Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-18
Col. Alfred A. Hall of St. Adams was

Col. Alfred A. Hall OF st. Adams was in
tc:Iyc.4eEl 10 thaTRak to visit his parents,
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iP5kating2oEEa been fine on Minard's pond
all this week and many parties have been
taking advantage of it each day.
Don't fail to examine the show window
fiof j. j. Fenton & Co. Saturday morning.
+ 1t will pay to make an effort to do so, as
he has surprise arranged that will be
novelty in Bellows Falls.
The Amphion quartet of Boston, assist
ed by Mrs. s. w. Wilder, will give a con-
cert in Union hall Monday evening, Jan. II,
under the auspices of the ladies' union of
Congregational church.
interesting fact in connection with
LIE visit of Mr.. and Mrs. A. n. Swain to
Brattleboro last month, to spend the
Thanksgiving festival with Mrs SWANS
relatives, is that it made the AID annual
Thanksgiving which they had spent there
together, a very unusual record.
j. A. Eaton lost valuable gold watch
Wednesday afternoon out of his pocket.
He had been about town in different local
tiles upon his real estate business, oversee
ing some repairs upon tenements, and did
not miss it until evening. He had looked
at 1t about O. clock, and probably it slipped
to the ground.
VIM. B. Hoskins of Mount Holly, whose
sudden death was announced last Thursday
was prominent business man and extern
sive lumber dealer, we'll known here as
one of the firm of dealers who has been
sending the Fall Mountain Paper company
large number of carloads of spruce logs
each month this year. He has been here
often.
lor0 ht1tld 10 io hatn
ed on the other side of the river, Just
south of the toll bridge, by Jerry Keefe,
to be used for the storage of coal and wood
Mr.. Keefe is doing a large business in his
lines this season, keeping two or three
teams at work all the time delivering. He
has heretofore not had adequate storage
facilities.
Tuesday morning slight fire occurred
in the show window of Durham Brothers
shoe store. The clerk had been arranging
an exhibit, in which was a small house
containing furniture, dolls, etc. One of
the features was fireplace with a fire in
1t, which was arranged by candle. The
candle set the house on fire and destroyed
it, and smoked up the goods to a small ex-
tent. The loss was $40, which was paid
by the insurance companies.
This weeks familiar talk of @. W. Os-
good Monday evening was one of the
pleasant things of the Y. M. G. A. Monday
evening entertainments, describing graph
ically some incidents of travel. Next
Monday evening the chemistry talk by S.
W. Wilder is to be omitted on account of
the Christmas vacation. Monday evening,
Dec. %, George w. Perry, Vermont state
geologist, is to give talk upon Labor
saving machinery" The following week
Mr.. Wilder will continue his chemistry
talks.
The fire alarm was sounded Wednesday
morning about $3.50 from box 20 at the
Methodist church. The fire was in an
attic bedroom of the large house owned
and occupied by Eugene Cray on Carey
avenue. 1t had started evidently in bed,
and was probably set by smoker, who
had occupied the bed the night before
Two streams of water were put into the
building, as well as a stream from the
chemical engine, and the damage was more
from water than from fire. The fire did
not go outside the room where it originat-
ed, and but little except the bed was
burned. The loss was not large.
This years graduating class of the High
school have perfected an organization,
electing officers as follows: President, Cor
don Johnson; vice president, Charlotte NJ.
Day; secretary, Jennie Shipman; treas
drer, A. Waldo Coolidge. The senior class
numbers 10 members this year, which is
considerably larger than for the last few
years. The December number OF the Or
acle has been issued this week, and with its