Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-12

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Mrs. Somers of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Walter c.
Smith.
A mock trial was held at the Y. NJ. C.
A. rooms Monday evening, which was the
source of a good deal of fun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Smith are occupy
ing their house on Henry street, taking
their first meal there Thursday morning.
Miss Foster and Miss Hayes, teachers in
the Rockingham and Williams river dis
tricts, visited schools in the village Thurs
day.
The basket ball season of the Y. NJ. C.
A. opens in Union hall this evening at
1880 This is meeting for practice, not
a contested game.
A meeting of the camera club of the Y.
M. G. A. was called for Tuesday evening,
but ewing to the inclemency of the weather
there was too small an attendance to trans
act business.
A game of foot ball is to be played to-
morrow between the Bellows Falls High
school team and that of the Stevens High
school of Claremont. They have played
one game before this season.
Mrs. Charles West is i'll at the home of
her father, George X. Russell, on School
street, as the result of an operation under
gone last Saturday. The physician in
charge was from the Massachusetts Gen
eral hospital.
The schools had solid session Tuesday,
owing to the heavy rain. The winter
slime table" went into effect Wednes-
day, the afternoon sessions beginning at
Ills instead of 1870, with a shorter re-
cess, and closing at 4.
A foot ball game was played Saturday
between the Black River academy team of
Ludlow and the Bellows Falls High school
eleven, resulting in a victory for the visit
ing team. 1t was a hard fought battle
but the odds were against the Bellows Falls
High school.
George Fitzsimmons, secretary of the
local Y. NJ. G. A., occupied the Methodist
pulpit Sunday, Rev. Mr. Lewis, the pastor,
being absent. Mr.. Lewis and Miss Louise
are in Mortified, and Mrs. Lewis is attend
ing the convention of the Woman's Home
Missionary society in Waterbury.
Umbrella racks have been placed on
both sides of the door at the School street
entrance of the High school building, hav-
ing accommodations for nearly 100 UNI
brelas each. At the Cherry street en-
trance there are those of greater capacity,
making ample accommodations for the
umbrellas of all in the building.
DIR. and Mrs, Matthews have given up
their rooms in Arms block. Mrs. Mat
thews is spending little time in Walpole
and the doctor is at Towns hotel. They
hope to be settled in Mrs. Blood's house at
the south end of Atkinson street in few
weeks Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Hatch, now
occupying it, expect to be able to move to
their new home near Morgan Park in
about three weeks.
George Lynch, brakeman on a pas
senger train on the Rutland road, had a
narroR escape from a serious accident
Saturday morning. After cleaning his
vest with gasoline, desiring to indulge in
a smoke he lighted a match, and had not
Conductor Dennis Holland come to his
rescue with an OveTcoat and smOthered the
flames he would probably not have escaped
with only few burns about the face and
neck. 1t is said Experience is the best
teacher"
Bellows Falls is not to be outdone by
her neighbOrs and has had an attempt at
sneak thieving. Entrance was effected
Saturday night into II. II, Davis's drug
store through a rear window, and an
attempt made 10 get into the basement of
Durham Brothers shoe store. In Davis's
only about a dollar in small change aas
obtained Who ever committed the de ed
was evidently frightened away before carr,
Ing out all plans by Policeman Thompson,
who, hearing some noise went to invesli-
gate, tried The front doors and then went
to the back of the buildings.