Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-02-02
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS

Deacon c. w. Osgood supplied the pull
pits at both Alstead and Langdon last
Sunday.
Mrs. Edward G. Osgood returned We'd
nesday evening from a fortnight spent in
Buffalo and Syracuse.
Rev. Angelo Dougherty of Cambridge,
Mass, occupied the pulpit Of the Con-
gregational church last Sunday.
Gov Bell was in town Tuesday after
noon and spent the evening in Westmins-
ter at a meeting of the Grange.
Charles H. Sawyer of Newton Centre,
Mass, a former well known resident,
visited in town from Saturday until We'd
nesday night.
John Diggins who has been an operator
in the Western Union office for some time
past, has this week gone to Athol, Mass.
where he has a much better position.
The family of John L. Lane, who have
been living on Barker street, have moved
this week to Fitchburg. Mr.. Lane was
employed while in Bellows Falls in the
Times job printing office.
Miss Florence Spalter of Keene has
been engaged as dramatic coach for the
local amateurs who will present play,
"A Scrap of Paper" for the Woman's
club on gentlemen's night, Feb. 10. Re-
hearsals have been in progress about
three weeks
The Perceival Furniture company, with
whom the board of trade had some dis
cussion about locating at Bellows Falls,
coming here from Barton, has decided to
locate in South Royalton. They will oc-
cupy building formerly used as a shoe
manufactury about two miles up the
branch of the White river.
Last Friday two women, old residents of
North Walpole, died at the age of 90
years each. They were born in Ireland
in the same year and same county, came
TO America about the same time lived in
the same village during their long after
lives, died the same day and were buried
In the same cemetery, that of st. Peters s.
They were Mrs. John Brown and Mrs
Eliza Mccarthy.
The two booms which were strung
across the river by the Bellows Falls
Canal company after last weeks thaw
to hold the anchor ice until the river
should freeze over both broke again
Tuesday, letting the ice into the canal
and causing much inconvenience to the
mills. An open season like the present
is always prolific Of much trouble in the
choking of the canal
G. s. Gates is building a large garage
100 feet long by 40 feet wide, on West
minister street, just south of his block
on land owned by the Boston & Maine
railroad. 1t is a frame building and will
be well equipped for the storage and care
of automobiles, and in addition he will
have a repair shop with machinery anc
appliances for carrying on a general re
pair business in that line.
Two travelling representatives of the
Boston Herald have visited Bellows Fall.
during the past week, and interviewed 6
large number of citizens. Wonder is ex
pressed as to what direction the vagariel
of that journal will now take as relate.
to our village, as, judging by numerou.
fake stories of the past few months in re-
lation to matters in other localities W,
may be booked for a sensational write-uI
for which there may be no foundation.
One hundred and seventeen tickets were
sold at the station for the special traiI
that went to Brattleboro Tuesday even
ing, carrying that number of witnesses t
the defeat of the Bellows Falls Athleti,
club at the hands of the Brattleboro boys
Naturally there is much disappointment
at the outcome, as our team has takeI
great pride in its record. Already al
are looking forward to the deciding game
and strong effort will be made to re
verse the record of Tuesday night
]. H. Blakely, who win have charg,
Of the Washington excursion of the senior
class OF the high school, is having NOR,
applications than he can accept. A mum.
Der OF other schools have decided to joir
In the trip under Mr.. Blakely's direction
among them that OF Rutland. He will