Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-07-05

Harold C. Berry of the Fuller drug
| store has been visiting in the home of
| his parents in Richmond this week.
Downie & Wheeler's Worlds shows
| will be in North Walpole today, the
| tents being erected north of the Roman
| Catholic church.
Miss Florence Bugbee of the office
| force of the Vermont Farm Machine
company has returned this week from
| her vacation spent principally at Lake
| George.
Rev. ]. j. OBrien, curate of st.
| Charles's church, who has been having
| a 10 weeks trip to his home in Ireland,
| Is in Montreal on his way home and
| is expected to reach Bellows Falls to-
day or tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Walker returned
| from their bridal trip Saturday and are
| staying with the family of Mrs. Walk
ers father, r. G. Pierce, on Atkinson
| street until their new dwelling on Burt
street is completed
Florence Edith. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Gammell of Gageville, was
married last Thursday evening in the
| home in North Westminster to E. Lynne
Walker of Grafton, the ceremony being
| performed by Rev. C. L. Eaton of the
Universalist church. They will live in
| Grafton.
| DIR. I. H. Prouty of this village who
recently bought the NJ. F. Davis resi-
| dence on Henry street married in Keene
| last Thursday Miss Bertha Alice Chap
| man of that city. They are occupying
their home here. which has been mate
| rally improved and changed in the last
| two months.
Edgar e. Towne, who is employed by
the Vermont Farm Machine Co., was
| In Dat 10 nd 1ac CT md IN
| full injuries by falling off a wall on the
| north side of the Berwick House Satur-
| day He received severe cuts and bruises
| and sprainej one ankle, but has been
able to return to Bellows Falls.
John F. Roche and his son, Charles
returned Saturday from a six weeks
| trip to his native place in Ireland. 1t
| was Mr.. Roche's first visit since he came
| to this country AZ years ago, but he
| found many of his old friends and
schoolmates living. The trip each way
was pleasant, and the entire time was
one of great enjoyment.
Edgar Towne of Bellows Falls fell
off the wall on the north side of the
Berwick house Saturday night about 8
| o clock. He was taken to the Office of Dr.
o. ]. Gilchrist on Center street where
his injuries were treated. Mr.. Towne,
| who is a young man, sprained one ankle
| and received cuts about the face as a
| result of the accident. He left for his
home in Bellows Falls later in the even
.-[Rutland Herald. July l.
The many local friends of John M.
Hubbard, assistant postmaster in Chica-
| go, who is a native of this town and
returns here each summer for a month S
vacation, learn with much regret of an
injury to one of his eyes two or three
months ago whereby he has been I'M
able to use either eye for several weeks,
and it is a question If he ever fully re-
gains the sight This Is interfering with
the plans of himself and his family for
the annual visit to his old home but
he expects to make a short visit here
later
The mills were all shut down Wednes-
day to allow the logmen to run the rest
| of the drive over the falls as the water
has fallen fast during the last two
weeks. They are passing rapidly and II
Is expected the last will go over the
dam by Monday or Tuesday. The rear
| of the drive was near Claremont juno
ton Yesterday, making good Roadway
There are but few in the boom here
and as soon as they are cleaned VI
above here the inconvenience to the
mills and to navigation will be past
But few logs have accumulated here
this year and with the exception of a
very few days 1t has been possible to
run motor boats as far up the river as
usual.
The drug firm of Hodgdon & Shaw
have moved their stock this week into
their old quarters in Hotel Windhan
block, making the last OF the mercan'
tile firms to get back Richardson Bros
moved their shoe stock In two weeks age
and the Collins jewelry stock went II
one week earlier. The work of paintint
and papering the hotel is going forward
rapidly, carpets are being laid and fur
niture placed in the rooms. A week age
1t was expected that Manager Willil
would be able to open next Monday hi
office, dining room, kitchen and sleepini
rooms on the second floor, but that ha:
been found to be impossible and 1t Il
now expected that 1t will be done weel
from next Monday. The hotel Is beini
replaced in exactly the same condition
as formerly. but with new furniture
throughout. 1t had been hoped that som,
arrangement would be made to material
ly increase the number OF rooms so a.
to better accommodate the travelling mel
and automobile parties. but this will no
be done his season.