Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-23

or three weeks since she was able to leave
her room, TO which she had been confined
four months.
President Tucker of Dartmouth college
has been engaged to deliver the commence
ment address of the Bellows Falls High
school, which occurs June u in the opera
house. This is the second year in which
the old way of delivering essays by all the
graduates has been discarded.
Well, what's to come next? Now we
are even with Brattleboro for once. as the
Boston Globe says: at may be said upon
good authority that Hon. Lavant NJ. Reed
of Bellows Falls stood first for the office of
assistant secretary of war, but that he
would not take it, whereupon it was of
fered to Martin"
An alarm of fire was rung in from box
81 about 10 o'clock Monday morning, but
the recall was sounded in about five min
utes. A slight fire caused by the over
turning of an oil stove, in what is known
as checkers" cigar store, was the cause
OF the alarm. The fire was soon eXtin-
guished without the aid of the fire depart
ment.
Inc Fall Mountain paper company has
its drive of logs all out of Tweed river and
Rochester branch into the main White
river. There is about 100000 feet, all
spruce. Thursday evening, owing to the
high water, the boom broke at Gaysville,
where most of the logs were held, and
about 1000, 600 feet went down the river,
but were caught by a boom at Sharon.
The logs will all be held at Sharon until
the drive of the Connecticut river company
has gone down, which will probably be
late in May or early in June.
Easter dawned upon us bright and beau
tiful and none need have STAYED from
church that day on account of the weather.
Large numbers attended the services in all
the churches. While the music was fine in
all, the Universaist and Congregational
churches were especially favored in having,
the former, George W. Wilder of Montpel-
Ter tlutist, and Professor Avery, soloist,
and the latter, Miss Way, violinist. Both
these churches were filled in the evening
beyond their seating capacity. An I'M
usually large attendance was noticed at the
sunrise meeting of the Episcopal church.
Attractive children's services were held in
all the churches in the evening.
County Examiner II. D. Ryder has the
laugh on himself this week, having over
looked an appointment to hold eXamina-
lions in Bratlleboro Monday and Tuesday. |
These dates had been advertised some |
weeks ago. He says he made his memo |
Tandum for the 21st and 22d, instead of the |
10Th and 20th. About noon Monday he |
received telephone message that there |
were about twenty "school MAINS" or |
would be 'school mains" waiting TO see |
him. He made haste to inform them that |
he would take the first train for Brattle- |
boTo, which he did. Mr.. Ryder reports
That he made his peace with the waiting
delegation by telling them that he wouldn't.
ask them to do any examples under the I
Vermont partial payment rule
At recent session of the New York
Methodist conference Rev. j. W. Nara
more was appointed pastor of church at
sugar Loaf, N. Y. This place is in Orange
county, near the New Jersey line, so To-
lated as to be convenient for Mr., Nara
more to pursue his studies, as has been his
Intention for some months. He is this
week in attendance upon the Vermont
conference at Barre, as are also l.. l..
Northrup, and others of his Bellows Falls
'arishioners. AT recent meeting of the
towards of this church it was voted to ask
he conference to send to Bellows Falls
rev. l.. p. Tucker, who has been the past
ear at Mortified. In case he cannot
ONE here the feeling of the stewards was
lat they would like either Rev. A. E. At
alter, who has been at Island Pond this
sar or Rev. Geo. H. Sisson, who is at
ludlow Considerable interest is always
lown here in the appointments.