Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01

was detained at home Sunday by her ill
ness, and II. W. Freer occupied the pulpit
c. f. Grover a former, well-known tele-
graph operator here, and more recently in
Burlington, has gone to Manchester, n
H., where he has accepted the position of
manager of the telephone exchange there.
Mrs. Grover and little son, Prescott, will
Join him soon. They have been spending
the last few months with Mrs. Growers
mother, Mrs Hadley.
The choir of the Congregational church
underwent a material change last Sunday.
The second quartet was dropped and the
tenor and soprano supplied in the first
quartet for Mrs. S. w. Wilder, who was
i'll, and Joe Viau, who was absent. The
quartet was thus composed of Misses Ger
trude Hayes and Lena Cooper and Messrs.
G. L. Barber and j. A. Whitney.
The young ladies of Emmanuel church
Junior auxiliary gave a delightful enter
tainment in the Parish house Tuesday
evening. The guitar and mandolin club
furnished music, assisted by Mrs. George
Holmes, Misses Guild and Morse pianists,
Miss Gertrude Weston, soprano, and Mrs.
j. II. Blakeley and Misses Alice Frost and
Jennie Shipman, recitationists.
The following college students have
been spending the holidays at home; John
H. Babbett and Willard Bacon from
Brown, Rodney Roundy from Amherst,
Elizabeth Williams from Vassar, Mary
Reed from Smith, f. A. McDuffy from
Tufts, N. W. Smith from the New York
law school, Dana Pierce from University
of Vermont, Thomas Shaughnessy from
Holy Cross college.
II I HicaOplr pf tho
Etna Insurance company, and j. d.
Eaton of the Continental of New York,
and E. U. Crosby, inspector of the Under
writer's bureau of Boston, were in Bellows
Falls Tuesday. They comprise the COM
mittee of the New England Insurance eX-
change who have charge of the "sprinkled'
or protected risks of Vermont, and were
here examining risks insured that are UNI
der their care.
The contractors of the High school
building are progressing rapidly with the
interior finish The first coat of plastering
throughout the entire building has been
laid and about one-third of the finish coat
has been added. A large force of plaster
ers have been employed, but as the work
in this department approaches completion
the number is being decreased. A large
for the benefit of the employees, who were
grouped outside.
L. p. Thayer, who sold his interest in
the Bellows Falls Times recently, has
bought the Burlington Clipper plant, the
purchase including the Burlington Sunday
Sun, the Winooski journal and the Essex
Record, all of which are printed at the
Clipper office. Mr.. Thayer intends to make
his home in Burlington and to devote his
entire time to the Clipper Mr.. Thayel
formerly owned half interest in the paper
buying it several years ago in company
with F. n. Whitney, now of the North
field News.
The Epworth league of the Methods
| church invited the young peoples socie
ties of the various denominations to joir
/ them last evening in watching for the New
| Year. The principal features of the pro
gram we're sermons by Rev. c. o. Judkin
of Windsor and Rev. II. A. Spencer o
Springfield, and an address by G. W. Os
good. The service was closed Jan. l, 1897
! by conversation service led by Rev. MIR
Spencer. Music was furnished by a cho
rus choir. At 10 o'clock refreshments
| were served.
During Wednesday night the guests o
the Commercial House were awakened b,
the falling of an electric light globe in th
upper story. Investigation showed the en-
tire upper story of the building to be fillet
with smoke, caused by a large-sized kero
sene heater placed on table in the hall
Evidently the wicks had drawn up, so tina
it smoked badly and ignted the burner
but had not communicated to the building
Considerable damage was done by tn
smoke in that story, but prompt action
prevented the spread of the fl mes
Patsy Clair of Boston and Miss Mar
Wales of this place were married at tn
residence of Rev. Father Reynolds yester
day afternoon. The wedding was priyat
one, and Mr.. and Mrs. Clair left on the
o'clock train for New York. The bride
one of the most popular and highly Tt
spected of our young people, and a leade
in society. For a number of years she ha
assisted her brother, George Il. Wales, j.
his dry and fancy goods store. Mr.. Clair
now located in Boston, where he is runnin
the Columbian hotel for his brother John
Until within year or two he was a res
dent of this village. They both have man
friends in Bellows Falls, who sincerel
wish them full measure of happiness
A meeting of the board of trustees c
Vermont Academy was held at Towns he
tel Tuesday, ten of the II members ben
present. 1t was expected that among tn
other business to be transacted would b
the election of a president of the board, I
succeed ex-Gov. Fuller, but it was decide
to postpone action in the matter until tn
next annual meeting. Little other bus
ness was transacted except the ordinar
routine work of the board. During tn
meeting furry of excitement was arouse
by the receipt of a telephone message sta
ing that Fuller hall, one of the main builC
ings of the Academy, was on fire. Tru
tee Jones was delegated to visit the insu
ance office and ascertain the amount of il
surance upon it, but before he returned il
formation had been received that the fiji
had been eXtinguished with very sligl
damage. 1t was caused by the ignition {
a bottle of PHOSPHORUS in the chemici
laboratory.