Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-09-29

lIlit1 VI nv - 1870
vaudeville will be given free in the opera
house.
II Is estimated that 500 people went
from here to the Valley fair. on We'd
nesdav 27O tickets were sold at the rail
road station for Brattleboro.
Mrs. L. S. Hayes went to Montpelier
Monday as n delegate from the Congre-
gational church to the Vermont branch
of the women's board of missions.
Thomas j. brisbane, who lives over the
oak street fire station, and who is driver
of one of the fire departments teams,
has been very i'll two or three weeks.
Francis IT,. Provost has resigned as
manager of the high school football
team and James s. Collins of the senior
class has been elected to fill the va
cancy
The Baptist church was represented
at the state Baptist convention in Barre
by its pastor, Rev. John Ward Moore,
w a. Ferguson and Deacon John O.
Spring.
Mrs. Fred Saker returned home Sat
urday after a visit of several weeks with
her son in Greenfield, Mass. she
brought her granddaughter with her for
a short visit.
A free Illustrated lecture on birds was
given by a noted ornithologist in the
town hall in Walpole Thursday after
noon to the school children of Bellows
Falls, Westminster and Walpole.
Thomas j. Barry, who was superin-
tendent of schools in the town of Wal
pole a number of years, and who lived
in Bellows Falls, has been engaged as
superintendent of schools in Dorchester,
Mass, the coming year.
The Methodist, Congregational and
Baptist churches are arranging for a
union temperance meeting to be held
soon. with a noted speaker who has just
returned from the Hague international
prohibition congress.
Considerable interest was shown at the
station Thursday afternoon, Sept. 81, by
a large number of people who saw the
celebrated stallion. Uhlan, who was
exhibited at the State fair. He was on
his way to Lexington, Ky.
The speaker at the Methodist church
Sunday morning and evening was Rev.
DIR. Fred II. Morgan of Boston, who was
a missionary in Singapore six years. In
the evening his address was on
"Glimpses of an Island Empire"
A Masonic field day will be held at
Barber park Thursday. Wheeler's band
will furnish music. A basket lunch will
be served. The program will include a
variety of sporting events. 1t is expect
| ed that a dance will be held in the tenn
pie in the evening.
C. C. Webb, who was so seriously in
jured a few weeks ago while driving an
express team, is improved somewhat, but
it is expected that he will not be able
to do any work the coming winter. He
and his family have moved from But
terrified avenue to their old home in
Claremont.
About 40 Odd Fellows and Rebekahs at
tended the anniversary exercises OF the
Rebekahs in Saxtons River Wednesday
evening, Sept, 90, and the local Odd Eel
lows male quartet rendered several Sc
lections. The following night the local
Rebakah lodge held a largely attended
meeting in their hall here.
Last Sunday was observed by the Con-
gregational Sunday school as rally day
with appropriate exercises. The total
attendance for the corresponding Sun
day last year was only 1879, while the
attendance this year was about $50. The
superintendent is DIR. edward kirkland
and w. II. Farr is the assistant.
The Rockingham hotel was closed Mon
day by its landlord, Frank Anabel, who
was in charge only a few weeks. Since
the departure of F. f. Shepard, who
has charge of the Wentworth in Walpole
the Rockingham has had several man
ayers, who have not been able to make
it a success. 1t is owned by L. T. Low
ell of this place.
Edwin *. Seabury. a prominent either
of Walpole who died last week, was
widely known in this town and vicinity
from his long service as selectman OF
Walpole, and in connection with the
various Connecticut river bridges, bull
Jointly by the two towns. A man o.
strict integrity and uprightness, he vii
be missed in both towns.
Herman F.. Hoar, pitcher for the Pitts
field. Mass, club the past season, has
been engaged as coach of the Bellows
Falls team next season. Hoar was for
merly a ~well-known local player, HI
played some time in the Connection
league. He says he will bring here mos
of the Pittsfield players of this year
aggregation, which was one of tn
strongest Independent clubs in New Eng
land.
, c.. NJ. Russell. who is we'll known b
Grand Army men throughout the state
will give a lecture Oct. 13 for the bene
fit of the senior class of the Below
Falls high school. The lecture will re
late to the Civil war. Mr.. Russell is a
interesting lecturer to both old an
young, as is shown by his being |
great demand at all the encampment
and also by the fact that he has en-
gagements to lecture to the children {
the New York city schools all white
n This lecture will be very interesting, be
s cause Mr.. Russell not only talks frol
= the standpoint of a historian, but he We
o also a participant in the war. 1t will b
t given In assembly hall in the scho
building.
A mans idea of q real vacation is