Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-04-15

residence in that village to G.. H. Ellison
of Saxtons River who will make it his
home
Madam Sweet, who has spent the win
ter at the home of her son, Henry p.
Sweet on School street, went to st.
bloomsbury Monday to spend the sum-
mer with a daughter.
This evening, at the headquarters of
Company e there will be a meeting of
those interested in baseball to see If a
team cannot be supported this season
here.
Gardner T. Wheeler has returned from
Mount Clemens, Mich, much improved
from his serious attack Of rheumatism.
He expects to be able to take up his
work as mail agent at once.
Friday evening the Masonic temple was
open to members of the order and their
lady friends, and a pleasant social time
was enjoyed by about 200 Dancing, card
playing, billiards and bowling were some
of the features of the entertainment.
The superintendent of the water de-
partment has issued notice to the users
of water that owing to the abundance
of water in the reservoir the use of hose
will be permitted until May l. The
height Of water in the pond is much more
than it has been at this time of year
for number of years.
1.-THE Crystal Ball. by local talent to be
given tomorrow in the opera house, will
be the result of weeks of drilling of a
cast of over 125 local people in the inter-
est of the order of the Eastern Star. The
affair will be staged under the direction
of Mrs. G. p. (Wheeler) Lowell. The
tickets are on sale at Fuller's phar-
macy.
This morning Mrs. Josephine II. Arms
started for Washington to attend the ma
tional convention of Daughters of the
American Revolution which opens. Mon
day. Mrs. c. N. North, state regent of
Vermont, came to Bellows Falls yester
day and was the guest of Mrs. Arms,
and the two are journeying together
today.
The pulpit of the Universalist church
was occupied Sunday by Rev. S. II. Nc
Colester, d. D., of Marlboro, N. H., a
| former well-known pastor of this church.
| Rev. f. L. Leavtt intimates that 1t is his
| intention to accept the call of which
The Phoenix last week gave an account,
to take effect May l. The call is to the
| Universalist church at Woodford, Me.
He has been here seven years.
Fred o. Gammel died at the Shattuck
| hospital in Springfield Saturday night,
| after a four weeks illness with typhoid
fever. Mr.. Gammell was the son of
| Frank and Carrie White Gammell and
was born in Rockingham May %, 1877.
| He spent the most of his life in this
| town until a few years ago, when he
went to Springfield. He left two broth
! ers, Bert and Frank Of Bellows Fails and
| one sister, Mrs. Merton Spaulding, who
is i'll in hospital at Boston. The funeral
| was held at the old church in Rocking
ham Tuesday at p. m.
Late Sunday afternoon the body Of n
newly born male child was seen floating
in the canal above the head gates. Be
| fore help could be summoned II had dis
| appeared through the gates and 1t was
not seen again until Sunday morning,
when it was found in the racks above
| the Flint paper mill. Selectman NJ. II.
Ray was summoned, and he called DR..
! j. S. Hill, who was uncertain from a
| casual examination whether 1t had been
| born alive. After consultation with the
! states attorney it was decided not to
| go to the expense of an investigation, and
| the body was buried.
e. A. Rowe the rural free delivery car
| rier from the local post office, started
| out with his automobile yesterday for
| the season. Up to this time, he had,
| since last fall used two horses. alter
mating each day, in covering his 2S-mile
| trip through Rockingham and Westmlns-
| ter. Last season he ran the same ma
| chine, a Maxwell, during the entire sea-
| son and with the best of results. Only
| one day did he have to leave II, and
then with a broken axle BY using the
machine he can cover the route much
| quicker, leaving him more time to de-
vote to other matters, and he has found
the expense of maintaining to be very
| much less than the expense of keeping
two horses. This method of transport
ing the mails from here seems to have
come to stay. L. F. Bragg, the Alstead
stage driver brought in his automobile
stage early this week and it is being put
in repair for the season at Gates's gar
age, and next week he will resume its
use again the same as last season