Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-31
BELLOWS FALLS.

Mrs. a. b. Dascomb returned Wednes-
dav to Hillsboro Bridge, y. II.
Miss Margaret Reid of Newark, y. j.. is
visiting her brother, Rev. j. II. Reid, on
South street
A. C. Halliday finished work at Dun
ham's market last week and is employed
now at the Vermont Farm Machine com
pany's shop.
Grand Master j. H. Blakeley is today in
Bethel. where he is to institute a lodge of
Daughters Of Rebekah at o'clock. 1t is
to be numbered 10.
Harvey Burnett, who has been in the In
dustrial school at Vergennes the past three
years, returned to his home here last week,
and will remain for the present
A son of George A. Brown of Everett,
Mass, formerly a well-known lawyer here,
is the leader of the Dartmouth Glee club
which is to appear in the opera house April
10, under the auspices of the Wheel club.
Rev. f. E. Marggraf preached in Charles
town last Sunday in the Unitarian church.
Rev. F. w. Lewis of the Methodist church
exchanged last Sunday with Rev. NJ. II.
Smith of Athens.
The annual banquet given the c. w. Os-
good Bible class by its teacher, is to occur
church vestry and the usual high anticipa-
ton is being INDUCED in 10y those invited
Many valuable improvements are being
made by S. d. Mcleod in the Model Hand
laundry in the Gates building on West
minister street. An electric motor is among
the advances made in furnishing power.
The Rutland railroad company has
bought 40 miles of so pound steel rails for
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from Bellows Falls to Ogdensburgh. With
the laying of these rails will come the put
ting in of good rails on all sidings.
G. w. Butterfield and a. Waldo Coolidge
have united their early vegetable business
under the firm name of Buttertield <
Coolidge, and will greatly enlarge their
business this season. They are already
furnishing their customers with rsdishes
and lettuce.
Prof. C. c. Stearns of Hartford, Conn.
accompanied by his son, Myron, and Hugh
Baldwin, are guests at A. n. SWANS.
Prof Stearns is the principal of a large
preparatory school for boys in his city, and
is also connected with the theological
school there.
Mrs. E. V. Booth, who has been spend
ing her school vacation with her mother,
Mrs Geo. Underwood, returns today to
Montpelier The annexation to Mont
peler of that portion of Berlin where she
has taught the last few years, results in
her promotion to a situation in the Union
school of the city.
Next Monday evening the senior class of
the High school are to give their play for
which they have been rehearsing some
weeks, and considerable fun, as well as a
large success financially is promised them
at that time. The title is Sin the Trenches, "
it being founded upon incidents of the re-
cent Spanish-American war.
The dissolution sale" of j. j. Fenton &
Co., which opened Saturday morning, has
proved a great success in reducing the
stock. Low enough prices were made so
each sale advertised it, until the doors have
had to be kept locked portion of the time
to keep the crowds out. 1t is being contin-
ued every day. A portion of the time as
many as 10 clerks have been employed.
The local lodge of Knights of Pythias
celebrated the 35th anniversary of the
founding of their order last Sunday, and in
the evening they attended divine worship
at the Congregational church. The SER
mon preached by Rev. j. H. Reid was up
on the theme of Gratis of a Knightlv
character" based upon the text found in
| Phil. ~, 3.
The new commandery of Knights Temp
lar worked the Red Cross degree Tuesday
evening for the first time. The organizing
of this commandery has greatly stimulated
the work of the lower degrees of Masonry
as a large number of candidates are ex-
pecting to become members of the COM
mandery. In the Royal Arch chapter there
are now 10 candidates being advanced in
the order.
man named Robert Dollard, about 40
years old, who had worked as a farm hand
for John Carter on the Upper Meadows,
disappeared suddenly nearly three weeks
ago. He had no friends or relatives here
abouts and as he was intoxicated when last
seen, or had been a short time before,
coupled with the fact that he left all his
clothes and balance of pay still due him,
leads to fears that he has wandered away
and lost his life.
Bishop Hall of Burlington reached here
Monday afternoon from Rutland, where he
spent Sunday He has preached each
evening this week in Emmanuel church.
He goes to Brattleboro tomorrow. All