Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-07-25
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO FRIDAY, JULY

week into what has been known as the |
Fisher house on the corner of Atkinson
and Westminster streets, which he has
recently purchased.
j. II. Bacon has resigned his position
at Vermont Academy to accept a place
in the Franklin school Cincinnati, where
he will have charge of all the work in
! French and German.
A lawn social and band concert was held
last evening on the grounds of the Bap
list church \ fair amount was netted
from the sale of ice cream, although the
weather was unfavorable.
DR., Edward Kirkland and family. ac-
companied by Miss Utley and Mrs. Kirk
lands brother. John Chase, went to
/ Lake Rescue yesterday for a two weeks
stay on Carpenters Point
Rev ]. II. Reid, pastor of the First
| Congrega tional church, will leave next
| week with his family for a months vaca-
ton which will be spent this year at Mr..
Reds old home in Salem, n. Y.
! Miss Elsie " Robbins of Boston came
| Wednesday for visit of a few weeks
! with Miss Frances Osgood on Green
| street. Miss Robbins returned last week
| from four weeks trip to Denver, Colo.
George Marlboro of Saxtons River. who
! has been employed for the past few years
/ In the furniture store of a. H. Sabin.
! began work Monday morning for the
| Chase Furniture company of this place.
Mrs Edward Arms and daughter. Caro-
| line, will go tomorrow to Lake Sunapee.
| where they expect to spend a week as
guests of Miss Gertrude King. They
will then go to Magnolia Beach for few
weeks outing
Mrs. George Underwood slipped as she
was coming out of Andrews's drug store
one day last week and sprained her
| ankle severely 1t is now in a plaster
cast and Mrs. Underwood will be laid up
with 1t for some weeks
The many Bellows Falls friends of
Mrs. Ella Stevens Walker of Saxtons
River will be glad to learn of her mar
riage July 1ith to Rev. Elmer f. Pember
of Bangor, Maine Rev. and Mrs. Penn
her will make their home in Bangor af-
| ter August /.
c. w. Butterfield has charge of the
distribution throughout New England of
the product of the Los Angeles Olive
Growers association. 1t is proposed to
make Bellows Falls the centre for this
distribution. and also to establish a bot
Ting plant here in the near future.
The Booklovers' library has decided to
establish an agency in Bellows Falls for
the distribution of their books to their
subscribers William u. Hayes has the
charge of this work. The first delivery
by messenger is to be made Saturday,
August g and will continue every four
weeks thereafter.
The Rockingham Free Library opened
again for the distribution OF books Mon
day morning. During the two weeks
which II has been closed a new hard
wood floor has been laid. and the room
re-decorated. good list Of new books
has been added to the library. including
many of those which are having runs"
at the present time.
The International Paper company is
! pmplONiug between md In, Ia
work of building the large additions to
their local plant. which were spoken Of
In this column two weeks ago. The work
Is done under the supervision Of General
Superintendent Of Construction shattuck
| from the head offices of the company
in New York Mr.. and Mrs Shattuck
are boarding with Mrs. S. F. Perry on
South street
T.. w. Lord for two years superntend-
! ent of the Rockingham schools. sails to-
morrow from New York for Porto Rico.
where he will assume the position of
assistant commissioner of education Au-
gust list. Mr.. Lord will have the entire
control of the details of the school sys-
TEN on the island of Porto Rico. The
past week has been spent at his old
, home in Ellsworth, Maine. His future
address will be San Juan. Porto Rico.
Ransom Davis. one of the old residents
I of the town. committed suicide Sunday Y
| ny uTpWnlnE nlnlSeli IN SaNtonS RIVER
| near his home. about n mile this side of
| CambridEeport. Mr. Davis was about
: | 20 years old. and had lived many years
! with his invalid wife. He leaves he
sides his Wife two sons, Frank Davis
+ | living at Cambridgeport, and Fred Davis
of Buffalo. Mr.. Davis had become serious
ly involved financially and had been
obliged to sell his farm. the sale having
y been completed the day previous to his
; dea til.
=, Ernest Morrison. an employe of the
Casein company, came very near to
losing his bicycle by theft Friday even
, ing. He left it in the square few
u minutes and returning found 1t gone
After trying in vain several hours tc
a locate IL he notified Chief of Police
d Thompson who was also unable to locate
it that night The next day Elmer
n Gould asked Thompson If any one hat
Il reported the loss of a wheel. Late the
evening before. while going along George
s street. a man jumped suddenly from III,
8. wheel he was riding. leaving it in tn,
middle of the road, and ran off across
= the school grounds. Gould imagininl
n that the man mistook his conductor
uniform for a policemans, decided I,
investigate, The wheel was found I,
be Morrisons No arrests have beer
: made, although the officers are keepin.
. their eyes open.
/, A H. Chandler who has been book
, keeper in the National bank the pas
eight or ten years, severed his connectio,
with that institution on Saturday, tn,
18th inst. and is taking n months vaca
- ton previous to the opening of the Below
!, Falls Trust company's quarters. He ha
II been appointed assistant treasurer of tn
new company. e. ]. Planter, formerly i'm
n structor of penmanshp in the publ
lie schools of Rockingham, succeeds MI
lie Chandler as bookkeeper at the Nationa
bank. The work on the vaults for tn
lie new bank and the completion of the room
o. for banking purposes has been delaye
lie by the nonarrival of the large stee
vault which is being made to go insid
IT the brick vault IT is now expected tina
in the Bellows Falls Trust company wi
ID open its doors for business two week
l. from Monday. the 18th of August. TIL
capital stock has been called for in full
W. and has nearly all been paid in, and tn
70 directors are making loans.
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