Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-09-25

brother, Chas W. Osgood, returned to
her home i'm Lexington, Mass. yesterday
The illness of Bishop Hall will prevent
him from addressing the proposed meet
ing for women and girls this afternoon
and the meeting for men I'm the evening
Flint Elder, grandson of Wyman Flint
who has been here the past year in the
paper mill of Wyman Flint & Sons has
entered the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
At the second annual meeting of the
state Fedora ton of Labor, held at Rut-
land last week, it was voted to hold the
next annual meeting in Bellows Falls
next September
The high school football team opened
its season with "A game with the Windsor
high school on Saturday. The home team
was victorious by the score of to in a
hard fought game.
Rodney W. Roundy returned Wednes-
day to New Haven for his third years
study in the Yale divinity school He
has preached two Sundays at the Con-
grcgational church.
\ kerosene lamp in the, Mcdonald tene-
ment in the Maynard block on Rocking
ham street caused small fire Sunday
evening, without great damage except to
clothing and bedding.
The children from the Harriet Good
ridge and Kurn Hattin homes in West
minister and the Warner home in Sax
tons River held their annual picnic at
Barber park Wednesday.
Eugene Cray, a member of the High
school class "a. has gone to Mortified
this week to enter Norwich University
for tho fan course instead of completing
his High school course here.
About 30 members of the Uniformed
Rank, Knights of Pythias, including the
knights of Pythias band, went to Mont
pelier Tuesday to attend the annual
meetings of the order there.
John O. Spring reached Dresden. Ger
many. Sept. 9th. He expects to be alb
/ sent two months or more to he spent
largely with his son, DR.. VIII o. Spring
of Dresden a former Bellows Falls boy.
The ladies Of the Universalist church
| Melted about $3.50 from the entertainment
given Saturday evening-Lyman Howe
moving pictures, which pleased about $50
people.
G. W. Osgood was in Newport Tuesday
| where he was employed as an expert in
| the appraisal of damage to the machinery
of a large pulp mill that was burned last
week at West Derby. Mr.. Osgood repre-
scented the insurance companies
The local lodge of Knights of Pythias
have arranged for a weeks engagement
of the American CrystalpleX company
/ of glass blowers for next week. The en-
tertainments will be given in Union hall.
dancing following each performance.
] Everett Chapman. who recently under
/ went an operation for appendicitis. has
so far recovered from the effects of his
illness as to be able to go to Norwich.
+. Conn, with Mrs. Chapman to visit the
next few weeks. while convalescing.
Geo. Upham returned yesterday to Bos-
ton for his winters work at Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology. Carl
/ Northrup went down last week, but is
now home again for few days before
the opening of school next Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cook and daugh-
/ ter of Haverhlll Mass, sepnt Saturday
in town with friends. Mr. Cook was a
resident of Bellows Falls several years
| ago, and secretary and treasurer of the
Vermont Farm Machine company in it's
| early days.
The knights of Pythias band went to
! keene Friday to furnish the music for
! the first concert and ball of the season
in that city given by the John II. Brown
/ company, No. ~, uniformed rank. Knights
/ of PNthas. Before the entertainment
/ the band also gave an open-air concert.
Rev. c. w. Jackson, pastor of the First
Baptist church, was suddenly called to
. Halifax, y. S, on Sunday by the illness
of his wifes father. Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
son left early on Sunday morning. Rev.
/ Edward Ellery of SaXtons River, princ-
pal of Vermont academy, OBLIGATED in Mr..
/ Jacksons absence.
/ The Rockingham road commissioner has
I a force of men at work drawing gravel
into the road between here and Rocking
ham. Long stretches which have hereto
. fore been bad for driving on account of
! sand or mud, have already been treated
/ to coat of two or three feet of good
| gravel and more work of the same kind
/ is in prospect
The Bellows Falls Rebekah lodge.
/ Amity No. I. on Friday evening enter
| tanned the local odd Fellows and their
/ families at a reception. The occasion was
the sd anniversary of the founding of
. the Rebekah degree. An attractive pro-
gram was carried out and at the close
| several prominent guests were called
upon for remarks
The entertainment given in the vestry
of the Congregational church last Friday
evening by the Mt. Kilburn junior auXil-
/ larry, proved SUCCESS. 1t consisted of
two short dramas nterspersed with
/ music While hastily gotten up, the
work reflected credit on the participants.
The attendance was fair, the vestry be-
| ing nearly filled
Those in attendance upon the meeting
of the diocesan branch of the Woman's
Auxiliary of the Board of Missions at
| Brattleboro yesterday from Emmanuel
church We're: Mrs. VIM. A. Hall. Mrs.
w. f. Perey, Mrs. S. NJ. Folsom, Mrs G.
l.. Burnside Mrs. +. \. Guild, Mrs. j.
w. Flint, Miss Kate Williams Miss Alice
Frost and Miss Margaret Williams.
Arrangements are being perfected for
the goth annual inspection of the Bellows
Falls fire department, which is to take
place on Friday, October 9, In the after
noon a hose contest between the various
local companies will be held the winner
to secure a handsome silver cup. In the
evening a concert and ball will be fur
nished by the Knights of Pythias band
DR.. Geo. II. Gorham, secretary of the
Vermont Medical society. is this week
preparing the program for the annual
meeting to be held here Oct. Is and It,
1t is probable that there will be from
100 to $50 members of the society and
their ladies here at that time. The wives
of the local members of the society are
arranging "A program for the entertain
ment of the lady visitors to include n
tally-ho ride to Westminster, Walpole
and Alstead.
ioyable reception Friday evening to Odd
Fellows and their families, and few in
Vited guests, the latter including the diff
ferent pastors and their wives There
were about 115 present at the Odd Eel
lows hall, and interesting speaking was
interspersed with music both vocal and
instrumental, and rectations. The
event was a fitting commemoration of the
SD anniversary of the founding of the
Rebekah degree in 1851.
A special meeting of Holy Cross COM
mandery Knights Templar, was held
Tuesday evening for drill in preparation
| for the annual field daV to be held at