Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29

manner from the electric current.
A force of railroad men were employed
Sunday laying new ties In the tunnel.
j. J. Fenton and his son Joseph spent
a few days in Boston early in the week.
Misses Margaret and Gertrude Savage
have spent a part of the week in Bos-
ton.
DR.. E. R. Campbell will start on an
extended business trip through Texas
next Thursday.
Miss Ruth Whitcomb was at home from
Northfield seminary Sunday, accompanied
by Miss Ethel Boggs
The Rutland railroad is having its
regular fall excursion to Montreal to-
day at very cheap fares.
G. E. Morgan of Rutland lost a nearly
full Rutland mileage book on the train
between Boston and Bellows Falls one
day last week.
Mrs. Minnie G. Rossman of Revere,
Mass. has been spending the past week
at the home of her father, Albert Derby
on School street.
Mrs. Edward G. Osgood who visited in
Barre Sunday, went to Bradford Monday
and visited her mother, returning home
Tuesday afternoon.
The moving picture show known as the
"Pastime" in the Central House building
was closed by the sheriff Saturday night
after only short existence.
Wednesday morning a number of
freight cars were derailed in the North
Walpole yard, blocking the tracks for
some hours and delaying some passenger
trains.
Alfred P. 'Lonergan, q. drug clerk in
the Corner drug store, leaves his work
there Saturday night and goes soon to
Montpelier where he is to be employed
in a drug store.
B. H. Bressor and family have been at
Duxbury, VT, during the last week. and
he will return Sunday night, the family
remaining somewhat longer at Mrs.
Bressor's old home.
Ralph E. Pillsbury, clerk for three
years in Goodnow Brothers e. Pearsons,
and Mrs. Pillsbury left last week for
their new home in Groton. Mr.. Pills
bury left on account of Ill health.
The ladies' aid society of the Metho-
dist church will hold their annual apron,
plant and fancy article sale in the church
vestry next Wednesday. An oyster sup
per will be served from $50 to $50
E. c. and B. C. Mason have been in
Rowe, Mass, this week closing their
bungalow for the season. They took
their rifles also, as have nearly all resi-
dents when going abroad this week.
William French chapter, Daughters OF
the American Revolution, had as its
guest Friday at its meeting at the home
Of Mrs. Hazelton, the state regent of
New Hampshire, Mrs. Abbott of Keene.
The woman's Relief corps served
boiled dinner at noon Wednesday in
Grand Army hall, and at $40 they served
a hash supper, both of which were well
patronized by the business people on the
square.
Mrs. Amelia Bombard, who has been
n.
several weeks, during which serious
operation was performed returned to
her home on Atkinson street Tuesday
afternoon.
A. M Richards lost a valuable horse
Saturday morning, AL Blngen, 2.221h, as
a result of a surgical operation. He was
formerly owned by L. T. Lowell & Son,
and we'll known on many race courses of
New England.
Two citizens of North Walpole, John
Dunn and John Rel, were fined $40 and
costs at Keene last week for neglecting
to answer a court summons to go to
Keene and testify in the court as to where
they procured their liquor.
F. E. Newell, who was operated upon
recently for appendicitis, is making
rapid recovery and has been able to de-
vote part of his time this week to his
duties as superintendent of the machine
shop of the Vermont Farm Machine
company.
The work of grading the new extern
sion Of Williams street to a point on
Rockingham street nearly opposite the
steel arch bridge over the Connecticut is
being pushed rapidly by the contractors
and it will be ready for use by the last
of next week.
The Claremont Paper company, of
which John w. Flint of Bellows Falls is
president, broke ground Monday morning
for a new machine mill to be built
on Sullivan street south Of and below
the companys present plant. The out
put will be increased about 15 tons a
I day.
The Mona council, Daughters of Po-
cohontas, gave whist party at the home
OF Mrs. Claud Bush, on Williams street
Thursday evening. The ladies' prizes
were won by Mrs. W. L. Mandigo and
\ Mrs. A. H. Switzer; the mems by
Charles s. Fuller and Henry F. spitzen-
burger.
Leon ]. Ball, formerly an employee of
the Vermont Farm Machine company,
who lately has had charge of the eastern
sales department of the Sharples Sepa-
rator company, goes November / to To-
ronto, Canada. Mr.. Ball is there to be
assistant manager of the Canadian de-
partment of the latter company.
William ]. McAuliffe, a well known
Ol beuOWS rams formerly IN tnS
employ of Bodine & Davis, died Friday
at the home of his mother on Green street
at the age of % years. He had spent a
number of his later years in various parts
of the West seeking relief from tubereu-
losis, but returned here little over a
month ago.
c. d. Policy, for several years an en-
ploye OF the Vermont Farm Machine COM
pany, has purchased a farm In Spring
field. known the at a far-u1if
about one and one-half mile from the
village, and the family will remove there
next week. They have been active work
ers in the local Methodist church and
win be missed.
A district meeting OF the womans
auxiliary to the Episcopal board of mis-
sions will be held in Emmanuel church
next Tuesday. The speakers will be Rev,
and Mrs. r. G. Wilson, missionaries from
China, Miss Wheeler, president OF the
Vermont branch, Rev. e. II. Marrett OF
Springfield, Rev. j. S. Littell of Keene
N. H., and others.
Mr.. and Mrs Matt l. Divoll started {
week ago Friday on an automobile
trip for a visit with relatives il
Cabot and Stannard Before reaching
there they found the roads in very baC
condition, and on the higher ground from
four to six inches Of snow. They de-
cided to return by train, leaving thei
machine up there for the winter, ant
reached home last Friday
The International Paper company yes
terday completed the drawing OF the log
OF their last summers drive out OF TIL
river ready for the winter, and they nov
have about 100000 feet in their diff
ferent piles on the New Hampshire sid
OF the river. They bring them TO tn
mills here at the rate Of about 10 ca