Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-09-04
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS

North Walpole next Sunday
r. f. O'Brien of Northport. L. L., is
spending his vacation with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas O'Brien.
f, r. Richardson. who has lived for
some years on the Upper Meadows, has
this week moved to Springfield
George L. Leonard returned Wednesday
to New York. after a vacation of a month
spent with his mother Mrs. II. NJ. Leon
ard.
Ray Wilbur. Bellows Fails High school
'O2, goes about oct. LIST to WolfeVille,
Nova Scotia, where he expects to enter
Arcadia College.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry \. Wheeler will
make their future home with their son,
n ~ Wheeler, in Waterbury. They are
to 30 next week.
The teams representing the Vermont
Farm Machine company and the Casein
company will play base ball at Barber
park Saturday at p m.
Louise Johnson of Bradford is spend
ing a few weeks with her cousin Mrs.
f. G. Osgood, before taking up her school
work at Vermont Academy.
Z. II. Gobie of the Times Job Print, ac-
companied by his wife. is having va
cation at their home in st. Johnsbury,
and with friends in Woodstock.
o. W. Hart sustained a painful injury
Monday a the mill of Hart IL Persons
near the Blake x Higgins mill one
shoulder was sprained and he was other
wise bruised.
Mrs. W. S. Howard has been seriously
i'll the past two weeks. over a week ago
an operation was performed for appen-
dicitis by Dr. Guild of Hanover and she
is slowly recovering.
Guy Crosier for some time past the
baker for Chase K Kellogg, has com
peted his work there and gone to Win
chendon. Mass, where he has position.
The family of c. l.. Petty moved from
the old Terrace into a new tenement re-
Gently finished off by Mrs. II. b. Jack
son in the rear of her residence on At
kinson street
Rev. F. T. Merritt of West RoXbury,
Mass preached last sunday at the Con-
gregational church both morning and
evening. 1t is expected that he may
preach again next Sunday in the same
pulpit.
Work was begun this week on the new
brick addition to the rear of bank block.
which will replace the old one story frame
lean-to with a modern three story brick
addition, giving Walcs's Cash store much
more room.
w. w. Dodge, who lost one foot by be-
ing run over in the Rutland yard last
week. is doing well at his home here and
his recovery will be a speedy one. y
brother, Charles Dodge of Worcester, is
caring for him.
The Rutland railroad has this week had
gang of men at work with a steam der
rick along the line of the road between
here and Rockingham. picking up the
light rails which We're replaced last spring
with heavier ones.
The members of the Cniversalist church
who are in attendance upon the Univer-
salist convention this week at Lyndon
vile are L. r. Ball Mr. and Mrs. w. w.
Hooper, Mrs. Olive Adams Mrs How
ard and Nellie Brown.
Among those who attended the Fair
banks family reunion in Dedham, Mass,
last week Friday were Chison w. Fair
banks. Edwin c. Fairbanks and Mrs.
Lille \. Fairbanks of Bellows Falls.
Chison Fairbanks, 81, was the oldest per-
son present.
The weekly band concert by Wheeler 5
band was given last night at the corner
of Hapgood and Atkinson streets. The
practice of the band of giving concerts
at different points instead of all in the
square, as in some former years, is pleas
ing the people much.
Jay II. Lawrence and Miss Lena NJ
Miller, both well known young people of
our town, We're married in Chester Aug
&c. They will make their home in Law
renee Mills, where the groom is engaged
in business. The bride has taught school
in town the past two years.
Both the Rutland and Boston and Maine
cursons to Burlington on different days
of this week to those wishing to attend
the merchants carnival being held there
and also the Fish and Game League ban
quet at Fort Frederick today.
A number of Bellows Falls people at
tended the celebra ton of the Tooth an
niversary of the Baptist ichurch at Graf
ton on Sunday and Monday, among then
Mr. and Mrs. Il. l.. Walker, c. c. Fair
bank, Mr. and Mrs. +. c. Farbank, Rev
G, w, Jackson and Mrs, Lewis a. Day.
a special meeting of the Bellows Fall:
village corporation is called for Sept. 10Th
Among other things booked to receive at
tention are the matter of putting a sui
basement under a portion or all of the
new City Hall" now in process of cree
ton, and the laying of a sewer on Hyde
street.
John O. Spring sailed Monday from
New York for two months trip on thu
continent, to be spent principally with hi
son, DIR. VIII Spring, in Dresden, Ger
many. Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. II. V
Durham sailed by the White Star linz
from New York for their new home il
Paris.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Wheeler. who hav,
been spending number of months will
their son in Auburn. n. Y, returned t
their Bellows Falls home last week. Nj
Wheelers health has become somewha
impaired by continuous work so man,
years at the bellows FallS Macnlne com
pany's shops.
Rodney w. Roundy, Bellows Falls Higl
school, class of 1895 now of Yale Theo
logical Seminary, accompanied by Mis-
Florence \. Champion of Lyme, Ct, i
spending a short time with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. G. Roundy on the Uppe
Meadaws. Mr.. Roundy will preach in tn
Congregational church Sept, 10th,
Wednesday afternoon a purely loca
rain storm of considerable severity strucl
Bellows Falls 1t was peculiar in respec
to being very severe and washing tn
streets on the west side of the village
while on the east it did not even sprinkle
nor did it extend for more than nalf
mile north or south of the village.
Charles f.. Roland and Kate L. O'Bre
Were married at st. Charless chuacl
Wednesday morning, the ceremony beini
performed by Rev. Father Reynolds
Mr.. Roland left Bellows Falls som
months since and is employed by tn
Boston & Maine road. Their futur
home will be in Springfield, Mass.
Work was begun Tuesday on the worl
OF remodelling the Corner Store, placin
the north entrance on the corner betwee
Westminster street and the square, an
moving the south entrance to the eXtrem
southern end of the store. The change
have already done away with the un
slightly bill board which has so lon
adorned " the side of this block,
The Masonic fraternity of Below
Falls and vicinity will have an enjoyabl
evening Thursday, Sept 10TH when the
will meet to celebrate the reuniting O