Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-01-10
N. l, HAWLEY.

day, died yesterday morning, after sew
eral months of poor health. The funeral
will be held Saturday al l p. m. Mrs.
Halliday had lived in Bellows Falls only
short time her former home being in
Keene where she had many friends.
Judge Lavant NJ. Read has been criti-
cally i'll the last ten days with what the
attending physicians termed neuralgia of
the heart. This has developed in the past
few days into an enlargement of the
heart, and although he is more comfort
able at the present time his friends are
very anxious
Louis j. Robertson and Miss Margaret
Egan were married at the brides home
on Front street at p. m. Tuesday, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. A.
Hammatt. After a short wedding trip,
Mr. and Mrs Robertson will make their
home for the present with the groom
father G. f.. Robertson
The paper mill at the south end of the
village, formerly owned by the Westmin-
ster Pulp and Paper company, was OPEN
ed Tuesday under the new management
of Bloke & Higgins. Extensive repairs
have been made in the plant, including
new water wheel, and it is now fully
fitted out according to the modern ideas
of paper manufacture.
The sporting event at the opera house
last evening was. 1t is said, good for its
class. The han was we'll filled The Fall
Mountain Athletic club, under whose
guardianship these various fights have
come to town, is certainly catering to
an element of our village, but whether it
will do much to raise the citizenship of
the town is certainly open to doubt.
TIE Volunteer Organist at the opera
house last Friday evening played be-
fore fairly large house, and the play,
with the exception of one or two incon-
gruities was a good one. 1t was suggest
ed by one or two of the audience that the
author would have done well to look up
the liquor law of Vermont before he
wrote a play bringing in that feature.
Appearances are sometimes deceptive.
Considerable difficulty has been en-
countered by the men putting in the new
water main for the Towns hotel elevator
in digging to the necessary depth. \
portable boiler, iron crowbars and bon
fires have all been resorted to- with the
result that slowly the pile of debris in
the centre of the square has been in
creased in size. The work is still pro-
crossing, and as yet no new pipe has
been put.in place.
About forty friends were very pleasant
~ entertained at the home of J. G. Day
Tuesday evening, bounteous dinner be-
ing followed by games in the parlors.
The following evening, a slightly larger
number of friends met at the same place,
dinner being followed by whist during
the evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Day have
long had a reputation for open-hearted
hospitality, but their previous reputa-
ton along that line was far eXcelled on
these two evenings.
Mrs Hetty Green came to Bellows
Falls the first of the week for short
visit at her home on Church street, where
her husband has been i'll for several
months. Mr. Green. who for several
weeks during the late fall was not eX-
pected to live but a few hours. is now
somewhat improved, though still very
| weak and entirely unable to wait on
| himself. Miss Sylvia Green has remained
here the entire winter caring for her
| father, aided by three nurses. Mr.
| Green is getting well along in years, his
| S1st birthday anniversary coming next
month.
Railiffs DIR. Gorham and D. H. Cary arc
| working day and night to get the village
| accounts in readiness for the annual
, meeting which occurs Monday evening
| the 9th. The permanent absence of the
| third member of the board Mr. Norwood
| who is spending the winter in the South
| makes the duties of the others much
| harder, and they are being somewhat
| burdensome. The accounts, and genera
| business of the year, will make a show
| ing rejecting much credit upon the
| board. Those citizens who are not called
| upon to administer the affairs of any
| public organization little appreciate thu
| hard work, perpleXities, and interference
| with other business, which anyone whC
| takes public office must suffer.