Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07

Rev. Albert Hammatt exchanged pull
pits Sunday with Rev. a. E. Read of
Bethel.
John Church enters today upon the
duties of night operator in the tele-
phone exchange.
c. w. Osgood came up from Boston
Monday, spending a few days with the
family of E. G.. Osgood.
Rev. C. E. White of Wilder has been
spending the week with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace White.
Miss Abbie Leonard leaves the first
of the week for Boston, where she
will spend a week or ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. George WEIGH spent a
portion of last week at Sunapee, pre-
pairing their cottage for the approach
ing season.
DR.. F. c. Wilkinson has left the en-
ploy of the Labaree Veterinary Medi-
cine company and has resumed his
practice in this vicinity
w. B. Carpenter and w. c. Belknap,
with their families, went Thursday
to Lake Rescue, to open the cottages
for the summer. They will remain
several days.
E. G. Osgood went to st. Johnsbury
"Wednesday on a business trip and
will return Saturday. Mrs. Osgood
and daughter accompanied him as far
as Bradford.
Prof. T. N. Chase of Atlanta univer-
sity, and his son, John Chase, from
a New York theological seminary, are
the guests of DR.. and Mrs. Kirkland
for the summer, arriving Tuesday.
Mrs. G. E. Welch, Mrs. G. H. Cor
ham, N. G. Williams, E. G. Osgood,
Rev. ]. H. Reid and others will attend
the annual convention of the state
Sunday school association in Rutland
next week.
The shirt waist men struck town
yesterday Each one of the four let
ter carriers of the post office appeared
in the new regulation yesterday and
their natty appearance was the cause
of much comment.
E. P. Kidder, one of the oldest Bel
lows Falls residents, who has been in
Kansas City the past year, returned
home last Saturday. He was &C
companied by his son, Rowe, who is
to stay in this vicinity a short time
The first band concert of the season
was given last evening in the square
and drew a very large crowd. The
band is in excellent condition this year
and the $500 appropriated for it by the
village at its annual meeting will give
much pleasure.
The w. A. Hall residence on West,
minister street has been opened for
the summer. Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Halls
mother, and Master Melvin are here
already and Mr. and Mrs. Hall will
come from New York in a few days
to spend the most of the summer.
Charles H. Robb has been absent in
Washington and other cities the past
three weeks, and expects to be away
indefinitely in connection with his
new appointment of commissioner
upon the internal revenue taxes upon
inheritances. His wife remains here
Mrs. Marshall w. Downing left Wed
nesday for her old home in Oberlin, o.
where she will be joined Immediately
after commencement by her husband
Principal and Mrs Downing will spend
the entire summer vacation in Oberlin
their Burt place home being occupied
by DR.. and Mrs. Hazelton.
The same young men who were sc
successful in giving a social dance al
their success next Tuesday evening
at the same place. The proceeds two
weeks ago were turned over to the
fund for graduating exercises of the
senior class, as will probably be done
with those of next week.
The shifting engine of the Rutland
road left the rails early Monday morn
ing on the branch track leading to the
mills. The place where it went of
was just north of the toll bridge anC
it started toward the edge of the precl
pice into the river, but stopped on thu
edge in a hair-raising situation to thu
four men who were on it. A defective
Joint caused the trouble.
The new electric light plant on thu
island has been finished as far as thu
building goes, and the boilers are Sc
in place, but no machinery has beef
put in yet. The water power plant il