Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-29
PERSONAL.
f. w. Kuech is in Boston this week.
Leon Yeaw of Beldens Falls spent Sunday here

Sunday.
Mrs. Van Kleek Joined her husband in New
York last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. D. Taylor were in Boston Fri
day to Sunday.
w. S. Mckinney was at home from North
Adams last Sunday.
George Malley spent Sunday at his old home in
Charlestown, Mass.
Mr. Stewart of Springfield is visiting his sister,
Mrs. Ida Ward returned Tuesday from visit
in Westdeld, Mass
Mrs F. H. Smith has been spending some time
in Mortified, Mass.
Miss Alice Barney of Lebanon, N H.. is the
guest of Mrs. Frank Reed.
j. G. and ]. II. Estey returned Sunday night
after a short visit in Boston.
Miss Carrie Shattuck returns Saturday to her
school at Shelburne, Mass.
Miss Carrie Leach has returned after a several
weeks visit in Fltchburg, Mass.
c. Fred Childs and Perley Holmes have recently
been voted into the Estey Guard
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. A. Briggs of Clarem ont, N.
H., spent Sunday at Dr. Gales
Miss Maddie Gregg returns Saturday to Wilbra-
ham, Mass, where she is teaching.
Cadets Carruthers and Haywood Of Norwich
university are spending their vacations In town.
Miss Karner has returned to her home in Or
ange, N. j., after being at Gen. Estey' since j an.
Marcus Cook will move next week to Ftchburg
Mass His son is proprietor of store in that
city.
c. H. Bellows has moved to Winchester, N. H.,
where he has position in the Dickinson box fac
tory.
Mrs Gerry Messer returned yesterday after
visit with her sister, Mrs. c. A. Risbey in New
York.
Miss Cora Roberts has recovered from severe
illness and resumed her position in the ninth
grade.
Miss Gertrude Marston returned Saturday to
Woodstock to begin teaching another term of
school.
Mrs w. c. Stone was called to Ervng, Mass,
Monday to attend the funeral of her brother,
Dwight Burnham.
Miss Katherine CaHill, who:will be trimmer in
Mrs. G. H. Smiths millinery rooms this season,
arrived this week.
w. Clayton received his commission as post
master at Athol, Mass, last week and he will take
possession of the office April l.
Merton Staples finished work for j. o. Smith
Saturday, and next week will begin driving the
delivery wagon for the City bakery
Rodney Wheeler, who, went to Worcester
Mass. a few weeks ago, has a position at Hull,
Mass, where he will be employed two or three
months.
Gov. Fuller and Capt j. G. Estey attended the
annual meeting of the piano manufacturers as
ISOLATION at the Waldorf in New York city last
evening.
NJ. c. Ward of this town has been chosen to
represent Tufts college in the intercollegiate ora
torical contest between Tufts Boston university
and Harvard.
Fred C. Stedman has been chosen treasurer of
the Christian Endeavor union of Springfield, Mass,
which comprises all the Christian Endeavor So
ceties of that city.
VIM. H. Sumner, secretary and treasurer of
large building and contracting company Oh Cni i
Mrs Thomas Sumner.
DIR. G. S. Pratt and John Dugan will attend the
annual session of the supreme colony of Pilgrim
Fathers in Boston next week as representatives
from Fort Dummer colony.
Hunt Hubbard of Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
arrived Wednesday and will make an extended
visit with his aunt, Mrs. G. NJ. g. Richardson, and
his grandfather Col John Hunt.
Miss Mildred Hanrahan of N. l. Hawleys store
leaves Monday for two weeks vacation, and
Miss Anna Hanrahan, who has had an extended
vacation, will return to the store.
T. F. Mcdonald, who will be remembered as
clerk for Barna A. Clark has been appointed the
agent of the American Express company at Lud-
low, where he has a hardware store
The annual prize speakers of the Greek letter
fraternities of Dartmouth college were announced
last week, among the number being E. @. Clark
of Brattleboro, '98, member of Phi Delta Theta.
large audience greeted the junior exhibition
speakers of Middlebury college at the town hall
in that town Tuesday night Guy c. Lamson's
GRAFTON on "Our Relations to Our Fellows"
Chas. A. Wheeler of Greenfield has taken the
general agency for Franklin county, Mass, Wind
ham county and Cheshire county, n. H., for the
Wiley Publishing company of Springfield, Mass.
