Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-02
HINSDALE, N. H.

Miss Annie Mitchell of this place, a
graduate of the 90 class at Wellesley, has
taken position as assistant literary editor
of the Springfield Homestead.
Miss Mabel Merriman has gone to Smith
college, Northampton, Mass, entering the
sophomore class.
Edward Stebbins is having a two-story
piazza built at the rink building
A Young Peoples Christian Union of
nearly 30 members has been organized at
the Universalist church, and very pleas
ant reading room has been opened in the
vestry under their auspices. Daily and
weekly papers, magazines and variety of
books, besides part of Rev, Mr.. Fishers
library. have been placed therein and are
at the disposal of the young people. Such
a room has long been needed in town and
it is hoped that those who are disposed to
appreciate its advantages will make use of
it.
Hope c. L. S. c. has organized for the
winters work with the following officers:
President, Mrs. j. r. Holman; vice-presi-
dent, T. j. Cunningham; secretary, Miss
Emma Wellman.
Wantastiquet grange talks of having a
picnic on the summit of Mt. Wantastiquet
at an early day. They will invite their
friends to participate.
Patrick Grady, now of Munroe, Wiscon-
sin, who removed from town some years
ago, but will still be remembered by many.
has recently suffered a severe affection.
Three of his children, aged fourteen, twelve
and nine, all died in a single week of
diphtheria-and fourth child was pros
trated by the same disease valley Rec
Ord.
A correspondent writes to the Keene Re
publican that he is reliably informed in the
case of the town of Hinsdale VS.. eX-treas-
urer E. f. Hale, judgment is to be render
ed i'm favor of the town for the amount of
its claim, S4631.S 50, with interest and costs.
A report is said to be current in the town
of Hinsdale to the effect that one j. ii,
Baird, formerly engaged in the furniture
business in that place, is under sentence OF
death in the state of Washington for shoot
ing an officer who was attempting to ar
rest him. If we mistake not, this is the
same Baird who was responsible for the
death by suicide of young lady at Ian
caster some years since, whose ruin he had
wrought at Littleton hotel. Evidently
his career of wickedness is nearly at an
end.-PeOple and Patriot.
Among the list of conveyances in the
Cheshire county registry last week was re-
corded that of Gland and buildings, $1,000,
by Edward Stebbins, administrator of the
Horton estate, to l.. Frank LiscOm. This
calls to mind the fact that at the time OF
the Bennington monument celebration a
good deal was said in the newspapers re-
speeding the oldest house in Bennington
and consequently in Vermont and pictures
of it were to be found in the papers anC
magazines This was the Henry home
stead, built in 1869 Now the Liscon
mansion, over the border, just bought by
l.. F. Lscom, a son of the late Lemue
Liscom, antidates the Henry house by fouI
years, as it was built in 1865, and is still II
good state of preservation. The ground
about it is historic hard by is the site OF
old Fort Hinsdale, on the bluff opposite arr
the graves of some of the first settlers
among them Caleb Hunter, who was killed
by the Indians in the broad meadows neal
the river.
c. d. Whitaker & Son have bought thu
Farren House at Turner's Falls and vii
soon open a hotel there. The house is sale
to have cost nearly $50, 900, and has beer
for time without landlord. The firm
were formerly proprietors of the Hotel Ash
uelot and have had large experience II
the hotel business. With them will be as
ISOLATED Frank III. Eels, son-ln-laW
Cor. Springfield Republican.
A bullet passed through window il
VIII Harris's shoe shop, in the rear of thu
Lyman store, few days ago, but by whom
it was fired and from where is not known
A Mrs. Conley died very suddenly a
Illness boarding house last Saturday even
ing,
Philander Packer has been visiting a
Gaysyille, Vt.
For horse clothing and robes go to A. H. Rice