Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-29

William d. Hayes began work in
the order department of the Vermont
Farm Machine company Wednesday.
Guy Bros's mommoth minstrel show
exhibited last night before a fair
house in the VIM. A. Russell Memorial
hall at North Walpole.
The Clementites announce that they
will vote for j. T. Ridden, the Demo
cratic nominee for town representa-
tive from Rockingham.
The old store houses on the west side
of the main building of Derby & Ball
are being torn down and more COM
modious ones erected in their place.
The Bellows Falls Security G. Trust
company will open doors for business
in the new and finely finished rooms
in Granger block on Tuesday, Sept. 2.
Mrs. E. B. Searle and daughter,
Mary, who have been spending sew
eral weeks visiting in Massachusetts,
returned to their home here Tuesday.
Cadet Francis B. Upham, who has
been spending two months furl6ugh
with his mother here, returned We'd
nesday to West Point for his last two
years there.
A dance, free to all it's patrons, will
be given by the Guy Brothers troupe
at the William A. Russell hall in
North Walpole this evening, to follow
the minstrel show.
The collection taken for Shaw Uni
versity at the concert given at the
Baptist church Monday night by a
troupe of singers from that school
amounted to S10.65.
w. H. Cox, formerly superintendent
of the Bellows Falls schools, who went
from here to Stockbridge, Mass, was
elected last week superintendent of
the schools in Ware. Mass.
William Miller, of Chester, a former
member of the class of 1901. Bellows
Falls High school, was in town a few
days the first of the week, the guest of
his uncle, William Miller.
Miss Ardell Carpenter, B. F. H. S.
'01, returns tomorrow from the sum
mer's stay at Lake Rescue. She
will enter the office of w. G. Belknap
& Co., publishers of the Times Sep
TENDER /.
A. B. Crawford, a former principal
of Bellows Falls High school, is spend
ing the week in town, the guest of H
ID. Ryder. Mr.. Crawford is principal OF
a school at Newmarket, N. H., and is
making a success again in his old
work.
John Drew will go to his old home
in Randolph next week for a two
weeks vacation before going back
to his studies at the Veterinary col
lege at Ithaca, N. Y. He has been
working in different barber shops in
the village during his summer vaca
ton.
Thos. N. Doutney gave what pur.
ported to be a temperance lecture in
the rustic theater at Barber park
Sunday afternoon, but in reality il
turned out to be Clement rally
Clement will have to make use of
even the other day in the week if he
is to win.
This is the third fatal accident
which has occurred at Bellows Falls
in three weeks, the others being the
drowning of an Italian laborer at West.
Boston and Maine road, and the death
Boston and Main road. and the death
of John Mcleod of Valleyfield East,
Ont, on the log pile in North Wal
pole.
A clergyman from New Jersey, who
occupied the pulpit of the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday, said that
things depended upon the point of
vision; for instance, you would not
like to have people Judge of your
place by your landing" There was
an audible smile at this allusion to
the Bellows Falls railroad station.
In addition to the buildings spoken
of in this column a few weeks ago
as about being erected by the Yer
mont Farm Machine Co., arrange
ments are being made for the cree
ton of large warehouse southwest
of the main building, to which a spur
track will be run from the Boston and
Maine line.
Bellows Falls is furnishing a unique
feature of the Clement campaign in
the work of Rev. j. Edward Farrow,
who has been visiting many Of the
larger cities and towns up the state,
using his steropticon in parks and in
public squares, combining pictures of
the Passion Play, cathedrals, comic
pictures and political jokes, with Mr.
Clements arguments.
Among the attractions announced
by Manager Brosnahan for the coming