Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-14

run between Brattleboro and White
River Junction, moved his family to
Windsor Monday. The family lived at
IA futile street and Mr.. Gallagher ran
the Boston & Maine switcher in the yard
He has been succeeded on the switcher
by Dan Sullivan.
The Bellows Falls visitors to Sunapee
lake are this year having more than usual
success in bass fishing, a number of
record breaking strings having been
brought in. The season is proving a very
pleasant and prosperous one to the locali-
ty, the cottages being well filled, also the
hotels. The family of A. N. Swain has
spent a portion of the past week at their
summer home at Brightwood.
The young ladies' missionary society of
the Congregational church held lawn
party Tuesday evening on the lawn of
c. E. Howard. The Bellows Falls band
gave a concert, ice cream and cake and
lemonade were on sale and the young
ladies netted about $50 from the sale.
Gov Bell, who is in town this week at
tending the investigation of state insti-
buttons, was present during the evening
II. G. Fleming, president of the Union
Railway company of Memphis, Tenn, ac-
companied by his wife and niece, are
guests of his sisters, Mrs. Charles Barker
and Mrs. George Burnside, at the old
Fleming homestead. Mr.. Fleming is a
representative of the large number of
young men, born in our village, re-
moving elsewhere, and making a distinct
mark in the business world in other
localities.
Bellows Falls residents who visit WAL
pole by rail now hardly know where they
are when alighting from the cars at that
station. The Boston & Maine road have
entirely rebuilt the depot, only the bare
frame being utilized. A train shed 200
feet long has been erected and the walks
concreted The building has been entire
ly remodelled and fitted with all the
modern appliances for the comfort of
travellers. 1t is a great credit to both the
road and the town.
During the past week the temperature
locally has made a remarkable record,
every day the thermometer reaching
above the 80 mark in the shade. The
heat and dryness of the atmosphere is
resulting in a falling of the water at
Minard's pond to an unpleasant degree,
and the river has dropped so the water
does not run over the flash boards, thus
giving premonitions of shortage in power
for the pulp mills should the same con-
ditions continue long.
The Bellows Falls Canal company win
erect a three-story livery stable to take
the place of the old Towns stable on
Bridge street. The upper story will be
used for hay and storage, the middle
story for stabling and the first story for
carriage ROOM The structure will not
stand upon the street as the old one does,
but will be in the rear of it, nearly back
of the hotel. This location will leave a
building lot on the street, on which It is
expected that the Canal company will
erect a modern brick business block
The Universalist, Congregational
Methodist and Baptist Sunday schools
held a union picnic at Barper park last
Friday, nearly 800 attending. After the
refreshments at noon, various sports and
base ball games were enjoyed. The Uni
versalist school won the championship Of
the churches at base ball. Later in the
afternoon a short program of music was
enjoyed in the pavilion followed by an ad-
dress by c. w. Osgood. The experiment
of all the churches uniting in the annual
picnic proved to be a decided success.
The report OF the listers shows the
total grand list appraisal this year to be
$44,30255 as against $44,091.31 for 1904,
making a slight increase. The number of
polls rated is 1929 as compared with 1902
last year, a decrease of 73. The three
largest appraisals are those OF the Inter-
national Paper company $505, 900; Bellows
Falls Canal company $292,77S and the
Casein company $4,000. The Moore &
Thompson Paper company is the largest
under the 100000 mark, $4,000. Hetty
Green renders no personal list this year.
Her homestead is rated at $4,000.
The Bellows Falls telephone exchange
is making rapid strides this summer Be-
tween June l and September l over 200
new subscribers will have been added.
A large portion of these are being put in
upon what is termed farmers lines"
running out from different villages, hav-
ing connections with any of the tele-
phones of the company. Night service has
been established at both the Walpole and
Putney switchboards, from each of which
MN
200 telephones connected with the Bel
lows Falls exchange and under the charge
of Supt. Burr.
Rev. d. L. Sanford of Emmanuel church,
who has been in hospital for treatment
the past month, will be obliged to remain
possibly three or four months longer. A
slight accident occurred to his left
shoulder some months ago, not seeming
to be serious at the time. Trouble de-
veloping from it, he went to the hospital
and 1t is found that the bone of the arm
has become attached rigidly to the
shoulder in such manner as to prevent
any movement of the joint. The doctors
are endeavoring to loosen the joint with
out surgical operation, but the effort
has thus far been unsuccessful
A meeting of the Bellows Falls Driving
club was held Thursday evening at the
Rockingham hotel and plans We're made
for the next matinee to be held at Lovelrs
park July ~ at O'Clock. The horses
will be released and the winners moved
up class d. p Neyland, w. G. Parker
and George Edwards were appointed a
classifying committee. The question Of
a meeting with the Keene Driving club at
Keene, and a return matinee here, to be
held In the near future was talked over
but no definite action taken. 1t was
voted to appropriate the funds in the
treasury, which amount to about $3.50, to
the fixing up of the Lowell park.
The repairs upon the Congregational
church building are going forward rapidly
but will not be completed until about Sept
l. Last Sunday the services of both the
church and Sunday school were held in
Union hall and they will be held there
again next Sunday morning. Sunday
evening the different churches will unite
in an open air meeting on the lawn in
front of the Baptist church. The Con-
gregational church services will be held
in the Baptist church the last two Sum
days Of this month, at which time Rev.
c. w. Jackson takes his annual vacation.
1t is probable that the two societies will
worship together during the last two
weeks of July in the Baptist church.