Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-01-31
School Notes.


reasons.
Miss Carrie A. Miller Bellows Falls
High school OF. who returned from the
State Normal school at Randolph early
in the winter on account of illness. is
somewhat recovered, but has been
Obliged to give up her work at that
school for this term
At meeting of the Athletic Assoca-
ton Wednesday, Northrup, O2, and
Livermore. '03, were elected delegates
from the local athletic association for
the meeting of the Connecticut Valley
Interscholastic Athletic association at
Claremont next week to arrange for
the annual meet of the association in
the spring.
A ball will be given in Union hall
Tuesday evening by the clerks of the
village.
Mrs. John C. Dennison is substitute
ing for Miss Mae V. Harte in No. 2
building, the latter being i'll.
Lyman j. Howe's moving pictures
has an engagement at the opera house
for Monday evening, Feb. 10.
Charles H. Hoyt's "A Texas Steer.
which needs no Introduction to Bellows
ais ptOplt, COulcS " lIlt opera uOuSt
Wednesday evening of next week.
About 80 guests were entertained
very pleasantly Saturday evening at
the home of Nelson b. Ober. Sunday
was Ober's 21st birthday anniversary.
Skating on the Connecticut river has
been enjoyed by large numbers of the
people all this week. Yesterday after
noon the number on the ice was esti-
mated at 400 to 500.
The officers of Amity Rebekah lodge,
| No. Z, were installed last Friday even
ing by district deputy president, Mrs.
| Susie II. Reach, at the regular meeting
of the lodge in |. o. o. F. hall.
The second organ recital by Prof
| Blakley will be given at the Congre-
| gatiOnal church on Friday evening
| Feb. II. He will be assisted by Mrs.
Francis G. Flint soprano soloist.
Mrs. II. NJ. Leonard has this week
moved from the house on West Henry
street. owned by Mrs. Edward Arms,
to the house on West School street
recently erected by Eugene S. Leonard.
| The tenement on West Henry street
| recently vacated by Mrs II. NJ. Leon
ard will be occupied by Charles Cop
| ley, who will move there from the
| house owned by E. C. Fairbank on the
Old Terrace.
Miss Ingenue Fassett will leave Bel
| lows Falls for Boston Monday, where
| she will devote herself to the study of
the violin. Her many friends here re-
| joice that she is to have the chance
to carry on the study in which she is
already proficient.
Rev. j. H. Reid will go to Springfield
Sunday afternoon to assist Rev Mr..
Ferrin of that place in the evangel-
istic meetings to be held there during
next week. This is in return for the
| assistance which Mr.. Ferrin gave Mr..
| Reid last week here.
One of the best treats of the year
will be given to the people of Bellows
Falls this evening in Quincy Adams
Sawyer at the opera house. The play
is taken from the book of the same
name, and the troupe coming here with
| it is an exceptionally strong one.
The depot restaurant owned for sew
.eral years by Fred H. Babbitt of White
River Junction, formerly of this place,
has this week been sold to l.. T. Nose
| ley, connected for some time with the
Rockingham. Mr. Moseley will take
charge of the restaurant tomorrow
morning.
The annual apron sale of the ladies'
union of the Congregational church
will be held Wednesday evening of
next week. Besides the aprons, bags
and other articles, useful and fancy,
will be for sale. A chicken-pie supper
! will be served and there will also be a
sale of homemade candies.
The closing ball of Mrs. Baldwin's
dancing class, given Wednesday even
ing in Union hall, was one of the pleas
ATTEST social events of the season.
The floor was filled to the utmost ca
pacity all the evening and many, not
only of Mrs. Baldwin's pupils but of
their friends, enjoyed the affair eX
tremely.
r. G.. Thomas, an employee of the
electric light company, was seriously
injured the first of the week while at
work at the Casein company's mill by
flying chip from porcelain insula-
tor, which struck him in the left eye
cutting a long cash through the eye
ball. 1t is feared the eye will have to
be removed on account of the wound
An alarm a little after nine We'd
nesday evening called the fire depart
ment to the south end of the village,
but as the trouble proved to be a chin
ney burning out on the house on West
minister street, occupied by John Dris-
lane, no assistance was needed from
the department 1t furnished them
both exercise and practice, however,
so all was not loss.
A large and appreciative audience
greeted Stetson's uncle Toms Cabin"
in the opera house Saturday evening.
This play is very good of its kind, but,
a. in other troups playing this show,
at the present time, the story of the
life of Uncle Tom is used simply as a
nucleus around which to build up a
variety show. Many new features
, were introduced this year. perhaps the
most taking" being the colored female
band
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