Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-02-19


with some extra hands to keep up their
orders. They this week shipped direct
to Germany one of their large creamery
sized trunk churns, the weight of which
was over 700 pounds. Their manufacture
for the foreign trade increases each year.
The older residents of Bellows Falls well
knew and respected Sidney Holmes, who
died at Grafton last Friday. He was
brother-n-law of Mrs. o. d. Gray and
Mrs. f. w. Butterfeld. An honored citi-
zen of this end of the county is gone by his
death. His failing health has not admitted
of his coming to Bellows Falls for over a
year
A wedding of more than ordinary inter-
est was celebrated at st. Charles's church
Wednesday morning, when Miss Mary A.
Byrnes of this village and Timothy j.
Murphy, merchant of Kingston, Mimi,
were married. Both are well known here,
Mr.. Murphy being a former resident, and
many friends wish them a long life of hap
piness in their Western home.
Sheriff II. A. Perry of Walpole came up
Saturday and in an official capacity called
upon six different saloons in North Wal
pole. The proprietor of each plead guilty
to selling and they were fined S2250 per
head, and yet the residents of that little
suburb of Bellows Falls claims there are
no places where the ardent can be procured
by people who wander over the bridge
from here.
The death of Mrs. Irving Sabin, mother
of Geo. p Sabin, at his home on Akin
son street Saturday night, removes one Of
the od-tme residents of this town. She
was about 20 years of age, and lived the
larger part of her married life upon the
home farm between here and Saxtons
River The funeral was held Tuesday,
Rev. j. w. Naramore officiating, and the
interment was at SaXtons River.
A Joint meeting of the Windham county
and Rockingham town Sunday school as
ISOLATION occurs here next Sunday. The
meeting is to be held at 6 p. NJ. at the Con-
gregationa church, and will be one of
much interest. The regular services of
the Baptist and Methodist churches will be
omitted on account of this. If the day is
good it is expected there will be a large at
tendance from other parts of the county as
well as town.
George Goodell, of Tidd e Goodell, who
came here few months ago from West
minister West, has been dangerously i'll the
past two weeks. An operation was per
formed Saturday afternoon by Drs. Prouty
of Keene, Foster of Putney, Whitman and
Matthews of Bellows Falls, for appendicitis,
it being found to be a serious case, and too
long delayed. The operation seems sue
cessful, but he IS still in a dangerous sit
uatiOn. He lives on South street.
Eugene 5. Leonard is to move, soon af-
ter the first of March, into his house next
to the Methodist church, and 5. f. Perry
and family will move into the Dewey house
on Henry street, of which he has five
year lease. Mr.. Perry will somewhat re-
model the building suitably for large
number of boarders, increasing his present
facilities. The families of +. b. Searle
and G. +. Spaulding will move elsewhere,
but have not as yet decided upon their To-
cations.
Walter F. Brown, who has suffered so
seriously from diphthera and its effects
during the past ten weeks is, though
slowly still improving, suffering from
partial paralysis, not being able to
control his organs of speech enough to
communicate his thoughts to others readily.
His son Chauncey, who also had the dis
ease, is still in very poor health, not hav-
ing regiined strength as is usual in such
cases. The house has been released from
quarantine.
The fair held Tuesday by the ladies of
the Baptist society was an eminent success
in all respects. The innovation of serv-
ing both dinner and supper proved a TAX
ing enterprise, and they were generally
p3tronized by the citizens of all societies.
The sale booths were also well patronized
and the lecture in the evening by Mr.. Ten
pie of Brattleboro, "Cycling through Scot
land" was deeply interesting. The sue
cpOraH from oil xHae IN la
tent of some over 500 after paying all eX-
penses.
Nellie Savage and Maurice Lawlor were
united in marriage at St. Charles's Catho-
lie church yesterday morning at Q o'clock,
Rev. Father Corcoran of North Walpole
performing the ceremony. The bride was
attired in pearl gray lansdowne trimmed
with pearl trimming and white chiffon,
and wore white chiffon hat with ostrich
pumes. She was attended by her niece,
Miss Mary Savage as brdemaid, who wore
a gown of green novelty goods, and hat to
harmonic. John Lawlor was best man,
and John Savage and James Keefe acted
as ushers Miss Savage has for many
years lived in this village, and Mr.. Lawlor,
although formerly member of the United
States army, is now a resident of Bellows
Falls.
Interest in the interscholastic athletic
sports is revived by the annual election of
officers of the association, which includes
the schools of Bellows Falls, Claremont,
Newport, Windsor and Springfield. 1t
was held Saturday at Claremont, and Cliff
ton johnson, president of the senior class,
and Frank Burr were the Bellows Falls
representatives. 1t was arranged to have
the annual meet May p at ClaremOnt.
johnson was elected vice president and
Burr secretary of the association. The
boys of the High school will go into train
ing as soon as possible, and it is expected
that our team will make an excellent show
ing when the time arrives. The local
High school athletic association on Mon
day elected these officers: Harry w. Me
Kinnon, president; Harry Martin, vice
president; Archie Beebe, secretary, and
Frank II. Burr, treasurer.
DR.. McCord of Keene preached at the
Congregational church last Sunday an in
teresting sermon upon the Anglo-Ameri-
can arbitration treaty. He spOne in an
eloquent manner, and paid numerous glow
ing tributes to VermOnts representatives
in Congress, and their stand upon the
question of ratification by the Senate. In
speaking of ex-senator Edmunds he said
San honor to your state, an honor to the
United States, an honor to humanity All
honor to that glorious Christian gentle
man, ex-senator Edmunds." He charac-
terized the treaty las the greatest event in
the world since the pentecost, the browning
glory of the 10Th century, and its most
happy event. England. and the United
States the strongest monarchy and strong
est republic of the world, the custodans of