Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26

About $1,000 has so far been pledged
for the hospital fund. An effort will be
made to raise $751; 00
Rodney w. Roundy, who is now a stu
dent in Yale Divinity school, preached
Sunday evening in the Congregational
church.
Miss Elsie Robbins of Boston will
come Christmas afternoon to spend her
two weeks vacation rom her position
as teacher in Brookline, Mass, with c.
w. Osgood's family.
Miss Jessie Booth, teacher in the un-
ion school at Montpelier. and her daugh-
ter, Mildred, came Saturday TO spend
the holiday vacation with her mother,
Mrs. George Underwood.
1t has not been decided whether the
schools will begin again at the close of
the regular three weeks vacation, of
which nearly two weeks have past. The
decision depends entirely on whether coal
can be obtained.
Stephen Searle, George Upham and
Carl Northrup all B. f. II. s. 02 re-
turned Saturday from Boston, where
they have been attending, respectively,
Tufts Dental college and the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology.
A rhetorical league has been formed
by Bellows Falls High school. Leland
& Gray Seminary and Vermont Academy.
Each school will hold contests to decide
upon the three to contest at the annual
meeting of the schools, three from each
school.
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
tional church together with their roll
call and rental of pews. will occur next
week Thursday evening THE Ladies'
Union of the church Wm hold their am
nual meeting in the afternoon OF the
same day.
The Coy interest in the firm of Coy IL
Babcock, manufacturers of waXed paper,
has been sold to the junior member,
Bruce Babcock, who contemplates NOV
ing the entire plant to Newburg, N Y,
where he expects to be associated in
business with A. F. Holden, formerly a
retail shoe dealer in Bellows Falls.
Mrs. Edward Arms accompanied by her
daughter and her niece, Miss Gertrude
King. will leave Jan. 18th. for win
ters stay in the southwest. They will
spend the larger part of the time in
southern California, but in reaching there
will travel through a part of Mexico,
stopping at New Orleans and other
places.
Deputy Sheriff ]. II. Kiniry of Windsor
was in town Friday evening on his way
to Rutland with a boy sentenced to the
work house. and Saturday Deputy Sheriff
r. A. Spafford of White River Junction
was here with two prisoners destined to
was the one who stood beside Sheriff
Hoffman when the later was shot by
Frank Shaw. Mr.. Spafford cannot but
feel the injustice of the recent reprieve,
knowing fully the circumstances of the
cold-blooded deed.
The stores of the village have all
been we'll filed with a fine assortment
of Christmas goods. but while the trade
has been fair up TO this time it has not
been as great as last. year. The de-
crease in sales is said to have been
caused by the high price of fuel. The
windows have all been decorated with
seasonable goods, but there are no es-
pecial decorations in any window ex-
cept that in ]. Fl. Blakley's store. where
there some Angora rabbits which have
attracted a great deal of attention.
There is movement on foot to secure
for Bellows Falls an adequate building to
be devoted entirely to village business.
The village already owns a site. and 1t
is argued that a brick building sufficient
ly large to accommodate present and flu
ture needs could be built for $4,000. The
building would contain a Jail, a police
court and rooms for the meeting of the
village baillffs, treasurer's headquarters
and accommodat lions for the fire depart
ment. The matter will be brought be-
fore the next annual village meeting
VIM. II. Kiniry, of North Walpole, who
has been in Concord the past two weeks,
as member of the state constitutional
convention reached home Friday night,
the convention having completed its work
and adjourned that day In the legis-
lature which convenes in January the
north end of the town will not be rep
resented for the first time in years. Al
though the village of North Walpole
holds the balance of power in the town.
having the larger number of voters. the
people there were shut out at the town
meeting by not agreeing upon their man,
and both representatives were chosen
from the south end.