Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-07-31
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.

LleDOfO mOnday aIteTnOOn'
The severe rain storm Of yesterday morn
ing washed some Of our streets considera-
bly,, and workmen were busy during the
day flushing out the sewers.
Ex-Gov. Farnham Of Bradford came here
yesterday for few days stay with his
daughter, Mrs. E. G.. Osgood, who is also
entertaining her niece, Miss Louisa John
son Of Bradford.
Edward II. Green of New York, his
wife, Hetty Green, and Miss Sylvia, are
domiciled for the summer at their resi-
dence on Church street. Mrs. Green and
her daughter are seer about the village
frequently, but Mr. Green is in poor health
and seldom goes out.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Osgood returned
Wednesday night from their two weeks
stay at the beach on Cape Cod. They
were accompanied by Miss Frances o.
good, Miss Emma Mayhem of Yarmouth
and Miss Wardwell of North Andover,
Mass. c. Herbert Osgood came home for
the summer last evening
The foundation walls of the new High
school building are just completed the size
of the building to the surface of the ground,
and the workmen are beginning today up
on the walls. Builder Buckham has brought
his family from Crown Point, n. Y, and
they are keeping house in the dwelling of
II. d. Aldrich, near the south end of At
kinson street.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Sawyer expect to at
tend the national encampment of the
Grand Army which is to be held in st.
Paul September / to 4. They will leave
here ON the special car of the Vermont
members August 20, going via Montreal.
There may be others who will go from
here also, several strongly discussing it,
but as yet undecided.
The annual report of the grand lodge of
Masons of Vermont, issued this week, con-
tains an excellent picture of Hon. l.. NJ.
Read and an outline of his life. Mr.. Read
is justly popular throughout the state, and
the complimentary manner in which the
grand lodge speaks of him is fully appre-
ciated by his many friends here. Refer
ence is made in it to his probable represen-
tation of this district in Congress at some
future time as very probable and fitting
thing
The matter Of shutting down the entire
mandatory of the Vermont Farm Ma
chine company for two weeks during the
month of August is under discussion, and
it will probably be done. During that time
the shafting will be lined up and many
much needed repairs and Improvements
made which it is impossible to do while the
shop is being run to its greatest capacity,
as has always been the case until now.
Since the company moved into their pres
ent well equipped building they have never
been idle a day for any cause whatever ex-
cept Sundays.
A new system of incandescent-arc lights
has been this week placed in the stores of
j. H. Blakeley, c. L. Aldrich W. S.
Durham and j. G. Day & Co., as well as
the depot restaurants. They are connected
with the regular incandescent circuit, and
are the finest lights yet placed here. They
have all the advantages of the arc lights,
with none of the disadvantages, the light
more closely resembling a strong daylight
than any system yet in use. They are to
be pl ID in a number of other places of
business.
George Bryant, brakeman for the Bos-
ton & Maine road, lost his right hand
about two inches above the wrist Tuesday
noon in the yard near the coal sheds in
North Walpole. He was coupling cars and
caught his arm between the dead woods.
He has been a resident here some years,
living a portion of the time in the small
house of c. w. Butterfeld on Atkinson
street, now living in the red house below
the tunnel. His wife died over year ago,
leaving large family of children, and a
few months ago he received serious injury
by being knocked off car while his train
was in motion. This last accident seems
a serious addition to his already unfortu-
nate reverses.
The engagement is announced of DR..
Charles H. Parker of Chicago to Miss Vir-
ginia Butterworth of that city. DIR. Parker
is a brother of DR.. A. j. Parker of our
village, and has many warm friends here,
as his study of dentistry was at first here
in our village. Since going to Chicago he
has graduated from both dental and medi-
cal colleges there by his own unaided eff
forts, and now holds responsible position
in charge of dental rooms with 80 opera
tives under him. Miss Butterworth is
from one of the prominent and wealthy
families of the city, and is well known in
musical circles. Her father is editor of
the Western Agriculturist of Illinois. The
marriage is set for the 18th of August
Rev. c. R. B. Dodge of the Baptist
church is spending his time for some
weeks at cottage at Lake Sunapee with
his family. Last Saturday he received a
painful injury to his face and one eye by
the striking of a piece of kindling wood
which he was chopping. At first it was
feared the injury would destroy the eye,
but he came here by the first train and his
physicians assure him it is not of a perma-
nent nature, but will incapacitate him from
his work for some weeks. He was to have
filled his pulpit last Sunday as usual, but
when Rev. j. W. Narramore of the Metho-
dist church heard of the accident he
promptly went to him and offered to fill
his place, as his own pulpit was filled for
the day by Miss Phelps, returned mis-
sionary from Japan. Mr.. Dodge and his
people fully appreciated the courtesy and
accepted. Notice is now given that the
pulpit of the Baptist church will be va
cant the next four Sundays. The pastor
of the Universalist church is absent upon
a six weeks vacation, and the church is
closed.
The new frogs for the new crossings of
the Boston & Maine with the Rutland road
have been placed in position by the work |
men of the two roads, and it is expected |
that trains will be let into the yard over the |
new iron Saturday night. The shifting of |
the roads will all be done at the upper end |
then, instead of at the Fitchburg bridge
end as heretofore Rumors are rife this |
week as to important changes in the plans
of management of the different roads here
1t is understood the Rutland road cancels
certain yard facilities heretofore leased to
the Fitchburg, and that the running on to
the Fall Mountain track by the Fitchburg
locomotives will be denied, as they have