Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-04-22

by the last town meeting of Westminster.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brennan of Windsor
were guests of their daughter Mrs. j. I.
Ridden over Sunday. Mr.. Brennan still
runs the express train locomotive between
Windsor and Springfield, Mass.
The third shoot of the Bellows Falls Gun
club occurred yesterday on their grounds
upon the brisbane farm and was Of much
interest to the members and the large num-
Der of interested spectators.
Lieutenant K. A. Shuttleworth, who
passed his boyhood in this village, has been
ordered with his regiment, 18th infantry
U. S. A., to Mobile, Alabama, to join the
command of Brigadier-G General j. j, Cop
pinger.
TIE paper mill of John T. Moore & Son
is entirely unroofed this week, and is being
practically rebuilt throughout. The ma
chinery is being changed so as to manufac-
ture an entirely different grade of paper
from that heretofore made there.
DR.. A. J, Parker moved yesterday from
the office in the Opera house block, occu'
pied by him for several years, to an office
in Farr's block on Rockingham street. The
office which he vacated is being painted
and redecorated for the occupancy of 9.
! w. Labaree for a real estate agency.
The ladies' auxiliary of the y. NJ. c.
! A., have this week shipped five barrels OF
clothing and other supplies to the Cuban
relief committee in New York, and hand
some sum of money besides, the result OF
their efforts of the past two weeks. This
call has been nobly met by Bellows Falls
citizens.
The 2lst Monday evening practical talk
of the season occurred at the Young Mems
Christian association this week, it being by
Prof A. L. Emo of Saxtons River. The
subject was THE Hoosier Poet, James
Whitcomb Riley" and the audience was
deeply interested throughout the evening.
The total attendance at these talks has
been 1918, an average of 81 each evening.
They have been of large merit lectures in
themselves
The residence of f. j. Tidd on School
street has been quarantined, Mrs Tidd hav-
ing the diphtheria There has been little
question as to whether she really had that
disease and measures were taken by the
sending of two separate culture tubes to
the state bacterioogist to decide the mat
ter. Both reports were clear as to its be-
ing the dreaded disease, but owing TO a
question regarding tn mixing of two tubes
in the first lot a second was sent.
Henry H. Davis has bought the property
in North Walpole which was formerly
known as the Wilson property, consisting
of two dwellings and three or four building
lots He has begun the erection of a build
ing there to be occupied as a drug store on
the ground floor and with good tenement
overhead He will occupy the store, and
will rent the tenement, retaining his resi-
dence here as his home.
Rector D. l. Sanford of Emmanuel
church has been in Burlington this week,
officiating as one of a board of examiners
for candidates for the priesthood. Among
the candidates this year Is young man
named Walter H. Cambridge, well known
in Bellows Falls his home as boy having
been in Grafton. The regular Wednesday
, evening service at the church here was
omitted this week owing to Mr.. Sanford
] absence.
The Mortified News has the following
in reference to a former we'll known Bel
lows Falls boy who graduated at Norwich
= University previous to his appointment a
. an officer in the army: Lieut. +. a
Shuttleworth, 18th Infantry [ s. A, who
F. has been stationed at Whipple Barracks
re Arizona, for the past three years has beer
= ordered to jefferson Barracks, Missouri
together with several companies of the reg
+ destination about April 10"
n The change in the hour of the evening
O service from to 1;30 at the Congregation
= al church, which went into effect last Sun
n dav, seems to be a more convenient on
g Judging from the large audience of tina
o evening The subject of Rev. Mr. Reid
e sermon, Wanted Man, may have beef
It in part what made the large increase il
j. numbers. Mr.. Red proved very concus
If lively that Christian men, especially youn
% men, are wanted everywhere. The churcl
"a calendar, used for the first time that day
n was move in the right direction, in thes
days when there have been so many nc
tices to read.
Two Easter gifts were made to forme
Bellows Falls residents by their old friend
lie here. Miss Jane Hapgood formerly pre-
"a ceptress of st. Agnes Hall ladies' boarding
IL ing school, which stood where the new
"a High school now does, was remembered b
/ her former pupils and friends here in
y substantial manner, and Rev. Warren II
Roberts, former popular rector of In
II manuel church, was sent a purse of owe
y Sl6O by his former Pensioners. He
+, living in Kingsville, O.. at the presen
d time, and is unable to do any work OWN
v to a sickness, from which it is expected h
N will never recover.
C The old time entertainment and "Colc
- NAL tea" given Wednesday evening i
u union hall by the Woman's Auxiliary @
!. the Young Mems Christian association, wa
20 successful in every respect and netted tn
- organization S46.1l after paying all eX
- penses. An old time tea party was full
d patronized from $50 to 1870 and goo
n supper it was. Later musical entertain
~ ment was followed by play entitled 9TH
- Courtship of Miles Standish, with its stron
- cast of characters and tableaux of India
: camps and other scenes illustrating tn
! play. Altogether the evening was one {
= the most enjoyable of the winter and show
- ed to large degree the interest still fe
by citizens for the y. NJ. c. A.