Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-05-08
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.

Miss Maud Fleming OF Springfield is
visiting in town.
Miss Anna Williams visited relatives in
Bethel last week.
Mrs. G. L. Wheeler visited Mrs. Charles
Walker in Chester last week.
Mrs George Dickinson and family of
New York are visiting Mrs. Dickinsons
father, George F. Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Conway have moved
into the j. II. lockwood house on School
street. Mrs. F. d. Stillwell will occupy the
house vacated by them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Swain, Mr.. and Mrs.
Black, Mr.. and Mrs. Labaree and Miss
Labaree spent Sunday at their respective
cottages at Lake Sunapee.
The ladies' union of the Congregational
church are issuing invitations to their
friends to attend each one their own birth
day party Thursday, May q.
Miss Lothrop, who will be well remem-
bered as a former music teacher at St.
Agnes hall, and organist of Emmanuel
church, will spend the summer in town.
A large photograph of Bellows Falls, %
by "a, is on exhibition in the window of
Clark Chase's furniture store. 1t is taken
from table rock, and is the work of F. j.
Blake.
The unimproved land belonging to the
cemetery is this spring being put in order,
and drives laid out, as in the older por-
ton. The main avenue will terminate in
a rose garden.
The Commercial House was raided We'd
nesday for the first time under the new
management. Liquors were found, and
the propretors were mulcted on a total of
$103 fines and costs for keeping and selling
Sample examination papers of last terms
work in the High school were sent to the
foremost colleges in New England, and in
response to requests, Wellesley and Smith
have placed our school on the list of those
accredited with certificates.
The Congregational double quartet choir
goes to Westmoreland next Thursday, ac-
companied by the organist and violin or
chestra, to give a concert in the church,
Mrs. Wilder, Mr., Barber, Mr.. Viau and
Miss Day being soloists.
DIR. E. r. Campbell and Conductor H. J.
Woodfall have been comforting with F. X.
Robbins, agent for the Y armouth Steamship
company, regarding another excursion to
Nova Scotia next summer by party SINH
lar to that which took the trip last year.
The young people of the Baptist church,
who have, in connection with the Christian
Endeavor society of the Congregational
church, carried on the Rockingham Sun
day school work, have withdrawn, and the
school will be continued by the Congrega-
tional young people
The eight members of the Junior class,
Bellows Falls High school, who have been
chosen to take part in the exhibition are
drilling under Mrs. j. II. Blakeley, who
has for several years had charge of this de-
partment of the work in the school. The
exhibition will probably occur week after
next.
A warrant is out for the arrest of L. T.
Lowell, Lewis c. Lowell and S. j. Cray,
for breach of peace. A row occurred
week ago Monday, in which all three were
concerned, the bone of contention being a
bill which Cray was attempting to collect
of Lowell. hearing was set for yesterday
but was held over until one week from to-
day.
The children from No. 2 school building
have been persevering in their efforts to
purchase new flag for their school build
ing by selling shares. They have at last
completed their canvass, and the new flag
will be unfurled next Memorial day, at
which time Capt. W. H. Taylor will speak
to the children, with whom he seems to be
great favorite.
Prof. o. L. Beverage of Brattleboro will
give a lecture this evening at the High
school, his subject being, 1.-TWO weeks
along the St. Lawrence" A pleasing
musical program will precede the lecture,
which will be followed by refreshments.
The proceeds will help pay for the new
picture which has recently been hung in
the assembly room.
Hon. F. C. Partridge of Rutland, ex-
minister to Venezuela, gave talk in the
Y. M. c. A. rooms Monday evening on
"Venezuela." He described the charac-
teristics, and the customs and manners of
the inhabitants of Venezuela, and closed
by giving a minute explanation of the
troubles and the causes which led to the
dispute over the boundary lines.
The "Worlds Fair Bohemian glass
blowers come here for a weeks run at
Union hall next Monday. The program
consists of instrumental music, a farce,
dancing, with the usual exhibit of glass
blowing, spinning, and weaving the pro-
gram to be varied each evening A matt
nee and baby show will occur Saturday af-
ternoon. A prize is offered for the hand
soonest badly. This company comes here
under the management of the Owl club.
Major d. L. Whttle, who has been as
ISOLATED with D. L. Moody in his evange-
listic work, gave an address in Union hall
Sunday evening, before a full house. He
took as his topic, "The young mans ques-
ton of Christ" Major Whittle is an
earnest speaker and won and held the at
tention of his audience throughout the
evening. The music was furnished by a
chorus of 25 under the leadership of c. L.
Barber, and by the Y. NJ. c. A. male quar-
tet. A pleasing bass solo was rendered by
Mr.. Flint of Providence.