Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-11-20

ing of the club
Miss Bertha Wiggin, who teaches in
Gilmore, is at home for Thanksgiving.
II. b. Davis of Lyndonvile formerly Of
the Times job printing office, was in town
Saturday.
along the Kennebec" was the title of
an excellent rural play at the opera house
last evening.
Mrs. Edith Wetherbee and Bertell Nell
lis are ENJOYING vacation of ten days or
more in Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. w. C. Smith are on a
months trip through Kansas, Missouri
and the Dakotas.
The school board has decided to make
the present term only II weeks in length,
closing Dec. II, the winter term to be-
gin Jan. 4.
Vandals have recently stolen valuable
ribbons from bouquets, markers and other
movable articles in the old cemetery at
Rockingham.
The Chase Furniture comapany has
opened a branch store in Maynard block
in the rooms vacated by p. II. Conley.
Fred Whitcomb is in charge.
Superintendent b. E. Merriam will speak
on Geography in the Grammar Grades
before the Connecticut Valley Teachers
association in Claremont today
Nelson Burchard has opened boarding
house at Henry street. from which To-
cation Mrs. Chandler recently moved to
to the Chase house on School street.
John Proctor, an old resident died
Monday at w. Townsend's, where he
had boarded the past year He formerly
lived on farms near Rockingham village.
The Thanksgiving day exercises will be
held Wednesday in the public schools.
The schools have collected a larger num-
Der of dinners for destitute families than
usual
H. d. Ryder, II. p. Conway and Miss
Margaret Ryder, all strong Dartmouth
sympathizers, saw the Dartmouth Har-
ward foot ball game Saturday at Cam
bridge.
Rev. l.. o. Sherburne of the Methodist
church will preach the sermon at the
union Thanksgiving day service next
Thursday morning at 10 O'Clock in the
Congregational church.
A new side track is being laid at Bar
louisville, and people there expect the lux
ury of a new passenger station to take
the place of the freight which has
been in use several years.
The pastors of the village churches will
make short addresses at a union temper
ance meeting, celebrating Worlds Tenn
perance Sunday, in the Baptist church
next Sunday evening at o'clock.
The Christian Endeavor societies of
Bellows Falls, Cambridgeport, Athens,
Grafton and SaXtons River will meet
with the Congregational society in Sax
tons River Sunday evening at o'clock.
Mrs. Edward Arms and daughter, Car
oline, attended a colonial supper given by
the Daughters of the American ReVou-
ton in Keene Tuesday, and Mrs Arms,
who is member, served at one of the
tables.
Zeb Fountain, a prominent French cit
izen of Bellows Falls, who has lived for
many years on Hyde street died Sunday
evening from the effects of a paralytic
shock. He was buried Tuesday morning,
the funeral being from st. Charles church.
The Vermont Farm Machine company
has rented for another year the third
floor of the Corner Drug Store building
as reading room for it's employees.
This room furnishes an acceptable place
for spending evenings for a large number
of young men employed by the company
who are without families.
Herman UIitsch died Monday from
injuries sustained in a runaway accident
Sunday Nov. s. Although his skull was
fractured, he was conscious to the time
of his death, and at his request, his
daughter Mrs. Pauline Howard, was mar
ried at his bedside Friday to Charles w.
White of Harriman's barber shop by
Rev. D. L. Sanford.
Differences among stockholders in re-
gard to the question of using any part of
the old buildings in the hotel in Saxtons
River has resulted in a discontinuance of
the work of tearing down the L. ma
tority of the stockholders are in favor of
an entirely new building, and it Is thought
that when $4,000 is paid for the old prop
erty the old buildings will be RACED to
make way for modern structure
The reception rendered to the members
of the church and parish of the Congre-
gational church in honor of Rev. and Mrs.
Tow Ias N..t1
the church parlors, passed off very pleas
antly The vestry was well filed for
nearly two hours with the many friends
of the new pastor. Light refreshments
were served in the parlor and music was
furnished by the Saxtons River orches-
ira, under the leadership of Rev. Mr.
Foote.
The water in Minards pond was the
lowest last Sunday that it has been for
many months, 1t having fallen three in
ches since the week before. and is now
five or six feet below the top OF the dam.
1t has fallen very steadily since last win
ter and unless heavy rains come before
the ground freezes, people will probably
have to be careful not to waste much
water through the winter unless they
want to repeat the experience of two
years ago. The water in the Connecti-
cut is also very low and the larger part
of the pulp mills have been shut down
for some weeks.
William Brown, elder brother of John
and James Brown, prominent employ
es of the Rutland railroad, went West
from here 80 years ago. The family
heard from him at intervals for ten years,
but since then had no knowledge of him
and supposed him to be dead. Last Mon
day John, while in Rutland, was accost-
ed by his long-lost brother, who had just
come from the West. Neither recog-
nized the other. but after an introduction
" renewed former intimacles, and
a Joyful reunion with the other
on their arrival