Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-07-27

rescued without injury except bruises and
torn clothing.
This years Masonic directory, issued last
week, giving the names of the members of
each organization, shows that King Solo
mons lodge has 100 members; Lodge of
the Temple 81; Abenauqui Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons, 7S; Bellows Falls
Council of Royal and Select Masters 40, and
the new commandery of Knights Templar
recently organized has IS members. Each
one of the different organizations is in a
commercially hourishing condition.
A large force of men are kept busy all
the time at BARRIERS park completing the
various improvements being made there.
A gravel walk and flight of stairs have this
week been put in from the platform sta
ton to the pavilion aud with electric lights
on the arches overhead every few feet
makes the park easy of access in the even
ing. The open air theatre now in process
of erection behind the pavilion will be COM
pleted in 10 days or so. The second dance
of the season was given Tuesday night and
was fairly we'll attended
The board of railroad commissioners were
here yesterday on their annual inspection
of the railroads In the forenoon they
went over the Springfield electric road
and in the afternoon they carefully ex
amined the new Bellows Falls and Saxtons
River street railway. After returning
here from Saxtons River members of the
board spoke in the highest terms of the ex-
| cellent construction and equipment of the
road Their expressions showed that their
expectations we're more than realized as to
substantial construction and easy grades.
Father Reynolds and Rev. Mr.. Hammatt
were the only Bellows Falls pastors occupy
ing their own pulpits last Sunday. Mr..
| Hammatt will now be absent till Sept. d,
aud the Universalist church will be closed
each Sunday. Rev. Mr.. Lewis and Rev.
Mr.. Dodge exchanged with each other,
Mr.. Reid exchanged with Rev Mr.. Alex
ander of Newport, N. H., and Rev. Dr.
Harris Of Nashua, formerly state mission
airy, supplied the desk for Rector Sanford,
who is away on a months vacation. Rev.
Mr.. Reid is to be absent during the whole
month of August and his pulpit will be
supplied by various preachers during the
time.
Mrs j. o. Smith of this place has at
tanned notoriety at Lake Rescue, where
she has been spending the summer, by
cruelty to a child under her care. The
child is girl of IA, named Lucy Smith,
whom she took into her family some three
years ago. having no children of her own
This child disappeared from the cottage
Saturday afternoon, and was not seen until
midnight, when she came to the house of
Mr.. ShafDer at the other end of the lake
| Upon being admitted to the house she told
pitiful story of brutal treatment at the
hands of Mrs. Smith, and particularly of a
beating which she had received that after
noon. Complaint was made TO the authori-
ties on Sunday, and that evening Mrs.
Smith was arrested. A hearing was held
Tuesday, and she was bound over under
5000 bonds to appear at county court in
the fall. The defendant is an invalid suf-
fering terribly at times, and is in the habit
of taking morphine at such times by the
doctors direction. She claims to have no
knowledge of having ill.treated the child
and it is understood that the defence will
maintain that she was not responsible. An
examination of the child's body showed
not only traces of Saturdays beating but
of former ones, and serious injury to one
| ear