Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-03-18
PERSONAL.

Miss Lila IIazcn Of Chester, who has
been caring for her aunt, Mrs. +. p. Hill
drcth, for some months, returns to her
home for a few weeks rest and recupera-
ton.
A. b. Hall and family will board at Mrs.
II. +. IIoughton's on High street, being
obliged to give up the lease of the Chaplin
house on Asylum street, because of its re-
cent sale.
General Secretary w. II. Fuller went
yesterday to New Bedford, Mass. to at
tend the eighth annual convention Of the
New England Y. NJ. G. a. secretaries,
March 1920.
G. NJ. Smith will move from the Carlton
house on Canal street to the Rice house
on Cedar street the LIST of April. Mr..
Porter of Chesterfield will also move into
the same house.
Elmer Monroe of Worcester. Mass,
| Ralph Hunt of Orange, Mass, and Ed. Ca
rey of the Thorn Medicine company of
Fitchburg, Mass, are among this weeks
list of Brattleboro's visitors.
Mrs. j. NJ. Edison returned this week
from Grafton, and will take a position as
milliner with Donnell Il Davis. The
services of Miss Annie Morley of Boston
have also been secured by the firm.
Miss Ray Osgood entertained a few of
her friends at card party Wednesday
| evening. She will 20 tomorrow TO Boston
and from there to New York, returning here
at the opening of the millinery season.
David Downer, who has been at work on
the abutments of the new West Dummers-
ton bridge, is at home this week. One of
the abutments is completed and the foun-
| dation for the other is now being made
| ready.
c. ID. Colburn, a Brattleboro boy, son of
Chas. O. Colburn, for some time past in
the employ of the Boston d Albany rail
road company at Springfield, Mass, is to
have charge of Hampden park in that city
the coming season.
Mrs. w. II. Roleau entertained a num-
Der of friends very agreeably at a fagot
party Wednesday evening. The informal
| introduction of music, recitation and story
telling in this way proved novel and en-
iOyable, and pleasant evening resulted.
Mrs S. l.. Morris. who is in very scr-
Gus condition of health. went to Boston on
Wednesday for hospital treatment Mr..
and Mrs. Morris have recently moved from
the West village to live with their daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. w. 5.
Pine.
Mrs. G.. w. Hooker gave delightful
siN-handed cuchrc party ON Friday even
ing, seven tables being filled. First prizes
were won 10y f. F. Brooks and Mrs. j. \.
Taylor, second by Mrs. W. H. Minor and
Mrs. II. G.. Clark, and BOBBY prizes 10y +.
\. Hubbard and Mrs. f. F. Brooks.
Mrs David Peck is boarding at j. Kit
tredge Parkcr's, corner of oak and Willis
l. Il.
the late Nathaniel Jocelyn. who at the
time of his death at New Haven, Conn, a
few years since at the age of 50, was the
oldest artist in active work in the United
States.
The Burlington Free Press has this per
sonal item: "TimOthy b. Blackstone, now
president of the Chicago ~ Alton railroad
was from October, 1S4S, to December
, 1919, roadsman and assistant engineer il
the location and construction of the Yer
mont Valley railroad from Brattleboro Il
l Bellows Falls. Today he is almost as well
. known as President Depew, and is, if pos
sible, as highly esteemed and as popular,
f. f. Putnam and wife of Fitchburg
2 Mass, returned to that city Monday
While here they attended the celebration
of the S6th birthday of Mr. Putnam
mother, Mrs. John /. Putnam, at tn
home of her daughter, Mrs. f. w. Clark
Other of Mrs. Putnam's children presen
at this gathering We're Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Smith and DIR. and Mrs. Putnam.
c. \. Desmond, who 20 years ago wa
foreman in the Record Office here under +
: ID. Cobleigh, was in town this week 10
the first time in II years Since leavIn
X Brattlehoro he has worked in nearly all ia
; Southern states and some of the WrSter
ones, and was on ms way to Amherst
5 Mass, to enter the employ OF viii Carper
il ter. Mr.. Desmond found three OF his fe
low workmen in the Record Office sti
o here L. L. Davis, c. W. Wilcox an
n Dennis TaSker.