Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-27
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.
Thanksgiving Notes.

Among those from out of town, who
spent Thanksgiving here are: Edwin Bush
of Keene with his father, j. A. Bush; r. W.
Roundy of Amherst with his parents at
the Upper Meadows; G. f. White of Brown
university with his parents G. II. Osgood
of Yarmouth, and Miss Addie Osgood of
Lawrence with the family of G. w. Osgood;
Mrs. S. p. Danforth of Royalton, Mrs. W.
b. Danforth of New Haven, Mrs. Mary b.
Danforth of Claremont, and o. L. French
of Brattleboro were guests of L. S. Hayes
and family; Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey of Clare
mont, with their daughter, Mrs. Francis
G. Flint; Dan Campbell of Tufts, with
his parents, DIR. and Mrs. Campbell.
G. H. Robb spent Thanksgiving at Brat
tleboro; Miss Harrington and Miss Head of
the High school went to their respective
homes; Miss Dewey, teacher in the ninth
grade, to Boston; Miss Eva Fuller to
Charlestown; Miss Annie Bemis to Sax
tons River; Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Sawyer,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Wilder, jr., and
Lowell Wilder, are the guests.of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. W. Wilder, ST., in Newton, Mass.
Mrs. E. F. Coolidge spent Thursday with
her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Goodrich at Mt.
Holley; Dr. Kirkland and family, to
Brattleboro and Hon. and Mrs. A. N.
Swain, Mrs. Upham and Master Frank
and George, to South Charlestown, N. H.;
Guy Blossom to East Hardwick.
Rev. Ellsworth Fullerton delivered the
Thanksgiving day sermon at the Methodist
church last evening.
Mrs. George c. Knights, who died at
Ludlow recently at the age of Ga, was the
mother of Mrs. j. II. Blakeley Of this viii
lage.
DR.. j. Sutclffe Hill has been at Dart
mouth college recently as one of the exam
liners before whom the graduating class of
'96 appeared.
'The comedy sunbeam, Nora" is play
ing at the opera house this week to fair
sized audiences. On Thanksgiving day
she gave two performances.
A foot ball game between Vermont
Academy and Stevens High school Of
'Claremont, played on Kings field yester-
day, resulted in score of 10 to 0 in favor
of Vermont Academy.
The Junior Christian Endeavor society
of the Congregational church gave social
in the church parlors Wednesday evening
and spent a merry evening with games,
and refreshments of popcorn balls.
The Westminster club will hold the first
ladies' night of the season this evening.
The Mt. Kilburn Wheel club will entertain
their lady friends Tuesday evening. The
Ladies' Social club gave "Men's night"
Monday evening at Towns Hotel.
Mrs. Rittenhouse, graduate of the
training school of Keene, n. H., city hos
pital and of Bellevue hospital in New York,
is rooming at Mrs. Stillwell's house on
School street. The people of this village
will be glad to welcome so efficient trained
nurse, especially as she is endorsed by the
local physicians.
A small audience gathered in the Y. NJ.
G. A. rooms Monday evening to hear S.
w. Wilder, jr., in his familiar talk on
chemistry and its relation to paper-making.
This was very interesting talk, the first
of series of four on the same subject,
given fortnightly. 1t is pity so few were
present, as presence at the first will add
to the interest of the subsequent lectures.
Lieut.. S. A. Foote, U. S. A., of Vermont
Academy will speak on "Coast defences"
next Monday evening.
Mrs. S. W. Stuart, "a, died Thursday
from pneumonia, after weeks illness.
She was daughter of the late Jared Farm
er of Grafton, but Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart
had lived here for nearly 80 years. Mrs.
Stuart was a member of the Baptist church
and woman who was held in sincere es-
TEEN. She leaves husband and one son,
Will P. Stuart, and four step-cihldren,
Mrs. j. R. Ball of Sherbrooke, p. O., Mrs.
w. P. Wilson of West Fitchburg, Belle E.
Stuart and May E. Stuart.
Benjamin L. Shaw, whose critical illness
was announced last week, died on Friday
aged 70. Mr.. Shaw was born in New York,
but most of his life was spent at Putney,
l.. Ill IA. L..
many years. Since 1888 he had lived here
with his only daughter, Mrs. Frank G.
Day. He is also survived by two brothers,
George G. Shaw of Portland, Me-, and Je-
rome V. Shaw of Putney. The funeral
was held Saturday, Rev. j. E. Fullerton
officiating
The graded schools in buildings Nos
2 and f. the Island House, and the ninth
grade in building No l, furnished Thanks
giving dinners for large number of desti-
tute families, being so bountiful in their
voluntary offerings as to provide provisions
for some time to come. The schools in
No. sent their thank-offerings to the
Home for Little Wanderers in Boston,
filling three barrels and large box with
provisions. Thus the children added to
the enjoyment of their own Thanksgiving,
and learn early the lesson of sharing with
their less favored brothers and sisters.
Farmers in Bellows Falls and vicinity,
who are supplying milk to the Boston
Dairy company, are indignant over the re-
peated reductions in price made by the
company, cuts aggregating about 25 per
cent having been made during the past year.
A meeting was held in Union hall Friday
to discuss forming local branch of the
New England milk producers union and a
temporary organization was formed with F.
p. Wells of Chester chairman. The meet
ing was addressed by George M. Whitta-
ker of Boston, who represents the union,
and adjourned until next Saturday, when
the matter will be more fully discussed and
some action probably taken.
WHSTNETN STER