Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-11-09
Miss Frances osgood is visiting in Boston.


Mr. and Mrs L. S. Hayes are IN New York
Rev H. G. Maxwell will preach at the Univer-
salist church next Sunday.
C. H. Osgood is substituting in the 9TH grade for
Miss Kate Minard who is i'll.
The ladies of the Baptist church gave an oyster
supper in their vestry Wednesday evening
Miss Josie Derby returned last week Fl ON five
weeks visit in New York and Washington
Mrs c. E. Capron is very i'll, and her daughter,
Mrs Edison of St Johnsbury, is caring for her'
The ladies of the Methodist church served their
fortnightly society supper Wednesday evening
The boards are posted for Sawtelle dramatic
company, which plays at the opera house next
week
Mr. and Mrs Edward Searle, former residents
of Bellows Falls, were in town part OF uhs
week.
Bible day will be observed at the Baptist church
a week from next Sunday, concert being given
in the evening.
G. II Shepardson has opened tea, coffee and
spice store in connection with his bicycle livery
on Canal street
The Windsor foot ball team comes here to-
morrow, to play the home team III the nelo De-
yond the Basin.
The Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor of the Congregational church give sheet
and pillow-case party this evening.
The evening train over the he. Boston t Name Name
road which arrives here at sos, VIII IN the future
wait for the Gas train Jver the Filchourg.
AS15O excursion will be run to Montreal next
week from all points between Rutland ana bef
ON account of the cold weather {. w. Butter
field has suspended his open air auctions ana Is
selling the remainder of his plants at private safe
Miss Josephine Sylvester, milliner in the
store of Mrs Conway, is the owner OF Ine SlV
which was given away at the New YORK Racket
last week.
The Young men of S. s. Wright's class in the
Methodist Sunday school, will give their annual
supper and entertainment in the Vestry next + II
day evening".
DeKoven & Smiths popular opera, The fenc-
ing master, was played before very full house
Wednesday evening Miss Dorothy Morton taxing
the leading role
The Young people of the Unversalist church
repeated The cool collegian," at Walpole last
week, under the auspices of the Young feope
guild in that place.
Those who expected an exciting game OF foot
ball last Friday were disappointed as it was all
on one side from the start The score was spring
field 0, Bellows Falls 60.
At the monthly meeting of the Mt; Kilburn
Junior auxiliary Wednesday evening the newly
organized girl choir from the Congregational
church gave some selections.
The ladies of Emmanuel church will hold a
chicken pie supper in Schouler memorial chapel
next Thursday evening A novel feature VIII oe
the sewing contest in the evening, IN when the
gentlemen will be the participants.
Bellows Falls was defeated at foot ball Tuesday,
by the Claremonts; score IA 10 4. The game was
played at Claremont and the ground, on account
of the snow, was in poor condition, and Bellows
Falls played one of the poorest games Of the sea
son.
Wheeler's steam laundry was entered last
Thursday night, the safe blown open and about
$50 in money, beside some valuable papers. was
taken. An attempt was made the same night TO
open the safe at the bottling house of the Noun
tain Spring brewing company, but 1t failed. 1t is
thought that both We're the work of the same
parties.
Rev Mr.. Barber, former pastor Of the Con
gregational chu CHI at SaXtons River, was in town
last week and spoke in the Congregational church
Friday evening He was in SaXtons River when
this church was formed, A years ago, with nine
members Naturally, coming back to the village
now, he finds many changes. The membership OF
the church in 90 was 1871.
Shire Kuroda, a young Japanese, who has suf-
fered much in the cause of Christianity, spoke at
at the Congregational church last Sunday even
ing Mr. Kuroda was the oldest son of a Japa-
nese prince and was educated in Buddhist
school, and after leaving this school, he entered
military academy, where he met Christian pro
fessor, through whose aid he was converted to
Christianity When his decision became known
he was urged to give up his faith, and finally
thrown into prison and disinherited. Through
the instrumentality of an American missionary he
found simple work to do, and earned enough
money to buy his passage TO this country.
Brought up in the utmost luxury, he was forced
to go oftentimes days WITHOUT food while he was
working his way from San Francisco to New Eng
land. 1t had been his plan to enter Amherst col
lege, where that Christian Japanese, Neesima. had
word of English he got into the agricultural col
lege. He finishes a four years course there in
the spring, and will enter Amherst next year
earning his tuition he goes. When he has OBJ
tanned an education he will go back to Japan as
missionary.