Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-09
BRATTLEBORO.

The Baptist ladies' Christmas sale and
turkey supper is announced for next We'd
nesday evening.
The two-act farce, "a Box of Monkeys"
will be presented at the Universalist vestry
Tuesday by the Murray club, with the cast
announced last week.
Alard Akley, whose death in Guilford
is elsewhere recorded, was a brother of
Henry and Edison Akley, and of Mrs.
Henry Wilcutt and Mrs. II. n. Clisbee. all
of this town.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Gray Estey gave the
first of their receptions at the Estey resi-
dence on Canal street yesterday afternoon
and evening, from to and from to 10.
The house decorations consisted of Ameri-
can beauty and pink and white roses. The
reception was marked by informally, and
was a very delightful occasion. Another
reception will be given next Thursday even
ing.
Sheriff }. Q. Shumway has appointed the
following deputy sheriffs: Alonzo Star
KEY, Seth n. Herrick and r. e. Gordon of
Brattleboro; L. T. Lowell, I'd, and Arthur
H. Thompson of Rockingham; j. w. Mel
endy and B. S. Wait of Londonderry; O.
r. Garfield of West Townshend; J. Henry
Kidder of Wilmington; A. w. j. wilkins
of Pu,ney and L. A. Ballou of Windham.
Several other appointments are to be made.
Monday evening witnessed a very pleas
ant gathering at the Esteyville home of
Rev and Mrs. A. MacgeOrge, the occasion
being the 18th anniversary of their mar
riage. Mrs Macgeorge's Sunday school
class of young ladies, with the superintend-
ent of the school and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs L. W. Hawley, were invited to tea
and for a social evening. In the course of
the evening Rev. f. j. Parry, Gen. Estey
and H. II. Hackley were announced, and
Gen. Estey, in behalf of friends here and
in other parts of the state, presented Mr..
Macgeorge with a handsome gold watch
and chain. A beautiful 81 yer bonbon
dish, gold-lined, was presented to Mrs.
Macgeorge by the members of her class.
The event was very delightful one, and
showed the high place which Mr. and Mrs
Macgeorge have won in the esteem of the
people among whom their home has be- n
for so comparatively short time
If there were no other signs of Christ
mas everybody would know that the great
festival was near at hand by the display of
Christmas advertising in the columns of
The Phoenix. 1t is a matter of general
public interest TO see how, from year to
year. BrittlebOro advertisers catch CONF
pletely the spirit of the times and make
their announcements the most interesting
part of the Christmas reading. A "write-
up is no longer thought Of as a means of
calling attention to these advertisements,
because the advertisements are themselves
more entertaining than any formal notice
of them could be made. 1t only remains to
be said that for every promise made by
Bratteboro advertisers there are goods and
bargains in abundance 70 back them up
every one. Whether in holiday goods as a
specially, or in all those lines of staple
goods which are a necessity at this season,
Brattleboro stores will be found stocked in
a way TO distance outside competition, while
the home competition is such as TO guar
antee to every buyer the lowest prices at
which reliable goods can be sold.