Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-03

Rev. j. Ellsworth Fullerton returned
from his months vacation spent in Maine
last Monday afternoon. He has been
quite I'D a portion Of the time he has been
absent, and is now very weak. He has
thought 10 wise to not tax himself 20 at
tend the preparatory lecture tonight, or
to preach Sunday, but will otiiciate at
communion service that day.
The Universalist church, which has
been closed the past month while its pas
tor, Mr.. Marggraf, has been on his vaca-
ton, will not be opened next Sunday as
expected. as MI Margpraf is to be absent
some days longer Services will be re-
sumed the following Sunday Mr.. Marg-
graf has spent his vacation in the vicinity
of his old home in Caledonia, Ohio.
1t is reported that a detective from the
Pinkerton agency OF New York has been
in town a part Of the week on the trail Of
two tramps who It is thought murdered a
man in Connecticut a few weeks ago. He
traced them to Bellows Falls, and is conf
! dent that for some time they were located
part way up the mountain above the Fitch
burg engine house, where signs of them
were found.
The families OF Mrs. II. f. King and a.
y. Swain have closed their cottages at
Sunapee and returned to their homes here
within the past few days, Henry c. John
son, who has been with Mr. SWANS fam
lily at the lake some time, came here with
them and is their guest for the present.
He has been with his father in Manches-
ter, y. H., the most of the time since he
left his position here as station agent, bu.
we understand it is his intention to make
Bellows Falls his future home keeping
house with his daughter
5. W Wilder, ir., was riding his bicycle
| on the back road to Westminster Monday,
and when near the dwelling of Linus Viii
lard he saw a young deer come across the
/ road Just ahead of him and gallop off into
the woods to the east 1t seemed not very
wild and was but short distance from
| Mr.. Wilder who felt it to be an interest.
! ing sight. II is not understood that any
specimens of the deer kind have beeH seen
within some miles of here for many years,
although so very plenty in other parts Of
Vermont and New England
few additional changes in the teachers
of the public schools. which open next
Monday, are announced. from that hereto
fore published. Alberta Campbell of Sax
tons River. who has had three grades there
the past year, will take the new ninth
grade instead of Miss Emily Tracy, who
will take her Saxtons River place. Mabel
Bemis is to teach in Cambridgeport, Ger
trude Hayes in the Williams River district
| Just this side of Rockingham village, Ber-
tina O'Brien on Parker Hill, and Rather
inc O Brien at the Upper Meadows.
Chief-of-polce Thompson arrested Ties
day night young man charged with hav-
ing stolen a bicycle at Ludlow. He had
/ sold II here to W. H. Merritt In Dominique
block, having hired II in Ludlow and rid
| den il as far as this place. His name was
| George +. Fadden and he had worked for
| some time on the section for the railroad
at Proctorsville. 1t has not been ascer-
| tanned whether is a relative of "Chimmie'
! Fadden. He hired the wheel at Ludlow
| OF 0. A. Mack Officers came here from
! Dudow Wednesday and took him TO Lud-
low for trial.
Quite a sensation was caused at the tee-
| graph Office Saturday by a woman who
was very urgent in her endeavors to get a
telegram to President Mckinley. II was
a very long document covering a number
of sheets, and she wished tolsend ii "col-
lect, ITO which the operator demurred. The
message consisted OF a plan for the abol-
ishment of hunger, nakedness and lack of
shelter by government interference, as
well as all kinds OF suffering 1t is IN
derstood that she belongs in Bartonsville
and that she made strenuous effort to
telegraph the same message to Lord Sails
bury from Chester the day before.
The concrete paving covering the north
side of the square, which was laid about
y years ago, has lasted much better than
was expected when it was laid. it being in
the nature of an experiment. 1t has worn
through a little in places during the past
year, and gang OF men have the past
week covered it with an added coat top of
the old one, which makes it good for many
years TO come. The expense of the re-
pairs is very small. The rest of the square
was paved two years ago with stone paw,
ing blocks The whole surface of the
square, over which so much traffic passes
each day, is now in the best of condition
and good for many years.
An interesting test of the safety of gaso-
line as a fuel was made by representative
of the Standard Oil company at the store
of Allbee d Rabbit, Tuesday, endeavoring
to prove it to be non-explosive. The re-
suits were the same as similar tests have
shown for many years, that if every person
knew exactly how to handle it, what they
could do safely, and what was unsafe, no
trouble would follow. He admits that un-
der certain conditions it does give of a
vapor which is highly explosive, and il
those conditions do exist there is danger,
as shown by all scientists The number OF
gasoline stove users is increasing rapidly
in most localities.
Bellows Falls people are looking forward
to September u with considerable interest,
especially those interested in music, as
Mrs. Hattie Brasor Pratt, one of Brattle-
boro's famou, singers, comes here on that
date. Many of our people remember her
appearance here ten years ago, before she
had gained her worldwide fame as a sing
er. Al that time she was here with a
BrattleborO local troupe in the "Chimes of
Normandy She was then Miss Brasor,
not known to fame, but it is we'll remem-
bered how she captivated her audience
with her clear, sweet voice. Present ind-
cations are that the opera house will be
crowded TO its greatest capacity that night,
Mrs. Benz. Fifeld, who has been pain.
fully i'll with rheumatism and its resulting
complications for the past year and half,
died Sunday morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Ernest E. Ramsay, on the
old terrace, at the age of 20 years. Mr..
and Mrs. Fifeld have been residents here
IS years, and both highly esteemed by
all who knew them. MIR. Fi6eld has been
employed by the Rutland railroad nearly,
or quite, all the time they have lived here.
They came from Canaan, n. H., and had
been welded 81 years Tuesday. The flu
neral was attended by her pastor, Rev. Mr..
Lewis, of the Methodist church, at the