Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-10
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.
More Mills for the international.

The international paper company Is EVIL
IDENTIFY trying to increase its possessions by
getting into its hands the Wilder paper
mills of Ashland and the Olcott paper mills
and pulp mills at Olcott, Vt. The Ash
land paper mills are FIVE miles south of
Plymouth, H., and are owned by Will
der & Co. of Boston. There are three
m lis, with a capacity of 10 tons of tissue
and white lining paper per day. The Olcott
Falls company is a corporation and owned
by the Wilder heirs. The capacity of these
mills is so tons of paper per day, and they
have two large pulp mills, which turn out
80 tons of pulp per day. The Olcott COM
pany also owns $1,000 acres of spruce tim
Der land near St. Johnsbury, which is
understood to be included in the deal.
Miss Caroline Arms, of Smith college
spent Saturday and Sunday with her par
ents.
Rev. G. o. Judkins of Windsor lectures
at the Metht dist church this evening on
'The Social Animal"
The first number of the Parish Visitor, a
paper which is to be issued monthly by the
Congregational church, came out on We'd
nesday.
Beginning Monday the High school has
half an hour shorter afternoon session, 60
ing in at the old time !. 80 and out at four
instead of 4.30.
Miss A. j. Parker, teacher in the sixth
grade in the High school building, has been
i'll with grip this week, and Miss Nellie
Brown has been substituting for her.
Miss Annie Ball, who was for so many
years teacher in our schools, and resigned
at the close of last year. has returned to
town with the family of Rev. Alfred Ham
matt. Mr.. Hammatt is to occupy the house
lately vacated by M. A. Durkee on Hap
good place.
AT the meeting of the Athletic associa-
ton of the Bellows Falls High school, held
Tuesday night, Upham 90 was elected track
captain for the remainder of the year, and
Howard 90, as assistant. Busbee, 100, and
Upham, 80, were elected as delegates to
the preliminary Interschoastic meeting,
at Claremont Saturday, to make arrange
ments for the annual field meet in the early
summer.
The service at the Congregational church
Sunday evening was Symposium on the
minister" The "Quiet Talks With Earnest
People in My Study" of DIR. jefferson, of
Broadway Tabernacle, n. Y, were drawn
upon for the subject of the meeting. The
first paper was "Killing a Sermon" read
by j. G. Day; the second Has the Minis
ter an Easy Life" read by n. G. Williams,
the last killing a Sermon" read by DR..
Edward Kirkland.
Capt. W. H. Taylor has been confined to
his home by illness for the past four weeks.
but is gaining somewhat at this time
Owing to the severe storm of Wednes-
day the school signal indicating solid ses.
sion was given at II o'clock and all schools
remained in session so the pupils were not
necessitated to return through the storm
in the afternoon.
Frank Diggins has arrangements well
under way to establish another clothing
store in Bellows Falls early this spring.
He has other persons associated with him,
but has not MS yet decided upon which
store he will occupy, having two or three
available locations in mind. He had
thought he might be able to secure the
stock of j. II. Blakely, which was last
week sold to other parties, or rather what
is left OF it after an extensive "closing
OUT sale until March l.
The Claremont Advocate saws: "Throueb
the enterprising real estate agency of G.
W. Labaree at Bellows Falls, the Beatson
place in Claremont has been exchanged for
the Herbert G. Hatch farm at Cold River.
Burt Chellis, as owner of the farm, will
take advantage of the great amount of pine
timber standing on it, and will cut the farm
proper up into lots of from one to ten acres
each, for sale for homes to workmen who
wish little land to cultivate The Beatson
house will be made into two tenements, and
will soon be ready for occupancy in this
manner"