Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-05-22

Walter Underwood was home over Sun
| day.
Edward NJ. Dale has returned to Nor
witch university.
Liveryman Taft has traded his bronchos
| to c. NJ. Holbrook
| DR.. A. d. Nash was called to Windham
last week to see a sick horse.
The Congregational society have been
shingling their chapel.
Miss Roberts visited with Miss Blanche
| Phillips over Sunday.
win Scott has gone to Athens to work
on the soapstone quarry.
Our real estate agent, Geo. p. Winslow,
| sold two farms last week.
G.. P. Winslow was in Boston on bust
ness the first of the week.
DIR. Scudder was called to see Nal Bemis
last Monday, who is quite i'll.
The regular meeting of West River
grange occurs next Tuesday evening.
Mrs. f. A. Kenyon is in South London
derry, arranging for prize speaking con-
test.
Miss Mabel Gage, who has been at work
at the Brattleboro Retreat, has returned
home
Chandler Gale and family spent Sunday
with Mr.. Gales sisters, Mrs. Sparks and
Mrs. Twitchell.
Mrs. John Holbrook, who is matron at
the boys dormtory at Vermont Academy,
was home over Sunday.
After much delay the park association
has succeeded in getting the fountain pipes
repaired and the fountain is now in run
ming order.
Arthur Rand had the misfortune to
sprain his ankle last Monday afternoon
while jumping from the freight train. He
was looking for broken rail.
The heavy wind of Monday morning
blew down several trees, some of which
broke down both telegraph and telephone
wires which were not repaired until Tues
day.
An agent from the King, Richardson
Publishing company of Springfield, Mass,
is instructing several young men from the
| academy, who are to act as agents for the
company during their summer vacation.
Miss Mary j. Holbrook has given up
her school at West Townshend to accept a
position as matron in one of the New York
mission hospitals. Miss Fanny Cheney, a
student from Leland and Gray seminary,
will finish the school for Miss Holbrook.
Edison A. Chamberlain has his electric
light station nearly completed and expects
to have the lights running in two weeks
from now. Electric lights are all right.
but we need some kind of apparatus to
protect us against fire much more than we
do the lights.
Mrs. Cheney, who was here with a party
OF artists last summer, has returned to the
ObeT place and is making preparations for
the return of several of the young ladies
who were here last summer. II is hoped
that many more will find their way to our
pleasant village.
Harry Franklin has recently set out $50
peach and 10 apple trees, and in spite of
the dry weather most of them bid fair to
live. What is there that the farmers can
get more off of for the time and labor ex-
pended than fruit? Mr.. Franklin's trees
will be watched with a great deal of inter
est and it = hoped they will do we'll.
George Albee of Cambridgeport, who re-
Gently moved into Mrs. Underwood's tene-
ment, has bought five acres of the lower
end of Fred Wizards meadow and will
build house on the same this summer.
We wish there might be several more new
houses in this part of the town, especially
on the burnt district.
The recital at Academy hall Friday even
ing by Miss Estelle c. Cross, under the d.
rection of the graduating class, was very
largely attended and all went away feeling
that they had received their MONEYS
worth. Miss Cross is a graduate of the
Emerson school of oratory and is instruct
ing large class in elocution at the semi
nary. During the recital piano solos were
rendered by Misses Stoddard and Hardy, a
vocal solo by Mr.. Boutelle, and duet by
Misses Albee and Nobbs, also several
poses by six young ladies, representing
Roman statuary, which was very good.