Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-12-14
PERSONAL.

" David loahy returned from Rutland
'D r,,op, Knight has finished work for j.
q O. Smith,
VIM. brisbane is driving Joseph Ferrit-
Ts express team'
~ratton of Northampton, Mass,
u,, in town Wednesday,
Frank Warner of Manchester, this state,
10. bsan in town this week.
Miss Mabel Shumway is teacher of the |
..iara school at Bondville.
Mr.. Carrie Perry goes to Boston today
tara STAY Of two or three months.
Mrs T. a. Starkey and daughter will 90
.,Npv York to spend the holidays.
Wcllman, the Burlington insur- |
.rce AGENT. has spent a few days in town.
I T. Timson is one of the leaders in the
moyemcnt to organize military company
/ at Claremont'
lame, l.. Whipple, the well-known
bor,eman has been granted patent for a
track harness.
Pauline Morris entertained II little
tiqnds at party celebrating her third
birthday anniversary Tuesday.
Mrs. j. b. Hosmer returned Monday
from Caremont, where she spent week
With her niece, Mrs. j. G. Timson.
Frank Pettee moves from South Vernon
n West Brattleboro this week, and for the
nresent will work for Clayton Miller.
Lewis Young was called to Sheldon,
This state, a few days ago to attend the
mineral Of his brother-in-law, E. r. Briggs.
Mrs f. Wales went Wednesday to West
eeld Mass. to assist her husband in bring
inc out the pardon and kirmess" this
week.
Miss Flora Smith has finished work for
Mrs. F. II. Morse in her millinery rooms,
and returned yesterday to her home in
Putney.
Mrs. G.. w. Baker gave ladies' whist
partv at the Brooks House Tuesday. The
prizes were won by Mrs. Ryder and Mrs.
Robbins.
LAWYER Dennie O'Neill, formerly cap
tain of the Brattleboro base ball team, is
one of the eight candidates for the city So
lctorship at Holyoke.
Mr. and Mrs. LAWN are now in Paris,
where they are studying under Madame
Marchesi They will begin filling concert
engagements soon after Jan. l.
Miss Sadie Houghton, who has been with
her parents since September, returned
Tuesday to Thompsonville, Conn, where
she will resume her work as dressmaker
John NJ. Hackley was in New Haven
Conn, Saturday and Sunday to attend the
annual meeting of the New England as
sembly of the brotherhood of St. Andrew.
Miss Alice Hessian was called to Fitch
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friend, Miss Anna Smith, who had a circle
Of acquaintance among Brattleboro young
people.
Mrs. A. w. Childs gave an informal
whist party to lady friends Wednesday
afternoon. The first prize was won by
Miss Sarah Clark and the BOBBY by Mrs.
Lulu McLane.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Den
nison Cowles will be pleased to know that
both have made decided improvement in
health at Orange City, Fla, where they are
spending the winter.
Leslie Brasor, who showed marked apti-
tude for theatrical work in the plays
brought out by the Estey Guard, is now
studying for the professional stage under a
competent teacher at Providence, r. l..
where he is clerk in store.
The Herald, at GTeenbush, n. Y, is en-
deayorng to secure the appointment as of
fetal paper-a plum that is worth $1,000 tC
$4,000 year. The Herald is the paper in
which F. E. Howe recently bought an in
terest. BrattlebOro friends wish the Her
aid success in its endeavors in this direc
ton.
Rev. Allan F. Brown was chosen me N
har Of tho OOTnnittpa Of the New
England assembly of the Brotherhood o
st. Andrew of the Episcopal church at tn
annual meeting held in New Haven Satur
day. Another member is T. P. Dean o
Boston, who has many friends in Brattle
bOro.
A petition is being circulated at Athol
Mass. asking for the appointment of Jus
tin W. Clayton as postmaster in that town
to succeed Mr.. LongleY, the present in
cumbent whose term expires Feb. II
Mr. Clayton is a young man who wen
from Brattleboro to- Athol five years age
He is one of the foremen in the Goddar
Il Manning piano case factory. He ha
been an active worker for the Democrat
party in Athol, and two or three years ag
was the candidate for representative, bU
was defeated.
Nlidl ltS IlllOb NOlbOilS JllC plOlNSoOi
fine arts in Harvard university, was th
host of Mr. and Mrs. Rudyard Kipling an
daughter at Cambridge last week. Their
is suspicion that Prof. Norton will e1
tend an invitation to Mr.. Kipling to be HI
guest at his summer home at AshtelC
Mass, next summer and endeavor to il
duce him to be the star speaker at the al
nual dinner in aid of Sanderson academ
in Ashtield. Kipling, however, is said
have cOnfided to Brattleboro friends thf
he IS not a success as a public speaker.
Sheriff Knott of Sioux Falls, South ID
kota, the Democratic Populist candida
who was beaten for second term by Che
sea w. Hubbard, Republican, formerly
Vernon, contested the latter's election
Mr.. Hubbard's majority was about 33'
and Mr., Knott claimed that he was lost
by 10 votes because of popularity
marking and counting the ballots in Gel
tain precincts. George M. Highly, u
stenographer, formerly of Brattleboro' WI
chosen a referee to make the recount, VII
hnotcs counsel. The vote in three pr
cIncts, amounting to one-fourth OF u
county, showed a net gain of one II
Knott, who thereupon cried enough u
counting ceased and the case was dismlsse
The Greenfield correspondent of Il
Boston Globe says the First national bar
OF that town is one of the most conserV
tive banks in the cOuntrY and is one