Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-05-26
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS

the Methodist church Sunday evening.
The high school base ball team will
play the Keene high school at Keene to-
morrow.
The season at Barber park will open
next Monday with performance by Led
ermans New York Speciality company.
Yesterday was fire drill day in the high
school The exit was made in less than
two seconds. These drills are held once
a month.
Miss Mary Baker, supervisor of pen
manship in the graded schools of Bellows
Falls and Saxtons River, has been in Bos-
ton this week.
Rev. ]. T. Stocking, pastor of the Con-
gregational church, has received a call to
the Central Congregational church in
Newtonville, Mass.
The half holiday on Saturday, which
those employed by the Vermont Farm
Machine company usually have in the
summer began last week
H. V. Durham has moved this week to
cambridge, N. Y, where he will still be
connected with the Casein company at
their plant at that place.
K. z. Waldron of Winchester, n. H.,
has taken the Photographic studio for
merly occupied by E. L. Shaw and will
be ready for business June l.
Dr. and Mrs G. H. Gorham were in
Hinsdale Wednesday to attend the flu
neral of Mrs. G. c. Howe, Mrs. Cor
bNNAA
long time.
Next Sunday will be observed as Me-
mortal Sunday with services at the opera
house beginning at 3 o'clock Music will
be furnished by the Baptist choir, B. c.
Mason leader Rev. c. w. Jackson will
preach.
The Young Mems association will meet
the Young Mems Christian union of
Springfield at Springfield Saturday after
noon. A silver cup will be awarded the
winner, and the local team proposes to
bring it home.
The grounds have been cleared around
the railroad station and a large flower
bed has been made. The beds in which
the bulbs were set last fall are bright
with tulips, and hyacinths will soon be
out of them 1t was late last fall when the
work of putting in bulbs was begun, Jack
Frost coming earlier than expected to
interrupt the work.
Joseph Arison is at his boarding place
in North Walpole suffering from a very
serious accident. He was in the employ
of the Bellows Falls Canal company, and
was at work on boom chopping with
an axe when the tool slipped and struck
him in the instep sinking the entire
length of the blade. Seven arteries were
severed and the ankle bone was splinter
ed
The Bellows Falls and Saxtons River
Locals defeated Vermont academy Friday
the season. The winning team is an all
star aggregation, composed of the best
players of the two old Bellows Falls and
SaXtons River teams. Farnsworth pitched
a fine game Vermont academy made a
stiff fight and kept their opponents from
making but two runs. For the losers
Lawton and Blanchard played an ex-
cellent game.
Pre- Memorial exercises will be held in
all the school buildings Monday. These
exercises will consist of songs, recita-
tons and an address. Principal Tuttle
will speak at the high school, o. b. Baker
at No. l, Rev L. o. Sherburne at No. .,
c. w. Osgood at No. 8, Rev. j. T. Sock
ing at No. A. The grades in the high
school building will gather in assembly
hall and will be addressed by Rev. F. L.
Leavitt. The school at Gageville will hold
pre-Memorial exercises Saturday, with
an address by Rev ]. T. Stocking.
Miss Carrie Daggett. teacher in the fifth
grade, has been i'll with German measles
and out of school part of the week. Miss
Ida Walters, teacher in the third grade
has been at her home in Castleton this
week, and Mrs. H. B. Underhill has had
charge of her school. The grades in the
high school building held their morning
exercises together in the assembly hal
last Friday, and they will continue this
custom during the remainder of the
school year. The program consists Of
songs, instrumental musical selections
and reading by one of the pupils.
The Black River union of Christian
Endeavor societies will hold it's annua
meeting in Cavendish tomorrow. Dele
gates will go from the Baptist church, an!
one who can go being so considered, and
from the Congregational church Mrs. E
NJ Young, Miss Beatrice Young, Mis-
Rena OBryan, Miss Iva Cushman anC
Miss Mary Searle having been appointed
Miss Hayes will speak upon 1.-THE Silve
Bay Conference and the Young People,
Missionary Movement" E. G. OsgooC
has charge of the question box of tn
Windham County Christian Endeavo
union in Putney today.
The Aqueduct company brings waite
in lead pipe from Gageville to Below
Falls, but no water found its way through
the pipe after the middle of the winter
A gang of men under c. S. Moore begal
digging a month or more ago and ha
succeeded in drawing water. Between
Henry street and the vicinity of the ca
barn AZ breaks were found in the pip
and five other places were cut out be
cause Of dents in the pipe. Six inches o
frost was found on Westminster stree
in front Of Wyman Flints residence ST
feet from the top of the ground. Tn
pipe was boxed from the Catholic Gem
etery to the car barn and it is hope
there will be less trouble next winter.
Mrs. John NJ. Baxter, so, who died 4
Rutland Tuesday, was the last of the ST
Mass a noted owner of whaling vessels
and a prominent politician who wa
associated with Webster, Clay and Cal
houn and other statesmen of his time
She was a direct descendant of Tristan
Coffin, one of the original purchasers c
Nantucket island in 1863. She was mar
ried Oct. 81, 1886, in Brighton, Mass, t
John N. Baxter of Bellows Falls, VIII
had just graduated from the Harvard LAY
school, They lived 10 years in Below
Falls, and then went to Burlington, lowe
In 1861 they moved back to Bellows FALL
but at the end of the year went to Rut
land where Mrs Baxter had since mad
her home. She had travelled eXtensivel
abroad, and was a woman Of literar
accomplishments.
Memorial exercises on Monday at tn
opera house will begin at Las with an az
dress by Rev. ]. T. Stocking, music b
school children under the direction
Miss Jackson, musical supervisor in II
schools. The children will give a fla
drill directed by Miss Elmendorf At
o'clock the procession will form in ii
square. II. c. Bacon will be president
the day, ]. j. Connors marshal and j. /
Bleumer, F, A. Whitaker and p H. Flen
ing aids. Music will be furnished by Il
Bellows Falls band. Canton Skitch'
waug will act as escort for the Gran
Army. The Uniformed Rank Knights
Pythias and Hibernians will follow II