Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-10

F. j. Tidd's Bellows Falls fish market
was closed last Thursday permanently by
Boston creditors. Mr.. Tidd is for the
present working in the market of s. j.
Cray.
Mrs. II. F. King entertained a rty of
about 20 friends Monday evening in honor
of her guests, Miss Elizabeth Hunter of
Philadelphia and Charles Swain Of Maiden,
Mass.
The Sunday schools of the Episcopal
Universalist and Catholic churches will be
resumed next Sunday, each having had
summer vacations of from one to two
months.
Mr. and Mrs. John Whitney were sched-
uled to reach Chicago Tuesday, in which
place he is to enter a medical college.
Earlier in the season his intention was to
90 to Baltimore.
The first fortnightly tea of the season
was served by the ladies of the Universal
list church in their parlors yesterday even
ing, Mrs. c. X. Labaree and Mrs. E. Il.
Campbell presiding.
DR.. O. w. Phelps of Warren, Mass, a
former resident here has been in town
part of the past week He still owns the
dwelling next to the Congregational church
formerly occupied by MN.
A reception is to be given at Union hall
Thursday evening of next week by the la
dies auxiliary of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians. This is to celebrate their
first anniversary The reception will be
followed by dancing.
The ninth birthday anniversary of Miss
Edna Gibson was celebrated in a very en-
joyable manner last Saturday at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Gibson,
on Burt place She entertained 20 of her
young friends in delightful manner.
A large party of young people took a
moonlight ride Tuesday to the farm of
! George NJ. Cory, a mile beyond Saxtons
River village, where they INDUCED in an
ENJOYABLE corn roast. The transportation
was furnished by the stable of L. T. Low
/ ell ~ Son.
! The increase of business at the local
/ telephone exchange has necesstated the
| employment of a third operator during the
afternoon hours. Miss Bertha Capron has
been engaged for this extra service, assist
! ing Miss Jennie Church and Miss Eleanor
| Carruthers.
Judge Read and his wife and daughter
| have been spending a week or two in an
| enjoyable carriage drive through Orange
and Windsor counties They returned
last week, and he has been in Rutland the
most Of this week engaged in some i'm
portant legal matters.
Miss Alice jackson was the guest Sun
day OF Mr.. and Mrs William Q. Hutchens
of keene. She sang two solos at the
! Unitarian church, and the Keene Sentinel
of Monday paid handsome tribute to the
quality OF her singing and spoke of the
great enjoyment afforded the congregation.
The season at Sunapee, so far as Bel
lows Falls people are concerned, has near
" closed, most of them returning during
the past week. The cottages at Bright
wood have been filled all the season, while
those at Bay Point have been occupied
only part of the time, and some of them
not at all.
Mark Corlew and family of Dorchester,
Mass, are spending a vacation with rela-
tives and friends in town. Mr.. Corlew
went from here nine years ago and has
been employed by the Walter A Baker
company in their chocolate mills since
then. When here he was employed for
the last few years at the saw mill at the
south end of the village.
Walter Stiles Of Keene has received the
appointment of yard master of the Boston
Il Maine road here. George Caskins has
resigned bis place in the division Office OF
the road. A young lady stenographer has
been employed by Agent Dan Linton in
his division and freight department. The
combined work of these two offices make
it busy place at all times.
The opening of the fall term of Yer.
! mont Academy made things lively in the
vicinity Of the depot at all of the incoming
trains, Monday and Tuesday, The stage
! line of b. NJ. Walker was taxed 20 its Ut
most capacity, extra stages being used al
each trip. The largest number of student:
at any time last year was %, while the en-
rollment thus early in the term is 12j.
Station Agent A. H. Switzer received
Monday afternoon a basket containing ter
homing pigeons. They were sent him by
/, George Z. Adams of Brattleboro, with III,
request that he liberate them to test tn,
: length of time required for them to return
to Brattleboro. They rose swiftly to
point high over the village and after cir
cling for about ten minutes started directly
north, instead of toward their home.
Almon l. Bolles, who for the past few
years has practiced law with his father, F
A Bodies, goes next week with his wife t
Charlottesville, Va, where he is TO take
years study in a special course of the Law
r department of the University of Virginia
: Visitors to their office here, which include
7 the town clerks office, will miss him, as h.
1 has been in almost constant service Their
e since his graduation from the High schoo
d four or five years ago.
d Great anxiety was felt for an hour or 81
: Wednesday evening as to the safety of Mr.
u and Mrs. n. G. Williams. About o'clocl
+ their pair of horses and carriage, will
7, which they had been riding some hours
o was found running away, the pole of tn
i carriage broken and contents of the car
L riage strewn about for some distance il
e the road. The horses were caught an,
d cared for, property picked up and brough
5 here, but no tidings of the whereabouts o
: the occupants was heard for an hour or so
: the rest of the family being thorough
u frightened. A little after eight the miss
y ing couple drove in with another team, an
i explained that the horses had started with
e out their knowledge while they were max
ing a call at the home of Mr.. Holton thi
side of Walpole, and they did not know
d they had gone for some time. A numbe
r of searching parties had started to fin
them lefore they arrived There was n
S serious damage except to the carriage an
t harness.
, "As If a brick were lying in my stomach" is tn
:, description by dyspeptc of his feeling after ca