Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25


and the masses of bright flowers formed a
dainty and effective background for a
pretty picture. The happy couple were &C
companied to the o'clock train by bevy
mischievous young people, who gave
them royal farewell. After a ten days
wedding trip, Mr.. and Mrs. Guild will be
welcomed by their many friends at the
home of George 1. Guild.
Rev. E. E. Marggraf was in Alstead the
first of the week.
Miss Hattie Hapgood visited friends in
North Troy last week.
Geo. O. Guild and Mrs. Geo. II. Holmes
spent portion of last week in Boston.
Mrs. William B. Danforth of New Ha-
ven is visiting hersister, Mrs. L. S. Hayes
Bellows Falls was defeated at base ball
last Saturday by Keene, with a score of )
to
c. w. Osgood and family returned yes
terday from ten days excursion in Can
ada.
The Y. NJ. c. A. will hold celebration
of its first anniversary in Union hall Sun
day, Sept p.
Stephen S. Cray and Miss Ellen Driscoll
were united in marriage at st. Charles
Tuesday morning.
Miss Sylvia Powers of Athens has re-
turned to Bellows Falls to attend the High
school for the winter
Miss Jessie Buchanan goes to Boston
next month"; where she will study vocal
music under the instruction of Francis
Perry.
A large class will be confirmed at St.
Charles's next Sunday, when Bishop
Michanu M he l-ere for the first time in
two years.
Miss Gertrude Weston gave whist par
ty Wednesday evening, at her home on
South Terrace, in honor of lady guests
from New Mexico.
The annual meeting of the Y. NJ. c. A.
occurs next Monday evening. Among
other business to come before the members
will be the election of four new directors.
1t has been decided by the directors of
the Y. NJ. c. A. to hire another room,
which, with one of those already rented
will be furnished with suitable parlor fit
tings.
Mrs. Joseph Wilson was in town the
first of the week, as the guest of her son,
H. c. Elliott. Mrs. Wilson has gone to
-ElwoOd, Ind, to spend the winter with
daughter.
Many of our citizens were saddened by
the sudden death last Thursday of Mrs. F.
B. Locke at Saxtons River, as she had
many warm friends here who will mourn
her loss.
The friends of Robert Clair will regret
to learn that he is contemplating removing
to Boston within few weeks, where he
will make his home with his sons, John
and Patsy.
A slight freight collision occurred Sat
mlrday evening in the yard of the Boston &
Maine road, resulting in the demolition of
- neral cars and the coal sheds of Eaton d
Jorw: pod and j. Keefe.
!. The young people of the Universalist
churc b served a campaign supper in Union
hall st evening, which was followed by a
novel Entertainment, in the form of re-
ceptiJn given by Columbia
Rev. Harry n. Dascomb, who has many
warm friends here, was married in Brook
line, Mass, Tuesday to Miss Lorosa Will
son of Boston. He is followed to his
home in Pullman, ILL.,, by heartiest good
wishes. ---
weeh Joshua Simpkins" will be given at the
OF Ara house next Monday evening under
N wIN local management of c. E. Capron.
IlcKis is very amusing rural play and has
neady become popular with Bellows Falls
an eatre goers.
r. Those who attended Hoyt's ga Texas
NJ ger" last Monday evening consider it
. e of the best presentations of that pop
CIR play ever given in town. Not little
staff crest was added by the presence of Mr.
Ti. cogt himself.
John II. Chase, Amherst '96, has been
awhrded a postgraduate scholarship at
Columbia college, in consideration of ex-
cellent work done by him in the sciences
at Amherst. He will enter Columbia col
lege next week.
George P. Geer, 50, who died at Spring
field, Mass, Tuesday, was a native of this
place, but at the age of IA he went to Bos-
ton to become clerk in a store He was
for many years cashier for an express COM
pany in Springfield, was then at the head
of commercial school, and later became
an expert accountant.
In the old Island House the town has
this year fitted up two pretty school rooms
for the use of the Sth grade, with Misses
Bemis and Powers as teachers. The wide
corridors and deserted halls now echo to
new and unheard of music, which seems
quite an objectionable Intrusion to the
gray old rats and spiders, which have so
long held sway among the bales and boxes.
Among those who have gone, or will
soon go, to college for the fall, are Flor
ence Young to Oberlin, Mary Read to
NSmith, Elizabeth Williams to Vassar, John |
chase to Columbia university, Daniel |
and Edgar McDuffee to Tufts, |
lat IN Babbitt and Ernest White to Brown,
he aur Dascomb to the Boston Law |
he f5bl. John Chase will ride to New |
ave mo- his wheel.
,erhaps, association of Daughters of Erin,
Tuesday evening, auxiliary |