Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-23
PERSONAL.

w. II. Proctor went yesterday morning
to Boston for a weeks stay.
Jed Jones, the Brown university cham
pion, won the consolation tournament
which followed the regular intercollegiate
tournament at New Haven, Conn, last
week.
w. G.. Stone will leave next week for
jacksonville, Fla, where he will be en-
ploycd during the winter as carpenter at
the st. James hotel, of which c. o. Cham
berlain is the manager.
A. Burden of Sherbrooke, p. O., came
to F. p. Hopkinson's last Friday. On
Tuesday he left for st. Johnsbury, and
from thence will go to Jefferson, n. H., to
remain during the winter.
Mrs. r. j. b. Cudworth and Mrs. G.. E.
Warner, after attending the Cudworth-
johnson wedding at Hartford Wednesday,
went to Worcester Mass, to attend the
national Universalist convention.
Clara Whitman of Taftsville accompa-
MED her father, William Whitman. to
Brattleboro, on his way to Boston, where
he is to have an operation performed on
his eyes. He is now totally blind.
The Boston Herald states that the Wash
ington managers have come to "defnite
understanding with Thomas Dowd and
that splendid player will again wear the
uniform of the Nationals in 1892"
Wednesday evening Mrs. J. f. Estey
tripped over a horse block on Green street,
falling in such a way as to sprain her arm
badly. Mrs b. N. Chamberlain is also
suffering from a sprained arm, the result
of a fall.
Cards are out for the marriage of James
A. Frye of Boston and Miss Kate Colony,
daughter of Hon. Horatio Colony of
Keene, at the Unitarian church in that
place next Thursday. Both are well known
in Brattleboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. T. Willard went to New
York yesterday to select goods for the hol-
iday trade. They were accompanied by
Miss Blake, who has been here for the
summer, and who will return to her home
in Minneapolis.
Hon. j. l.. Martin was chosen a vice
president of the Vermont Bar association
at the annual meeting at Montpelier this
week, and Hon. X. Haskins was made the
Windham county member of the commit
tee on admissions.
Miss Alma Gibson, who has been spend
ing several weeks with her sister, has re-
turned to Hinsdale. Her wrist, which was
broken two months ago, has so far recover
ed that she is able to care for herself and
perform light duties.
Dana Neaw, accompanied by his family,
has gone to Dover to spend some time with
his brother, in order to gain needed rest
During his absence Mrs. Gilbert Yeaw and
Celia Eager, his mother and sister, will
stay at Dwight Goodenough's.
\ notice of the marriage of Fred /.
Swift of Brattleboro and Miss Matte Reed,
former teacher in our public schools, is
given in our Vernon news. On their re-
turn from a carriage drive Mr.. and Mrs
Swift will live in Mr.. Crowel's house on
Forest street.
Mrs. f. NJ. Durham has moved from
Thomas street back to Chesterfield, where
she will keep house for her father-in-law,
Josiah Durham. The tenement which she
vacated will be occupied by O. w. Butter
field, who will move from j. Il. Hildreth' S
farm on the Putney road.
Prof. Frankenstein, who has been at the
Brooks House for the summer, returns to
New York tomorrow. He has made sew
eral paintings of scenes about Brattleboro,
including one which shows the mountain
bridge, and the blue Mortified hills in the
distance.
The husking party given by Miss Minnie
Dearborn last Friday evening was a de
lightful event. The trip to the Randall
farm in Dummerston was made in large
tally-ho, several bushels of corn were husk-
ed and abundant refreshments partaken of.
Full particulars of the red ears found have
not been received.
DIR. Webster, after reaching South Caro-
lima, went on to Florida, the condition of
his sister-in-law being much improved.
He visited his relatives in that state and
also went to the church at Jacksonville, in
the building of which his father had an
important part. He will make the return
trip from Jacksonville to New York by
steamer
A Felchville correspondent writes to the
Windsor Journal: "Miss Cora T. Stearns
of Chicago, ILL.,, native of this place, is
now visiting her sister, Mrs. o. S. Randall,
at Brattleboro. Miss Stearns is stenO-
grapher and typewriter. Understanding
the Spanish language, she has recently
been offered position by the Great Min
ing and Colonization company of Colorado,
to 90 to Mexico and South America"
The following is one of the literary notes
sent out by the Century company: "WOl
colt Balestier, the young American writer
who has collabOrated with Rudyard Kip
ling in the novel THE Naulahka, which
the Century will print, is at present a res
ident of London, where he represents an
American publishing house. He was born
at Rochester, n. Y, less than 30 years ago
and he has lived and attended school there
and at Baltimore, Washington, New York
Vermont, and Denver. His college is Cor
nell, and he studied law at the University
of Virginia. He was at one time on the
editorial staff of the Rochester Post-EX
press. In reply to a recent inquiry as t.
how his collaboration with Rudyard Kip
ling came about, Mr.. Balestier said, Kip
ling disikes all personal reference with &
dislike even exceeding mine, and as l fee
that such details belong rather to him thai
to me, this part of my story must remail
untold at present "