Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-09-16

be provided for those attending the festival |
from out of town. Arrangements are |
being made for the entertainment of POO |
people, and every effort is being made to |
make the festival as great a success as the |
last one held here, which was in 1888.
Jas. Collins has gone to Boston to enter
the school of pharmacy.
Pelham's Theatre company are playing
at Union hall this week.
d. NJ. Thayer made business trip to
Orange, Mass, Thursday,
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ingram are visit
ing friends in Rochester.
Stone, Tuxbury IL Co. were in Boston
last week buying fall goods.
Mrs. Joseph Mitchell of St. Johnsbury
is visiting Mrs. Carroll Black.
Col f. G.. Butterfield of Washington
stopped over here train last week to vote.
Rev Mr.. Thomas of Ludlow exchanged
pupits last Sunday with Rev. f. J. Fuller
ton.
Rev v f. Sargent Of Proctorsville will
preach in the Methodist church next Sun
day,
A number Of people from here attended
the state fair at White River Junction last
week.
Frank Baird of Chicago, formerly Of this
place, called on his old friends here last
week.
Mrs. Emma Paul and daughter from
Stowe have been at Mrs. f. X. Campbell's
this week.
Mrs. William A. Hall gave a palette par
ty Monday evening at her home on West
minister street.
Grey squirrels must be plenty this fall if
one may judge by the number brought in
by local hunters.
Clarence p. Gibson, formerly of this
place, died at Athol, Mass, Sept. II, at
the age of 81.
Miss Hannah Hayes and William Kin
ney were married at Q A. NJ. Thursday in
St.Charlcs's church.
\. S. Brockway won the club medal for
the best 80 shots at the annual meeting of
the National Rifle club.
Mrs. j. j. Hollenbeck of Montclair,
n. j., is spending few weeks with Mrs.
Levi Bennett on Henry street.
DIR. Ridden of Ware, Mass, a U. V. NJ.
graduate, has opened an office in Lovelfs
block on Rockingham street.
II. A. Phelps has the contract for build
ing the new schOolhouse at North Wal
POLE and will begin work at once.
Rev. Chas. S. Hale of Claremont, n. H.,
preached at the Episcopal church Sunday,
exchanging with Rev. Mr.. Sanford.
Miss Mary l.. Finlay, who was graduated
from Vermont academy last spring, is
teaching the primary school in Alstead.
Work on the extension of the Minard's
pond waterworks was begun last week and
is expected to be completed before winter
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Barber and Mrs. JAS
NJ. Brown went to Montreal Monday to
spend a week or two with Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Brown.
l.. S. Hayes and Willie were registered
last Saturday at the Summit house on the
top of Mt. Washington. Snow and ice
were plenty there at that time.
The rain of Wednesday, which was Sc
we're enough to pass for very respectable
equinoctal, was followed on Thursday by
a perfect September day.
The fire department are preparing for
their annual parade and inspection, which
will be held on Oct. 7, and ball will be
given in the evening as usual.
A special village meeting is to be held
at Union hall Monday evening at 1880.
The business is in reference to the con-
struction of additional sewers.
Miss Hattie Hapgood is taking vaca-
ton from her work as bookkeepeT and
cashier at Stone, Tuxbury d Co.'S, and is
with Mrs. O. IL. Carpenter in Maiden,
Mass.
S. S. Villas left the insurance Office of f..
S. Leonard some weeks ago, where he has
been employed the past two years. Miss
Bertha Capron is doing writing there in his
place.
A. II. Fisher and wife left on Monday
for a carriage drive to Middlebury. They
stayed the first night at Ludlow and the
second at Rutland, reaching Middlebury
Wednesday.
There will be an excursion over the Cen
trail Vermont railroad from this place to
Montreal, from Sept. is to %, returning
not later than Sept 26, Round trip tick
cts, $685..
The ladies' aid society of the Universal
list church gave a Whittier supper at their
parlors last evening Mrs. McDuffy and
Mrs. Chas. Hurlburt had charge of the
supper tables.
The public schools and the kindergarten
opened this week. Mrs. l.. b. Fergeson is
second assistant in the High school, this
being the first term in which there have
been two assistants. The principal and
his assistant are the same as last year, Mr..
Wright and Miss Barry
DellOWS rams tApt 10 entertain dDOul
300 visitors next week, on the occasion of
the choir festival and the state convention
the w c. Il. U. The latter will hold
their meetings in the Methodist church on
Thursday and Friday. Two delegates are
sent from each union in the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank II. Chandler of
Brooklyn spent day or two with friends
here last week. Mr.. Chandler, who was
at one time a resident of this place, has
been for the last % years a successful music
dealer in Brooklyn, and has one of the
finest stores of the kind in that city.
Bids have been advertised for by the Sc
lectmen of Walpole for the grading and
making culverts on a new street in the viii
lage of North Walpole, to be laid out for
about half a mile parallel TO and on the
west side of the railroad, running north
from the church. The work is to be COM
pleted this fall and but short time is al
lowed TO get the bids in.