Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS

John w. Flint and family have gone to
the Adirondacks.
Tomorrow is "crcus day." Forepaugh
e. Sells Bros, exhibiting on Morgan field.
Misses Jessie Judd and Alice Dascomb
will go tomorrow to Lynn, Mass, for a
short stay
A new fountain has been placed in Bar
ber's park, which adds greatly to the
beauty of the place.
h. a. Howard. who has beeu i'll sew
eral months, died Wednesday at the
Brattleboro Retreat.
Mrs n. p. Gates and her gust, Mrs.
Brown Of Middlebury, went Monday to
Cottage city for a ten days stay.
Miss Frances Osgood, who has been
the guest several days Of Mrs. Willough-
by Wilder, at South Surrey Me. return
ed Friday.
Mrs. f. 2. Clifford and daughter. Flor
ence, of Green street went to Cottage
city last week. They will be away two
or three weeks.
Mrs. George Underwood, who has been
spending the past six weeks in Taunton
and Still River Mass, and Providence,
X. l., returned Tuesday.
Miss Helen Guild, the well known music
teachers of Bellows Falls, has been elect
ed president of the j. \. Jones Musical
Teachers association in Boston.
The women of the Methodist church
will serve ice cream and cake on the
grounds adjoining the church this even
ing. Music will be furnished by the Cit
liens band.
Miss Nellie Royce, who has been en-
ployed in ]. c. Days store as an alterer
of ladies' suits, finished work there Sat
urday. She intends to take a vacation of
n month or two at least
Mrs. Angie Vaughan, who has been i'll
several months, has so far recovered that
she expects to leave Monday for a stay
of several weeks in Sharon. She will be
accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Dascomb.
w. II. Black will go to Boston the first
of September to work. Mr.. Black has
been employed many years by the Yer
mont Farm Machine company, and had
charge of the advertising department.
The rubber game in the series between
Bellows Falls and Chester reported as the
greatest game of base ball that ever
took place here" was played in Chester
Saturday. The score was 2-1 in favor
Of Chester
Miss Elsie V. Robbins and Miss Ger
trude Hayes returned Thursday from sill
yer Bay, Lake George, where they spent
two weeks. Miss Robbins will spend the
month of August with the family of c.
w. Osgood.
y part Of the mills under the hill" re-
sumed work Tuesday morning, as the
logs were over the dam then Those
above the tall bridge now are out and
the workmen are rejoicing at being able to
go to work again.
Rev. c. W. Jackson, pastor of the Bap-
tist church. left today. accompanied by
his family. for Cambridge, Mass. From
there he will go to Sackvlle, Nova Scotia.
| for a months vacation. Mr. JacksOns
former home was in Nova Scotia.
The upholstery department Of the Chase
Furniture company, which has been To-
Gated in the Maynard block. will be
moved next week to rooms adjoining the
house recently bought by j. +. Keefe on
the corner of Oak and Atkinson streets.
An alarm of fire from box 80 early Sun
day morning was for a vigorous fire in
an addition to the Robertson Paper COM
pany's mill. used for storage purposes.
The blaze was soon eXtinGished, but not
until the mill had been thoroughly wet
down. Fortunately the loss was not
heavy.
Ten acres of land to the east of Mi
nards pond have been bought by the
bailifrs preparatory to putting up a ten
| foot dam. This will flood land belong
! ing to L. T. Lowell ana ~ II. GrsWold
| This land either will be bought or the
damages paid to the owners. Ray &
| Shepardson have bought the timber on
the new purchase and will cut it off at
| once.
! An old resident has been removed by
the death on Monday of John McAuliffe
! who with his children and grandchildren,
/ has lived many years on Green street
| Mr. McAulife was born in County Cork
! Ireland, and lived here all but one year of
! his SO years residence in this country
! The burial was from St. Charles church
| yesterday morning.
While the ingenuity of merchants en-
| dures, the Worlds Fair will not lack
| for patrons. Having brought in 3O45 five
cent coupons issued by \. II. Fuller. Miss
! Dorothy Busby will go to st. Louis at
! the expense of the firm. ]. T. Keefe has
| had displayed in his window several
months a bottle of beans, the number
contained to be guessed in order to win
| a ticket Michael Burke. who is work.
| ing in Rockingham, guessed nearest, the
number being 20S6, and his estimate be-
ing 2O2O
Rev. j. 7. Stocking, pastor of the Con-
gregational church, left Monday for a
months vacation, accompanied by Mrs.
| Stocking, who has gone to the Adiron-
dacks, where Mr.. Stocking will join her
after a visit to his old home in northern
New York. The pulpit of his church will
be supplied next Sunday, Aug. 7, by Rev.
William w. McLane of Plymouth church,
New Haven, Conn, the following Sunday
by Rev. Laura Wild of Nebraska, the
third Sunday by Mr.. McLane, and the
fourth by a professor elect to the theo-
logical seminary in Montreal.