Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-25

S. Willoughby Wilder of Newton Cen
ter spent a few days In town this week.
calling on old friends here.
Mrs. Jay T.. Stocking went to her old
home in New Haven. Conn, Monday for
the holidays. Mr.. Stocking will follow
today,
tn merchants of the village report the
Christmas trade as fully up to the aver
age, some report a great Improvement
over former years.
Mrs. L. V. Booth. teacher in the Mont
pelier graded schools. and her daughter,
Mildred, came TO Bellows Falls Saturday
to spend the holidays with her mother,
Mrs. George Underwood.
Henry H.. Davis, for the past 80 years
in the drug business here and at North
Walpole, has sold his store in the latter
village to Matthew f. Murphy, who has
been his clerk some time.
Mrs. George F. Goodell died suddenly
at her residence on South street last week
Monday evening, She was a daughter of
Ida Rhodes of Windham and her mother
still resides there. The interment was
at Westminster West Thursday after
noon.
The following officers have been elected
by the Epworth League of the Methodist
church: President, Harry Wyman: vice
presidents, Mrs. +, B, Foster, Mrs, A, w.
Coolidge, Mrs. w. E. Rowell, Mies Grace
q ChN 1--WE NhASS hNhN
treasurer, II. ]. Searles,
The knights of Columbus Thursday
evening elected the following officers:
Grand knight, DIR. j. II. Ridden; deputy
grand knight, edward Lawlor; chancel-
lor, DIR. F. II. O'Connor; recording sec
rotary, p. j. Keane; financial secretary,
]. e. Byrne; treasurer. ]. j. Fenton;
warden, +. j. Howard lecturer, h. w.
Nolan; inside guard, William Cleary; out
side guard, S. F. Cray; chaplain, Rev.
Edward Reynolds; trustees, ]. f. Keefe,
]. j. O'Connor, j. T. Keefe.
A paper devoted to the interests of
paper and pulp manufacture. the Paper
Mill" reports the Katahdin Pulp and Pa
per company of Lincoln, Me-, of which
John w. Flint of Bellows Falls is the
principal owner, as this year having Sc
cured a supply of 80, 600, 900 feet of puln
logs. Something of the relative amount Of
stock used by this company will be seen
when the comparison is made with the
amount used locally by the international
Paper company, which only reaches about
5000, 900 feet annually. Harry II. Russell,
ormerly here in the office with Mr.. Flint.
occupies a prominent position in the man
eme at Lincoln.
The workmen at the station have been
hindered some about their work outside
owing to the severely cold weather
which prevailed until Monday. The sheds
over the concrete walks on all sides of
the building are this week being put up.
A large force are at work in the changes
of the second story of the building, but
the first story still remains as formerly
except that the doors and most of the
windows have been boarded up to keep
the cold out, making 1t n more than
usually dismal place, but we see better
things for the near future. The con-
tractors are pushing the work with a
large amount of vim.
The sudden change from zero weather
Sunday and Sunday night to so above
caused some inconvenience, and much
good in this vicinity. The inconvenience
were the difficulties of getting about town
during the day, owing to the severe rain
storm, and also Monday, rather unpleas-
ant and dangerous, on account of the
slippery condition OF the walk. 1t was a
great advantage in largely increasing the
volume of water in the Connecticut, en-
abling all the mills to resume work Mon
day morning. For some weeks a number
of pulp mills have been idle. laying on