Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-10-07
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR ON PARADE.
Fifth Annual Field Day Of Communicates
of claremont Bellows Falls and Brat
tleboro a Great Success.

OF Claremont, Bellows FAILS and Brat
tleboro a Great Success.
The fifth annual field day of the
Knights Templar, observed Tuesday was
an occasion of rare enjoyment to the
nearly 400 Sir knights and ladies who
attended and who spent most of the day
at Barber park. The local commandery,
Holy Cross, had a short drill at a. M.
in Union hall, and at $50 headed by
Wheelers band marched to the railroad
station to meet the special trains from
Brattleboro and Claremont, both of
which arrived about .. The Citizens
band had gone to Claremont on the early
morning train to accompany Sullivan
Commandery and the lines were formed
at the station in the following order:
Platoon of police, marshals of the day,
of which Sir Knight George II. Gorham
was chief Wheelers band, Holy Cross
commandery, 60 swords. Beauseant com
mandery, 40 swords, Citizens band, Sui
Ivan commandery so swords. The line
of march was taken through the prin-
cipal streets to Russell park at the north
end of the village where a short review
was held after which the organizations
returned to the square and broke ranks
to take electric cars to Barber park,
where they arrived about 1890. At noon
| a delightful shore dinner was served by
f. f. Shepard of Hotel Windham, the
| party partaking numbering upwards of
| 375. The menu consisted of liberal guam
| titles of CLAIMS, Holsters. fish, chickens,
| sweet and white potatoes and coffee.
Certain it is the appetites of all were
| braced by the clear air and exercise of
| the day.
At go an interesting game of base
| ball occurred between teams of Beau
| seant Commandery of Brattleboro and
| Sullivan Commandery of Claremont, re-
| sulting in a score of to in favor of
Lot. T.rIz.
| of war between different Communicates
| and dancing in the pavilion. At sos the
special cars were on hand and the party
returned to the village to the different
! headquarters assigned the organizations,
| those of Sullivan being in Banquet hall,
Beauseant in Union hall, and Holy Cross
| in their asylum. few minutes past 6
both special trains left for the return
trip the visiting knights and ladies hav-
| ing been escorted to the depot by the
| local knights and ladies'.
There was difference of judgment be-
| tween many of those in attendance re-
| garding the innovation of "A picnic out
| ing instead of the more elaborate prep
| aratons and village decorations of for
mer years, but the large majority voted
| it an eminent success in its simplicity
and enjoyable features. eclipsing those OF
| other years.
A number of prominent citizens went
| to Windsor Friday to meet the well
known Irish agitator, Redmond, who was
there to inspect a statue of Parnell be-
ing cut by st. Gaudens.
p II. Duffy has the foundations all
| in for his new residence on one of the
| Is lots recently bought by him of the
Northern Land company at THE High
| lands" the former Sabin farm on the
line of the electric road.
| mi, ;.l. -
Power company began Monday with q
| large gang of men to erect line
of poles to Alstead and buildings
are being wired there for use Of the cur
rent which they expect in about a month
from now. The current was turned or
| to the Westminster circuit one day last
week, and the lines reaching Saxton:
River and North Walpole have been do
ing good service some months.
Alonzo n. Lee today completes 80 year.
service for the papermaking firm of JOIN
Robertson Son, and is predecessor
Robertson, Moore e. Co, having begun
work when the first mill built by the lat
ter firm was erected on the site of tn,
present Robertson Paper company's mill
Patrick Qualters antedates Mr.. Lee some
what in service of the firms, having beer
with them 80 years in Putney and Bel
lows Falls.
+. b. Howard, a blacksmith located II
the rear of Howard block. was throw
from his buggy near Cold River last Fri
day night when returning from the Brat
tleboro fair He had both bones of on
of his legs broken. His horse was fright
ened by an automobile and overturne'
the buggy. Mr.. Howard lay beside tn
road from about IL o'clock until nearl
daylight in great pain before he was dis
covered. His home is on the II. S. Eros
farm near Drewsville.
The Bellows Falls friends of Contrac
tor +. /. Kilburn are pleased that Brat
tleboro is to have the opportunity o
seeing his faithful and energetic manne
of doing work, he having taken the con
tract to erect the new building in tn
rear of Main street which will be erect
ed by James F. Hooker. Mr. Kilburn ha
had the erection of n number of i'm
portant buildings here, at Ludlow an
other nearby places and he has de
monstrated himself as the right man 1
the right place in each place.
The new locomotive round house c
the Rutland railroad, north of the sta
/ ton, is approaching completion an
makes a decided improvement over tn
appearance of the old one. 1t is built c
wood throughout. has five stalls. with
. repair shop at the west end instead c
the east as formerly. When complete
there will be a space of 20 feet or NOR
between the line of the Boston e. Main
tracks and the building, which will b
grassed over and planted with flower.
; The old repair shop stood close to tn
tracks.