Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-24

by old friends. There is good prospect
Of his being able to use the leg again
somewhat. although IT will be two or
three inches shorter than the other
His injury occurred last November from
fall while running down hill and
breaking the limb in a number Of places.
A wedding will take place in Emmanuel
church Saturday evening. June l. when
Alice Campbell Frost daughter OF Henry
S. Frost, will be married to Richard
| Fleming Barker, a grandson OF the late
Sam'l c. Fleming, both lifelong residents
of this village The best wishes of a
large circle of friends will be excited by
the happy event. The first church we'd
ding to be solemnized in the little viii
lage of Bellows Falls was December 4.
1917, when William Stone, the builder OF
the first Emmanuel church building, was
married to Lucinda Burt, the daughter
of Judge Benjamin Burt. Both families
were prominent here in early days. This
church building was the first erected in
the village, had been built that year, and
it was replaced by the present stone
| building In 1867.
A movement has been instituted this
week looking toward the change of paper
mills from the old two tour days work
to the three tour, thus increasing the
number OF employees about one half, with
out corresponding increase Of production.
President Carey of the International
Brotherhood OF PapeEnakers has been
here several days and the different mills
have been visited by members Of the la
Dor unions. This change has been made
at a number of other points where paper
is being made and the men feel they
ought to have ii here. on the other
hand, the employers argue that the com
petition of the manufacture by large
firms that are located in or near the
woods where the wood pulp is produced
lea he fnr Of TQaI1 I'll
great disadvantage on account of the
expense of driving the logs down the
river and storing on the other side. to be
moved later to the mills at a large ex-
pense. They intimate that If forced to
the increased expense here of the addl-
uonal help it may result in a shutting
down of some of the local mills and the
work being transferred where it can be
done more cheaply. There are hints of a
strike which would be disastrous to all
kinds of local business.
Memorial day exercises this year will
begin with the annual sermon Sunday
afternoon at o'clock, to be delivered in
the Congregational church. with Rev
l.. o. Sherburne as speaker. The school
children will have their usual exercises
Wednesday afternoon at 2. On Memorial
day, Thursday, the local Grand Army
post will take part in the exercises at
Saxtons River at $50, Foster B. Locke
acting as president of the day and C. L.
Gale as marshal. Rev. C. H. Brown of
the Saxtons River Baptist church will de-
liver the address. In Bellows Falls the
exercises will begin at las o'clock in
Union hall, as the opera house is being
redecorated. Rev Arthur Peabody Pratt
will deliver the address. Principal A. e.
futile of the high school will be the
marshal and Rev. L. o. Sherburne the
chaplain. Miss Annie M Cray will have
a defamation THE Honored Soldier"
and the Masonic quartet will furnish
music. At o'clock the procession will
form in the Square in the following or
der: Marshal and aides Bellows Falls
band; Company E, V. N. c.; e. II.
Stoughton post, G. A. r.; carriages with
disabled soldiers Holy Cross Com
mandery, Knights Templar; Uniformed
Rank I. o. o. F.; carriages with presi-
dent, orator and chaplain; citizens