Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-30

program were given and heartily re-
ceived. These consisted of fancy
dances, drills, solos, quartets and
farces. Friday evening, lots were
drawn for the articles canvassed for.
This was the most interesting evening
OF the three. the hail was packed to
its utmost capacity. The expenses of
the fair were only S196.32, while the
receipts were $4S62.3S, making profit
of $4666.06, which will entirely wine
off the church debt.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. McCarty will &C.
cupy the tenement in David Savage's
house vacated by d. P. Waterman.
Mrs. G. F. Whitehouse died of con.
sumption Tuesday. She leaves a hus-
band and eight children, who live on
Atkinson street.
superintendent Lord, Principal
Downing and Misses Campbell and
Bemis attended the meeting of the
Connecticut River Teachers associa-
ton in West Lebanon last Friday and
Saturday.
Clifford Thomas, an electrician in
the employ of the Electric Light COM
pany, and Miss Jessie Ross, a native
of Scotland, were married at the home
of Rev. ]. H. Reid Tuesday afternoon.
They will live on Williams street.
The school children in buildings 1,
2, 8 and have, as usual, contributed
things to help out the Thanksgiving
dinners of those who were hardly able
to buy for themselves.
The tenement in Mr.. Griswold's new
house on Green street at the foot of
Cherry Hill have all been taken.
Arthur Jellison has the upper floor,
d. P. Waterman the second floor and
L. Y. Clifford the ground floor.
Myron J. Raymond and Emma M.
Foster have bought DR.. A. j. Parkers
house on the old Terrace. Mr.. and
Mrs Foster will occupy the lower ten
ement and Mr.. Raymond the upper
one.
Albert A. Halliday has substituted
for Mail Carrier Willis A. Brown this
week while Mr.. Brown has been in
Benten, N. H., attending his own
wedding. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown will
make their home on Atkinson street,
near Russell street.
The schools of the village all had
solid sessions Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, the first two days on ac-
count of the bad walking and We'd
nesday in order that teachers might
go to their homes. There has been
no school today
Rev. c. X. B. Dodge preached in the
Baptist church last Sunday upon Yer
mont's Wavering on the Prohibition
Question" 1t was a strong sermon
in which he told in no uncertain way
what the effect upon Bellows Falls
would be with license law.
The second free talk before the
Young Mems club will be given in the
vestry of the Congregational church
Tuesday evening of next week at
8 o'clock by H. Kensington Lloyd of
Claremont, N. H. Mr., Lloyd is
highly recommended and a pleasant
evenings entertainment is expected.
The wrapper factory of Winnewiser
& Burnett, known as the Eureka
Manufacturing company, is being en-
larged and will be ready for operation
about Jan. l. A two-story addition
will be built in the rear of the present
factory, greatly increasing the floor
space. Fifty power sewing machines
are to be put in, which will increase
the number of employees.
Because of the snow storm of Mon
day a heavy branch was held down
low enough to strike the windows or
the cars on the mail train coming
north, near Westmoreland, and nearly
every car window on the left hand side
of the train was broken. 1t caused
considerable CONSERVATION among the
passengers, and required the setting
out Of two cars here and substituting
other.N
Miss Eva Stearns and Miss Eunice
Foster. teachers in No. 8. will spend
Nbo, NJ eyix of their raSnPGtlV4
homes in Townshend, Mass, and
Keene. N. H. Miss Alice Dascomb
of No. 2 school will go to Westminster
and Miss May Baker of the same
building will go to Keene. Prin-
cipal and Mrs. Downing and Mrs.
Downing's mother will spend the day
at Mr.. Downing's old home IN
SwanZey, N. H.
A union temperance meeting at the
request of the w. G. T. U. was held IN
the Methodist church Sunday evening,
with an address by Rev. J. II. Reld'
Owing to the storm the attendance was
small. A collection was taken, whlcn
was sent to Rev. G. H. Morrow. presl-
dent of the Anti-Saloon league, with
the greetings of the meeting, as
thank-offering for the influence OF the
league in preventing the passage OF
the license bill.
Joseph Saunders of North Walpole,
a freight brakeman on the F1tchDurg
division. was hurt Wednesday IN an
unusual way. He was walking along
the top of a freight train, when ne
came to coal car that was, OF course,
much lower than the cars of regular
height on which he had been walking
1t was early in the morning, the log
was so dense that he did not see that
the car to which he had stepped was
a low one, and he fell, suffering
very bad fracture of the ankle. he
was taken to the Franklin county nos
pital, where he will have 10 remain
for the present.
The ladies' society of the Universal
list church will hold their annual IalI
Thursday afternoon and evening Oh
next week. A hot turkey dinner VIII
be served from twelve until two. Al
ternoon tea will be served from -FOUR
until six. Various articles VIII DC
for sale during the afternoon, such as
bags, aprons and piazza cushions.
dramatic entertainment composed OF
two farces, Rubber Boots" and "A
Proposal by Telephone" will be given
in the evening followed by dancing
Special attention will be given 10 the
childran I'm the afternoon, with dane