Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-16

Miss Katherine Sullivan is at work as
clerk III the Racket.
Another Sunday excursion will be run
to Sunapee the 18TH
{. H. Osgood returned Wednesday from
a short stay at Lake Sunapee.
MI and Mrs. L. G.. OsgoOd are attend
ing the annual muster at Fairlee.
W. 7. Williams, former resident, has
been spending a few days III town.
Season tickets will soon be on sale for
the foot ball games TO be played here this
fall
Miss Lucy Bradshawe OF Montpelier is
visiting her sister, Mrs NJ. a. Nutting on
Henry street.
1t is expected that II. D. Ryder, who
has been 10 North Dakota Oh business, will
return tomorrow.
Mrs NJ. l.. Bowers is expected here
August y from Chicago, to spend some
weeks with friends.
The banks are closed today as tits "Ben-
nington Battle day, made legal holiday
by the last Legislature.
a pleasant party met at the Pine Dell
boat club house Tuesday evening for dane
in and other amusements.
Miss Caroline Arms has been suffering
the past week with severely sprained an
kle, but is 50 as to be out again.
Our leading dry goods and clothing
houses are all advertising great mark
downs for the month of August.
About 20 members of L. II. Stoughton
Post, G A. r., propose attending the an
nual encampment at Louisville.
&c. u. l.II "a
very enjoyable lawn party Monday evening
on the lawn in front Of the church.
Mrs. j. i. Wood OF Newton, Mass, and
her daughter Minnie, are spending some
days with the family of l.. 5. Hayes.
Mrs. NJ. II. Ray gives a corn-roast this
evening at her home on 1.-THE Meadows
formerly known as the Fall Mountain
farm.
The daughters and little son Of Frank
Hapgood OF Winchendon, Mass, are visit
ing their grandmother Mrs. ). L. Hap
good on School street.
The lecture of Robert Ingersol at Lake
Pleasant next Sunday, is to be made the
occasion OF an excursion train, leaving
here at o'clock A. NJ.
Miss Eleanor Carruthers is employed as
assistant in the telephone exchange, leav-
ing Miss Florence Lane in charge of Mrs
Hadley's millinery store.
The free sample of root beer furnished this
week at the f. b. F. grocery store has been
freely tested and mas been very accept
able during the hot days.
The Ascutney lecture course seems TO be
an assured thing, as those who have it in
charge have already secured enough sub
scribers to warrant the carrying out Of
their plans.
Mr. and Mrs. George Durham of Dun
ham Brothers are rejoicing over the birth
OF daughter, Evelyn Hawley, The fam
lily are in Boston and the new conner is
three weeks old.
Geo. II. Dickinson news editor of the
New York Sun, has been in town the past
week, spending a portion of his vacation,
with his family, at the home of George F..
Evans, Mrs. Dickinson's father.
A party OF Il, chaperoned by c. W. Os-
good, went to Mortified, Mass, at $3.50
A. NJ, Tuesday, returning on the night eX-
press, and filled the day full of interesting
things seen and heard at the summer
school.
d. L. Moody was seen at Mortified
Tuesday, and gave final answer in regard
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He will be there and will deliver an adj
dress. He will bring with him Jacobs,
the musical director, from Mortified.
Among those who expect to attend the
annual festival of the Sullivan County
Musical association to be held in Newport
next week are Misses Alice jackson,
Charlotte Day, Marcia Sawyer, Gertrude
Hayes, Frances Osgood and others. All
of those named will sing in the chorus.
j. b. Wiley of St. Adams, a former con-
ductor on the Central Vermont railroad,
accompanied by his family, spent last Sun
day in town with friends, 1t was his first
visit since he ran here II years ago, and he
expressed much surprise at the improve
ments and growth OF our village,
Mrs. John Carruthers of Lawrence, Mass
is spending some weeks with her son,
Fletcher Carruthers. This is the first visit