Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20

ance policy of $1,000
Mrs. A. II. Webb of Bradford has been
visiting friends in town this week
The Commercial House property will be
sold at auction tomorrow afternoon.
Miss Hortense Locklin of St. Adams is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Osgood
Mrs. Fred Rowell of this place died last
week at the home of her mother in New
port, n. II. She leaves several small chill
dren.
W. H. Galway, II. Grignon, Fred
Spencer, A. Grignon, all Of this place,
took prizes at the bicycle races in Spring
field last Friday.
The fish market of Tdd Il Goodell has
been bought by A. F. Winnewisser, and
will be run under the name of "The Bellows
Falls Fish Market" Mr.. Tidd will con
tinue in charge.
c. /. Barber, Mrs 5. W. Wilder, Misses
Lena Cooper, Alice jackson and Anna
Williams are in Newport this week, at
tending the annual festival of the Sullivan
Musical association.
A permanent organization of the Wind
ham county teachers was formed at Put
ney last week. of which II. d. Ryder of
this place was made president, and Princi-
pal A. B. Crawford a member of the exec
utive board.
Bellows Falls people, as a whole, escap-
ed the unwelcome attentions of the pick
pockets who did such a big business Fri
day, here and at Chester. Only three vic
Tins are reported: II, 3. Davis, J. c.
Balch, Jerry Keefe
A party consisting of Mr. and Mrs G..
II. Rabbit, ir., Mrs. Clara Wilson, Misses
Marion and Ruth Wilson. Mrs. Eliza
Lane, Miss Lane, Mr., and Mrs. H. c. FL
lott, Miss Capron and others, have been
at Lake Morey the past week.
The "Maison Franchise at SaXtons
River closed its summer term in the study
of French, under the direction of Prof. and
Madame RouX, last week Misses Flor
ence Lane, Gertrude Hayes, Charlotte
Day. and Caroline Arms of this place, have
been in attendance.
The report was circulated last week, that
the Vermont Farm Machine company had
gone into the receiver hands. This state
ment was, however, wholly without foun-
dalton, as the affairs of the company were
never in sounder or brighter condition,
with no outstanding bills.
In the game of base ball played Tuesday,
between Walpole and Bellows Falls, the
Bellows Falls boys were the winners This
is the fourth in a series of six games to be
played between these two teams The first
three, which occurred in Walpole, resulted
in three victories for Walpole.
Rev. II. A. Crane, a returned missionary
from India, occupied the pulpit of the
Methodist church last Sunday, both morn
ing and evening His subject at the even
ing service was 1.-THE Harvest of Death in
India" Mr.. Crane was in the midst of
the plague and famine in Bombay.
What narrowly escaped being terrible
accident occurred in No. s pulp mill Mon
day afternoon, when one of the immense
granite pulp grrNiers, weighing nearly five
tons, flew in pieces, causing damage to the
amount of several hundred dollars. For
tuhately, no personal injuries were re-
ceived
Among the Bellows Falls people who
camped at Chester last week during the
muster were: Col. and Mrs. c. A. Moore,
Gel. and Mrs. f. G. Osgood Miss Osgood,
and her guest, Miss Robbins, Miss May
hew, Miss Caroline Mayhem, Miss Smith,
and Master VIM. Hayes, Miss Hayes, and
her guest, Miss Dyer and c, Z, Osgood.
A Washington despatch says: "The
long fight for control of the Texas patron
age between Z. II. +. Green, son of New
York's wealthiest woman, Hetty Green,
and DIR. John Grant, Republican national
committee, has been decided in favor of
Green. Both Grant and Green opened
headquarters here on March 4, which were
maintained at considerable expense. With
in the past few days, however, the Grant
Headquarters nave been closed, and the
national committeeman has returned TO
Texas in disgust"
Charles F. Eddy of Ware, Mass. the
noted amateur photographer, gave a talk
in the Y. NJ. G. A. rooms Wednesday
evening before the members of the Cam
era club and their friends, to the number
of about so. He illustrated his talk by
the use of chemicals and demonstrated a
new process of printing by lamplight with
Voex paper. AT the close of the talk he
gave an exhibition of fine collection of
natural curiosities under powerful micro
scope, at the home of F. G. Day, before a
number of invited guests.
Rev. Harry N. Dascomb of Pullman,
H.. who is spending his vacation in the
family home at Westminster, occupied the
pulpit at the Congregational church last
Sunday, speaking very touchingly of 1.-THE
Absent One, or the Silent Partner" He
pictured his father, who for u years was
BdSlOl ON6l Lllo pCbplts hOlb utCpIg lONCu
than often falls to the lot of a minister, as
still watching over them and deeply inter-
ested in their welfare, his love for them
deepened through his life with the One
who is love, in the better world. At the
close of his address, there were few dry
eyes in the audience, a silent testimony to
the place still held in the hearts of his
people by the absent one. Rev. A. B.
Dascomb died July IS, 1894, after several
years spent in retirement, enforced by i'll
health. His son will preach again next
Sunday.
The Mortified News contains the fol
lowing about former Bellows Falls boy,
who is an officer in the regular army:
"Friends in this vicinity of Lieut.. Z. A.
Shuttleworth, stationed at Fort Whipple,
Arizona, will be interested to learn that he
has recently been detailed with a squad of
men TO make typographical surveys of GER
tain sections of that state. Such an eXpe-
dtion is not without certain dangers in the
way of prostration by intense heat and lack
of sufficient water. A week or more since
Lieut.. Shuttleworth and men had occasion
10 cross a barren piece of country and for