Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-04-05

of her vacation in town tutoring pupils.
She will go next Saturday to her home in
So. Hadley Falls, Mass.
Charles Coffee, who has for a number of
years been a well known barber here,
working in various shops i'm the village,
was removed Monday to the home of rela-
lives in Windsor, very i'll with consump-
ton.
Business at both the Vermont Farm
Machine company's works and the Casein
company works is rushing, and both
these factories are running four nights
in the week until 1O.oy in order to keep up
with the orders
G. y. Tasker, who for many years has
worked in the grain store OF f. NJ. M.n-
son, has given up his posiuon there and
gone into the ice business with c. A.
Williams. His place is taken by c. E.
Chase of Chester
Dr. George IL. Talbot, a former well
known homeopathic physician of our viii
lage, now of Newtonville Mass. has been
spending week or two with Mrs. Tai
bots parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. II. Randall,
in Alstead. The doctor spent Monday
night with friends in this village and
returned Tuesday to his practice in New
tonVille.
George ID. Clough, formerly owner of
a local meat market, sold the market
which he has been running for a number
of years in Windsor April l. He will now
devote his entire time to the ice business
in Windsor. Miss Bertha Bacon, who has
worked for him as bookkeeper for num-
Der of years, has returned to her home in
Bellows Falls.
The ice in the Connecticut river has
gradually worn away the last two or
three weeks so that, although 1t was of
unusual thickness, and some fears regard
ing damage when it should break up, it
passed over the uam Wednesday all day
in an almost pulverized form and the
river is now clear 1t passed out below
the falls over week ago.
Geo \. wright, who has been engaged
in railroad business, running in to Bel
lows Falls. for nearly forty years, re-
tired from active service Saturday night.
Mr.. Wright is the oldest engineer of
the old Cheshire road, and has been fore
man of the round house on the island
for over ten years. He has sold his home
here and will make his home in the flu
ture in Stowe, VT.
The death of perley blanchard by sui
eide, which was reported in last week
Phoenix brought sadness to very many
friends of the young man here in Bellows
Falls. His place in the dry goods store
of j. G. Day * Co. has been taken per-
manently by Harley Whitman, but Per
ley will long be remembered by the pa
irons of the store as a very courteous and
faithful employe of one of our leading
stores.
The different millinery stores of the
place have held their spring openings the
past week. among them being Mrs l..
Gates Hadley, Miss Lillian Wilder, Still
well Il Pelkey, Mrs. G. H. Shepardson,
(who opens her entirely new store in Arms
block at this timel, Mrs. Pauline Howard,
and Miss Gertrude Howard. Each have
made creditable exhibits of their wares
and shown excellent taste in their selec-
tons and decorations.
AS the teams employed by the street
commissioner were at work Tuesday fill
ing in the wash-out on the SaXtons River
road near the Oak Hill cemetery, two
horse load of gravel which was being
dumped into the hole went over the edge
and the cart went to the bottom of the
Basin. The horses remained on the edge
of the bank and William Blodgett, the
owner of the team. succeeded in getting
the cart back with little damage except
a broken pole.
Last Thursday evening a unique gather
ing was held in the vestry of the Univer-
salist church. it being the occasion of
what was termed Fellowship supper,
and after a bountiful repast served by the
ladies of the church number of very
entertaining and instructive speeches were
made upon topics indicated by the ten
dency apparent in closer fellowship of
the different churches. Among the speak
ers were Dr. Ellery of Vermont Academy,
Rev. w. S. Nichols of the nitarian
church at Walpole, Rev. j. II. Reid of
the local Congregational church, Rev.
Albert Hammatt. and others. Solos and
quartets were renuered. and a reading
was given by Mrs. f. K. Campbell. I he
occasion was interesting and indicated
closer relation between the churches than
in former years.