Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14

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the High school is 13j.
Both Miss Judd and Miss Harrington of
the High school have been i'll and out of
school portion of this week. Both have
returned to their desks now.
Cards have been received by several
! friends here for the silver wedding of Rev.
and Mrs. A. j. Hough, which is to occur
in White River junction, Jan. D.
There were II members of the Minis
ters' Monday club at their monthly meet
| ing here last Monday forenoon. The mem
bership OF this club comprises nearly all
the ministers located in the neighboring
towns, and is productive of much interest
and profit.
The annual meeting of the National
bank of Bellows Falls was held Tuesday.
| The old board of directors, James II. Will
liams, H. w. Thompson and John II. Will
liams of Bellows Falls, Hugh Henry of
Chester and Henry Arms of Worcester,
Mass, were reelected.
l.. A. Fassett, a well-known resident
here of few years ago, when he was
prominent in musical and social circles,
died suddenly at St. Louis last Sunday.
He was well known and popular with the,
then, young people, and married Nellie
Brown, a sister of Mrs. c. L. Barber.
DIR. and Mrs. Geo. o. Webster of ST.
Albans sailed Saturday from New York TO
Havre. They will spend some time in
Paris before going to Berlin, where Dr.
Webster will be associated with DR.. Sylves-
ter, the leading dentist of that city, who
does the work of the royal family.
The board of bailiffs have posted, in va
rious parts of the village, notices forbid
ding coasting on the streets except on Pine
street and Oak, west of Atkinson This
prohibits the use of Cherry Hill, where
the sliding down that side of IL toward
School street has been unsafe alike for
those indulging in it and for pedestrians
on School street.
The fourth entertainment of the Bel
lows Falls lecture course occurs tonight
at the opera house, it being the lecture of
Rev. DR.. Dixon of New York, "Foos, or
the School of Experience. Next Monday
evening DR.. Kirkland gives an illustrated
practical talk at the rooms of the Young
Mems Christian association, upon 'Some
of the Wonders of the Microscope"
Two or three serious accidents from
slipping on the icy sidewalks occurred
here Wednesday. II. d. Adrch of the
depot restaurant, fell in the square and
broke his knee cap in such manner as to
disable him for a long time. Mr.
Moves of the Farm Machine shops fell
and broke an ankle and another man is
reported to have broken his leg on the
same day
The additions to the number five paper
machine of the Fall Mountain Paper com
pany. that have been under process for
some weeks, have been completed and the
machine started. Number four machine
is now idle and is being fitted with the
new cylinders the same as the other
Number five had six rolls added, and nun
Der four is to have eight, which will ma
terially increase the speed of the paper
and consequent product Of mills.
The creditors of Alexander Smith ~ Co.
met at the probate office of Judge ReaC
Monday afternoon to consider the petition
of +. L. Walker, administrator, for the ap
pointment of an assignee. But little dis
cusson was had and the petition wa
granted No appointment was made, bu
a subsequent meeting will be held 70
5 the purpose. Meantime a little work il
] being done at the wooden mill, which indi
Gates the intention TO start up in the nea
future.
, The Indurated Paper company of Keene
5 in which d. d. Howard and Frank AID
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5 at auction last Tuesday, the plant which
{ cost them but few years ago about $50,
] ! 600, bringing but S44O0 Mr.. Howard ha,
met some unpleasant experiences sine
: leaving Bellows Falls a few years ago, an,
e his future movements are as yet undecided
e Dan" has many war- friends in Below
e Falls, and they express the hope that h'
! and his family may see fit to return her
&, to live.
t A member Of the Grand Army of on
t village, A. II, Pratt, has had photograph
u made by the N-ray process, to show tn
Y location of bullet in his head that ha
j. been there since the civil war. From tn
r effect of the bullet he has lost the sight O
g one eye, and for some years it has bee
j. causing him considerable pain. 1t is lC
i Gated just above the right eye, embedde
d in the skull. He had another photograph
/ made by the process showing the defect il
i the bone caused TO one of his thumbs by
# bullet.
n The Boston Dairy company, which ship
e large quantities of milk from our station
e and which runs the creamery and chees
h factory at the north end of the village ha
Il each summer before now freighted ic
IS here to use in the cars and in the bushes
n from Boston as they required it, The con
), pany yestesday closed lease OF piece c
e land on the island, between the Islam
re House barn and the railroad, where it ha
II already begun the erection of large ic
n house, which will be filled from the pom
o here during the winter. The building
r, to be 60 feet long and 80 feet WIDE an
e will hold large number of cords.
r. The annual inventory and valuation {
u the securities of the Bellows Falls Saving
Re institution is being made this week an
e the result is very gratifying. Indication
II are toward a result showing the payment
81 of interest upon loans, and the loans then
"a selves as having been paid during the pa
is year more readily than for some yea
l. past. This shows that the workingme
DC have been having money during the yea
that as a whole there are few without worl
- that money is easy and plenty among IL
common people" This is decided col
trast to many localities throughout tn
e. country. The bank itself is in excelleI
At condition and the trustees are gratft
is with the results, very naturally.
he SnrtOns Rirer, Grafton, WestminStr
he and Westminster West correspondence Z
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