Miss Anna w. Smith of The Phoenix force went
Tuesday with her brother, Rev. G. H. Smith, to
his home in Pittsford where she will remain a
month to recover from the effects of an attack OF
grip.
o. A. Alvord was stricken with paralysis Sun
daY at his Elm street nome. Ol account OF MS
age and the fact that he had previously sustained
one or two shocks his condition is considered Sc
rious
Washington Marley and family of New York
are expected to arrive Monday to open the Park
house for the season Col Chase and family of
Louisville will probably come here in about two
weeks.
Mrs. Christine Terhune Herrick, now of Rich
mond Va, is giving course of lectures on the
chatting dish to Brattleboro ladies' She also has
class in Boston and is forming one in Spring
field, Mass.
Ralph Carpenter has returned from New
Haven, Conn, and after a visit with his sister,
Mrs. o. F. Bailey and other relatives will leave
for the West, probably to engage in business
Chas Hawley comes home tonight from the
Worcester "Tech." for a brief vacation. He
will be accompanied by fellow student, Mr.. Sla-
der of Acworth N. H., who will spend a few
Rev. A, ]. Hough has had many calls to give his
popular lecture, How to get there Within a
short time he has delivered it at Wilmington,
Brownsville, South Londonderry, Williamsville
and Felchvile.
Brattleboro has young electrician in Master
eds b in the ne neW dwelling
Of Louis Towne He also placed bell in the
residence Of Austin Ellis.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Campbell have resigned
their positions in the management of the Cochran
Hotel at Washington, but will remain in that city
until Vermonts SHOWS have disappeared before
coming to their Dummerston home.
Sumner r. Vinton former Bratteboro boy,
who is now student in Brown university, is CIV
ing illustrated lectures on Burmah during the
vacation season. He was at Springfield, Mass.
Tuesday evening and the papers there speak
highly Of his lecture
H. M. Cutting returned Friday from Chicago
where he spent the winter with his son, Prof. W.
Starr Cutting of Chicago university. Prof. Cut
ting and family will leave Chicago next week for
vacation of three months, large part Of which
will be spent at West Bratteboro. .rzdas
The Philadelphia Ledger says of the perform
ance of Carmen by the TaVary Grand Opera com
pany in the New Park theatre in that city last
week: Mime. Tavary gave distinction to the
part of Mchaela, to whose lot falls some of the
sweetest music of the opera and VIM. Schuster
was efficient as Escamillo. His toreador song
was, Of course, encored. All the performances of
the company thus far have been of high order
of merit deserving liberal support" -
The Mortified News, after speaking Of D. F.
Brackets remarks about closing the factories
Washingtons birthday, to the effect that it was
when we had been closing half the time for
year on account of Cleveland at once makes Mr.
Bracket gubernatorial candidate, thusly: I'VE
trust that the next candidate from Brattleboro
will be this great philosopher, and when he comes
to the front this journal Is willing that the noun
tain rule should be broken at once if necessary"
Col. @. s. Forbes article on Daughters of Yer
mont appeared in the Boston Sunday Journal
Brattleboro furnished three of IS women whose
portraits were given-Mrs. l.. X. Fuller Harriet
Brasor Pratt and Mary Howe LAWN Among the
prominent women mentioned and who have con-
A. Ranney, Mrs. Amy o. A. Bradley, Mrs. Sallie
Joy White, Miss Harriet Dickerman, Mrs. Dr.
VIM Wesselhoeft and Miss Nellie L. Eddy OF Bos
ton, Mrs. Eleanor Mead Howells and Miss Emer-
line Holbrook of New York. -
EW H. Newton, representative of Wallingford
in the Connecticut legislature and O. II. d. Fowler,
ex-judge of probate, had personal encounter In
the WallinVfOrd DOat-Of1ce Monday. The trouble