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burgh, is visiting here.
HART is advertising big drive in salt
next week at his mill store.
GEO. PARTRIDGE left Monday for a two
weeks visit to Clayville, N. Y.
G. P. NILES returned Wednesday from
his trip to Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Miss KATHERINE BROWN has been the
guest of Miss Lena NJ. Cordes at Hoosick
Falls, N. Y.
FRED SMITH is moving his household
effects into the tenement over Heath's
| jewelry store.
Mrs. G. II. BoYNToN and daughter, of
Hoosick Falls, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. B. Lawrence.
FLORA E. ITALIAN, daughter of John
G. Harwood, presented her husband
with bouncing girl baby, Thursday
morning.
ARTHUR j. DEWEY, travelling in the
interests of the American Book Com
pany's publications, was registered at
the Van Ness, Burlington, Monday.
IN this issue Fred Smith advertises a
ten days sale of spring and summer
goods in hats, caps, outing shirts, etc..
at prices that are bargain for the peo-
pie in need of them.
SERVICES in the Methodist church at
the usual hours next Sunday. Morning
subject: Negative characteristics of
Love-" Evening subject: "Jesus Pro-
nouncing Sinner Forgiven"
GEORGE BURGESS, of Heath's jewelry
store, left for his home in Waltham,
Mass, last night, on account of the dan
gerous illness of his brother, who has
been i'll for long time.
A VERY pleasant and enjoyable picnic
was held in the upper grove of the Sol
diers' Home, by the Juvenile Good
Templars. Twenty-Five in number were
in attendance; refreshments consisting
of sandwiches, cake and lemonade, were
served and right royal good time was
had Mrs. Mary Frost is superintendent.
THE Woman's Committee appointed
by Governor Woodbury. to the Cotton
States and International Exposition at
Atlanta, held an enthusiastic meeting at
the home of Mrs. Edward Wells, Bur
lington. Wednesday, July 31st. Their
plans are not sufficiently matured for
publication, but they have decided upon
November Sth for Vermont Day. Gov
ernor Woodbury. is much interested in
the enterprise, and was present at the
meeting.
PARTICULAR attention is called to the
serial story, THE Lost Arm" by Miss
Mary E. Wilkins, which will he COM
menced III next Fridays issue. Miss
Wilkins is Brattleboro girl, was edu-
Gated in the schools of that place, and
consequently her great literary successes
have peculiar interest to Vermonters.
From several hundred competitors she
won, with 1.-The Long ARM" the $4,000
prize offered by New York syndi cate,
for the best detective story. The story
is deeply interesting and the different In
stallments should be read by everyone.
MRS. WIN. W. FOSTER Jr., is delivering
course of twenty-one lectures at Chau-
tauqua, N. Y. Her department is church
pedagogy, and the general subject is the
philosophic study of the child and meth
cd of development. The International
Evangel of ST. Louis, Mo-, SAYS of her
Mrs. Mary Chisholm Foster will have
York Chautauqua this summer. She is
gifted woman and trained kindergar-
tener. We predict for an abundant sue
cess. Mrs. Foster is the author of val
liable book entitled the kindergarten of
the Church."
GEO. S. JACKSON, representing the
Union Gas Improvement Company of
Philadelphia, was in town Wednesday,
making the preliminary arrangements for
establishing gas plant here. Applica-
ton has been made to the Trustees for a
permit to lay the pipes. The matter will
be considered at the meeting, Monday
evening, and, if the permit is issued,
operations will be begun at once. In adj
dition to the supplying of gas for light.
ing purposes, the company wishes to in
troduce its use for cooking purposes.
The concern represented by Mr.. Jackson
controls about forty branch companies
in the large cities and towns of the coun-
try.
THE Rev. Chas. c. Salter, pastor of a
Congregational church in Duluth, Mimi,
was here a few hours Thursday, visiting
his old friend and classmate, Chas. NJ.
Bliss. The two were graduated from
Yale College in the class of 1852. Their
last meeting was about two years ago,
when Mr.. Bliss visited Mr.. Salter at his
home in Duluth. The reverend gentle
men was accompanied by John w. Buck.
ham, son of President Buckham of the
University of Vermont Mr.. Bliss es.
corted them around the village, to the
Battle Monument and other places of In
terest. The gentlemen were much
pleased with the appearance of the vii
lage. They left here for Williamstown,