Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-23

A merry-go- round is attracting fair
crowds this week on Russell park.
THE Fatal Wedding" will play at the
opera house next Tuesday evening.
The High school foot ball team, playing
under the name of the Locals" play |
Black River Academy at Ludlow tomor
row afternoon,
Mrs Nelson Pierce has been obliged to |
close her boarding house on School street |
temporarily on account of seriously |
sprained ankle,
The Blake & Higgins paper mill was
shut down Wednesday afternoon for a few |
days in order to make repairs.
Miss Carrie Haines, who has been |
spending a few days with friends in Wa |
terbury, returned home Monday.
DR.. Edward Kirkland gave the opening
paper at the meeting of the state Homeo-
pathic society at Rutland Wednesday, on
Some Experiences with Appendicitis"
Coils C. A. Moore and f. G. Osgood
were in Bradford last week, where they
acted as bearers at the funeral of Col
c. E Clark, which occurred Thursday,
Arthur p. Shaughnessy, b. F. II. S OF,
has received the appointment as substi-
tute clerk in the post office, taking the
place of Miss Eleanor Carruthers, who has
received a regular appointment.
The town basket ball team won a vic
tory over the High school team Tuesday
evening, with the score of As to a. The
High school team will play at Woodstock
tomorrow afternoon in an out door game.
Principal Parsons of the High school
gave a very interesting talk on Holland,
which he visited last summer during a
trip abroad, at the meeting of the teach
ers of Rockingham at the High school
building Wednesday afternoon
The International Paper company has
nearly all the logs pulled from the river
tl,a ha,, nna of ha hniG at,p
has been dismantled. leaving the other
still in commission to pull the remainder
of the logs directly to the cars.
It is expected that the Boston & Maine
company will begin the use of the dou-
BILE track between the stations of West
minister and Putney next Sunday night
After that time the station at Westmins-
ter will be closed from about : p. m. to
4.
Miss Alice Jackson, superintendent of
music in the schools of Bellows Falls and
Sa xtons River, will give the opening pa
per before the conference of school music
in St. Johnsbury the 2Sth, in connection
with the session of the State Teachers
association.
The upholstering and undertaking rooms
of p. II. Conley in the Maynard block
have been closed and Mr.. Conley has gone
to Keene, where he will open a similar
establishment The rooms have been
leased by Chase Furniture company to
use as store rooms,
The DOT Carroll company has been
playing this week at the opera house be-
fore fair-sized audiences. The play to-
night will be Resurrection; Saturday.
Nevada" or The Devils Mine; Satur
day matinee, cinderella" The COM
pany is an unusually good one for low
priced organization.
The platform south of the highway near
the station has been torn up and curb
ing is now being put in preparatory to
concreting the platform. The roof of the
station is being remodelled and work is
soon to be begun on lowering the track
of the electric road where it crosses the
street south of the station.
N G. Williams Mrs. Dallas +. Pollard,
and b. f. Merriam are this week in at
tendance upon the meeting Of the State
Sunday School association held in Burling-
ton. Mr. Merriam opened the discussion
on a paper on How far should public
school methods be applied to the Sunday
SCHOOL," and Mr.. Williams gave the report
of the executive committee.
Work is progressing rapidly on the re-
pairing of the old Cox mill on Russell
street, which has been bought by the AL
den Speare's Sons company and ii is
expected that it will be opened about
Jan as bobbin factory. Among the
other improvements, "A new engine and
boiler will be installed and a spur track
run in from the electric road.
Thomas Jakway, "A. died Sunday morn
ing at his house on Centre street. The
funeral was held at the house Tuesday af-
ternoon, Rev. d. l.. Sanford officiating In
the absence of Rev. ]. T. Stocking. Mr..
Jakways pastor. Interment was in Oak
Hill cemetery. Mr.. Jakway leaves a son
and two daughters who lived with him.
Mrs. Jakway died about IA months ago
f. E. Keefe was in Rutland Saturday,
being called there as a witness in the
Islander suit against Percival w. Clement.
Mr.. Keefe gave an account of Mr. Glenn
ents speech here last May and also told
of discussions overheard among work.
men in his employ on the speech. On
Monday A. F. Winnewisser, William r.
Conway, and Henry Bean were called to
Rutland on the same business but We're
unable to add much to what had already
been given
James |. C. Cook, senior proprietor and
publisher of the Milford, Mass, Daily
journal, attained his eigthy-siNth birth
day anniv ersary Oct. 10 He is the oldest
printer in the United States, for last
November saw the completion of his
72nd consecutive year of active work
at his trade. In November 1890. he began
work in the office of the Bellows Falls
Intelligencer. He still works daily at the
case, as occasion requires, and retains.
but little impaired his physical and mem
tai vigor and activity.
Bellows Falls sportsmen are not so very
slow. The law on deer only went off at
midnight Wednesday night. but by 6
O'Clock Thursday morning, a fine yearling
buck was shot in the old mill yard at the
north end of Upper Meadows, about seven
miles north of the village on the SPRING
field road by Archie Vose, who lives with
M. c, Roundy. The deer fell not so feet
from the main highway. 1t was very fat
weighing 100 pounds Within two hours
another fine specimen of the same animal
was seen from the highway in that neigh
borhood
Rev, Jay Thomas Stocking. pastor of
the First Congregational church in this
place, and Miss Grace Cordelia Porter of
New Haven, Conn, We're married at the
Church of the Redeemer in that city We'd
nesday evening, oct. 81 at o'clock.
reception followed the ceremony at the
home of the brides parents Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Porter, to which only small num-
Der of relatives and friends were invited.
After about two weeks, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stocking will come to Bellows Falls, and
Mr. Stocking will occupy his pulpit again
on Nov. s.
The fremen's parade and races, which
were postponed two weeks ago ac-
count of unfavorable weather, took place
last Saturday, although the weather was
not much better The roads were very