Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-22
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS

Patrick f. Griffin was in st. Johnsbury
on business Monday and TUESDAY.
J. r. Ball of Sherbrooke, a O., was in
Bellows Falls visiting relatives Friday.
George w. Roland shot a deer in Mar
low during the open season In New
Hampshire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Pierce will leave
Bellows Falls Jan. 6 to spend the rest of
the winter in Cuba.
The household goods Of Charles T. AL
len. who comes back to Bellows Falls
from st. Louis, were moved Saturday
into the farmhouse of the late Carlton e.
Webb, which he recently bought Of DR..
O. NJ. George.
The high school paper, The Sphinx,
made ii first appearance for this season
early this week and is an unusually in
teresting and creditable paper. 1t shows
much enterprise and talent In all its de-
partments and is well worth the price
for all who are in any way interested in
the school.
Rev. r. w. Roundy of Hartford, Conn,
was a guest of his parents on the Rock
ingham meadows Saturday, having been
in Ludlow to assist at the funeral service
of B. F. Whelden, a we'll known plumber,
who was killed there last week by the
explosion of a gasoline tank at the Bap-
fist church.
Mrs. j. A. Pearson and infant son,
Nathan Williams Pearson, returned
from the New York hospital to their
home here Wednesday morning, and both
are doing well. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Parsons sister, Genevieve Will
liams, who accompanied Mrs. Pearson to
New York.
Last Sunday Rev. A. c. Wilson Of the
Episcopal church drew to the attention
OF his audience the differences between
the Roman Catholic church and his own.
This NO in bic carias Of carpnnpc unop
the various theologies of each Of the
other churches in town as compared with
the Episcopal.
The water in the Connecticut river was
very high Sunday and Monday and
threatened to take away another hosting
engine owned by the contra ctors for the
stone work of the new Boston & Maine
bridge. The work on these piers has
been at a standstill several weeks, owing
to the height of the water.
The condition of DIR. f. r. Campbell,
who is in the Heaton hospital in Mont
pelier, remains about the same. He has
been more comfortable this week and
sat up an hour or two a few days, but is
very weak and confined to his bed the
most of the time. His son, Dan, was in
Bellows Falls Monday for a short time.
Frederick H. Rabbit was in Boston
two weeks ago where he submitted to
an additional operation upon his hand,
having the emu OF tne bones OF fingers
formerly amputated taken off a little
more to see if the continuous severe
pain which has been present ever since
his accident occurred could not be re-
lieved.
Rev. ". F. Hendee of Montpelier, who
was pastor of the Bellows Falls Meth
odist church, has resigned his place as a
member of the Vermont conference to
take effect at the end of the conference
year, and will go to other fields. The
cause is poor health, and he hopes to
return to Vermont after a year or two in
other climates.
The New England Telephone company
is setting a new and very substantial
line of poles along the highway, between
here and Charlestown to carry their
lines which for many years have been
run along the line of the Boston & Maine
railroad. The officials of the railroad
have requested the removal of the lines
from the railroad right of way.
The annual conference of the Seventh
Day Adventists of Vermont and New
Hampshire will be held in Bellows Falls
beginning Jan. 8. That church has no
local organization, but the general execu-
tive and missionary offices for the two
states have been located in Bellows Falls
two or three years. They are in the Gray
block over the Wilson & Abbott clothing
store.
The alumni association of the high
school will hold their annual meeting in
Assembly hall at the high school build
ing Thursday evening, Dec. rs. There
is a prize offered for the class which has
the largest number of member present
at that time. The senior dance will be
held in Union hall the evening before
and EXner's orchestra will furnish the
music.
The precision with which the angelus
is rung three times each day from the
tower of st. Charles's church has LED
many citizens TO think it was done by
machinery of some kind, but il is always
struck by hand. People who are frequent
ly in other places refer to 1t as being
much more evenly and correctly done
here than in any other place where they
have heard it.
Many old friends here of c. NJ. Russell
of Wilmington, of Grand Army fame
were panied to learn of his sudden dealt
in Brooklyn Friday. Mr.. Russell lee.
tured here upon the Civil war only a few
weeks ago, being engaged by the senior
class Of the high school, and all whc
heard his lecture were much pleased. He
has been known intimately to many o.
our citizens for many years.
Bellows F has a new member o.
the medicf ion. DIR. Ira Hum
phery Pro u an Office in the
residence lot, known as
the G. J Ill have q
general tie o.
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