Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-05-25
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, b
PERSONAL.

D. u Ullery was in Boston Yesterday.
DR., l.. I. Page has been in Burlirgtor
this week. Du'lilgUon
Mrs, A. b. Hewitt is the guest of bor
niece, Mrs. II. NJ. Wood. VI "'i
Mrs. e. A. Hastings of Prevalence y
l., Is visiting her friends here.
MI and Mrs. Warren and Miss Tulo
herrlck OF keene are at d. L. Herrick,s
Madam Glidden has been seriouslv IN Of
her sons in Putney, but is now improving
~ frot' Wllliston b. Walker of Hartford.
conn, is among this weeks visitors 10
Bratteboro.
Fay Clark, son of DR.. c. S. Clark has
been appointed one of the fonr nr i,'
speakers at Amherst Agricultural COLLAGE
E. r. Bemis, Arthur Piper Clayfo,
Hackley, Mortimer Stoddard and Arthur
Fiheld went to Mount Hermon on their
wheels Monday to witness the field dav
sports. e. Ii. Van Doom and III. F. Jor-
dsn were also in attendance at the sports.
Friends of Miss Belle Cragin of Cam
den, n. D., have received invitations to be
present next week Tuesday at her marriage
TO Albert e. Clark. The ceremony win
take place in the Centenary Methodist
church in Camden at noon, followed by a
reception. Many friends here tender con
CALCULATIONS and good wishes.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Hale of Norwallx
Conn.,, are spending two or three weeks at
the Brooks House. A driving party of
five gentlemen from New York city. New
Britain, Conn, and Worcester. Mass
were at the House Wednesday night. E.
P. Dismuke of Florida is spending some
time here.
Stephen Essex, well-known lawyer of
Providence, r. l., has invented a unioue
and practical potato planter, which has
been patented and placed upon the mar
ket. Mr.. Essex is known hereabouts
through his wife, who was a daughter
of Judge Samuel Elliot. Mrs Essex is
expected to spend the summer in Brattle-
boro.
The Boston papers record the marriage
of Miss Grace Cecilia O'Neil, who is re-
membered as a former student at Miss
Sawyer's North street school, to E. w.
Spur of Auburndale. The wedding was
at the church of the Messiah, followed by a
reception at the Copley Square Hotel.
Miss Devens was the maid of honor. Mr..
and Mrs. Spur will live in Chicago.
Mr. Whiting, an extensive farmer and
railroad builder, resident in Wilmington,
n. c., who is North on visit to various
He was greatly pleased with what he saw
at the Retreat farm barns. Mr.. Whiting
made Frank Robb of Guilford, an en-
ploye of the Retreat farm, a proposition
for years engagement on his North Caro-
lima farm, which the young man is likely
to accept
Mondays Boston Globe contained
long article upon the place which women
are taking in New England as school
superintendent, there now being 10, one
in Maine, four in Vermont, ten in
Massachusetts. Among others in Mass
achusetts is mentioned Miss Poland, for a
year supervisor of the Brattleboro schools.
The Globe says: miss Mary l.. Po-
land is superintendent of the district
formed by Ludlow, Wibraham, Hampden
and Longmeadow. This is a peculiar
district. 1t is about 20 miles from its
northern to southern boundaries, and is
in shape a letter L. The schools are Al in
number, and cannot be reached by cars, so
Miss Poland is obliged to drive from
school to school, her longest days trip
being about % miles. Last June she
took charge of the present district, where
she was unanimously reelected this April
to the same position by joint school COM
mittee of the district. Not only does she
visit the schools of the district, but she
holds meetings for the benefit of the
teachers in their various towns. Her pet
object is to grade the district schools, and
for this purpose has prepared course
covering II years"