentary instruction necessary it is
delayed, and the junior class win continue
it next year, making it permanent study
in that room from then.
c. w. Osgood is not man who travels
with his eyes shut, and evidently wishes to
be of benefit to others who do not have the
same opportunities. His recent trip to the
Worlds Fair has "enthused'' him to the