Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-09-11

u AhA< A<A OANA-
of that city. Miss Gosselin Is daugh
ter of DR.. Gosselin, formerly of Bel
lows Falls, and is a graduate of our |
High school, class of 1898.
Public schools throughout the town
of Rockingham opened Tuesday morn |
| ing There has been the usual disturb
ance in getting settled, but thanks to
! the untiring efforts of Superintendent
Merriam all is now going smoothly. 1t
is understood that there are about so
more pupils enrolled in the village
schools than last year, which shows a
healthy percentage of increase.
E. w. Trask, mail carrier No. 4
from the local postofiice. returned to
his work Monday after Is days va
cation. Substitute Carrier Coolidge
is now taking the place of A. C. Halla-
day. carrier No. >. who is enjoying his
vacation Assistant Postmaster c. e.
Davis will return the last of this
week from his outing, when A. NJ.
Macleod expects to get off for 10
days.
The following officers have been
chosen by the athletic association of
Bellows Falls High school for the en-
J. SuIUS year. ltSlutilts d. d. = Nlbl III
secretary. f. r. Bolles treasurer, II.
E. Mcdonald; executive committee,
r. J. Shea. '04 Norman Howe, '05. Ed
ward Rice. 06; captaip pro TEN of the
foot ball team, II. r. Mcdonald; man
ager of foot ball ana basket ball teams
T. j. Shea
At meeting of the senior class of
the High school held Tuesday, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Pres-
dent. j. j. NORM: vice president, Miss
Mary a. Barrett secretary. Henry G..
= | Holmes: treasurer. Hugh f. O'Brien;
, executive committee, Miss Helen w.
, Ryder. Miss Grace A. Williams, Miss
p Margaret Savage, John Mcdonald and
!, T. J. Shea, who is chairman of the
q committee.
An accident which came very near
: being a serious one for the partici-
8 pants occurred Sunday when team
|. driven by Norman Brocbway got into
u trouble in Cambridgeport, near the
, covered bridge The buggy was over
d turned and the horse went over the
p bank. but fortunately Mr.. Brockway
'. escaped with no personal injuries and
| with only very slight damage to the
p harness and buggy.
The local celebration of Labor Day
passed off very pleasantly there be
ing practically no hitch in the entire
program was carried out by Grand Mar
shat p. II. Fleming. At a. m. a pro
lie cession of the various bodies of thu
COnfederated Labor Union formed il
&c the square and covered nearly the en-
tire town in its line of march
IN Wheelers band led off the procession
NJ followed by the unions of carpenters
1t al and
~ makers. The Federation of Labor t,
30 the number of over 200 brought nj
ct the rear, preceded by the Walpol
h. band. After the procession returne,
70 to the square the participants wer
~ addressed in front of the Windhan
No. by Alexander Robertson of Barre
% In the afternoon various field sport
., were INDUCED in at Barber parF
81 Among these were a football gam
-, between North Walpole and Below
al Falls won by Bellows Falls by tw
- goals. and a baseball game betwee
oa the machine tenders and the bac
of tenders, won by the latter. An a(
h. dress was given at the park by p Ma
~ honey of Boston. The theatrica
20 company playing al the park gave
a. matinee in the afternoon for tn
ue benefit of the Labor Day celebrator!
anu llllS anu lue tNtIlHS sptl III II
:" ance were very we'll attended 1t
- estimated that between three an
"a four thousand people were on tn
as grounds during the afternoon an
NO evening.
vol An incident of the Labor Day cell
ne bration locally occurred about
re O'Clock in the afternoon when on
a George Campbell took team froI
l1v in front of Fentons store and droy
ce away. 1t was a farmers team with
or two seated carriage, the owner ha
lIv ing gone to the railroad station to sc
some friends off on the train. Whe
he returned, accompanied by h
:. wife the team was missing and co
~ siderable hustling was done. Chit
w. OF Police Thompson was notified an
&C. started toward the park as it was
T. that direction it had disappeare
An hour later the team came baC
nd into the square driven in leisure
he way by Campbell, who had found
companion to ride with him and wi
A. was as much the worse for liquor {
Ike he and they had evidently had q
hours quiet drive. Both were not
,ed condition to know what they he
he been doing, or what they wanted
ed. do. The wife of the farmer spit
them and ran through the squa
b., after them screaming to them
aet bring back that team and " sto
~ | tell you" as well as hailing all b
va ISLANDERS to assist her. The fellow
. did not try to escape but drew up
me the sidewalk near Beasley's saloon {
90 Bridge street and the lady overtakir
III them could not quite make them ob'
otn her command to "wat here till | g
a policeman and have you arrested
lsh but they quietly reeled away, the W
ort man took her team and drove to fiji
Os- the anxious husband. and qui
es reigned again. The last part of d
affair was ludicrous in the extreme
of
cal
ms, SANIONS hiVEH'