Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-10-19
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.
Bible CoIporteur work in Bellows
Falls.

Bible ColpOrteur Work in Bellows
Falls.
Mrs. Florence A. Richardson, who has
been going through the town of Rocking
ham as a Bible colporteur, has completed
her work in this town, and has begun the
same work in the town of Westminster.
She goes about from house to house, ascer-
tanning if the family attends church and
where: if there are any Bibles in the house,
and the number of persons in the family,
in this way obtaining a complete census Of
the town. She carries for sale all sorts of
Bibles, from a tive-penny Testament to the
most elegant and expensive kind If those
are found too poor to buy, they are pro
vided with one free of cost The popula-
ton of the village of Bellows Falls, as she
finds it, is 1894; of the town of Rocking
ham outside the village 1851 making the
total population of the town 474j. The
population of Gageville and SaXtons River
street. Just outside the village limits, is
237, and the estimated population of North
Walepole is 500. As the inhabitants of
these places enjoy all the church, school,
post office and trading privileges of this
village, with the exception of North Wal
pole, which has its own school and a Ro-
man Catholic church, and as a large proper
various industries of Bellows Falls, they
are reckoned as part Of the village prop
Ell. This makes the population of Bellows
Falls 443l. The population of Rocking
ham, according to the census of 1890, was
1919, the present number 4745, showing
an increase of but 1856 in the four years,
which is less than that of the four years
preceding. The number of Protestants in
the town is $500, of Roman Catholics
1870. Twenty-siX Protestant families were
found having no Bible. and all are now
supplied. All the people in SaXtons River
and CRmbridgeport attend some church.
Mrs. Richardson seems to be eminenty
fitted for the work, and we are sure that
from what we have seen of her here all the
families in Windham county will bid her
welcome and Godspeed.
Suicide Of Ernest Green.
The people of the village were shocked
Wednesday evening to learn of the suicide
of Ernest L. Green. cashier of the Boston
u Maine railroad, at the Commercial
House. Mr., Green has made his home in
Bellows Falls for about four years, having
been formerly employed in the office of the
Fhchburg railroad. He has been some
what careless in the keeping of his books
of late After having been reprimanded
several times, he received his discharge
from Station Agent Linton Wednesday
morning. When Mr.. Linton told him the
reason for his discharge, he said, "This
will be the death of me, and also remark
ed TO Others that they need not be sur
prised to find his body III the canal; but no
serious thought was given to the remark
In the afternoon the auditor of the Boston
n Maine railroad came to look over the ac-
counts, preparatory to placing the books
il the hands OF the new cashier, Ernest H.
Ball Mr.. Linton went to Green's hotel
for the purpose of getting him to assist in
this work. On being told that the auditor
had come, Green said that he would be
ready after going 10 his room for a few
moments Soon the report of a pistol
was heard by Landlord Knowlton, who
Immediately went to his Ioom finding him
unconscious. DR.. Hill, who was summon
ed Immediately, found that nothing could
be done for him. The position which he
held in the Boston u Maine office was one
which he had long wished for, and he had
been known to say that, should he lose the
job, he would have no desire to live. Mr.
Green's parents, four brothers and a sister
reside in Keene, and one of his brothers
came from that place on the evening train
His funeral will be held there today.
a. c. Moulton is in Springfield.
II. F. King has returned from Sunapee
George Leonard OF New York spent Sun
day in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kemp are visiting
in and near Boston
Mrs. Emily Bruce of St. Adams is visit
iting her nephew, l. 5. Hayes.
Miss Leonard and Miss Abby Leonard
spent portion of last week in Plymouth
Mrs. Smith-Morse of Buffalo. North Da-
kota, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. F. p Had
ley.
Miss Adams and her sister. Miss Emily.
spent part of this week in Springfield.
Mass.
The foot ball team will play the Brattle-
boros tomorrow in the Basin. A close
game is expected
NJ. B. Kelley goes to Syracuse, y. Y.
next week to take charge of paper mill
which he has bought there.
The family of W. II. Bodine is to move
into the tenement on School street vacated
recently by W. b. Carpenter.
Mrs. F. P. Hadley, ST., has Just returned
from three-weeks visit with her daugh-
Miss Sadie Nichols of Grafton who is
visiting her sister Mrs. Hurlburt, reports
that snow fell in Grafton Monday
The Epworth league of the Methodist
church gBve an oyster supper in the vestry
of their church last Friday evening.
Albert Derby and Henry Hutchins have
gone West in the interest of Derby d Ball
They will be absent two or three weeks
Friday was an unusually good day for
the firemen's parade, the sun being visible
all day, which is an almost unheard-of oc-
currence.
Electric bells have been put into the
class-rooms of the High school that the
teachers may be warned of the time for
changing classes.
Sunapee ''hath charms for Bellows
Falls people, as c. H. Black and B. A.
Putney are spending some time there as
the guests of c. W. Towns.
DR.. Edward Kirkland was in Rutland
Wednesday in attendance upon the semi
&c J.,