Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-07-17

come their pastor Mr.. STOCKING
preached here last Sunday and had also
month ago. He is a young man. 81 or SO
years of age. unmarried a graduate of
Amherst college and Yale Theological
seminary, in the later Of which institu-
tons he secured the best fellowship.
For the past three years he has been as
sistant pastor of the Church of the Re
deemer of New Haven 1t is understood
he will accept the call and begin his du-
ties within month or two.
Mrs j. T. Ridden and daughters are
passing some weeks in Plymouth. Mass.
y. G. Williams went to Pittsheld
Wednesday for a few days recreation
and fishing
The attraction of the week at BARRIERS
park has been an orga nization known as
Muldoon's Picnic" with a New York
cast.
Mrs II. b. jackson went to her cot
tage at the Claremont Camp ground
Yesterday, where she will remain for
some weeks.
The street commissioner has this week
been engaged with a large gang of men
i'm trimming the shade trees in different
parts of the village.
The large plate glass window of Good
now Brothers x Pearson, which was
broken several weeks ago, was replaced
Wednesday by new one.
Rev. c. r. +. Dodge of St Johnsbury.
formerly Baptist pastor here, was in
town briefly yesterday on his way to
Nova Scotia to pass his Vacation.
j. \. Thwing has recently placed on
the market about fifty lots on his farm
which will he sold to those who wish to
build residences on the line of the cleo
trio road.
MIR. and Mrs. w. H. Black started
Wednesday night on two weeks vaca-
ton which will be spent with friends at
a camp on Georgian Bay in the province
of Ontario.
This evening the weekly concert of the
band will be given on the lawn of No. 8
school building near the south end of At
kinson street. The members of the
Young Mems club of the Congregational
church will furnish ice cream and cake
during the evening.
The New Hampshire license commits
soners came to North Walpole Wednes-
day. having been driven from Walpole
by Hon. T. Nelson Hastings. They gave
no definite decision. There were L APP
plications at North Walpole besides
those at the south end of the town.
The Commercial House, thoroughly re-
fitted and redecorated, will be opened to
the public again tomorrow by its new
lessee, Frank c. Sheldon, who comes
here from Providence, r. l. He under
granted him a license. although it has
not been officially announced.
During the past week the old engine
house. which has for 40 years stood be-
tween Rockingham and Canal streets
and served its purpose as the city
hall " of the village, has been RACED by
Contractor Kilburn. The new material
for the brick structure is on the ground
now and the erection of the new build
ing will be begun at once.
Miss Ardell B. Carpenter, an employe
of the Times office and w +. Stevens
a stenographer for the Vermont Farm
Machine company, were married at the
residence of the brides father. w. b.
Carpenter. on Atkinson street Sunday
evening. They will spend a week or so
at York Beach, and after that the re-
mainder of a two weeks vacation at
Lake Rescue
Dorothy Day, the young daughter of ].
c. Day, was thrown from her horse
Saturday while horseback riding and
Mary daughter of John H. Williams.
was thrown from her carriage Wednesday
by her horse becoming unmanageable
because of fright of an automobile.
Both young ladies We're seriously shaken
up and bruised, but will suffer no per-
manent injury.
Important changes have again become
necessary in the power plant of the cleo
trio light company owing to the large
increase in demand for power and
lights. Additions which were supposed
last year to be sufficient in extent for
number of years. are again inadequate,
and an additional new dynamo of much
greater power is to be placed at once in
the water power department and the one
now there is to be added to the steam
department Bridge street, nearly
doubling the capacity of that. Wires
have been run to Gageville and a num-
H..
during the past few weeks.
Rollin F. Hall. Is, who six or seven
years ago spent six or seven months in
Bellows Falls as the special representa-
tive for this section of Vermont of the
Springfield, Mass Daily Union. died in
the city hospital of Boston Monday
evening of heart disease. He was well
and faVorably known among the young
people of our village. He has always
followed journalism and for the past two
years had been on the repertorial staff
of the Boston Herald. He was born in
Springfield. Vt. and as a boy was in
timately connected with the family of
the late F. p. Hall. His father lives in
Springfield, Mass, where the burial took
place yesterday.
Miss Florence NJ. Young and II. B. Tn
derhil We're quietly married at . o'clock
yesterday afternoon at the home of the
brides parents on Atkinson street. Miss
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class of 1894. and since then has taught in
the town of Rockingham, with the eX-
ception of a short course in Oberlin col
lege. The groom is shipping clerk in the
mill of The Moore & Thompson Paper
company, and is also a graduate of the
Bellows Falls High school. The house
was tastefully decorated with flowers,
and the ceremony was performed by Rev.
c. w. Jackson of the Baptist church, of
which church both the young people are
attendants. Mr.. and Mrs. Underhill left
on the afternoon express for short we'd
ding trip, accompanied by the best wishes
of their many friends.
About noon Sunday a drowning acct
dent occurred in the falls of the Connec-
ticut. John Murray. H. while in swim
ming just below the Boston & Maine
railroad bridge, in small eddy near the
rapids, was drawn out into the current
by a log to which he was hanging and
carried into the rapids. He had six or
with him at the time, but nothing could
be done to rescue him. Search was be-
gun at once for the body, but il was not
recovered until Wednesday morning
when il was found in an eddy near the
Fitchburg bridge. The family has lived
here but few months and much SYM
pathy has been expressed for them dur
ing the week The accident will probably
put stop to the unnecessary danger to
those choosing this place for swimming.
The rear of the large log drive Of the