Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-02-18

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sum was realized Among the singers was
Mrs Lima 7 Hubbard Of Bratteboro.
Mrs William S. Durham gave a dinner
Friday evening toabout 20 ladies at Towns
hotel IN honor Of her guest. Miss MARY
bailey Of Keene. y. II The table was
decorated IN pink and white. with carna-
tons at each plate and the chandeliers
draped in pink with lunches Of pinks hang
Ing from them After the dinner Miss
Bailey entertained the guests with a piano
recital in Mrs Durham private parlor.
+. r. Sacturay Of Montpelier came here
Saturday and tried 20 secure fee from
the selectmen for overseeing the putting
on Of the new iron bridge at Saxtons Riv-
er The selectmen felt they were capable.
with what local advice they could get Of
knowing when it was all right. and so did
not employ him The abutments are all
ready now for the bridge which is 20 be
here next week and will be put in place at
once 1t is furnished by the Berlin Bridge
company.
Ernest r. Bail. who has been successive
/ ly employed as cashier Of the Boston Is
I Maine freight Office and a. bookkeeper for
" II Bodine Is Co. has bought the con
/ fectonerv and ice cream store Of G.. J..
/ Aldrich on the west side Of the square tax
} ing possession last Thursday Ms Aldrich
/ Is 10 assist his brother at the depot res
/ tsurant. NJ. Bal is young man highly
esteemed locally, and many friends wish
! him success in his new venture, or business
] for himself
/ The senior classes from the High schools
/ Of keene Claremout and Bellows Pals
/ held a banquet and reception at Towns
/ hotel Friday evening The parlors and
dining room were tastefully decorated with
/ bunting in the colors Of the three schools
/ Covers were laid for 20 II W. McKin-
| non. president Of the local class was toast
/ master and responses were made by Miss
| Spalter and Louis Leveroni Of keene, j.
! II Gowdey and a II Weed Of Claremont
/ and Kendall Banning and II C.. Bacon Of
Bellows Falls. Exners orchestra furnish
/ ed music.
a lease Of the store recently vacated by
/ Williams & Coz IN the new Arms block
/ has been taken bv Percy Dean and ms Sis
/ ter Nellie h. Dean. who have for a mum
/ her Of wears been employees Of the furniture
/ and crockerv store Of Clark Chase They
/ will at once put IN a full line OF wall papers
| curta ms, lace and other draperies. together
/ with some of the more modern STYLES Of
/ crockerv and small wares They will be ~
/ condition for trade soon after the first Of
| March Both are popular young people
/ and will command a goodly portion Of the
| trade in their lines.
/ The Saxtons River Worsted company is
starting up the old wooden mill at Saxtous
| River and began shipping cloths 10
! New York last week the first case hav-
/ ing gone forward Monday The parties
1 who are running the mil. are New York
/ commission merchants and they are EN-
/ ploviug local help entirely, except the su-
/ perntendent hey are not making the
/ warns here a. vet but are huviug them
/ elsewhere instead Of beginning with the
wool a, has been done iu past wears The
starting of the mill is a great assistance T.
/ the village Of ~axtons RIVER and It's bene-
/ fits will be felt here
The next Monday evening" Practical
| Talk At the y VI G. s rooms Is 70 be-
given bv Principal a b Crawfori of our
High school. on the subject Early Chris
tianity and Paganism Mr. Crawford
! has spoken to Bellows Falls audiences hut
a very few times since he has been here,
but each time he has done so his hearers
/ have been greatly pleased. as they doubt
! less will be this time =. W. Wilder, ir.
was on the list for that evening 70 speak
/ upon Air and Water. Illustrated from Il
/ chemists stand point but being unavoida
! bly, absent upon business his talk Is placed
later in the season by the committee.
The blizzard which came upon ms Wed
! nesdav morning and continued through the
! day and night was severer m many WAYS
/ that that Of two weeks ago The fall Of
snow was not as large. else 1t would have
/ been more disastrous The wind blew
much harder, and the roads are still i'm
/ passabe in many directions outside the vii
/ lage. Trains were not as badly DELAYED as
/ the warm weather Of the past week had
| left hardly any snow upon the tracks and
! the additional snow did not impede a.
/ much as it would have done week ago
! Two as severe storms in so short "A time are
/ very unusual, and we have not seen as Sc
/ we're ones as either of these since 1855.
/ Considerable interest in temperance mat
/ ters is being exhibited in North Walpole
! for the past few weeks resulting in the
| frequent prosecutions and consequent re
| striction of liquor selling there Interest
! Is at that point where for the first time
! public meetings have been held for the pur-
! pose OF discussing the situation Last sun
! day evening st Peter hall was crowded 90
/ its greatest capacity with citizens interested
/ IN both sides Of the important question, and
/ the public discussions were taken part in boy
| advocates Of both the hquor selling and
temperance elements. at times becoming
| quite animated The agitation of the
matter promises to lead to good results for
! that village,