Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-12-21

before the College Mems club Dec. 2s on
"Thaddeus Stevens" Invitations will be
extended to their friends by members Of
the club On Monday evening DIR. Kirk
land addressed the club upon THE Life
and Achievements Of Pasteur"
Drs G. H. Gorham and J. S. Hill at
tended the annual meeting of the sur
geons Of the Rutland railroad in Burling-
ton Tuesday. DR.. Gorham read a paper
on The Examination Of the Eyes of
Railroad Employees and DR.. Hill one up
on "Shock in Railroad Injuries"
Local members Of Court William
French, Forresters of America, went to
Claremont Friday evening to meet with
Foresters from various places in New
Hampshire and Vermont. About 500
members Of the order were present and
As members of the Claremont court were
initiated.
The Saxtons River wooden mills are ar
ranging to materially increase their ca
pacity by placing a large number Of
looms In the building across the street
from the mills, which has always been
USED as an office and store house. These
looms will be run by electricity gene
rated by the Fall Mountain Electric
Light & Power company.
All the churches will have special mu
steal programs Sunday morning. At the
Baptist church cantata, THE Nativity"
will be rendered in the evening. Sunday
evening at the Congregational church a
concert will be given by the Sunday
school The young peoples choir will
give the cantata, THE Hope of the
World" at the Universalist church.
The Baptist. Congregational and Meth
odist churches will. have their Christmas
trees Christmas eve the Universalist
church on Christmas night. The carol
services OF the children Of Immanuers
church will be held Monday afternoon,
followed by a supper and Christmas tree
in the parish house. Midnight mass will
be celebrated in st. Charless and st.
Peters churches.
Clifford Thomas an employe Of the Fall
Mountain Electric Light & Power com
pany, was seriously injured Wednesday
while wiring a house in Walpole. An au-
ger with which he was boring hole slip
ped and struck one eye. The other eye
was injured several years ago while he
was working as an electrician. 1t is fear
ed that the injury will prove very Sc
rious.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
First Congregational church, at its an
nual meeting held Monday evening elect
ed the following officers: President, Mary
G. Searle: vice president, Charles Man
ley; recording secretary, Mabelle II. Per-
ry: corresponding secretary. Mary G.
Searle; treasurer. Merrill Proctor. The
business meeting was followed by a So
cial hour and light refreshments and
plans were laid for next years work.
The Christmas trade is this year more
than averaging in volume with that of
other years, the increase seeming to
more than keep pace with the growth of
the village The excellent sleighing has
brought in the patrons of the stores from
the surrounding country. and the clear
~g-N.. - a II
was fully taken advantage Of by hun
dreds of shoppers.
The Vermont Farm Machine company
has this week been employing an extra
clerical force in the mailing of 300. 900
calendars for 1907. which are going to all
parts of the country. This has necessi-
tated the detailing of two post office
clerks to see TO the work at the Office OF
the company and the sacks have been
transferred to the railroad station with
out going through the post Office. One
day the number of sacks was SO.
The street commissioner has been cut
ting down a number of shade trees upon
different streets OF the village which had
become nearly dead. The village has lost
a large number of fine trees in the past
year or two and little signs have been
seen of any general attempt to make
their places good. The setting OF young
trees would be a good work for the board
of trade to take up, for which later gem
erations would be thankful, as the present
one has been for those which are being
cut down.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshal NJ. Whitney to-
morrow evening will have been married so
years and the occasion will be noticed in
a pleasant manner by their many friends.
They have also been residents of Bel
lows Falls nearly the half century, hav-
ing come here from Portland, Me-, early
in 1857. For many years Mr.. Whitney was
prominent in the business affairs of the
village, having engaged in mercantile
business; he was some years at different
times a selectman, justice OF the peace
and village bailiff, and always has been
prominent in Masonic circles. They have
always enjoyed the esteem of their fell
be sincere.