Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-05
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.

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nephew of n. G. Williams, spent Sunday
In town.
State Auditor F. d. Hale was in town
portion of Tuesday and Wednesday on Of
fetal business.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Wilder, jr., went to
Rutland Tuesday evening, returning We'd
nesday evening.
j. II. Blakeley's steamer has been put in
commission and has made a number of
trips up the river.
Judge l.. NJ. Read was in Northampton
yesterday making arrangements for his
daughter Mary to enter Smith college next
September.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. y. Swain went to Suna-
pee lake yesterday to open their cottage for
the season, but will remain but few days
at this time.
W. S. Eaton, who has been in Michigan
during the past two weeks with his family,
was expected home Wednesday of this
week, but will not come until Tuesday of
next week.
E. W. Brown, of the F. B. F. Grocery
company, starts today for a visit of a week
or two to his old home in Hopkinton, n.
Y, accompanied by a brother from the
West, who has been visiting him here.
The town caucus to elect delegates 10
state, district and county conventions is to
be held next week Saturday, and will be
fully attended because Of the various in
terests represented by the conventions.
L. P. Thayer is building a summer cot
tage on the shores of Caspian lake in the
town of Greensboro. He already has one
which he occupies large portion of the
season at Highgate on Lake Champlain.
Harry Dascomb, who graduated a few
weeks ago from the theological seminary in
Chicago, and who had been expected to
come East and preach at Westminster dur
ing the summer, has decided to remain in
Chicago.
Frank A. Thwing rode his bicycle Sat
urday to Easthampton, Mass, to visit
friends, returning Tuesday. When he
started he expected to go to Springfield but
met his friends with whom he was to visit
at Easthampton instead
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Coolidge were sum-
moned to Gardner, Mass, Saturday by the
death of the father of Mrs. Coolidge. Waldo
Coolidge went down Monday afternoon, at
tending the funeral Tuesday. The death
was due to a shock of paralysis.
Al schools below the 9th grade will
close their school year next week Friday
The 9th grade and the High school will
close a week later, the delay being caused
by inability to complete the prescribed
courses of study as early as usual.
Quite a number of prominent men from
other parts of the state were in town last
Friday and organized what is known as a
Junior Order of United Workmen, which
is understood to be a branch of the order
of similar name. 1t has for its object a
mutual insurance scheme.
The delegates from this town to the Yer
mont Baptist Sunday school convention,
which has been in session this week at
Newport, were Rev. c. r. b Dodge, John
o. Spring, Prof. and Mrs. Bristol, Rev.
and Mrs. W. r. Baldwin, and Miss Cum
mings of Vermont Academy.
B. Cannon, jr., assisted in the post-office
yesterday for the first time in Is months.
Chief Clerk Davis has been absent this
week fes the purpose of securing partner
in life, and one of the other clerks was
taken i'll, reducing the force so much it
was necessary to get in outsiders.
Contrary to the usual custom, the grad
uating exercises of the High school this
year will consist of a lecture by some well
known orator and the valedictory essay by
Miss Stella Webb The second honor was
awarded to Miss Mary Read. In place of
her essay, Willard H. Bacon will deliver
the class grafton.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Osgood went to New
Haven, Conn, Tuesday, attending the an
nual convention of the Congregational
Home Missionary society, to which Mr..
Osgood was delegate. They expect to at
tend the annual convention of the Con-
gregational churches of Vermont at Brad
ford next week, Mr.. Osgood having been
elected as delegate.
Rev. J. E. Fullerton and c. II. Sawyer
went to Springfield Monday in attendance
upon council of churches called to dis
miss Rev. Thomas Bickford from the pas
torate of that church. The churches of
Grafton, Weston, Saxtons River, Chester,
Ludlow Windsor and Charlestown were also
represented. Mr.. Fullerton was chosen
moderator of the council.
The freight trains to and from points
north of Burlington, still continue to be
run via Windsor instead of over the Rut-
land road, leaving the business of that line
very light This is supposed to be per-
manent arrangement, as the Central wish
to draw the freight over their own line,
which is possible as they control both the
north and south ends of the major part
of the traffic.
P. T. Clair has been in town portion of
the week, and has gone to Fitchburg,
Mass, as manager of a branch grocery
store of Cobb, Aldrich & Co. of Boston.
He has been with this firm since he left
Bellows Falls, familiarizing himself with
the business in the Boston store for the
purpose of taking this place. His many
friends here are pleased at his promising
outlook for the future.
James Gallagher of North Walpole, an
employe of the Fall Mountain Paper
company, left his family consisting of a
wife and five children about month ago.
1t is supposed that he has gone into the
navy, as he had for some time talked of
attempting it, and there is some evidence
that he applied at Boston two days after
he left here and was rejected for some
minor reason. 1t is probable that he sue
ceeded in shipping from New York.
The work of laying the paving stones in
the square is progressing rapidly this week,
it having been begun Tuesday with large
gang of men who come here for the pur-
pose. The square has been impossible
most of the week. The work will proba-
bly, be completed by Tuesday or Wednes-
day of next week. 1t already makes an
immense improvement in the looks of the
locality, and only expressions of satisfac-
ton are heard now as to the wisdom of the
expenditure.
DIR. E. R. Campbell and Conductor
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