Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-07-18
Miss Margaret Williams is spend

Miss Margaret Williams is spend
ing few weeks in Omaha, Neb.
Miss Stella Boswell of Drewsville is
spending a week at w. G. Ober's.
Charles Taylor has finished work in
the Vermont Farm machine shop.
The Casein and Vermont Farm base
ball teams will play another game to-
morrow.
Veterinary Surgeon w. T. Pike Wis
tied his mother in Bethel the. first of
the week.
Miss Mary Hughes is taking a short
vacation from her duties with j. c.
Day & Co.
B. G. Mason sang tenor Sunday in
the Baptist church in the absence of
w. E. Stockwell.
The open air dance at the North
Walpole pavilion Wednesday night
was well attended.
Miss Ingenue Fassett played violin
solos in the Methodist church in Brat
tleboro last Sunday.
Beginning Monday, each of the
clerks in the post office will have a Is
days vacation in turn.
The International Paper company's
tIuplOy6S are Lul0hlHS seriously OF
organizing a ball nine.
Boston & Maine posters announce
excursions to Whalom park every Sat
urday during July and August.
M. H. Ray recently received a sal
mon taken from the Penobscot river,
which weighed about IS pounds.
S. l.. Daggett is laying the founda-
ton for house for G. o. Taggar3 of
Walpole on Mr.. Taggards lot near
George Sabin's.
Scarcely a block in the square re-
mains which has not been decorated
with "Pawnee Bill, July 81" or Walter
l.. Mains Big Show, July 90"
Miss Blanche Dunlap, who is in a
hospital in burlington, underwent an
operation for appendicitis Wednesday,
Mrs. L. d. Lockwood, her mother,
went to Burlington Tuesday night.
The Morgan family have given for a
hospital a large lot on the Rocking
ham road about one mile from the
square. With this start it is hoped
that the Bellows Falls hospital will
result in something besides talk.
Miss Margaret Day celebrated her
eleventh birthday anniversary at her
home in Kings field Saturday.
Eleven of her young friends were pres
ent and enjoyed the afternoon with
games, etc. Cake and ice cream
were served.
John Black, who was proprietor of
the ice cream parlor at Barber's park
last year, has returned from New York
state, and is making preparations for
new house on his property at Gage
wi Eircrn to a1
to build a new house on an adjoining
lot.
The Democrats held their caucus
last Friday evening and elected the
following delegates to the state con-
vention at Burlington: j. E. Byrne, F.
j. Hall, d. H. Cray, j. d. Bemis, ]. H.
Gately. The town committee chosen
consists of ]. H. Williams, Peter Dor
and, j. E. Brosnahan, j. e. Byrne, ].
d. Bemis, D. H. Cray, j. j. O'Connor.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Bradley have
just reached Bellows Falls from Lon
don, England. Mr.. Bradley has been
absent from his duties at the head of
the paint department of the Casein
company since about June l. He was
married June 10, in London to Miss
Ethel Essex of that place. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Bradley are graduates of
Vermont Academy.
During the severe rain and hail
storm last Tuesday large portion of
a maple tree in front of Mrs. Edward
Arms's residence was blown easterly
across Church street. 1t broke sew
eral telephone wires and the railing
south of Arms's block. Fortunately
the large feed wire which supplies the
electric road with power rested
against the west side of the broken
limb and was uninjured.
B. G. Merriam, who for the past
four years has been superintendent of
schools and principal of the High
school in Hardwick, this state, has
been chosen superintendent of schools
for the town of Rockingham. The
vacancy here was caused by the res
ignation of e. w. Lord, who has a
much higher salaried position. Mr..
Merriam comes to Bellows Falls we'll
recommended and no doubt the sue
cess of our schools will be continued
under his management.
An interesting game of base ball
was played at Barber's park Saturday,
the Vermont Farm Machine company
nine winning from the Casein COM
pany IA to 8. The Caseins had the
lead, to %, in the fifth inning, when
Morrison, the regular pitcher for Yer
mont Farm Machine company ar
rived. He was very effective and
after that the Caseins scored only
twice. The Vermont Farm Machine
boys got the ball a-rolling in the
seventh and eight innings, scoring
seven runs in each.