Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-03-06
G. L. Pierce is ill with the grip.


Miss Anna Blanchard has been housed
for week with the grip.
George H. Phillips has discontinued his
meat route, as his extra supply has been
sold out.
A party of 26 attended Hoyts "a con-
tented woman" in Brattleboro Tuesday
evening.
Frank Lewis has returned from Childs's
business college to assist his father, whose
health is poor.
H. L. Pierce is expected home tonight
from three days business trip to Gard
ner, Boston and other Massachusetts, cities.
Chandler Puffer went to Meriden, Conn.,,
Tuesday for visit with his brother. Har-
ry Patterson has been engaged to take
charge of the milk route for month.
The Congregational choir will sing an
English anthem, Seek ye the Lord" by
Hague Kinsey, next Sunday. The re-
hearsal tomorrow night will be held with
H. L. Bailey.
large shepherd dog with four white
feet and white breast followed the Bap-
fist sleighing party up from Brattleboro
two weeks ago. He is at George Howard
and Mr.. Howard wishes that whoever
owns him would take him away.
Rev. F. W. Whippen, formerly pastor of
the Universalist church of this town, re-
Gently resigned his charge at St. Adams,
and has since received call which he will
probably accept, to prosperous church in
Scranton, Pa, a city of $4,000 population.
Posters announcing the concert by the
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the Congregational young peoples society.
The concert will take place in the church
next Monday evening, March 8, and judg-
ing from press notices which they have
lately received in this and surrounding
towns they should be given full house.
The town reports, printed by E. L. Hill
dreth Co. of BTattleboro, are the neatest
work in that line yet and are errorless in
so far as the printers are responsible.
There are, however, two errors on the first
page of the overseer's account. IN. q.
Williams, mending clothing" should read
IN D. Whitman" and "medical attend
ance on r. A. Pierce should read "medi-
cal attendance on Dennis Richards"
Twenty-seven young people, friends and
associates of Fred E. Gilbert, rendered
him surprise party at M. b. Switzer' S
Wednesday evening. Games were played
and refreshments of cake and coffee par
taken of during the evening. Mr.. Mitchell
IN behalf of those present and those who
were unable to come, presented Mr.. Gil
bert purse of money and expressed deer
regret that he is soon to leave town. A
pleasant evening was spent, the guests de
parting at a seasonable hour.
A painful accident happened last week
Thursday afternoon. r. A. Simonds OF
Putney Falls and Will Cronk of this place
were in the woods after logs. 1t became
necessary to couple the team together
Slmonds put the coupling chain hook
through the clevis of the evener and hook
ed it back on the chain. AS the horse:
started the chain unlocked, the hook
catching the first and second fingers of 81
monhs's left hand and drawing them down
through the clevis Both fingers wer'
broken and badly jammed so that amputa
ton was necessary,
Second in the list of accidents of las
week Thursday was the runaway of Eide
farkers team. At the request of Mr.
Parker d. e. Graves and daughter drov,
over to East Putney and had returned as
lar as Chandler Puffer's when the sleigl
struck a bare spot which so strained one o
The lraw bolts as to break it. Mr.. Graves
Jumped out with the intention OF taklnI
Ihe horse by the head, but unfortunatel.
landed upon a piece of ice and was thrown
mere were two teams ahead, the occupant
OF which called to the girl to jump out
winch she did without injury. The hors
freed itself from the sleigh at Charles hi