Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-05
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.

The ladies of the Universalist church
held their fortnightly supper in their YES
try last evening.
II. d. Ryder county examiner, conducts
teachers examinations in The High school
building tomorrow.
Newton Clark, 81, Bellows Falls High
school, % Dartmouth, is to be one of the
assistants at the High school the coming
term.
Breakers Ahead" is soon to be given
i'm Ogdensburg. y. Y. Mr. Kenyon made
a little call in town on his way to that
town last week.
The familiar face of eN-Postmaster Car
non has greeted people at the post-otlice
for the past few days on account of the alb
sence of James Hackett.
Fred Saker is beginning to build new
and first. class residence for his own use on
the Webb Terrace, Just south ,of the one
erected three years ago by 5. ). Washer
The owl club hold their minstrel enter
tainment the Monday following Easter
One of the attractions is a song entitled
"Thc owl club banquet by Steve Tyr
rel
Commander Barney Cannon, ir,, will Wis
it the Soldiers Home in Bennington Sat
urday. He will assist Custer post of that
place in their annual celebration of Lees
surrender
a locomotive started ont ON a trip of its
own one day last week, having neither en-
gineer nor fireman 1t just opened the
doors of the round house and walked out
and into the pit Of the turn table,
The missionary societies of the Metho-
dist church serve a supper in Banquet hall
this evening i'm connection with their sale
Maple sugar and eggs cooked in various
ways are part of their bill Of fare.
The familiar quotation, "Banquo's
ghost will not down. is eNemplifed by
Col Sillowaye This week he makes him
self evident in a request to be admitted to
the Tewksbury almshouse, which was
granted.
The machinery of Guild a Wetherbee's
paper mill is nearly all in position and it is
expected it will be started by the 18th,
which is earlier than indicated few weeks
ago. They are to have one of the best
mills in the vicinity.
NJ. B. Kelley and wife left this week for
Fayetteville (Onondaga Coz, Y. Y, where
Mr.. Kelly is to be associated with j. W.
Hurlburt in the operation of the Fayette-
vile Paper Co., manufacturing tissue and
other manila papers.
F. Is. Tracy of the late firm of Stone,
Tuxbury n Co., is to remove to Windsor
within a few weeks. He is spending the
most of his time there at present pending
his removal He has become member
there of the firm of Stone a, Sons.
Henry f. BOwtelle and Mr.. Crosier, the
baker formerly employed by 5. 5. Washer
have made material improvements in their
bakery and are in shape to serve all their
customers i'm prompt and satisfactory
manner. Both are popular men here and
will make a success.
A large part of our citizens have for
months looked forward tothe coming of the
Boston Festival orchestra as an entertain
ment of great merit, and with high antici-
patton. Many are now disappointed to
find the concert booked for next week Fri
day, which is the fast Of GoQd Friday.
Mrs. Patrick Hackett died Monday and
was buried from st. Charles church Thurs
day. The series OF sad deaths in her fam
lily the past few wears Mas excited the sym
pathy of many friends. Her husband was
killed by an accident at the foundry, and a
son died a few weeks ago from the effects
OF an accident at the paper mills.
DR.. A. w. Gorham has been employed by
the state board of agriculture in his capac-
ity as veterinary surgeon, and this week is
visiting various parts of Vermont eNamin-
lining herds of cattle for the dreaded tubeT-
culosis. The doctor is having a very sat
isfactory practice in this vicinity, and we
are fortunate in having here so efficient a
specialist in that line
c. W. Osgood gave a very interesting
talk on "Christ in art at the vestrv of the
Congregational church Friday evening, il
Illustrated by IS stereoptcou pictures, and,
it proved one of the most enjoyable OF the
church entertainments of the year We'd
nesday evening he gave his illustrated ac-
count of his Florida Tip at Red Mems hall
to his workmen and their friends
Henry A. Phelps of Ludlow has been in
town a portion of the week and is to move
his family here again as soon as he can find
a suitable tenement The block in Lud-
low which he has been erecting the past
winter is finished and he is now engaged
in experimenting the building of the new
Methodist church at Windsor The door
and window frames for the church are
being made here at the shop Of +, B.
Phelps.
c. W. Butterfeld had formal opening
of his new restaurant in the new Arms
block on Westminster street Monday. He
has the best eating rooms which have ever
been in Bellows Falls, and a large measure
of success in his venture is deserved. His
rooms were tastefully arranged with a large
display of cut flowers, which is to be
prominent feature of his trade Sand
witches and hot coffee We're served to his
friends who called throughout the day.
The addition to the business of the Yer
mont Farm Machine company brought
from New Jersey, mentioned last week, is
the manufacture of their well-known milk
separator. This is the complicated ma
chine for extracting cream from the milk,
and is made in all sizes from the small hand
power device for single diaries to the largest
ones used in cTeameries. Heretofore they
have been manufactured for the company
in New Jersey, but are now made here.
This requires a complete machine shop and
is giving employment to quite a large num-
Der of new skilled wOrkmen, adding mate
rally to the industries of our village.
A. A. Halliday & Son are arranging for
raising large amount of seed of their new
variety of tomato this year and will set out
several acres of their plants. This some
what curtails their usual amount of early
vegetable raising because of lack of room
upon their grounds, but they will furnish
them during the season as usual. The
greenhouses of c. W. Butterfeld are being
filled with early plants tomatoes lettuce,
radishes, pansies, verbenas, asteTs, etc.
These are to be in charge of exit" Rice,
urb hos an iptapact in tho b1,eiraoc and &C.