Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-12

editor of the New York evening Tele-
gram
Quite an amount Of the paraphernalia
used in the recent rendering of "Mother
Goose" by the young people of the Con
gregational society has been disposed of
and sent to a society in Buffalo, N. Y.
Among the articles sent were the immense
pumpkin and shoe.
Rev Robert Stuart Macarthur lectures
in the opera house this evening upon "The
empire of the Gar, the great bear of the
North" 1t is Rev. DR.. MacArthurs first
appearance among us, but his fame has
preceded him, and his lecture is looked
forward to with a great deal of pleasurable
anticipation.
Myron h. Isham. former well-known
dry goods man of our village, now Of
Minneapolis, Mimi. has been spending a
week or two in Vermont, and was here a
few days last week He has many warm
friends in Bellows Falls, especially among
the Masonic fraternity, of which he was an
active member when here.
The marriage of j. c. Clair and Miss
NJ. Belle Putnam occurred in Boston at
the residence of Archbishop Williams
Wednesday. Following the ceremony
there was a wedding breakfast at the home
of the brides father W. ID. Putnam, at
PIG West Chester Park Mr. Glars many
friends here tender him their hearty con
gratulatons.
The records of the board of health of
our village show only 3G deaths during
/ 1898, and that no deaths occurred in the
months of October and December OF the
deaths recorded, l. were of children less
than one year old. Three were over so
and II were over Co. There were Sc
deaths recorded in 1892 In 1892 there
were 100 births in our village, and but 30
in 1898.
A meeting of representatives from the
different churches of the village was held
in Banquet hall last Friday afternoon to
consider what united efforts could be made
to relieve cases of want that may occur in
town during the winter 1t was voted
that one lady should be chosen from each
church, to whom any such cases coming to
any ones knowledge, may be reported.
The first meeting of the committee is held
at the parish house of the Episcopal socie-
ty this afternoon at clock.
Jessie Ryder, daughter of II. F. Ryder,
Esq, had a narrow escape from a serious
accident while cOasting Monday. In COM
pany with another girl, while rapidly de
scending an icy hill, in trying to avoid a
team she was thrown against fence and
seriously bruised. The hill has been post
ed to prevent The possibility of more seri-
Gus accidents. Being near the High school
building, it is quite disappointment to the
children not to be able to slide there
At 11:30 Wednesday night an alarm of
fire was rung in from box - for a fire in
the residence of Harley j. Huntoon on
Atkinson street. The fire took in the /,
from what cause it is not known, but rats
and matches are suggested. The L is
ruined and the main part of the house
badly damaged. Much of the contents of
the house was saved, and much thoroughly
wet through and smoked. There were
three tenements in the house. MI Huck-
ings, who lived III the second story, had no
insurance.
L. L. Gotta moves his barber shop next
Monday from the rooms he has occupied in
the second story in Mammoth block. He
is to 90 on to the ground floor in Grav's
block, formerly occupied by f. /. Anna
don's jewelry store. Mr.. Cota's shop is
the direct successor of that formerly own
ed by Z. c. Foot, and later by L. } Flu
cite. He has trst-Class assistant. who
came recently from Massachusetts, and is
doing good work in both his chairs This
makes all of our five barber shops now To-
Gated on ground floors.
DR.. Woodbury., who had an office in OPP
era House block for a few months. and
who went from here to Warren. K. l.,
died recently at his home in that place.
The doctors wife was a sister of Miss e.
len Weed, so pleasantly remembered here.
having been for several years compositor
in the Times office, and a member of Mr.
Swain family. DR.. Woodbury. was a ma
tive of Claremont, y. H., a graduate of
Dartmouth, and in going to Warren, Il. l..
assumed an exceedingly lucrative prac-
tice, and at the time of his death was one
OF the leading physicians of the place
Dr. \. j. Parker who is quite poultry
tancier, has recently added to his stock a
very fine trio of the "autocrat" strain Of
light Brahmas from the yards of Philander
Williams of Taunton, Mass. Mr. VIII
llams, who is the originator of that strain.
is one of the leading breeders in the
United States, and these fowls are hand .
some birds The doctor seems to have a
hen which pays particular attention to the .
calendar feasts of the year having laid for
Thanksgiving an egg measuring Il by qg. .
Again at Christmas she laid another. .
measuring = by %. He is looking very
to see the result of her Easter
efforts
School Notes.