Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-16


sionary society was in town the first of the
week.
A son was born Wednesday to the fami-
ly of Fred H. Bissell, it being the first
grandchild of A. Fl. Bssell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Atwood and daughter of
Gardner Mass, are visiting the family of
George Bradshaw on Atkinson street.
Mrs. Marietta Kinney and daughter, who
have been spending the winter in town, re-
turned yesterday to their home in East
Templeton, Mass.
A district meeting of the Vermont
branch of the woman's board of missions
is to be held with the auxiliary of the First
Congregational church here May IS.
The mills of the Moore IL Thompson
Paper company have been closed the past
week, necesstated by general repairs and
Improvements being made in their paper
machines.
The mother of Nelson II. Pierce of
Cambridgeport, formerly resident here,
died there Tuesday and was buried in Oak
Hill cemetery here yesterday Rev. j. E.
Fullerton officiating.
Arrangements for a very general observ-
ance of the Easter festival have been made
by all the churches. All will have SER
vices appropriate to the day, and most of
them will have fine musical programs.
Miss Annie Way of Charlestown is to
assist in the Easter music at the Congre-
gational church Easter Sunday, and is to
lead the orchestra at the evening service.
Miss Way has become very popular here
with all lovers of violin music.
A number of Bellows Falls people will
go to Washington next week as a part
of the Towner excursion. Among them
are Mrs. NJ. E. Goddard, Miss Alice Col
burn, and Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Allbee.
They will be absent about two weeks.
John E. Brosnahan has begun the past
week erecting six new tenement houses on
his lot on Williams street extension. The
contract is let to G. f. Whipple of North
Charlestown. They are to be about the
same style of houses as the cottages on
Butterfield court.
A Mr.. Green of Brattleboro has been
making his headquarters at G. L. Barber's
music store the past week and having a
large patronage in tuning and repairing
organs and pianos. The Universalist organ
has been tuned and the Congregational
motor has been put in order.
A. r. Robinson, for many years night
Waterman for the Fall Mountain Paper
company, has bought the store on Will
liams street extension, which has been run
by James Armstrong, and will largely add
TO the stock. 1t is in the new building
built last year by j. H. Webb.
The local Grand Army post have decid-
ed upon Memorial day orators for this
year. Rev. j. A. Leach of Saxtons River
will speak here and Rev. Mr.. Marggraf of
the Universalist church will speak at Sax
tons River. Charles II. Robb speaks at
Grafton and Judge Read at Brattleboro.
The Robertson Paper company have be-
gun making a grade of paper for use in
wrapping confectionery, butter and other
articles requiring waterproof wrapper
The manufacture is carried on under the
name of the Carson WaXed Paper COM
pany, and bids fair to come to large pro-
portions.
The regular annual meeting of the Bel
lows Falls savings institution was held last
week at the banking rooms and the same
board of directors elected as last year. The
institution was shown to be in a very
sound condition in every respect, and the
business of the past year has been very
satisfactory one.
1t is understood that Messrs. Tidd &
Goodell are closing out the meat depart
ment of their fish market and will confine
themselves to fish, canned goods, fruits
and vegetables, the same as previous to the
past winter. e. W. Cove, who has been
running small market in his place on the
new terrace, will also give it up in the near
future, making two less markets here.
With the new houses now in progress of
erection here, and those which are already
MANNED for and contracts laid n is ,,roh
able that at least 20 new dwellings will be