Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-07-21

Superintendent G. w. Cox and wife
went to their old home in Nova Scotia to
spend few weeks,
Rev. Alfred Hammatt of the Universe
list church exchanged Sunday with Rev.
Mr.. Howard of Charlestown.
The Bellows Falls party of about 20, who
have been at Old Orchard Beach, returned
Monday, having had delightful outing.
Albert R. Winnewisser, brother of A.
F. and F. G. Winnewisser, is very i'll and
was taken last week to the Keene hospital
for treatment.
An excursion to Nantasket Beach and
Bass Rocks is to be run by the Fitchburg
road next week Friday, with the fare at
the low price of $3.50 for the round trip.
Miss Jessie Judd, teacher in the High
school, came here Saturday from her home
in South Hadley and will spend most of the
remainder of her vacation in coaching
pupils of the school.
Newton D. Clarke, "a graduate of the
High school and of Dartmouth college, was
in town briefly Tuesday on his way to Lud-
low. He is now principal OF the High
school in Mendon, Mass.
The new management of the Information
al Paper company have changed the meth
their calling at the Office every Wednesday
their pay is brought around to them.
The twin sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick
Slattery died suddenly last week, both of
whooping cough One died Friday and
. the other Saturday, both being inferred in
st. Charles cemetery Monday afternoon.
A. A. Stone, who has been night opera
tor at the Western Union Office, has finished
here and his place has been filed by j. p.
Diggins, who learned the business at this
office, but has been at Claremont Junction
for some months.
The death of Joseph A. Parker from
consumption occurred last Thursday and
the burial was Saturday afternoon from
his late residence on the Old Terrace. He
was a brother of Dentists James A., A. j.
and Charles Parker, all well known locally.
L. G. and @. E. Howard have this week
been placing a new set of platform scales
in front of their store. They are of the
Howe pattern and are of much greater
capacity than the old ones. They required
a new foundation wall which s built Of
brick
The Baptist young people have begun
this week rehearsing for cantata to be
given a little later for the benefit of the
church building funds. Contractor Beck
with is making good progress with the re-
building of the church building, it being all
enclosed at the present time.
Rev. f. W. Lewis was summoned tc
Boston last week by Bishop Mallaieu tc
act as secretary of the board of ministers
known as the judicial conference before
whom the trial of the appeal of Rev. s. c.
johnson from the decision of the Vermont
conference was heard The result was ad
verse to Mr.. Johnson the trial resulting in
sustaining the verdict of the Vermont min
listers, expelling him from the conference.
Capt. George L. Bowtelle is critically il
at his home on Rockingham street. Fol
over 40 years he was locomotive engineer
between here and Fitehburg, the most Of
the time running passenger engine, anC
retired five or six years ago because of ad
vanced age He is now "a. For the las
two years he has failed rapidly and during
the last two weeks has been confined to hi
house, there being no definite disease but
general breaking up of the system.
Although there are a number of slaugh
ter houses at different points just outside
the village, practically no use has beer
made of any of them the past year excep
that of James B. Allbee at the north end
The different meat men are employing Mr.
Allbee to do nearly all their slaughterinl
and he has a we'll equipped house. 1t ha
steam boiler and concrete floors, with pow
erful windlasses. He keeps a large number
of hogs himself, having just now about Al
of 30 in his pens.