Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-29
PERSONAL.

the West village, who has been spending
few days in town, returned on Tuesday to
Barre. where he has Il good business as
photographer.
Charles Brasor is home from Boston for
a two weeks vacation, after which he VIII
90 to Chicago April LIST he will have a
position with the Inter Ocean company i'm
that city, doing photographic work.
George f. Fletcher, the postal clerk on
the narrow gauge railroad, is soon to he
transferred to the Essex Junction Bos-
ton route, and his present position will be
taken by Oscar Gassetts of Ludlow.
Mr.. Rideout who was engaged as gym
nasium instructor at the Y. NJ. c. A., has
closed his connection with the association
An effort will be made to secure an in
structor for the balance of the season.
Miss Carrie Shattuck is home from the
Normal school at Westiield, Mass. She
will return on Monday and will be accom-
panied by Myrtle Eason and Jennie Stod-
dard, who are to enter the school there.
Mr.. and Mrs. :. II. Sherman and A. l..
MAYNARD were in Montague, Mass, this
week to attend the golden wedding celcbra-
ton of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. Hamilton Ripley.
Mrs. Ripley is sister of Mrs. Sherman.
Mary Grady, who was called here to at
tend the funeral of her step-mother, is
spending several days in town. Michael
Donnely and Patrick O'Connor also came
here from Holyolle to attend Mrs. Grady's
funeral.
Mrs. C.. T. Josselyn of Bridgewater,
VT. was called to Brattlcboro recently
on account of the serious illness OF her
son. Chandos Josselyn, but she has since
returned, her sons condition being much
improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. j. Pratt and daughter
are at the Brooks House. Mr.. Pratt is
former resident and brother of Sumner
Pratt. He at one time had a large stock
farm at Stockbridge, Mass, but now lives
at Pittsfield.
Miss Jennie Stebbins joined her former
schoolmates at the reunion at Winchester
last Friday night and came with them to
Bratteboro, but has since gone to keene,
on her way back to Worcester, Mass, where
she now lives.
Miss Perigo has been called to Brock
port y. Y, on account of the serious i'll
ness of her mother Miss Dwyer from
Childss business college at Springfield;
Mass. is taking Miss Perigo's place as
stenographer at the Estey office
Mrs. Helen Hamilton of Grafton, who
went 10 New OIh 10 Sltllu ! III loNuldN' 'uN
who was taken i'll with grip and had to re-
main i'm that city for five weeks. spent Sat
urday and Sunday at f. l.. Chlds's on
Clark street. returning to her home on
Monday
1t is expected that Rudyard Kiping, the
eminent author, and his wife, will leave
Europe in about two weeks and that they
will come to Bratteboro to visit Mrs. Kip
ling's relatives. They will be accompanied
by Mrs. Anna Balestier and Miss Josephine
Balestier.
The railroad company have put in tele-
graph instruments at the Vernon station,
thus necessitatinga change of agents. The
former agent, A. T. Lyman, will continue
his services with the company, being locat
ed at Willimantic, Conn. He is succeed
ed by Mr.. Gale from New London.
Rev. f. W. Sprague has received invita-
tions to the parish reception to be given tC
Rev. and Mrs. T. w. Illman in the parlor
of the Unversalist church at Concord, y
H.. this evening. The reception is to be
quite an elaborate affair, and will be fol
lowed by refreshments and special music.
The Phoenix acknowledges the receipt o
the statement of the Patterson, \. j.
Safe Deposit Il Trust company, which be
gan business Jan. /. 1891, and now has
capital stock of 100000 all paid in, an,
deposits of over S4l 200. This is tn,
company of which Frank Il. Allen is sec
rotary and treasurer
Hon. and Mrs b. ID. Harris and thei
daughter Mrs. Wood, left on WedneSda.
for Augusta. Ga, where they will spcn,
the remainder of the winter at the celebrat
ed hotel Bon Air. Mr.. Harris will, how
ever, return to Brattleboro after few
weeks to look after the work on the neN
quarters of the Bratteboro savings bank
Miss Prentice, the assistant housekeepc
at the Brooks House, who was ready L
leave on "A short vacation on Monday morn
inc. at the home of her family in Thetford
received news at that time by telegraph q
the death of her oldest brother at Ihet
ford. 1t is understood that his death wa
caused by an accident, but the particular
have not been received.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Crosby will join i
the eastern Fruit and Produce Dealers
excursion to California, which leaves Bos
ton on Tuesday of next week and return
early in March. The route of the eXcu
sion is through New Orleans, from theme
to Los Angeles, and will return by the wa
of Salt Lake City and Denver. Mr.. an
Mrs. Crosby will join the party at NOrtl
ampton.
George F. Leonard, who during the wa
and for nearly 20 years thereafter was
postal clerk on the Cheshire road betwee
Newport, this state, and Springfield, Mass
and who was later a custom official on I'll
Canadian border, died recently near LC
Angeles, Cal, at the age of GA. NJ
Leonard was a native of Glover, and befol
entering the postal service was a watcl
maker in that place, at Barton and New
port.
Col. George w. Hooker has been al
pointed by President Woodbury. and Seer
tary Hawkins of the Champlain Valley a
ISOLATION as delegate to the 18th bienn
congress of the National Trotting assOc
ton to be held at the Murray Hill hotel
New York city February 10. At tn
meeting there will be elected a presiden
first and second vice-presidents and thr,
members for each of the five distri
boards of appeals to serve for the ensuiI
two years. Col Hooker has accepted II
appointment.
The Willamstown correspondent writ
as follows to the Barre Enterprise in refe
ence to young man formerly employed
f. A. Hubbarb's iewelry store "Will
Martin, from the time he left his father
farm here, seven or eight years ago, HI
been on the up grade in his business c
reer. Though having thought some of G
ing into business for himself in Boston,
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