Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-09
DUNHAM BROTHERS

Ernest r. Ball sustained serious COM
pound fracture of one Of his legs Monday
while running in a field near the resi-
dence of John Thayer on the back road
to Westminster. The choir of the Bap-
fist church OF which Mr. Ball and Mrs.
Thayer are members. was having a days
outing at the farm, and in jovial way
there was some rivalry as to the speed
that a number OF those present could
attain in running down steep hill. dur
ing which Mr.. Ball was unfortunate
enough to fall with the result noted
A thorough canvass has been made dur
ing the last three days under the super
vision of the Vermont State Sunday
School association of all the families liv-
ing in town, the object being to ascertain
how many. and what families are con-
nected with the different Sunday schools.
The town has been divided up into dis
tricts which contain only 20 to Is families
each and there have been about so can
vassers at the work. Numerous other in
teresting statistics are being taken that
will be of service to citizens in many
ways
Simon L. Davis, who has been employed
in the Ingraham barber shop, in company
with his brother, Fred Davis, formerly
with Fuller & Wright of Saxtons River,
has bought the Marvin country store in
the village of Alstead. taking possession
Monday. Both young men are natives OF
are brothers of Assistant Postmaster Cur
| tbs E. Davis They all have many friends
| and will make a success of the business
| If any one can. The store is the largest
| in Alstead and commands generous
| patronage.
More than the usual interest was ex-
| cited here Tuesday in the Walpole town
| elections. There had been talk that the
| town could be carried for no license and
probably as large proportionate vote
was polled as at any previous time. The
! town went license, the same as in former
years. the majority being about the same
| as heretofore, SO. The unusual happened
in the election of both town representa-
| tives from the north end, leaving none
| for the south end. The successful ones
| were Daniel w. Connors Republican, and
| Charles ]. O'Neil, Democrat, the former
having a majority of p and the latter 81.
| For senator North Walpole was not so
successful, as William H. Kiniry, the
| Standard Oil company's local representa-
| tive. was defeated by f. II. Kimball of
! Bennington by a majority of only 25 in
the whole district.
Edward German, who for many years
has lived in a small house near the toll
bridge, recently bought lot of the Canal
| company on Green street in the tract
known as Russell park. During the past
| two weeks he has moved his small dwell
| ing from its old location to the back part
of his lot. He will live in 1t for the pres
ent and erect front part to 1t later. In
| the moving of the building, which took
| a number of days, the electric road was
| much Inconvenience and had to transfer
by the obstruction a number of days.
The locality of the park now has four
dwellings on it. 1t was opened up for
building purposes nearly a year ago. Mr..
Germans house stands upon almost the
Identical spot where the FAN Mountain
Paper cOmpany's Green Street Mill" used
to stand where logs were cut up for max
ing into pulp.
Last Friday the body of we'll known
resident of Bellows Falls L. ID. Hurd,
was brought here and inferred in Oak
Hill cemetery. Mr.. Hurd was the first
railroad restaurant keeper of Bellows
Falls when the roads were first built,
about 1850. He had formerly kept a res
taurant in the Walpole station when the
Cheshire road only came to that place,
and was located here until 1856 He then
went West, returning to the local res
taurant in 1860 and retaining it during
the war and until 1855, when he sold II
to Frank A. George, who still lives here.
Mr.. Hurd lived on School street in the
house now owned by George X. Russell
until about 1870, when he went into
marble business at West Rutland, and
later went to Manchester, N H., where
he had since lived, or in that immediate
vicinity. He died in Boscawen, N. H.,
at the home of his son, Leon d. His wife
was buried here about four years ago.
A curious situation is shown by the
condition In which Karl E. Waldron, the
photographer who was missing from June
to October finds his business and proper
/ ty. The studio was closed when Mr.. Wal.
/ dron disappeared and It contained over
$500 worth of personal property AS the
months went on the rent accumulated
and there being little hope of the mar
being alive 1t was at last decided to ap'