Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-11-13

overseer, o. L. Peck; lecturer Miss Flora
Stillwel; steward, Mr. Richmond; assist
ant steward Mrs. Richardson: chaplain
Miss Clara Walker treasurer c. c. Lake;
secretary, c. A. Farnsworth; gate-keeper.
j. A. Persons; Ceres, Annie Knowlton;
Pomona, Mrs. Barber; Flora, Mary L.
Farnsworth; steward, Annie Richardson.
Mrs C. f. Meacham has been confined
to the house by illness the past few
weeks.
Shipman's Uncle Toms Cabin company
will entertain here tomorrow, giving the
usual street parade.
John L. Dvoll, a prominent citizen of
Rockingham, has been seriously Ill for
the past few weeks.
Fred Rowell and his family went to
Newport Tuesday to attend the golden
wedding of his parents
Mrs. Harry II. Russell Of Lincoln, Me,
came to Bellows Falls Wednesday to visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fiheld.
The breaking of journal under
freight car near Rockingham station tore
up the track for long distance and de-
layed traffic for some hours.
The weekly dancing classes that have
been held here for a number OF years by
Mrs. Frank Baldwin of Charestown, will
| begin next Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Chase were in
Westminster Tuesday night attending
the 10th wedding anniversary Of Mrs.
Chase's brother. o. l.. Fisher.
Mrs. Emily A. Bidwell, sister OF the
late Carlton Webb. has been III for some
weeks She was taken to the Elliot City
| hospital in Keene Wednesday for treat
ment.
e. W. Brown of the F. B. F. Grocery
company has been two weeks in the
Massachusetts, General hospital, where
he submitted to an opration. He re-
turned Wednesday.
A case OF diphtheria has made its APP
pearance on Underhill Avenue and the
house of Edward Stapleton Is under
quarantine. The victim is his son about
| four years of age
D. j. Mcdonald, special police officer
has moved from the Daniel Beaten house
on West Henry street into the upstairs
tenement of Malcolm Finayson's house.
No. "a Hapgood place
Work was begun last week in razing
the old SaXtons River hotel. which has
been so well known for many years in
this town preparatory to the erection OF
a modern hotel structure,
This evening the Bellows Falls band
will give a popular concert and dance in
Union hail. beginning at s o'clock. They
will be assisted by Dudley Prescott of
Boston the famous humorist. musical
mimic, and ventriloquist.
John E Brosnahan has added to mis-
varieties of business by the bringing OF
horses in carload lots from Boston to be
sold at his farm between here and
Charlestown. one carload arrived Mon
day and others are to follow.
William s. Durham, for several years
proprietor of the City Market. and later
of the old Towns hotel. lately proprietor
- sa.I
been in Bellows Falls several days in the
last two weeks, renewing old acquaint-
ances here.
The present term OF the graded schools
has been extended from its usual length
OF IA weeks, to Is, and will close Dec IS
The Christmas holidays will be as usual
of three weeks duration, and the win
ter term will have II weeks instead of /:
as has been customary.
Everett p. Chapman who was i'll fol-
many weeks with appendicitis. and who
, has been for some time now in Norwich
, Conn. returned to Bellows Falls yester
day. He expects to be able to resume
his position with the Vermont Farm Ma
chine company next week.
! The watering trough on the hill about
: a mile south of Bellows Falls on IN,
Westminster road. which in former year,
was such n boon to both men and horses
pieces and become almost unusable, wal
put in good permanent shape last week
A reception will he rendered this even
, ing to Rev. and Mrs. Jay T. Stocking II
Z the parlors of the Congrega tional churcl
r | by the ladies of that church, to which
3 the congregation is invited. The Younl
Mems club of the church will give ban
= quet in their honor at Hotel windhan
y on Monday evening.
t The local foot ball team won the gam
n against the Chester team last Saturda
I on the grounds here. and interest centre
e in the game to be played against tn
d Claremont High school team at Barbe
y park tomorrow. The electric road 1
}. making extensive preparation to accom-
y modate the large number expected
u Music lovers here are very sorry tina
. it has seemed best not to have a chora
union here this winter, but they lear
with pleasure that Brattleboro has OF
ganized one. with Nelson p. Coffin a
, director Mr. Coffin for a number O
u years conducted a union here. and prove
an exceptionally popular and efficien
- leader
+ Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Amadon have bee
n here this week and moved their house
a hold goods to their new home in Cor
: necticut. E. L. Baker has moved int
d the dwelling vacated by Mr.. Amadon o
8 the corner of Green and Oak street:
q while the tenement vacated by Mr.. Ba
g ker on the corner of Green and ScnoC
v streets has been occupied by its ne'
q owner L. Y. Clifford.
e The corporation has this week place
C new treads on the stairs leading fror
r. School street into the square. Now tina
e Bellows Falls is getting all fixed up, VIII
[, not have good granite stairs here, whic
II will never get into the tumble down an
e unsafe condition in which these stair
C are so much OF the time? The presen
y stairs do not compare very favorabl
Il with those which are being put in at va
d rious points in North Walpole.
> Wednesday morning, Archie e. Beeb'
>. living about two miles from Bellows Fall
q on the SaXtons River road, captured
n large fat coon in trap near the higt
g way where "Niggervlle" formerly stooC
n The question has been raised as
=, whether this is a descendent of tn
" "coons" who formerly lived there. TIL
same day, a large partridge was seen
tree at almost the same spot, whic
absolutely refused to be scared away.
y Work upon the rebuilding OF tn
n large frame wood working establish
e ment on the south side of Russell stree
r. into bobbin factory is progressing raj
g. idly Mr.. Bartholomew. the local rel
n resentative of Alden Speares Sons con
= pany stated at the board of trade bar
= quet last Thursday night that they woul
II employ at the start from 40 to so hand
: turning out about 10000 bobbins dali!
d The number of men and the productio