Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-15

bus in Brattleboro Sunday were partici-
pated in by 80 or 60 members of the To-
cal council.
Next Sunday Rev. C. w. Jackson will
preach in Claremont, as the pastor there
Rev. " V. Johnson, is away. Rev. MI
Jacksons place here Will be filled by Dea-
con John O. Spring.
Miss Alice jackson left yesterday for
Canada. where she will spend vacation.
Her place i'm the choir at the Congrega-
tional church will be filled during his abb
sence by Miss Helen Ryder
The body of Mrs. Elizabeth a. Mack
&c. who died Monday in Concord N. Il''
was brought here Tuesday for burial in
Emmanuel cemetery. Mrs. Mack former
~ was a resident of this place
Mr. and Mrs A. Il. Fiheld of Whining
ton. Del, are expected in town next Mon
dav. on Tuesday they will go to Lake
Rescue for two weeks outing accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Fiheld
and Mr.. and Mrs. ii. II. Russell.
The Marlboro and Saxtons River
teams played an interesting game of
base ball at Barber park Saturday, the
visitors winning 8 to 0. The scores of
Marlboro were due largely to slow work
in the outhed by SaXtons River.
The Boston & Maine railroad has en-
closed its track through North Walpole
with a board fence, leaving only place
/
the bridge and this passage will be closed
when our new bridge is completed.
The Methodist Sunday school is plan
ming to hold a picnic as soon as pract-
cable and has elected the following COM
mittec to have charge of the arrange
ments Rev l.. O. Sherburne, l.. l.. Nor
thrup, L. Il. Ramsey and Miss Florence
| Sherburne.
John Klburn, 10, died at his home in
Walpolc last week Thursday. He had
| been suffering from cancer of the leg
which necessitated an operation, from
which he did not recover. He was for
merry employed by the Vermont Farm
| Machine company.
+. w. Newcomb. who has been can
wasting the town in the interests of the
Vermont Bible society, figures the total
population at 5000, n gain of 5Oi since
| 1900. The population of Bellows Falls is
placed at 4S41, a gain of 500, there hav-
ing been a loss of four outside the cor
poration limits
The paper mills have shut down for
| three weeks in order that the log drivers
may have the water to float logs over the
dam and through the channel. The river
is low and the channel has been blasted
in several places to facilitate getting the
logs through. The first of the drive
reached here a few days ago.
The Locals defeated Chester in base
ball Saturday by score of 1919. The
game was exciting, although Bellows
Falls got a big lead at the start. Ches-
ter made six runs in the eighth inning
but our team had the goods in the
ninth. Farnsworth pitched a great game
after the first inning The batteries were
Burdett and Hendricks for Chester
Farnsworth and Aver for Bellows Falls
Messrs. Perry, Stone, Wood and Brooks
of Charlestown were in town last week
and defeated the local players in some
fast sets of tennis. Perry and Stone wor
from Pollard and Stockwell, and Woo
and Brooks won from Bolles and Rice
1t is, however, early in the season for oui
players and they are not yet in form
The local club plans to give tournament
later i'm the season, to which it will in
wife players from all the surrounding
towns.