Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-19
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.

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the Commercial House, and later at the
Valley House in Drewsville, is now in a
hotel at Felchville.
Mrs H. F. King and family left Wed.
nesdav for Washington to spend the win
ter. They are located at No. 1924 Q street,
which is their permanent address.
The opera house was well filed Wednes-
day evening to hear the old play of Uncle
Toms Cabin by the Geo. P. Stetson com
pany, and it was one of the best troupes
that ever played it here.
The ancient order of Hibernians give
their annual concert and ball this evening
in Union hall The orchestra engaged is
Leitsinger's of Brattleboro, and the supper
is to be furnished at Towns hotel.
The removal of Dr. II. L. Waterman to
New York state has necesstated the APP
pointment of another physician upon the
board of pension examiners, and DR.. Hall
Staples of Grafton is to be his successor.
Moreton A. Durkee has this week put
out some new and snowy signs, as have
also a number of other merchants a
painter named Willis, who has shop over
the Cassidy stable, is doing some excellent
work in this line.
w. o. Kemp, agent of the American
Leonard and will move in at once. Mr..
Leonard is living on a farm near Walpole,
the house having been kept here recently
by his daughter.
Henry H. Stone, former conductor on
the Cheshire rail Dad, and later holding
higher positions with the road at Keene,
has been very i'll at his home in Walpole
during the past week but is able to sit up
again for a short time. He lived many
years here on Green street.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank G. Day, who have
been spending two weeks with Mr.. Days
parents in Ludlow, came here Monday
morning and spent one night in their old
home on Atkinson street. They started
Tuesday for their winter home in Asheville,
N. c., but are to spend week in reaching
there.
An excursion to New York, run last
Tuesday via the Rutland road and the New
York Central. for which tickets were sold
here for S124 did not draw many Gus
toners from here, but was we'll patronzed
from other stations between here and Rut-
land Tickets are good to return until
next Monday
The Vermont Woman's Home Missionary
society of the Methodist church. at their an
nual meeting last week at Waterbury, elect
ed Mrs A. H. Webb of Bradford pres1en
and Mrs. F. w. Lewis of Bellows Falls
treasurer Mrs. Lewis was in attendance
upon he meeting and delivered an unusual
ly interesting paper.
Editor Belknap and number of other
Bellows Falls young men went to Cam
bridge Saturday to see the Yale-Harvard
fool ball game and report it a very excit-
ing game. Among the party were 4. G.
NJ
G. H. Gibson, w. T. Rogers Vivian White,
H. Z. Shedd, Guy and Charles Capron.
The schools outside of the village close
Wednesday of next week for a two weeks
vacation, and have no Christmas vacation.
The schools in the village have Thanksgiv-
ing day only, and will have their vacation
at the holiday season. number of the
village schools are getting together Thanks
giving dinners for poor people the same as
last year
Mrs. A n. Swain entertained the ladies
of the Congregational church last Friday
afternoon at a very enjoyable Missionary
Tea, it being the occasion of their annual
thank offering meeting, and Wednesday
evening of this week the Junior auxiliary
society of the same church gave a tea at
the residence of Mrs. y G.. Williams, TO
which a number of those not members were
invited Both proved very enjoyable
cial occasions.
The ladies of Emmanuel church scored
another of their phenomenal successes last
week Thursday at their annual fair and
supper, which was held in Union hall All
kinds of devices for raising money were
patronized in a lavish manner the supper
was up to the standard of former years,
and the net income of the whole affair was
about $500. Every year the people of the
whole village look forward to this supper
without regard to lines of society or any
other divisions, an opportunity to get
the best treatment and supper of the whole
year.
The question of building a new school
house at Gageville is being debated quite
seriously. The limits of the little hamlet
located in the extreme north part of West
minister, so near as to become almost part
of our own village, has but a small build
ing with one room. 1t is necessary to have
two schools and room is being hired in a
dwelling for the present. 1t would seem
as though new school building of much
greater capacity is required by the present
growth, and as the place often wants hall
for public meetings it should be so CON
structed as to accommodate all the needs.
Charles f. Whitman will move his groc-
cry store about Jan. /, into the brick
Granger block on Westminster street, hav-
ing rented it of its new owner, S. T. Coy.
Mr.. Glynn is to return TO Saxtons River
with his stock which is there now The
stationery store of G. H. Williams & Co
is to go into Union block where Mr.. Whit
man has been for the past three years, and
G. II. Shepardson will move into the new
Arms block where Mr.. Williams now is if
he succeeds in selling his business to Fred
Clarke, his clerk, which he now expects to
do Mr. Shepardson will devnte his
energies to the boot and shoe trade only.
Claremont business men and others there
interested in the welfare of young men,
have made application to the Keene, Bel
lows Falls and Brattleboro District COM
mttee OF the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation to have convention and mass
meeting held there next week Saturday
and Sunday. Arrangements are going
forward for it and large number of those
interested in the work are expecting to go
and stay the two days. When the last
convention was held at Charlestown last
February about so went up from here,
and while there. will not be quite as many
go as far as Claremont the attendance will
be large
The fire wardens have decided to string
all the wires of the fire alarm over again.
this time with insulated wire, to prevent
so much disturbance from false alarms
caused by contact with other wires. Since