Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26

dress the people of Bellows Falls and
vicinity, at an hour and place to be an
nounoed, next Wednesday afternoon
Mrs. Bachelor of Keene has been visit
ing Miss Flint this week.
Hon. and Mrs. A. n. Swain came down
from Sunapee to spend last Sunday.
Geo. II. Babbitt, jr., and family return
ed Monday from a two weeks stay at sun
apee.
Gusse Ball of Sherbrooke, p. O., is Wis
iting her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. ;. w.
Stuar,.
Rev. j. y. Emery of Bridgeport, Conn,
will preach at the Uniyersalist church next
Sunday.
Miss Ruth Granger and Miss Rose
Granger of Brooklyn visited Mrs. Geo. O..
Guild last week.
Mrs. Ashley of Baltimore, Md, and DR..
E. X. Woods of Greenfield, Mass, spent
Sunday with Mrs. o. F. Woods.
Mrs. c. II. Richards and daughter of
Holyoke, Mass, who have been visiting
here, went last W, elk to Sunapee.
Miss Louise Flint gave a euchre party
from four to six, Wednesday afternoon, at
her residence on Westminster street.
Miss Stickney, stenographer in the office
of the Fall Mountain Paper company, is
passing her vacation at her home in An
dover.
Mrs. Charles II. Bradshaw and Miss
Bertha Bradshaw of New Orleans, La,
are spending few days with Mrs. NJ. A.
Nutting.
Miss McGeough who has been spending
the summer with her sister, Mrs. John
Flint, returned to her home in Milwaukee
Thursday.
Rev. and Mrs. j. Frank Rhoades, for
merly of this place and now of Biddeford,
Me-, are spending week or two at Seba-
go lake, Me.
DR.. and Mrs. f. II. Campbell and son
and Mrs. Holley Church left Wednesday
for few days at Lowell, Mass, and at the
Isle of Shoals.
George l. Whitney is taking his vacation
from the store of Stone, Tuxbury n Co.,
and with his wife is attending the celebra-
ton at Gloucester, Mass.
Miss Woodward of Wellesley, Mass,
who has been for several years teacher in
the public schools here, has resigned the
position on account of illness.
John Hassett, who has been at work for
H. A. Phelps, fell from the railroad bridge
during Wednesday night and was drowned.
The particulars cannot be ascertaned at
this writing.
A Republican rally will be held at the
Opera house this evening, when Hon. Jos.
II. Walker of Worcester, Mass, will ad-
dress the people. Judge Read will also
make an address.
There was good audience in attendance
at the concert in the Congregational church
Friday evening. 1t was given by Z. f.
Gorham and Mr.. Cushman of Boston,
assisted by Miss Robertson of Putney, Miss
Sawyer and Miss Osgood.
Rehearsals for the annual church choir
festival are being held on Tuesday even
ings. at Schouler Memorial chapel. The
festival will be held in Emmanuel church
September u and -, and will be conducted
as usual by 5. B. Whitney, organist at the
Church of the Advent. Boston.
The engine of a freight train on the
Valley road was thrown from the track
near the tunnel. Monday morning, causing
delay of about two hours. \ carload OF
logs was being unloaded at the sulphidC
mill when one of the logs fell rolling under
the engine and derailing it.
A large number of people from this
place attended the excursion to LAX,
Pleasant on Sunday. Returning the!
arrived here about midnight. 1t was til,
third Sunday of the Spiritualist convention
in session there, and 5000 people wer,
present, the largest attendance at any o
their conventions in the last five years.
There was a large congregation at boil
morning and evening services in the Con
gregational church last Sunday, whei
Rev. c. A. Dickinson of Berkeley Temple
Boston. officiated. Among those presen
were many from out of town. Mr.. ant
Mrs. Dickinson are spending the summe
in Westminster, their former home.
At the Republican caucus Saturday af
ternoon, Hon. l.. NJ. Read was nominated
for town representative, and these justice
of the peace were nominated: Thomas II
Hughes, Il. II. Allbee, f. Whitman, A. \
Swain, NJ. +. Burt, l.. H. Eastman, j. F
Alexander, ir., Geo w. DiYoll, c. II
Williams, Edw. l.. Walker, H. b. Davis
Dan. P. Higgins.
Several of our leading families are plan
ming to put their young children into Mis-
Dascomb's kindergarten this autumn again
This kindergarten is not a rival of our eX
cellent public schools, but gives the yer
best preparation for them. Indeed, mos
of our large cities have already made TIA
kindergarten part of the public schoo
system. The national meeting of schoC
superintendent in Brooklyn last Februar
heartily Endorsed the system and recon-
mended its adoption into all public schools
What can be better than to take little chi
dren of four and five years of age an
teach them the beginnings of all sciences il
such way that it is positive pleasure TO
them to learn? Even the plays and tn
songs teach something useful. The pal
ents who sent their children to Miss Das
comb last year all seem to have been we
pleased. Toward the close of the year, a
the earnest request of the parents, Mis-
Dascomb spent an hour or so each after
noon with her children, teaching then
primary work, and as the fruit of it som
of them hope to enter the Sd grade of tn
public school this fall.