Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-27
THE BELLOWS FALLS NEWS

term to take the vacant position in the
fifth grade in No. building, has been
obliged to give up the school on account
of severe Illness, having been able to
teach but one day. She was taken to her
home in Massachusetts Wednesday. The
vacancy is not yet filled Mrs. John G..
Dennison is substituting for the present.
After eight years of success and popu-
larity, the boarding house of Mrs. S. F..
Perry on Henry street was closed on
Wednesday evening. Mr.. and Mrs Perry
have given up the house and will board
for the present, Mr.. Perry being employ
ed as travelling salesman for an ohio
firm. 1t is not known yet whether the
place will be continued as a boarding
house; the location is a good one and has
always been well patronized.
a fire alarm from box 81 about II o'clock
Tuesday morning was quickly responded
to by the department, but by the time
they arrived on the scene the blaze had
been eXtingushed by a few dipperfuls of
water. Gasolene was being handled in
the serving room of The Rockingham
and fumes from this caught fire from the
flying end of a match. The fire for n few
seconds was hot enough to melt off the
faucet from a nearby water pipe, and
burned the interior of the room to quite
an extent
railroad has been laid the whole dis
tance from the SaXtons River bridge to
Westminster. but will not be used until
late i'm the season If at all this year.
Construction trains are at work grading
and ballastng il. Work upon the abut-
ments Of the new bridge across the mouth
of Saxtons river is progressing very
slowly, and 1t makes a serious incon-
venience to traffic. All trains have to
come to a standstil before crossing, and
are often delayed thereby some minutes.
The large gang of telephone linemen.
who have been here for two months MAX
ing important changes in the village lines
and in the through line between here and
Westminster, left today for Keene. At
ter doing a few days work there, they
will go to Brattleboro, where they have
another two months job, rebuilding many
village lines the line to Putney, and
another long line in another direction
They will return here from Brattleboro
to put in the large switch board in the
new telephone office on the second floor
of Howard block.
One of the finest personally conducted
trips to the Pan American exposition is
to leave Tuesday. Oct Is. under the
charge of Mrs. Edward G.. Osgood of
this place Mrs. Osgood is host in her
self and will make the trip of the great
est interest and benefit 10 those who go.
The route is to be through the islands
of Lake Champlain over the line of the
Rutland Canadian. The trip is to take
eight days from the time of leaving here.
and the price, $50, includes the fare and
sleeper both ways. room and two meals
a day at the AlcaZar, and the trip to and
from Niagara Falls and through the
gorge.
The first game of football of the season
was played last Saturday between the
Bellows Falls High school team and the
Vermont Academy nine. on Fuller field a I
Saxtons River, resulting in the defeat of
the Bellows Falls team to the tune of
% to 0. This defeat is no disgrace to the
High school boys. when it is considered
that they went up against team of fell
lows from an Academy, and also one that
would average % pounds apiece heavier.
The next game will be tomorrow after
noon at 3 O'Clock between the High school
and Springfield High school at Barber's
park. Will not the townspeople turn out
and support their own High school in the
endeavor to win honor for Bellows Falls?
The only horse from Bellows Falls en-
tered In the races at Brattleboro this
year was Faustina, a seven-year-old mare
owned by l.. c. Lowell. She was bought
two years ago of the Frank Scoheld es-
tate. and is one of the closest inbred
Wilkes horses in Vermont. She has been
entered three times before this year, and
has three times won second money. She
is to be entered at Claremont next week
in the 2.2S class. There were three Bel
lows Falls horses entered i'm the races It
the Springfield fair last Friday, but only
one won money there. That was the
bay mare, Rena, owned by L. r. Lowell,
and she took fourth money in the three
minute class All the Bellows Falls
horses went to Springfield Monday, but
owing to the rain Of Wednesday and
the Presidents funeral on Thursday, no
races were run until Friday.
The committee OF knights Temrlar.
who We're appointed from each of the
communicates of the vicinity to arranee
for the annual union field day at Keene
oct Q, met here last Saturday, and made
good progress in their work The fun
program is not yet announced, but viii
be soon. Railroad arrangements have
been made for special train from Clare
mont. bringing the Sir Knights from
Windsor, Claremont, Newport and Spring,
field. A special train from Brattleboro
will meet them here and with the Bel
lows Falls contingent leave for Keene by
special train about 1870. The Keene peo-
pie have made extensive arrangements
for entertaining their guests. Each Sir
Knight is urged to bring a lady with
him, as arrangements are fully completed
for their entertainment in a very pleas
ant manner. The entire party will re-
turn as far as Bellows Falls by special
train about midnight The Bellows Falls
will be accompanied by the
Bellows Falls band with 25 pieces. The
Keene commandery are to have as their
special guests that day Mount Horeb
commandery of Concord, who will be ac-
companied by the First Regiment band
of that city.N Taken as a whole, this
promises to be the most noted gathering
of Knights Templar held in this section