Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-06-15
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.


Wednesday.
A telephone has Just been placed in the
office of the woodworking shop of F. b.
Phelps on Depot street.
AT the Universaist church next Sunday
Rev. Leslie Moore of Claremont n. II.
will preach for Mr. Marggraf
DR.. Eddy, of Gardner, Mass, has been
spending most of the past week here with
his mother, Mrs. c. b. Eddy.
The family of Wallace White will 60 to
their cottage at Sunapee lake Saturday of
this week to open it for the season.
Miss Marcia Sawyer is home from Brad
ford, Mass, academy for the summer vaca-
ton, reaching here Wednesday.
A. n. Swain has been able to get down
town the past week for the first time after
his six weeks confinement with rheuma-
.tism.
y Tvs. Edward Arms gave hearts party
F residence yesterday, and Mrs. Fred
Jbitt, assisted by Mrs. Geo. II. Babbitt,
Jr., is to give one this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. G.. Williams have been
the only Bellows Falls people in attend
ance upon the state Congregational con-
vention this week at st. Johnsbury.
In the list of patents granted recently
appears the name of Henry Ingham of Bel
lows Falls for a machine for maintaining
air pressure in chambers of hydraulic rams.
The Fitchburg railroad had collision
in the yard Tuesday by two parts OF
train coming together with great force,
demolishing two or three freight cars.
Children's day was appropriately OBJ
served at the Methodist, Congregational
and Baptist churches last Sunday, and at
the Universalist it is to be held two weeks
later.
Nettie Wheeler is this week in attend
ance upon the high school graduating ex-
ercise at Springfield VT, she having been
engaged by the class as pianist for the
occasion.
George L. Durham of the firm of Dun
ham Brothers rode to Springfield and re-
turn Wednesday on his bicycle, making
the trip in little over an hour each way,
the distance being IA miles.
DIR. Parker has sold the old horse he has
owned so long and comes out this week
with a new and valuable one, said to step
inside the three minute line, as well as be-
ing very handsome animal.
Miss Billings, lady evangelist who la
bored for some months last year in the vii
ldSeS III Iue uOIlu part VI VIC lONu, Will
speak at Bartonsville next Sunday morning
and at Lawrence Mills in the afternoon.
A large excursion of local railroad men
leave here today for an annual outing of
few days on Lake Champlain. They are
to take in" considerable boat riding and
fishing, returning here Monday or Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ryder and daughter Char
lotte were in Concord, n. H., one day this
week attending the wedding of daughter
of Col. Wood, who has summer home in
Acworth and is well known in all this vi
cinity.
A large number of our citizens will go
to SaXtons River the coming week to the
different exercises of commencement, par
ticularly the fine concert of the Boston
Artists quartet, which occurs Tuesday
evening
The caucus of Republican voters of our
town has been called by our committee to
be held in banquet hall, Saturday after
noon at two o'clock, to choose delegates to
the state and district conventions which
are both to be held next week.
The 21st birthday anniversary of Ste
phen f. Cray was made the occasion Mon
day evening of pleasant call from about
80 young people, and before leaving he
was presented with handsome ring, in a
happy little speech by j. w. McAuliffe.
Our village came near being painted red
last week Thursday by the Vermont Acad-
envy athletic team which stopped here a
short time on their return from their sue
cessful contests at Dartmouth. Every
body was glad to see them feeling so well
for the victories were well earned.
The families of S. L. Bennett, Wallace
White and y. S. Brockway will 60 TO their
cottages at Sunapee lake Saturday to open
them for the season. Mrs A. y. Swain
will go up Monday or Tuesday to make
preparation for the occupancy of their cot
tage about July /, Mr.. Swain not yet being
able to 60.
George Allbee seems to be unfortunate
with his heavy truck team in the matter
of its running away. The horses were
frightened Tuesday by the king bolt of the
truck coming out and started to run, but
this time he held to them and they went
but short distance, not doing the amonnt
of damage that was caused a few months
ago.
No evening service was held at the
Episcopal church last Sunday evening as
Rev. Mr.. Sanford and number of his
pensioners went over TO DreWSVllle to
service, it being the occasion of the visit
alton to that mission of Bishop Niles of
New Hampshire. Mr.. Sanford has for
some years held service there at some hour
during each Sunday.
A lease has been made by the Boston
& Maine railroad of the land Just south of
the old Granger block on Westminster
street. A photograph gallery G0x20 feet
will be built on the lot. Two new blocks
on that street, facing each other will be a
large addition to our business facilities
for one year. Mr.. Arms is at work upon
the foundation to his building.
A carriage accident occurred Sunday
evening at the east end of the toll bridge
which was at first supposed to be of much
more serious result than later develop
ments showed. John Pickett and wife
were driving and the horse became fright
ened at the cars and turning threw both
out. Mrs. Pickett was badly bruised and
seemed for some time to have been in
jured internally, which did not prove to
be the case later.
New concrete walks are being put in on
Atkinson street all the way from School
street to the foot of Terrace hill, on the
west side, making an immense advantage
to the residents in that vicinity. A pc
tition to the road commissioner was made
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