Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-17

morning made serious flesh wound in the
arm of Leon Vincent, an employe OF ).
w. Stuart.
Henry W. Hutchens goes early next
week to Niagara Falls to attend the annual
meeting of scythe snath manufacturers OF
the country He will represent Derby x
Ball.
Mrs. H. b. Davis and Miss Davis are
spending two weeks at Winthrop Beach.
Mr.. Davis spent few days there, return
ing Tuesday.
A. H. Bissel's dwelling near the south
end of Atkinson street has been bought by
Editor w. c. Belknap, who will occupy it
about Nov. /.
f. w. Brown, Mrs Brown and Mrs.
Henry A. Phelps went TO Sharon Wednes-
day to attend an annuafamily reunion and
| picnic that is always largely attended.
At Porord has sold his lunch room
business, located in engine hail. to Joseph
! McGreen, "a former well known blacksmith.
Mr.. Pollard remains in charge for the pres
ent.
A rally and flag raising by the Democrats
will be held Monday evening. After the
flag is swung out an address will be given
in the opera house by George Fred Viii
liams.
Mrs. Charles Walker of Cavendish, who
has spent the past few weeks with the
family of c. L. Wheeler, returned to her
home yesterday.
Miss Ethel NJ. Wheeler, who has been
spending the past five weeks with her
brother Harry in Auburn, n. Y, returned
home last evening.
A member of the Salvation Army, Capt.
Jessie Lamprey, will speak at the Metho-
dist church both morning and evening, next
Sunday. She will tell of her work in the
slums of New York and Boston.
Rodney W. Roundy, Bellows Falls High
school 'q5, and Amherst 90, who has been
principal of Lyme, Conn, grammar school
the past year. is supplying the pulpit of the
Simonsville Union church during his sum
mer vacation,
Edward Clark of Brattleboro and Henry
f. Lake of Keene were engaged two days
the first of the week making a careful in
ventory OF the musical stock of the lat e
C.L. Barber preparatory to handing it over
to the purchaser, Bert Chelis of Clare
mont.
Little interest is shown in the Republi-
can caucus to be held Saturday afternoon
at O'clock. Only one name is now sug-
gested as representative, that of Charles
E. Howard of the Howard hardware com
pany, aud it is probable the nomination
will be by reclamation.
The motor men of the electric road com
plain that many citizens wishing to stoI
the cars fail TO signal to them, and ther
find fault at their not stopping. A mum
/, Der of people have the past week failed t.
get their car and blamed the motormaI
when the fault was their own.
. The burning of the extensive violin boz
factory at Charestown Wednesday, owned
by George Bond, is a matter of interest to
Bellows Falls, it being the largest manu-
featuring industry in that neighboring vii
lage. 1t was burned down about 10 year
ago. and rebuilt much larger, employing
/ about 40 hands the past year.
y The Bellows Falls Gun club have today
S as guests the Fitchburg Gun club, and per
haps the Leomiuster club. The Bellows
Falls boys were recently entertained a
S Fitchburg in a regal manner and the,
= claim this as their time to return th,
S courtesies shown them. They will have
= competitive shoot this afternoon.
t number of Bellows Falls cetizens wen
g to Walpole Tuesday and to Alstead Wed
nesday, attending the exercises connected
e with the sold Home" days in those villages
s fered with the pleasure, but Wednesday a
Alstead was all that could be asked an,
there were about 500 visitors in town,
It Frank E. Morgan has been suffering tn
g past week with tonsilitis, but is out again
He has an extremely good offer to return
+. to Burlington into the Allen dry good
9 store in which he was employed sewers
years, previous to two years ago, and it
y possible he will not carry out his intention
. of going to Boston for business in the fall.
The grand stand at the base ball ground
I at Barber's park has been changed to tn
Is other side of the diamond this week, so a
to avoid the necessity of the spectator
facing the sun during these hot afternoons
- Every thing possible is being done by Supt
" Holton to make the various attractions G
the park as popular as possible, and in it h
) is succeeding admirably.
- Rev. John II. Reid, who is spending hi
months vacation at Salem, N. Y, was ad
vertised to speak at Bennington Wednes
+ day evening in connection with Hon. job
: Barrett, at Republican rally and flag rails
ing. Mr. Reid has always shown his inter
y est in all that pertains to citizenship an