Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-16

n. George ~ 81. Adams Tuesday evening,
and NOrk upon several degrees wss eIen-
pllhsd.
There will BE- NJ services a, the Netho
Dit church next Sunday, a. their pastor
Rev. =. W. Lewis, has gone ~ Toronto
Ont, a. a delegate from Vermont ~ the
International convention VI the KpwOrth
leagues.
Frank D.ggins, n The clothing store n
j. j. FrntDn b ~, began a tWO works
vacation last Saturday, spending Sunday
a. Springfield. Mas, and Tuesday Doc
vent ~ suuapee lake fDr ten days, prob
ably lDcatiHg a. the Harbor House.
4. Krne.t White This MEEK joined
number Df his late college friends, vino
we're associated With bin in The Brown
University Clee club, and tygc,hrT they
are making pleasant trip among The va
rious summer resor,s NJ New England.
Mr. and Mrs ". 4. Dufkee Who re-
turned from their wedding trip last week,
are al Towns hotel for the present. Mr..
Durkee Is a very estimable lady, coming
here from LittletOn y. H., and will be an
important addition " Bellows Pals So
ciety.
Edward Carney and Joseph McCarty
we're arrested here yesterday afternoon for
breaking into Boston b Maine freight
car At BfattlebDro and abstracting part
u the contents. As the car was loaded
car with custom seals they will be held for
action by the United States authorities.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. 7. Allen Of Chicago
are spending the week with his parents on
Atkinson street. They arrived Wednes-
day morning. Mr.. Allen was for many
| years well known dry goods clerk here.
| he IL now employed IN the extensive store
Of Marshall field b Co.,, in Chicago.
&. Herbert Osgood Of Yarmouth, Mass,
| who has been spending part Of his yaca-
| ton With his parents here, went Monday
morning 70 MARTHA vineyard, Mass.
where he has been engaged 10 represent
the Beacon Teachers agency Of Boston at
a summer institute being held there.
At the Uniyersalst church Sunday Mr.
Marggrai preached short and excellent
sermon upon "Thc Helpfulness Of the
Mountains" with especial reference 20 the
season, the place and the close communion
Of man at this time with nature, and par
ticularly the mountains, drawing bcauti-
fu lesson thcrefrom.
Prof. VIM. Bartholomew Of Boston, the
noted artist, accompanied by his son, Ar
thur passed through here Tuesday on bis
way ~ Grafton for their annual summer
outing. Mr.. Bartholomew usually spends
some months there, employing the time in
painting landscapes from nature. lie
feels that the scenery in Grafton is not 10
be cxcelled In New England.
A summer class in the study of the Bible
has been organized the past week. It is
held In the school rooms Of the Island
house. IT Is taught by 6. w. Osgood and
Geo. l.. Leonard Of New York. The book
Of Acts Is being taken up IN a series Of five
lessons, and in a very interesting manner.
The class Is free 10 all, It's sessions being
Monday and Friday evenings.
No damage has been caused hereabouts
by the serious storms Of the past two
weeks. The rain has at no time been cx
ccssiyc, nor the lightning very close, while
in many parts Of the state and New Eng
land much damage has been done. The
Bellows Falls contingent al Sunapee have
suffered severely this week from the storm
the rain driving into nearly every cottage q
number Of days, resulting in some coming
back home
The experiment Of holding the Sunda,
afternoon Y. NJ &. A. meeting in III,
beautiful grove near oak Hill cemetery
was tried with good success last Sunday
about 30 people being present 1t was il
charge Of General Secretary Ftlsimmuns
and the address was by Rev. II. J.. Ballot
of Chester. His bcct was the Chris
life, which he made very instructive as wei
as entertaining. Next Sundays meeting
will be held al the same place, and at $50
The Mora Theatre company have beer
In town some weeks rchcarsing for new
plays the coming season, and getting into
shape for an extended tour. They opened
the season Monday Tuesday and WeJnes
day evenings in the opera house, anC
played three different plays with consider
able credit TO themselves The audience
> were not large but the acting, particular,
Of Mora herself was very good. Her sup
, porting troupe Is more than equal TO for
mcr years.
A. A. llalladay's fruit farm is incrcasinj
rapidly each year In It's production. Dur
Ing the season hc furnished the city mar
kct with All average Of two bushels of as
=, paragus tips per day and 30 to 30 basket
Of Strawberries. lie has now an esti
mated crop Of thousand quarts Of elc
CANT red curTants, 30 bushels Of plums,
large amount of goOsebcrries, red an,
= black and purple raspberres, apricots
pears, apples and nearly every variety o
q |
Sheriff w. w. Heath of Wilton, N. II.
was here yesterday having in charge f. r
a Russell and Mrs. Geo. r. Blanche, tn
4 clipping couple Of Grccnville, n. H., whom
9 he arrested at Rutland. The pair lief
Grccnvillc last Friday in team and wcr
traced to Chester Monday, From there al
y ccw was lost until the Rutland officers Ia
Gated them. Sheriff Heath was notified
and going TO Rutland arrested them. Rus
sell and Mrs. Blanche took the situation
coolly, refusing to make any statement
4 and consented to go back to New Ilamp
h shire without rcqustl0n papers.
a Samuel E. Baird, one of the old an
i wcll-known residents of this place. dic
+, July I nt Aurora, H., where he had live,
Il for the past eight or ten years. He wa
j living at the time Of his death with his sol
: in-law, Dell Spring, and was about 7
g years old. He was II carpenter and builde
,, while living here, and At various time
served many years AS water commissions
:. his whole family very pleasantly Iii
y wife died some years ago, and
son, Frank, Is living In Chicago, where h
d Is prominently identified with the muslcl
e world, being an organlst Of some note.
e The new street In the rear Of John Il
BloOd's residence, extending to the foot q
k the terrace, with six foot pair OF step
II up on 10 the terrace, has recently bee
II named "Spring Lane" In honor Of job
o. Spring, the chairman Of our presen
h board Of bailifs. There are now five frs
| al mr. Af n.si Ia