Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-01
THE VERMONT PHOENIX.
HINSDALE, N. H.
Miss Ellen Walker is visiting in Boston

Miss Ellen Walker is visiting in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. b. Stacey of Holyoke
spent Sunday at George Britton's,
Hope Chautauqua circle meets next
Monday evening with Miss Bardwell.
Mrs II. d. Walker of Greenfield and
daughter Martha are visiting in town.
Miss L. A. Cunningham returned Mon
day from visit with her sister in Millers
Falls, Mass.
w. NJ. Taylor has gone to Philadelphia,
where he is to take a course in the Posselt
school of designing
G. F. Wilder has returned from Mon
treal and will soon take a position with
the Mllers Falls Manufacturing company.
c. H. Stoddard, who has been making
an extended visit with friends in town, re-
turned to his home in Bath, n. H., We'd
nesday.
John NJ. Curran has finished work for
the Halle & Frost Manufacturing company
and gone to Lewiston, Me-, where he has
a position as boss carder.
Herman E. Shaw has finished work for
his brother in his meat market and goes
Monday to take a position with Lowe,
Bros. d Co. in Greenfield, Mass.
The Western Union Telegraph company
have the past week run a wire from keene
to South Vernon, and now all the stations
on the Ashuelot branch of the Boston IL
Maine are connected by telegraph.
The first degree team of Unity lodge,
No. 40, |. O. Q. F., went to Winchester
last week Thursday evening to work the
first degree for Cheshire lodge, No. 81.
After the degree work a banquet was
served. followed by a social time. Taken
altogether it was a very pleasant affair.
The warrant for the annual March meet
ing was posted on Monday by the select
men and contains II articles. Among the
more important articles are those concern
ing the bridge connecting I1insdale and
Vernon, building more concrete walks, and
buying and laying larger pipe along Main
street for the water works.
Miss Clara NJ. Cushman gave an inter
esting talk on Every day life in China"
at the Methodist church Wednesday even
ing. The talk was illustrated by various
Chinese costumes worn by young people
of the society. Miss Cushman is travelling
in the interests of the womans foreign
mission of the Methodist church.
Rev. A. J. Cardall of Tufts college oc-
cupied the pulpit of the Universallst
church very acceptably last Sunday. He
spoke in high terms of Rev. Arthur A.
Blair, who has accepted a call to this par
ish, his pastOrate to begin July |. Mr..
| Blair will have charge of the parish from
next Sunday, supplying when unable to be
| present.
Some 20 members of Golden Rule lodge
! f. & A. NJ, went to Winchester Monday
evening to attend a district meeting Will
the Masonic lodge of that place. Through
some misunderstanding all of the district
officers were not present, but very enjoy
able evening was spent nevertheless. There
was large delegation present from or
ange, Mass, and banquet was served a
the Winchester House.
The Leo Cycle club held their first con
cert and ball at the town hall last Frida!
evening. Leitsinger's orchestra of clever
pieces gave one of their excellent concerts
from till 9, followed by dancing until ;
o'clock, with an intermission for supper al
Hotel Ashuelot at II. Many were pres
ent from adjoining towns and the hall wa
well filled for dancing. The clubs rooms
the rear of the town hall were opeI
throughout the evening and many paid I
visit to them.
Seventy from here attended the produc
ton of Living whist" given at Brattle
boro Tuesday evening by the Murray clul
under the direction of Mrs. j. G. Howard
of Walpole. They went mostly in from
one to four horse teams, and there wer,
several tipovers owing to the bad condi
ton of the roads. G. A. Holland with hi
express overturned going up near Geo. p
Hooker's, and also in the same place oil
the return trip. O. IL. Higgins's four
horse barge overturned on the return tril
when near the farm of John Retting, ant
one single sleigh overturned twice on tn
wayover. Despite all the spills no one wa
seriously hurt and all escaped with onl,
slight bruises.