Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-02-01

lows Falls died at his home there Thurs
day. Of consumption. lie leaves a wife
and four sons The burial was i'm Green
field, Mass. Saturday afternoon
\ masquerade bali under the auspices Of
the Maccabccs of the World last Friday
evening proved a great success and a
large part of those on the floor appeared
i'm costumes and masked. Another mas
querade will be given next Monday even
ing In Union hall.
The petition to the selectmen of West
minister for the incorporation Of the north
part Of the town, that portion lying north
of the SaNtons river has been presented
and bears the names Of 20 voters Of that
part OF the town, but no action has as
yet been taken upon it,
\ bowling team from Bellows Falls
went to Kceuc last Thursday evening and
was defeated by the team of that city
by the small margin Of 12i3 tO 1929 the
game being close and interesting The
players from Bellows Falls were Messrs
Lord. Pickett. Rich. Holmes and Mahan.
Anxiety i'm regard to the safety Of
Father Wilde and his sister Of North
Walpolc. who are spending the winter on
the island of Jamaica, was relieved few
days ago 10y the receipt of cablegram
announcing their safety and that they
were unframed by the recent earthquake.
The Young MEMS club Of Bellows Falls
had as a guest at their supper last Fri
day evening, Attorney General c. c. Fits
Of Brattlchoro. and he spoke to them upon
the subject of THE Duties of Christian
Citizenship Mr.. Fits was listened to
with close attention by the so young men
present and the evening was enjoyed 10y
all
The Evans lee company has bought the
entire business and good will of the ice
business formerly carried on by G. \.
Williams. This leaves the Evans com
pany and Mr.. Hcuncssey Of North wal
pole in almost complete control of the
business of the two villages. The price
will remain the same as last year 30
cents per hundred.
Special meetings OF King Solomon $
Temple lodge. \. +. Il a. NJ, We're held
two evenings of last week for the purpose
of giving the degrees OF Masonry TO Ar
thur Burr who left late In the week for
Colorado Springs, whore he has posi-
ton as hydraulic engineer He graduated
from Norwich University last June and
has been employed since by the New Eng
land Telephone company.
Miss Rogers school. sixth grade in the
old high school building. had a sleighrde
to Astead yesterday afternoon. and Miss
Pcrrins NTH grade of No 8 building took
the same trip Wednesday afternoon The
ride which the seniors and other classes
OF Inc nlEn SCnOOl were 10 take 70
Springfield this evening has been given
up as the Springfield school could not
entertain them. as had been proposed
Tho call for the annual village meet
ing, TO he held next Monday at a. m,
has "a long list Of articles, but few eX-
ccpt those of routine character. one
question for the voters to decide will b.
whether they will cXpeud 5000 or more
during the coming year In permanent
h.
direction OF "a competent road engineer.
In accordance with the new law OF the
last legislature.
Mrs Edward Z. Gay. who formerly
lived on the Clark farm, FOR the last few
months has been almost entirely blind
and has made her home with the family
Of John y. Morse in this village. She
went 10 Brattleboro last Friday. and that
afternoon submitted to an operation
known as irdectomy at the Memorial
hospital The operation was performed
by DR.. George II. Gorham and 1t is hoped
the result will be that she may be able
to see a little with one eye. The other
is supposed to be beyond Improvement
James H. williams president OF tho
National bank. has been III during the
past week with a serious attack Of grip.
hut Is recovering. He received notice
early this week from Gov Proctor OF
having been appointed one OF the commits
sion Of six to investigate the problem of
double taxation in Vermont ana report
10 the next legislature The special act
under which this commission Is formed
provided that the commission should be
composed OF three Republicans and three
Democrats and Mr. Williams s. named
under the latter class
Much interest is being expressed upon
the part of citizens of all classes IN the
coming visit of Hon. Richard Hascltou.
member of Parliament for Galway. Ire
land lie will bc here next week Satur-
day evening under the auspices of the
United Irish league. IL is expected that
the opera house will be crowded with
those anxious to hear the noted speaker
bNncr~ orchestra. will furnish music and
represt utativo G. j. O'Nei of North Wal
pole and Thomas +. O'Briou. ESD are
to he additional speakers. ana vocal see
lcctions will be rendered during the even
ing. Delegations are expected from
Keeno Brattleboro. Windsor, Spring
field, Ludlow and Rutland