Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-01-13

ally understood here. Ills CRITICISMS OF ALL
from the war department, with its com
pick machinery, down to the individual
soldier. seemed tempered with moderation
and good Judgment. The next lecture of
the course is by Rev. r. f. Bsbee of Chico
pee, Mass, upon the subject Reforms and
Reformers" Additional interest is given
this lecture from the interest excited in the
speaker during his campaign as Democratic
candidate for Congress from his district
upon the reform ticket.
Miss Nellie Dean was in Putney over
Sunday.
- A. Waldo Coolidge has been housed with
the grip for two weeks.
John F. Pierce, who is studying law in
Fitchburg, Mass, was in Bellows Falls
Monday.
E. B. Searle has been in Aver, Mass,
the past two weeks, visiting and caring for
sick relatives.
/. A. Bolles is assisting in the extra work
of the savings bank which occurs at the
opening of the year.
Mrs. G. Vivian White has been i'll a num-
Der of weeks at her old home in Langdon,
and MIR. White is boarding with his parents
on Atkinson street.
Rev. j. H. Reid, who has been housed
two weeks with the grip, was able to
preach last Sunday. His family have all
had the disease, but are convalescing.
VIM. A. Hall and family intend taking
up a somewhat permanent residence in
New York city about March l, but will
probably keep their present residence here
as a summer home only.
A pocket book, evidently belonging to
some child, containing a small sum of
money, was found on the School street
stairs Wednesday. The owner can have it
by calling upon William D. Hayes.
Many local friends of T. Nelson Hast
ings of Walpole have rendered him their
congratulations upon his election to the
position of president of the New Hamp-
shire senate during the past week.
j. H. Hoton, who has spent some weeks
here completing arrangements for the
building of the electric road, returned to
! his home in Burlington Saturday night and
/ is now confined to his house by very Sc
-l.---a4.-sss,-f the grip.
Il IN Il UrIck block 80 by so feet, and
two or three stories high, is to be built this
spring ON the site of the old building occu-
pied by the stores of E. R. Hall and H. NJ
Amadon 1t is to be built by H. w. Suter,
who owns the present building.
Clarence Newman, who has been attend
ing Gushing academy at South Ashburn-
ham, Mass, for the past two years, began
last Wednesday course in the business
college at Keene, n H. He lives at home
but goes down in the morning and back at
night by train.
The large stock of goods in the Durkee
store is being inventoried and the store will
be opened early next week by George r.
Wales, who will close the whole stock out
at a sacrifice, making ready for the re-
moval of the stock from his store later. He
hopes to get the removal complete by
March /.
Fred E. Babbitt and family are to move
to White River Junction April for per-
manent residence. He has leased the res
taurant in the depot there and will devote
his time to that, continuing this one as at
present under charge of Mr.. Eddy. He
will resign his position as route agent of
the American Express.
II. d. Ryder was in attendance upon
Windsor county court last week, where he
defended Frank Graves of Chester, who
was charged with the larceny of S14 from
Stephen Graves. The eloquence of Mr.
Ryder, however, could not balance
the weight of the evidence and his client
was convicted and sentenced to pay fine
Of 500.
4 A suite of finely appointed office rooms
Il has been finished off in the second story of
the International Paper company's office
building and is being occupied as the gen.
eral offices of the electric light company
and the old Fall Mountain Paper company.
A telephone has been put in and Superin-
tendeut G. W. Black is receiving congratu-
lations upon his improved quarters.
Bellows Falls has had IS different post
masters since the year 1900, and Mr.. Can
non, who took the Office the first of the
present year, is the second one who has re-
ceived disappointment. John W. Moore
was appointed in 1S41 again in 1S43 and a
third time in 1850. A. N. Swain, Q E.
Morgan, George o. Guild and Alfred Dow
are the only surviving ex-postmasters.
The Fitchburg road has heretofore used
both Wagner and Pullman cars, but it is
now said to have made an exclusive con-
tract with the Wagner company of which
/" W. Seward Webb is president. This is
taken to reflect close Fitchburg alliance
r with the Rutland road, connecting with it
at Bellows Falls and preparing to build
. northern extensions for a through route
from Boston to the Northwest.
i d. Rev. Geo. W. Perry, ex-state geoIogist,
landscape photographer, has been engaged
by the young people of the Universalist
church to give one of his stereopticon en-
tertainments in the church next Tuesday
evening. The entertainment is to be de.
voted largely to Vermont scenery, and
Judging from the quality of his pictures
shown at Union hall last year, the evening
will be one of rare enjoyment to those who
attend.
A meeting of the directors of the Vacu.
UNI Dryer company was held last week
Thursday at the Office of Osgood & Barker
avery member of the board being present
.nfThe large machine which has been under
l1t construction here for some months has
n been completed and proves entirely salts
3 factory in every way drying paper as il
comes from a Fourdinier machine much
more rapidly than can be done by any 9th
er device. The company propose to make
IS arrangements for building the machines
in quantities within a short time. The
I, principle is applied to the drying of cloths
] n and other fabricA and it promises to be
come an important factor in manufacture
of many kinds.