Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-02
hours late owing to the burning of a
long bridge near North Clarendon.
The Pearson-Carter Wedding in Bright
wood, Mass.

long bridge near North Clarendon.
The Pearson-Carter Wedding in Bright
wood, Mass.
There was a quiet but pretty we'd
ding Tuesday afternoon at the home
of Superintendent Henry Pearson of
the Wason Manufacturing company
in Brightwood, Mass, when his niece,
Miss Sarah Jane Pearson of Keene
N. H., was united in marriage
with Harold B. Carter of Bellows Falls.
The drawing-room, in which the cere-
mony was performed, was effectively
decorated with asparagus and palms,
and in the bay window, where the
wedding party stood, was an arch of
asparagus, at the center of which
hung a wedding bell of asparagus, in
termingled with sweet ilyssum, and
from the center of the bell hung a
single white rose. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. DR.. ]. L. r.
Trask at o'clock. the bride and
groom being unattended. The bride
was handsomely gowned in gray nuns
yelling, and carried a bouquet of lilies
of the valley. The ceremony was
witnessed by about 80 of the imme-
date, relatives and a brief reception
was held Immediately afterward, at
which Barr served a wedding lunch
con. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pearson
of Hinsdale were among guests. Mr.. and
Mrs. Carter left in the evening for
wedding trip, and on their return
they will live on School street in Bel
lows Falls, where they will be at
home after July /. The bride is well
known in Keene, where she has lived
for some years with her brothers,
and the groom is an employee of George
Albees plumbing and steam fitting es-
Establishment in Bellows Falls.
The annual parish meeting of I'm
manuel church will be held Monday
evening.
Ned Kennison, Dartmouth 'O3, was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. II. D. Ryder
over Sunday.
Rev. c. Ernest White of Wilder, VT,
has been the guest of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace White.
Rev. Albert A. Hammatt has ac.
cepted an invitation to address the
graduating class on commencement
night.
opera house Friday evening drew a
fairly large crowd and pleased all
| greatly.
The new building soon to be erect
ed on Rockingham street where the
Whitman carriage shop is being torn
down, will be occupied by Joseph Full
Ter for paint shop.
The Bellows Falls Gun club has de
cided to move it's traps and buildings
from brisbane field to Barber's park
the new building to be located Just
south of the farm buildings.
A new street has been laid out
through Williams Orchard, joining
Pine street in front of the Foster
Raymond place and lots 144 feet deeI
are for sale on each side of this
street.
The Oak Hill cemetery commission
ers have decided to erect a small
building at the cemetery this summer
capable of being warmed, in which
funeral services may be held in winter
when necessary.
Miss Florence A. Gee of Rutland
and Ned S. Gilmore of this place
an employee of the Vermont Farm Ma
home of the brides parents in Rut
land Wednesday of last week.
The invitation extended by the
school department to the state tea
cheers association to meet here mex
November, has this week been ac
cepted and Superintendent Lord is al
ready beginning to lay his plans tc
accommodate his guests.
Miss Ingenue Fassett, who returned
a short time ago from Boston, where
she has been devoting herself to the
study of the violin, is planning to de
vote her time during the summer tC
giving lessons on the violin. She al
ready has several pupils.
The local delegation of members Of
the International Paper Machine Tend
er's union will leave next week fol
the convention at Niagara Falls May
10-17th. With them will go Nationa
Secretary T. F. Kiniry and Nationa
Treasurer A. e. Godsoe, also of this
place.
The log drivers have this week
been rolling into the Connecticut about
half a million feet of logs opposite
Hartland, which the International Pa
per company had purchased there
These have come behind the regular
drive, and the rear of the drive is ex
pected here today
Rehearsals are being held almost
daily for "The Fairy Grotto" to be
given in the opera house the middle
of the month by the young people o.
the Universalist church. This play
will probably close the theatrical sea
son here, as no more plays from out
| side are now hooked for this Snrin q