Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-01-12

DID, officiating. Mrs Church has lived
over 90 years in the old homestead near
Cages Mills, at Church's corner.
The regular bi-monthly meeting of the
Woman's club was held in Odd Fellows
hail Tuesday afternoon. The speaker of
the afternoon was Miss George A. Bacon
OF Worcester, her subject being "CivII
Service Reform" At the close of the
meeting a very successful sale OF food
was held.
Bellows Falls Athletic club continued n
winning gait Tuesday night, when a game
was taken from the Dartmouth Reserves
Al to Fl. Gorse and r. Boutwell, excelled
for the home team. while Morse was the
star for the visitors Between the halves
Ine MT: kilburn team defeated the Midget
Five Is to 10.
Edward o. Young, the well known pas
senger conductor between Bellows Falls
and Rutland. and one Of the older resi-
dents OF Bellows Falls, fell from a ladder
at his residence on Atkinson street one
day last week, breaking his knee cap in
three places and also his nose. He fell
ABOUT 20 feet and was badly shaken I'M
his injuries are painful but not dangerous.
Jack A. Robinson, AZ, who died in wor
cester, Mass Thursday, was a native
OF Bethel who came here in his youth.
lie was member OF the firm of Carmen
q Robinson, proprietors OF the Blue store
about ten years. He was in Omaha, Neb..
several years, and then came to Provi-
dence, r. l., as manager OF the Browning
q King store. He had been in poor
health the past two years.
Napoleon Young, the youth who had
been missing from Bellows Falls since
July g. returned here accompanied by his
Iatner last Friday. He was about Is
years old and owing to some trouble with
an Italian fruit dealer, ran away on
the date mentioned. Last week his father
learned OF his whereabouts upon a farm
IN North Stratford, N. H., and went there
inducing the son to return.
The work of-placing the heavy plank
ing and steel at each end of the Con-
necticut river steel bridge to protect tbe
structure from Ice has been completed.
The cost of the work thus far has been
only about $500. 1t will be finished some
time during next summer by making the
ends OF the bridge solid concrete sur
rounding all the steel rods and parts NJ
Ine bridge that can be reached by flood
Ihere may be some danger to the struc-
lure until this is DONE but the work was
1eIIyea py the action Of the town of
1t this year.
Mrs. Fletcher Carruthers has had as
guest FOR two weeks, Mrs. Fearon, wife
OF capt Il. G. Fearon of the British sail
ing ship "F1tzjames." 1t is now ten years
since Mrs. Fearon visited the Carruthers
family last. She is cousin OF Mr. Car
Iuthers. Her home is In the north on
England, although she spends most of her
Ime sailing with her husband, and with
MIN mas been around the world six times
Wlthin the last ten years. Her husbands
snip, one or the largest OF the sailing TYNE
Is dlscharging cargo at Wilmington N
o. from where IT will proceed in ballast
10 New York and load with a cargo FOR
australia early next month. Mrs. Fearon
expects to accompany her husband again
upon this trip. "eAi"
The annual meeting OF the First Con
gregational church occurred Thursdav
evening OF last week and was fully al.
tended. Although the church has been
without pastor since Sept. 1, ali busi-
ness matters were shown to be In a
nourishing condition. The receipts ~ The
church for expenses curing the wear
We're $zI74.S6. The amount paid for the
salary OF the pastor and for supplying the
pulpit was s1S42 and $500 was expended
TOT music. The report Of the benevolenoes
Tor the past year shows they were about
up TO the average. During the year the
church building has been repaired and re-
decorated at an expense OF 5000. The
business committee for the coming year
Is Dr. Edward Kirkland, wa @. Smith and
H. O. ossood.