Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22
WESTMINSTER

r. 5. Stafford starts today for Detroit,
Mich
Mrs. Nellie Nutting returned from Bur
lington last week
Geo. r. Dale of Boston is visiting this
week at j. c. Fenns.
The recent ladies' entertainment at the
town hall Melted SO.
We understand DR.. Robinson has given
up his practice at Walpole.
We are glad to note that Mrs. Eyeline
Morse is improving slowly.
Miss Sadie Bracket of bingham, Mass,
is visiting at II. f. Bonds.
Geo. Richmond is at work carpentering
for the Stowell manufacturing company at
Putney.
There was a family party at Kimball
Chase on Friday,the oth inst, to celebrate
his seth birthday.
Mrs. Sibley Pierce Of Kansas City ar
rived on Thursday, the It'll, to spend the
summer with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T..
+. Barnard.
Mrs James Holmes of Cambridge, Mass,
who had been visiting friends in town since
last week Tuesday, returned home on
Thursday.
Mrs. c. \. Nutting returned Tuesday
from Mount Carmel, Conn, accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs G. II. Josln, and
her two children.
The Goodridge home was more than full
last week, three rooming at l. {. Wyman's
The lady who fell down stairs and hurt
her head 50 severely nearly three weeks
ago, has now quite recovered.
Three from A. b. Dascomb's, Misses
Mary. Alice and Arthur Dascomb, Misses
Hattie Burwell and Annie johnson left
Tuesday for the Oak Hill hotel, Littleton,
y. H., to do table work during their vaca-
ton.
Willie Barnard, who has a position with
his brother-in-law, Mr.. Lyman, in drug
store at Manislee, Mich, is now visiting at
his fathers. Rev. =. f. Barnard's. He has
a photographers outfit with which he
amuses himself.
Harry y. Dascomb, who j, spending the
summer here at his fathers, occupied Rev.
f. f. Lewis's pulpit in Putncy in the alb
sence of Mr.. Lewis to attend the Christian
Endeavor convention in New York Mr..
Dascomb is a ,eniOrat Dartmouth and has
decided to study for the ministry.
\. \. Ward of Fort Payne arrived last
Friday with the remains of Edward Wat
kins, who died at that place two and half
/ wears ago. soon after going out there. with
typhoid fever Mr.. Ward was very sick
/ with the fever soon after and was a long
/ time recovering. Mr. Watkins was a
young man Of good habits, and the son OF
/ Foster Watkins Of this place. The burial
was at Walpole.
/ Nj. Austin Goodridge and another Bos-
ton gentleman, whD are enjoying their va
I cation at the Pierce cottage, took a morn
ing ramble recently, when they came across
/ a large black snake which Mr. Goodridge
says is the largest he ever saw outside of a
menagerie, and must have measured eight
feet in length and was spondingy
large round. While Mr.. Goodridge and
his friend were searching for club &c
dispatch his snakeship, he escaped, travel
ing very swiftly
The post-ofiice machinery somewhere
between here and Brattleboro seems t.
need a little oling Our letter mailed last
Thursday noon from this Office to The
Phoenix did not reach there until Friday
afternoon at 2:3U. Tuesday letter mailed
at Brattleboru at g =. VI. reached here Oh
the morning mail from the north NedneS
day. Not long since The Phu'niN, mailed
at the usual time. Friday afternoon, du,
here on the : T.. VI mail. did not arrive un
til the next saturday. at > =. NJ, COMM
from the north. We have heard consider
able complaint from different partic, fol
several months back about mail being s'
long on the way The trouble ought to be
rcmcdipd. Some OF this week : items vii
be rather old on account Of this delay.