Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-18

new style OF unique cover IS very crelnt-
able paper. AS school publication There
are few in New England that are more
worthy of hearty support by its/ citizen
constituency.
Few social events of this year have re-
suited in greater pleasure AVID enjoyment
to the participants than the/entertaining of
the ladies at the Westminster club rooms
Tuesday evening by the bachelors of the
club. The committee of entertainment
were DR.. G. II. GoDham, j. f. Pierce, d.
w. Linton, NJ. A./Durkee, f. L. Thomp-
son. l.. l.. Durham, f. II. Williams and
G. II. Robb. Exners orchestra furnished
music throughout the evening. The club
rooms vert handsomely decorated with
flowers and an elegant lunch was served.
Dancing was INDUCED in late in the even
! ing and whist was the prominent amuse-
ment earlier. Altogether it was rare
success.
One evening last week Hope Lowell of
! Drewsville, who owns the grain store at
Cold River, was driving home from this
village in an intoxicated condition. When
near the east end of the toll bridge the
horse became unmanageable and threw Mr..
Lowell out down quite steep bank, but
not seriously injuring him. The horse ran
out into the locality known as Walpole val
ley, where it was found the next morning
dead, having fallen over a precipice. 1t
was a valuable animal. Mr.. Lowell went
to Brattleboro the next day to take the
Morrell liquor cure, which it is understood
is the sixth time he has taken different
cures. He is popular as a business man
and citizen, and has many warm friends
who regret his terrible infirmity. His resi-
dence is at Drewsville and the family one
of the best known in Cheshire county.
Basket ball is attracting much attention
and many of our citizens are as enthusiast
tic over it as they are over base or foot
ball. The Y. NJ. c. A. team went to Rut-
land two weeks ago and the Rutland team
came here and played a return game last
week, both resulting in defeat to our boys.
During the past few weeks a second team
has been formed known as the clown
team, and Tuesday evening they met the
| Y. M. G. AS in Union hall in a close and
exciting game. 1t resulted in a victory
for the Y. NJ. G. AS with a score of q to
IA. An arrangement has been made where
| by Union hall is used for practice and for
| games, making an exceptionally good place
for them. A number of games have been
| arranged for the future with teams of 9TH
| er places and the outlook is that it will be
| one of the leading diversions in winter
athletics. The Y. NJ. c. A. team play at
Keene this evening.
A meeting of the voters of the town of
Rockingham was held in the opera house
| Tuesday, pursuant to a call posted two
weeks earlier. Only few were present,
there being no difference of opinion regard
ing the necessity of issuing $4,000 bonds
of the town to pay the cost of the new
High school building, now in process of
erection. The recent Legislature passed an
act authorizing the issue, and the meeting
voted to make them mature, $500 each
year after January 1898. The rate of in
terest is to be four per cent, payable semi
annually. The town has payable during
the next ten years, at any time its voters
choose, S1S,500. The present intention
and practice is to pay about $4,000 each
year on its Indebtedness. 1t will probably
be $500 on the latter and $500 on the
issue of last Tuesday. The present in
debtedness of the town is i~, he vicinity of
S120, 900, including this S5cideL
In the weekly secretariae d of C. A. let
ter, issued by the state en-, of knmmit-
| tee of Vermont and NeWives in this to is
| the following under I'D thu eyeniIead:
"The Bellows Falls basket ball team was
here the evening of the LIST, and we all en-
| joyed the evening, and think they enjoyed
it as well. They were manly fellows and
Brother Freer can feel proud to take them
anywhere. Clean sport seemed to be
their aim. 1t was the first match game
played by Bellows Falls. They played
very clean, straight game, and showed
themselves to be true sportsmen, both in
the game and out" This weeks letter
says, also under the Rutland heading:
"Our team enjoyed the game at Bellows
Falls and received royal entertainment
there. Brother Freer is man every inch
of him when we come to sports" These
are pleasant words, and creditable to our
young men, and as all associations of Yer
mont and New Hampshire see this letter
it is creditable to our town that we have
such young men to give us a reputation,
as well as earn one for themselves.