Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-26
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS

Winchester high school football team
was defeated here Saturday by Bellows |
Falls high school, 46 to O.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. F. Pollard went to
Hartland Sunday and returned Tuesday, |
making visit TO Mrs Pollard's parents. |
Lyman Jennison, formerly with the |
Howard Hardware company, but for sew |
eral years a clerk in Hotel Claremont is |
now a clerk at the Windham.
The family of C. w. Butterfield are
entertaining Mrs. II. ]. Horne Of st. Paul, |
Mimi, and her mother is the guest of Mr.. |
and Mrs. S. S. Villas accompanied by her |
husband ]. C. Villas of Livingston, Mont,
an old Bellows Falls boy.
Fifteen teachers from the Rockingham
town schools attended the State Teachers
association at Middlebury last week. SUI
perintendent Merriam, Principal Tutue
and James F. Smith, science teacher had
parts on the program.
The Woman's Chorus club, assisted by
Exncr's orchestra and out of town So
loists, will give a concert the second week
in December. The club has a very well
balanced chorus of about so voices and
music lovers are anticipating a treat in
this concert.
A new mail car was put on the SPRING
field and st. Adams run last week Thurs
day, 1t being run by clerks f. 3. Stevens
and W. A. Freeman. The car is made
according to government specifications and
is 60 feet in length has life rods running
| from end to end, and the floor has steel
channels.
The Woman's club entertained the chill
| dren of the public schools at the opera
| house Tuesday afternoon, the entertainer
/ being Edward Avis, whistling soost and
bird imitator. At least $50 pupils awaited
themselves of TIE opportunity for pleas
ant afternoon, and with much profit in the
line of bird education.
| Commencing Nov. / the Rutland rail-
road will sell its 5OO-mle ticket books
| for $10 instead of SLIPS as heretofore,
| thus taking the same action in favor of
! liberality toward the public that was
| taken recently by the Boston & Maine.
The Central Vermont books will be sold
at the same price also after Nov. /.
Rev Father Wilde of ST. Peters church.
who has been seriously i'll during the last
months, is somewhat more comfortable
just at the present, although his con-
dition is causing much anxiety to his
many friends and Pensioners. Father
| Farrell has been sent here by the New
Hampshire bishop to act as pastor during
the remainder of time he is incapacitated.
e. A. Norwood, >the account of whose
coming from California under arrest was
given last week, brought with him funds
sufficient to cover the amount of any
shortage in his accounts which might
court. He was admitted to bail Saturday
upon the criminal charge and will remain
in the East for the present, accompanied
by Mrs. Norwood.
]. A. Pearson for five years the efficient
and popular manager of the Goodnow &
Person store, has retired and later. it is
said, will have a position with the Yer
mont Farm Machine company. He is
now at his home in Coventry. Mr.. Pear
sons successor, temporarily at least Is
III. L. Beverstock, who was for three
, or four years manager of the Keene store
of the Goodnow syndicate. Mr.. Bever-
, stock has been with the syndicate IL
years and has established five of the diff
! ferent stores of the firm. His home is in
, Keene where he has wife and two chill
. dren. He Is boarding for the present at
! the Hotel Windham.
/ The selectmen of walpole. Daniel Con.
( nors, C. II. Slade and F. o. Smalley. have
posted the check list and warrant in
. | North Walpole The warrant contains
e three articles. The first relates to the cleo.
= tion of governor, congressman, council
h | or from a district No. t. senator from dis
I trict No. 8. sheriff. county solicitor, county
= treasurer, registrar of deeds. registrar o
h | probate, three county commissioners, tw,
!, representatives, three supervisors of thu
e check list, and a moderator for tw,
d years, Article two is on the license ques
n ton. The meeting will be held at Wal
e pole town hall Tuesday, Nov. g. at
a. m. The north part of the town will
s as usual, be we'll represented.
If Bellows Falls citizens have taken thei
k average part in the deer hunting of thi
h week in various parts ofthe state. Tw
Y. have thus far been killed In this vicinity
lie Wednesday a good buck was brough
e down by Dan Maloney on his farm nea
Id Rockingham village and A. NJ. Richard
of the local meat market secured one
few miles farther north, near Chester. 4
mn I'll
the week at Ludlow which was sent
the Richards market here. Two hav
r. been hanging the past day or two at tn
Richads market, and the one shot by Ms
Mt loney is hung at the Cray market. c. v
s. Labaree went to Royalton Sunday. an
x early Monday he shot a buck weighir
n $50 pounds. Thus far the reports of IL
number of animals killed is much LEI
O. than last year. Many have been seen ar
n shot at but not secured. Probably the
are many wounded ones owing to II
poor Workmanship of the hunters.
W The older local citizens are much int
'N' ested in the proposed visit of Gen. Lew
A. Grant to Vermont by invitation of Il
no legislature, to address the Vermont O
.er ficers' Reunion society that evening &c
eh Grant was young practicng attorn
in Bellows Falls when the civil war bro
he out and went into the army from heI
las returning here for short time after /
ev. discharge. He has always retained
Tx lively interest in this village which he h
exhibited in many ways, and will vii
In here in case he is able TO come East
lit asked by the legislature. He enlist
lg here as major of the Fifth Vermont, A
ng gust Is, 1861, was promoted to lieute
ant colonel the next September color
in '62; brigadier general ga; breveted m
jor general Oct 10, "a; mustered G
Aug. "a, 1865. He commanded the &C
in Vermont Brigade" and every old sold
Law of this town knew him intimately.
are was made a Mason here February