Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-14

george II. WEIGH as delegates to the an
nual meeting of the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Union.
DR.. c. e. Meachem has rented the three
front rooms in the Aldrich block formerly
occupied by DR.. Il. s. Allbee Electric
lights, hardwood floors etc, are being
put in and the doctor will take possession
July l. j. II. Blakley has rented the
rooms in the rear and is fitting them for
subrenting
The Mount Kilburn Junior auxiliary,
which is the foreign missionary society
of the young ladies of the CONGREGATIONAL
church, will hold a sale of sun bonnets
piazza cushions, etc, in the vestry of the
church this evening. Ice cream cake,
Strawberries and home made candies will
also be on sale.
At n meeting of the ladies' auxiliary of
the y. o. IL. held Tuesday the following
officers were elected: Miss Anna Hackett,
president; Miss Lizzie Corners, vice-pres-
ident; Miss Nellie Keane, recording sec
rotary; Miss Kate Sullivan, financial sec
rotary; Miss Mary Farrell, treasurer;
DR.. F. II. O'Connor, physician.
Last Saturday afternoon an interesting
game of base ball was played at BARRIERS
park between the Vermont Farm Machine
and the Mount Kilburn clubs, with bat
teries consisting of Morrison and New
man for the first, ana Mahoney and Cray
/ for the second. The result was a vic
tory for the Vermont Farm Machine boys
of II to 49,
Last Sunday the Odd Fellows of the viii
lage attended the Universalist church in
body and the knights of Pythias at
| tended the Congregational church. Rev.
| Mr.. Hammatt took These Three" as his
text from Corinthians. his theme being
the three LINKS of Odd Fellowism. Rev.
Mr.. Reid took friendship as his theme,
his text being from the story of David
and jonathan
meeting of a few citizens of North
Walpole was held Tuesday evening to
discuss the matter of a celebration
Fourth of July. In view of the fact that
they Joined with Bellows Falls in the
| large celebration last year, the sentiment
was expressed that If Brattleboro or any
| other accessible place decided to cele-
! hrate, they would go there, otherwise
they would hold a ,celebraton of their
| own.
The Bellows Falls and Saxtons River
electric railroad has added during the
| past week an additional new passenger
| car. This makes the equipment at the
| present time consist of five passenger
| cars, one freight motor, four freight cars
| Clat bottomed) and snow pillow. The
| business opens this spring with a volume
very gratifying to the road, fury equal
to what was anticipated. The patronage
| of BARRIERS park mas been unexpectedly
| large for so early IN the season.
l.. T, Lowell, 2d, has decided to lease
! his Rockingham hotel if a satisfactory
lessee can be found He prefers to devote
| his time to the other branches of his
! business. This is a particularly advan-
atgeous opening for the right man, as
| Towns hotel remains closed, with no
| more prospect of its being opened than
! at any time during the past six months.
| When Towns hotel is running the Rock
! ingham has its own particular sphere
/ and patronage, making it a good paying
| property.
Tuesday an inspector of the railway
! mail service was in town completing ar
! rangements for the delivery of mail to
| farmers along the stage routes from Bel
lows Falls to South AcYorth and from
| SaNtons River to Townshend. This is to
he done after July 1st, by the stage driv-
ers along the route in accordance with
Il new law. The drivers are also Obliged
to take all mail, and without fees if it
| is properly stamped, deposit it in the first
| post Office which he comes to.
The school board at their regular
monthly meeting last Saturday reelected
| all the teachers in our schools except
those who have resigned: Miss Annie
! Bemis and Miss Ellen O'Nei, eth grade
in the High school building, and Miss
| Rosabelle Hatch, LIST and I'd grades in
| building No. > Miss Agnes Elmendorf
who has taught the 6tn grade in building
No. l the past year, will take Miss
O'Neil's school and one of the other va
cancies will be filed by Miss Gratia Web
| ster of SaXtons River.
Considerable interest is being excited
to see who will be the winner in the con
test by the f. 3. f. Grocery company fol-
the free trip to Buffalo. About six weeks
ago the company began advertising thai
in every pound package of Buffalo coffee
was a ticket, and the party who on the
LIST of August was able to present the
greatest number of tickets, or coupons
would be given an eight day trip to Buff
falo. including all parlor car and hote
| expense for the entire trip. Sales of tina
particular brand of coffee have beer
large
George NJ. Butler. son of Francis G
| Butler. former manager of the Vernon
Farm Machine company, was married a
the Park street church in Boston Wed
! nesday evening to Miss Flora r. Lees o
| Lowell Mass. The groom was youn:
boy when his parents moved from here
but many friends of the family well re
MEMBER him. He is a member of a mer
camille firm on Summer street in Boston
! a deacon in the Park street church, an'
president of the Park street club Tn
bride has been a number of years EN-
| Moved by the City Missionary society
in connection with the PARK stree
| church work.
The present owners of the Towns hote
block last week discontinued the renting
of any rooms in the hotel building whlcl
had been done since the house was close
Jan. 1st and Mr.. and Mrs. II. +. Bow
) teHe, who have had charge of 1t haV
moved from there into a tenement owne
by II. e. Bean on Atkinson street. IN
carpets have been taken up Throughout
the hotel and the furniture of each room
= As.ar no M 10
= Of the rooms which was put on new tw
wears ago, has been taken off the most o
the rooms, presumably with the intentlo
of painting and tinting the walls, but
2 is not understood that any arrangement
for the opening of the house have bee
= made. A large part of the rooms nav
been occupied until last week.
GRAFTON.
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