Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-16
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.

of St. Johnsbury, is visiting her.
The little daughter of Geo. II. Rabbit,
IT,, who has been quite i'll. is much better
Eugene Bidwell has gone to Boston to
attend Bryant d STATIONS business col
lege
Ex.Gov. Farnham of Bradford spent
Thursday with his daughter, Mrs. +. G.
Osgood.
The committee of the associated chart
ties meets with Mrs. c. W. Osgood, Green
street. this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The noted John L. Sullivan is to appear
here in the play. "The man from Boston
March y. under the management OF {. J..
Caprou.
Mr. and Mrs. F. p Hadley returned
Monday from Burlington where they have
been visiting MI IIadley's sister Mrs.
Fred Grover.
James F. O'Brieu has been engaged as
organist at the Congregational church.
He is talented musician, and is always
received well.
The state convention of women suttrag-
lists will be held here i'm the Methodist
church March i and .. Several noted SUI
fragists are expected as speakers
The Kings Daughters Of the Universal
list church are to have a sleighrue to
Springfield tomorrow, having supper at
the hotel and returning in the evening.
Miss Lucy Barker entertained few
young friends Thursday evening in
progressive hearts party, at the resi-
dence of w. II. Griswold ON School street.
Walter Henry of Springfield Mass,
spent last sunday with his parents, both
I've Ilt4rnf il
convalescng. but Mr.. Henry is still quite
feeble
Stoves company, billed to play "Uncle
Toms Cabin at Union hall last evening"
had a bad evening for their entertainment.
The tickets had not sold well, even before
the storm.
DR.. VIM. Dickinson, the donor of two of
the most important historical paintings i'll
our town library, died at Leland Stanford
university on Feb. 2 He was a son of
the late Pliny Dickinson of Walpole.
The Abbott grocery company of Keene,
n. H.. has bought the grocery store of c.
II. Shepardson, taking possession March /.
Mr.. Shepardson is to remain in their EN-
ploy here having charge Of the store.
Dr. George L. Royce, who eight or ten
years ago had a large practice in our place,
coming here to the hotel at stated inter
walls. died few weeks ago at his old home
in Wales. Mass He was quite widely
known throughout New England.
Nj Geo. Durham, who has charge of
Durham Bros. shoe store here went to
Bratteboro Saturday, and because of i'll
nees has had to remain there portion of
this.weeh Mr.. Stowell from their Brat
tleboro store has been here in his place.
Certainly the people of the Baptist
church are not afraid of cold water, for in
the hard storm of last Friday they took a
sleghride to Putney, where they held a
banquet in the vestry OF the church there.
returning in the small hours of the morn
ing.
Miss Acsah Morrison of Windsor, for
merry a teacher in the ninth grade of our
schools. has been in town few days this
week. calling on old friends and pupils.
1t is understood she contemplates assum-
ing school for life term in the near
future.
No one will want to lose hearing the
Temple quartet, which sings in the opera
house this evening under the auspices of
the star lecture course. This is the last
but one in a very enjoyable season of en-
the committee.
Another addition to the collection of
pictures in the town library is one of the
old toll bridge, built in 1895 by Enoch
Hale; also the old Nathaniel Tucker house,
which stood on the New Hampshire side.
This was painted and presented by f. j.
Blake. and will be valuable i'm connection
with the history of our town.
Ned Pierce. the stating contractor. was
in Poutney, Fair Haven and Granville,
n. y, last week purchasing his stock for
this seasons work. He thinks the out
look for his work in our vicinity for the
coming year is fairly good Our village is
certainly not feeling the stringency in
business that is being experienced in most
localities.
While Master Dana Pierce happened"
to be attending to some very important er-
rands in the Square Wednesday evening.
his young friends, to the number of about
%, convened at the home of Master Louis
Robertson, and from there stealthily made
their way to his home, where they took
possession OF the house and were ready to
receive him on his return. The evening
was spent very pleasantly in the manner
of a palette party, and all had a Jolly
good time.
A representative of the Home for Desti-
tute Children of Boston is to be at some
of the churches next Sunday in the inter
est of that institution. He is to have four
of the little ones with him as samples. -
and it is understood his mission is the
finding of homes for a number of the
inmates among families in this vicinity
1t is said the present hard times in most
localities is showing itself in their work
more in not being able TO find homes enough
than in the lack of funds necessary to sus-
tain it.
The Bellows Falls club is showing that it
is still alive, though for many months we
have heard little of it. Monday evening
they had a meeting and supper at Towns
Hotel, at which time II new members
were received. Mrs. Ball, Miss Rob
inson, Geo. B. Wheeler and James O'Brien
entertained the company with choice Sc
lections of vocal and instrumental music,
and Mrs. Chas. Gibson read two selections,
which were very entertaining, as her
readings always are. Following the sup
per Hon. A. \. Swain gave a spicy ad-
dress.
The store in the block owned by Thos.
Dominique at the north end of the
Square has been occupied as a clothing
store for some weeks by a man generally
understood to be a jew, named j. Nj.
Rosenbaum. He lives in one of James