Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-04-06
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
HINsDALB, N. II.

A. ;. Atwood now of Madison Me-,
y.,. I'm town this week.
j. w. Battle, former resident. was in
town Monday making call on his old
friends.
Carl T. Richards and Edward p. Bailey
of Dartmouth college arrived Wednesday
for weeks stay.
Emerson Il Sons team of Brattleboro
aa, seen in town Thursday with a large
load of furniture.
George II. Thompson and family of
Orange. Mass, were at A. S. Thompson's
over last Sunday.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Kittridge of Keene started a
class Of young ladies in physical culture at
Grand Army hall Tuesday.
Misses Maud and Blanche Lewis and
Eva Nutting from the Mortified seminary
are spending their vacation here.
Misses Florence 7. Gray and Mabel l..
Mniman of Smith college, are spending
vacation with their parents here,
VIM. G.. Smith has recently been appoint
rI policeman and George Brtton ianitor
of the town hall by the selectmen.
Miss Ann Maria Mitchell, teacher in
the public schools at Easthampton, Mass,
Is
The first alarm of fire for several months
was sounded about 2:15 Monday afternoon
for a fire in Taylor's woods back of the
depot
Seventeen from here went to Brattleboro
Wednesday evening to attend the concert
given by the Dartmouth glee, banjo and
guitar clubs.
The Hinsdale Rifle club have recently
built new building, 20 feet long by 10
feet wide, on their range near w. c.
Todd's. The club now has II members.
f. L. Walker, harness maker, has vacated
The room in the basement of the town hall
building and the Worden company have
rented it to be used as a store-room for
hardware.
The stock of goods in the Hinsdale fur
uture and art rooms, the property of the
late Herbert f. Quincy, was sold by auc-
ton last Saturday at the store on Church
street, and brought fairly good prices.
John Riley, lad of sixteen employed at
Bellevue farm, left there suddenly Tues
day night, taking with him some $50
from the pocket of the hired man with
whom he roomed. No trace of him has
vet been discovered.
The horse attached to F. \, Fuller IL
Co.'S grocery wagon INDUCED in lively
runaway on Canal street Thursday morn
ing, colliding with stone post in front of
c. c. Hoton's, where the horse was
caught, Only slight damage to harness
and wagon was the result.
Unity lodge, l. o. O. F., will give an en-
tertainment at the town hall next Wednes-
day evening, when the Hinsdale Dramatic
club will present the popular Western
drama, "Crawford's Claim This will
be followed by three hours of dancing.
Teitsinger's orchestra will furnish music.
The contest in oratory of the junior class
of the Hinsdale High school took place at
the town hall Monday evening. There
were seven contestants and Harry +. Rou-
lizard in "Toussaint rOuverture was
awarded the first prize of ten dollars in
gold and Caroline b. Howe in Act ",
Scene l, Merchant of Venice, the second
prize of five dollars in gold. The judges
were Alfred Free, Phi. D., Turner's Falls,
Mass, j. F. Albion, b. d., Fitchburg,
Mass, and Rev. H. ID. Maxwell, Brattle
Joro. Mr. Free, in awarding the prizes,
spoke of the superior excellence of all the
work. highly commenting the training of
Prof Patterson. Leitsingers orchestra
furnished music and the singing by the
II. II. 5. glee club was enthusiastically re-
ceyed. The hall was well filled and the
net proceeds will reach 500.