Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-24

Her substitute will be Mrs. F. B. Pin
gree.
Superintendent B. E. Merriam and
Miss Alice Dascomb visited the North
Walpole schools Monday afternoon.
Thursday, the North Walpole teachers.
with Superintendent Riley called on the
Bellows Falls schools.
The Opera House was packed Tuesday
evening Tor Denman Thompson in his
favorite play, The Old Homestead"
and, as was to be expected, all went
away feeling better for having seen such
a play and such fine acting.
\ fire alarm was rung in Saturday af-
ternoon from box 421 for a small fire in
the house of w. J. Cleary a the lower
end of Westminster street. but the fire
which was around a stove pipe hole was
extinguished before the department ar
rived
H F.. Hamilton. who has had charge
until very recently of the local store of
Durham Brothers, leaves today with his
family for West Paris Me, in which
state he will travel for the present in the
interests of Durham Brothers of Brat
tleboro, wholesale and retail shoe deal
ers.
Ansbach. the famous German magician
will give an entertainment in Union hall
this, Friday, evening, under the man
agement of the ladies' union of the Con-
gregational church. In magic and
sleight-of-h hand Ansbach has few SUI
periors, and he will be warmly welcomed
here
Rev. Stephen T. Livingstone, professor
of oratory and English literature in
Hartford Theological Seminary, occupied
the pulpit of the Congregational church
last Sunday. The speaker next Sunday
will be Hamilton Conant of Boston, sec
rotary of the Massachusetts state Sun
day school association.
The lecture by F. Schuyler Matthews
on wild Birds and their Music" given
in the Congregational church last Fri
day evening. proved very enjoyable to
the large number present, though some
have been heard to express the opinion
that he talked over the heads of his au-
dience a good deal of the time
Mrs. S. NJ. Folsom returned Monday
evening from Roswell, New Mexico.
where she has been several months, car
ing for her brothers children since the
death of their mother in the winter.
She was accompanied on her return by
her nieces, Katherine and Louise Cahoon,
who will make their home here for the
present.
The recognition service of the Unver-
salist church to its new pastor will be
held in that church next Tuesday even
ing. In addition to a fine musical pro-
gram, the sermon VIII be preached by
the church's former pastor Rev. A.
Hammatt now of NewtonVlle, Mass,
the charge to the pastor will be given by
Rev, J. p. Reardon of Ludlow, the
charge to the church by Rev. George l..
Thompson of Springfield, and the well
come to the parish and city by DR.. e.
r. Campbell.
public hearing on the applications
for licenses to sell intoxicating liquors,
was held by the license commissioners in
Banquet hall Monday afternoon at p.
m. The only first class licenses, the
granting of which has been announced
so far, are the first class licenses for the
Windham and Rockingham Hotels.
While no decision was announced on the
application of j. A, Mccarthy for a sec
ond class license, it was clearly shown
that Mr. McCarty was under age and
came to Bellows Falls solely for the pur-
pose of selling liquor, and much displeas-
IRE will be expressed if he gets licnse.