Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-03

amounting to only about two inches, being
of a moist nature and soon freezing, rend-
cred it possible to get about some with
sleighs since, and the seighs and wagons
have been about evenly divided, except the
heavy teams, they being necessitated to re-
m ain upon wheels
II II Stone of Walpole, formerly con-
ductor for many years on the Cheshire
road between here and Fitchburg, died
Sunday evening, and was buried here in
the family lot in the Episcopal cemetery
Wednesday afternoon. When living here
Mr. Stone owned and occupied the dwelling
on Henry street now owned by Geo. H.
Bah tit
The family of L. L. Northrup moved
Monday from Atkinson street to apart
ments in Barney UNIONS new house on
Cherry Hill George Fitzsimmons, who
has been with them on Atkinson street,
will occupy rooms in the same house, and
John II Chapman will take the other tene-
ment E. K. Ferguson and family will
take the tenement recently vacated by Mr..
Northrup.
Mrs. Marshall NJ. Wardner, for many
years resident of this village, died at the
home of her daughter in Philadelphia last
Friday of paralysis. For 20 years pre-
vious to 1892 Mr.. and Mrs. Wardner lived
in Bellows Falls, going at that time to
make their home with their daughter, Mrs.
j. c. Goodwin For great many years
they lived in the house on Henry street
now occupied by Walter C. Smith
The following conversation was over
heard on our streets few days ago.
Fond parent, MY son don't like his teach
err She is too strict and requires too niue h
| e L.
to attend school when he don't want to go. "
Young Hopeful, breaking in,-"I say
| dad, give me a light for this cigarette. -
The F P dutifully hands over the light
and the y. H. has smoke,-all happy.
The sudden death of Rev. A. b. Truax,
which was announced as having occurred
early Wednesday morning at Montgomery,
| Vt, brought sadness to many people here
who knew him during the three years that
he was pastor of the Methodist church pre-
vious to 1886. He was one of the most
popular of preachers here and held in high
estimation. He was the father of W. A.
| Truax, who went to attend the funeral.
Denman Thompson's Sunshine in Para
disc Alley" which appears at the Opera
house Monday evening, under the manage
ment of John Brosnahan, is realistic to the
| highest degree, and pictures life in its
simplest and most appealing form, in that
1t touches a sympathetic chord in the
hearts of all hearers. 1t is in no way be-
| hind its predecessors, The Old Home
stead" and others, and deserves liberal
patronage.
An interesting trial came off in Charles
| H Robb's law office Tuesday, it being a
suit before Justice Chas H. Williams
| brought against the Rutland railroad by
Joseph Ranchan of Fitchhurg, Mass, for
the loss of box of merchandise which had
been checked as personal baggage. The
road was represented by Hon. W w.
Stickney, and the plaintiff by C. H. Rohb
| The v rdict was against the railroad for
Sl45 and costs. An appeal was taken &c
the supreme court.
1t is understood that the report of the
building committee of the new High school
building will show between $57 600 and
S5S.O00 expended by them in purchasing
the land, erecting and furnishing the build
ing. The building is being furnished with
what is probably the best set of apparatus
for the physics and chemistry classes of
any school in the state The appliances
are all of recent date, and cover the latest
improvements and inventions. 1t is a lab
oratory Of which our people may well be
proud.
The familiar talk at the Y NJ. Q. A.
rooms last Monday evening received the
most enthusiastic reception that has been
given to any this season 1t is not to be
wondered at when one learns that the
speaker was the ever popular Hon 4. n.
Swain, and his topic was Bellows Falls of
Forty Years Ago" Seventy three boys
listened to this talk which was of such
historic interest that it will be printed in
full in Saturdays issue of the local paper.
At the close of the address, Secretary
George Fitzsimmons gave a brief resume
of the Claremont convention.
serious runaway occurred on Atkinson
street Thursday morning, when George II
Babbtt, general superintendent of the
American express, was thrown out of his
sleigh on to the sidewalk in front of the
resid nee Of w. o. Kemp and his left
| shoulder dislocated, He was otherwise
somewhat bruised, but not considered as
dangerously injured. He is in the care of
Drs Campbell and Gosselin, He was test
ing the small amount of snow for sleighing
and it is supposed something gave way about
the harness, or frightened the horse, which
ran. The sleigh struck tree and was de
molished, rendering the escape from death
by Mr.. Babbitt almost miraculous.
GRAFTON.