Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-18

drive is doomed here.
Principal Bugbee and superintendent
Cox are in Woodstock attending teachers
convention.
D. NJ. Damon was elected grand senti-
mel of the grand encampment of Odd Eel
lows at Burlington, Tuesday
Rev. Albert Hammatt will be the Decora-
ton Day orator here this year. Judge
Read will speak at Morrisvile.
Frank L. Fish of Vergennes, National
bank examiner for Vermont, was in town
Tuesday evening and called briefly on old
friends.
c. w. Black has resigned the Office of
superintendent of the Bellows Falls Elec-
trio Light company which he has held two
or three years.
An alarm of fire was sounded from box
No. 81 about 1890 Tuesday morning for
small fire In the wax room of the Robert
Son Paper company. There was very
small loss from wafer, mostly.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Bakeley, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. E. Gould Rev. ]. E. Farrow and
D. NJ. Damon are in Burlington this week
attending the annual meeting of the grand
lodge of the Vermont Odd Fellows.
The lunch counter of F. j. Tidd on the
stairs to the square is to moved about
June to the store lately occupied by Z.
j. Knapp & Co. The room vacated by
them has been leased by Griswold &
Meany.
1t is again said that the old house on
Green street at the foot of Cherry hill is to
be torn down, and a new three tenement
house built. If the old house does indeed
come down it will be a delight to all in
the neighborhood
Henry Gould, who was indicted at Bur
lington last February, for opening letters
and removing checks here, was on We'd
nesday sentenced by the United States
court at Windsor to one years hard labor
in the work house at Rutland.
The Rockingham town Sunday school
convention will be held June 10 in Bellows
Falls. Rev. Addison P. Foster, New
England secretary of the American Sun
day school union, will address the conven-
ton. Mr.. Foster will also visit the
Lawrence Mills Sunday school.
The Bellows Falls lawyers in attendance
upon the supreme court at Montpelier
Tuesday were Judge L. NJ. Read, G. II.
Williams, F. A. Bodies and George A.
Weston. The arguments in the appeal
case on the electric road damages on Pine
street were heard during the forenoon,
the decision to be announced later.
The building on Henry street extension,
occupied by Clark & Durkee's grocery store,
is being remodelled, and new three-story
front put on it which much improves the
looks. 1t is also being enlarged and
brought nearer to the sidewalk, making
the appearance of the block more promi-
nent, and much increasing its capacity.
The 50th annual meeting of the Yer
mont Homeopathic Medical society was
held in Montpelier Wednesday and Thurs
day. DIR. Kirkland gave on Wednesday the
presidents address. DR.. Kirkland, in law
ing down the Office of president, takes up
that of member of the censor board, to
which office he was elected Wednesday.
The senior class of the High school ten
dered reception to the senior classes of
the Claremont and Keene High schools.
Twenty-Five came from Keene and only
one from Claremont. After a pleasant So
cial hour in the parlors of Towns hotel a
banquet was served in the dining room,
followed by the usual post prandial exer-
cises.
Memorial day exercises will be held in
all the school buildings the afternoon of
May 20. Hon. A. N. Swain will address
Lhe dlgn school. The grades in the High
school building will be addressed by Rev.
ID. l.. Sanford and W. G. Belknap. Can't.
W. IL. Taylor will speak in building No.
4; Rev. E. E. Marggraf in No. 8 build
ing, and Rev. j. II. Reid in building No. 2.
Dominique Tomassi of Barre formerly
owner of the fruit store and block on the
north side of the Square in Bellows Falls.
was in town with his wife and three sons
Wednesday on their way TO New York.
where they were to sail yesterday for
Paris and their old home in Italy. They
were booked for the La Gascogne of the
French line. They are to leave the three
sons in Italy for five years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry II. Davis celebrated
the 25th anniversary of their marriage, at
their home on school street Friday evening.
A very pleasant entertainment of music
and recreation was given, and congratu-
lations expressed to Mr.. and Mrs. Davis
and the hope expressed that they might be
here to celebrate their 50th anniversary.
Several handsome gifts were presented as
testimonials from their friends.