Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-07-13

Rev. and Mrs. A. P. Pratt have spent
a portion Of this week with the family
Of George e. Welch at their cottage at
Lake Sunapee.
Mrs. George Underwood is spending a
week or so with a sister in Still River,
Mass, where she went Tuesday.
F. H. Rabbit has a new Ford auto of
the latest design. He went to Boston
Monday and ran it up via Brattleboro.
After next Sunday the Universalist
church will be closed until Sept l. Rev.
+. L. Leavitt having his annual vacation
during the time.
Deacon and Mrs. John o. Spring went
yesterday to Lake George, where they
will spend some weeks with friends near
the north end of the lake.
The local members of the new military
company are anticipating pleasure at the
annual encampment of the Vermont reg
iment to be held at Mount Gretna Pa,
August to 10.
George L. Leonard, secretary of the
international Y. M. c. A. in New York
city, returned home Monday after ten
days spent here with his relatives. Mrs
Leonard will remain here a short time
longer.
The season at Lake Sunapee is being
record breaker this year thus far
there being more than the usual num-
Der there at this time. Fishing is ex-
asked.
The rear of the large drive of logs
passed over the falls here Sunday, and
Monday morning the RATS and boats of
supplies and camping utensils disappear
ed around the bend in the river on their
way south.
Services will be held next Sunday in
the old town church at Rockingham, to
be conducted by Rev. d. L. Sanford at
ESQ p. m. In the evening at $50 union
services will be held by four churches
upon the lawn of the Baptist church in
Bellows Falls, with address by Rev. r.
l.. Leavitt.
At a meeting a few days ago of the
Bellows Falls Canal company Richard s.
Russell Of Boston was elected president
to fill the Office left vacant by the recent
death of his brother, William A. Russell
Both are sons of the late Hon. William
A. Russell, founder of the Fall Mountain
and International Paper companies.
Mrs. Henry A. Titus and daughter
Katherine of Milford, N. H., came to
Bellows Falls Tuesday They are visit
ing Mrs Herbert w. Mitchell. Mr.. Titus,
who was former prominent resident of
this village, is running a passenger train
over the Boston & Maine railroad between
Aver and Milford, as he has been doing
since his removal from Bellows Falls.
An application for druggists license
has been made to the commissioners by
H. H. Davis, and hearing is advertised
to take place upon it in the town hall
July 2S. 1t will probably be granted
and in this way the prescriptions of the
local physicians may be honored without
going across the river as at the present
time.
The local police made 10 arrests during
the month of June, of which five were
upon a charge of drunkenness and eight
for disturbance. These arrests are in
each case caused by the too free use of
liquor, although under a different name
and 1t is an undisputed fact that there is
much more drunkenness observable up
on the streets than last year under no.
license.
Fred G. Lewis has resigned the po-
sition he has held for many years in the
Jewelry store of W. ]. Eaton & Co., and
has gone into partnership with d. M
Damon IN the meat business on Canal
street. The change is necessitated by
his health which requires more out door
exercise. His place with w. ]. Eaton
& Co. is being taken for the present by
M. d. Jackson, who was the proprietor
when the store was new in 1873.
Station Agent A. H. switzer, who is
freight agent for the Rutland road, was
summoned few days ago to jamestown,
N. T., to testify in the criminal pro-
ceedings of the United States VS. the rail-
road corporations for violating the laws
of interstate commerce in freight rates
granted to the Standard Oil company.
He was required to bring books to show
the transactions and he left Tuesday for
an indefinite stay at court
A Sunday excursion over the Rutland
road to take In a visit to Ticonderoga
and steamer ride OF 81 miles to Bur-
llngton is being arranged by j. H. Blak-
ley and II the day is fair there will be
a large crowd. 1t is so arranged that
persons coming here from Keene and way
stations on the F1tchburg road on the
paper train may connect with the special
train and return on the night train, and
many are coming from that line.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Day left yesterday
morning for a two weeks outing at the
beach at ouissett Mass, between Woods
Hole and Falmouth. They will Join other