Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-11-17
BELLOWS FALLS.
Jews Were Horse Thieves.

Jews Were Horse Thieves.
When E. w. Brown went to his barn
about O'Clock Sunday morning he found
that some one had during the night taken
a horse belonging to the F. b. f.. grocery
company, two harnesses, blanket and
top carriage. Mr.. Brown, accompanied by
L, G. Lowell at once started in pursuit of
the thieves. The treil was followed easlyin
thesnow nearly to Keene, N. H. Again at
State Line they heard of them, as they were
seen there early Sunday morning. Hester-
day Mr.. Brown went to Ashburnham,
where he found the horse blanket, which
they had left at the stable the hotel
where they stopped. He also found who
the two men were. They proved to be two
Jews to whom Mr.. Brown had rented
stall in the barn two weeks ago. They had
been about here collecting old iron, and
as a member of the firm who lost the horse
says, "horses, harnesses, etc"
Mrs. George WEIGH is spending the week
in Boston.
A. H. Fisher left Monday for his winter
home in South Lake Wier, Fla.
Miss Alice Jennings spent Sunday in
White River junction with Mrs. Fred Bah
bitt.
Harvey Chase, Bellows Falls High school
'9S, takes the place vacated by Mr.. Damon,
at the station.
Mrs. Roswell FarDum of Bradford has
been spending the week with her daughter,
Mrs. E G. Osgood.
The Knights of Pythias hold an anniver-
sary meeting Tuesday evening next week,
when they will receive the ladies.
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Methodist church next Monday evening
Presiding Elder Davenport having charge
of the meeting.
The Goth annual concert and ball of the
Hibernians will be held Wednesday evening,
Nov. 30, in Union hall. Wheeler's orches-
ira will provide the music.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Sawyer expect
to leave for Brookline, Mass. next week.
They will close here and spend the winter
with their daughter, Mrs. S. w. Wilder, jr.
The wrapper factory is to be moved into
A. F. Winnewisser's brick house on Canal
street, as Coy and Babcock need the room
now occupied by the factory in the Island
House.
Howard Parke has sold his interest in
the Bellows Falls Machine company to the
other members of the firm. 1t is under
stood that he will remain in town for the
present, at least.
Both arches of the Fitchburg bridge
across the Connecticut are now completed
and it is hoped that the trestle over both
arches will be completed and the rails in
place so that trains can cross by tomorrow
night.
The Christian Endeavorers of the Con
gregational church give an entertainment,
entitled "AuHt Dinah's Husking Bee, " in
the vestry of the church this evening.
There will also be a sale of candies, pick
les and preserves.
Rev. Antonio Alright of New York
preached at the Congregational church
Sunday morning and evening. In the af-
ternoon he held a service at the Italian
headquarters at Gageville, speaking in
their own language.
Rev. F. W. Lewis held a mid-year exam
ination of the Vermont conference Tues
day. The following candidates took II
examination: Rev. W. E. Lang, Athens
Rev ]. Z. Badger, Ludlow; Rev. A. A
Estabrook, Williamsville.
The Bellows Falls High school football
team met the Vermont Academy SECOND
team on Drislane's field, Monday afternoon
and were beaten badly, in the face of tbs
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Academy team once this fall.
The Young Peoples union is the name o.
a society recently formed by the young PEG
pie of the Baptist church. They will hole
their first meeting next Tuesday evening
and once in two weeks after that. TIT
entertainment will be musical and literary
A new firm has succeeded to the grocery
business of the late John Putnam, Putnam
& Damon. The firm is composed of D. M
Damon, who has been employed at the rail
road station, and Will Putnam, who wa
associated with his brother in the business
Miss Kate Beaton left Saturday morning
for her home in Prince Edwards Island
accompanied by her sister May, whose seri
GUS illness called her here some weeks ago
They have been with their uncle, DAME
Beaton, and Miss May is still far from be
ing well.
The fair held Thursday evening of las
week by the ladies' aid society of the Uni
Versalist church, was decided success il
every way. The supper was an elegan
one, as their suppers always are, and par
taken of by nearly 200 The net proceed
of the fair in all its departments was 5000
The young men of the Episcopal churcl
have formed a club for the study of tn
prayer book, holding their first meeting
Tuesday evening in the parish house o
their church. The first Tuesday evening
in December Rev. D. L. Sanford will Civ
an address on the History of the Praye
Book"
The first debate of the season by tn