Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-05-15
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| In town this week.
J. V. Messe of Boston has been in town
this week, tuning pianos.
Miss Mary f. Curran went to Boston,
Mass, last week for short stay.
Prof. G. II. Patterson spent last Sunday
with his family in Somervile, Mass.
Charles II. Wood and little daughter,
Elizabeth, are visiting in Springfield
| Mass.
Hope Chautauqua circle meets next
Monday evening with the president, Miss
| Leonard
Mrs. F. f. Field spent a part of the
week with friends in Springfield and Bright
wood, Mass.
Mrs. NJ. A. Holland, who spent most of
the winter in Holyoke, Mass, has re-
turned home.
Mrs. Mabel Walker and a lady friend
rode Up from Greenfield, Mass, on their
wheels Sunday.
William Frasier and family have moved
to Enfield, n. H., where he is employed in
a wooden mill.
Miss Rosabelle Bascom of Boston is the
| guest of her sister, Miss Janette Bascom of
Tower Hill farm.
Miss Carrie b. Howe has returned from
Boston, where she has been attending the
Curry school of expression.
Mrs. w. c. Quincy of Chicago, Illinois,
is here to spend the summer with her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Owen.
Rev. Hal D. Maxwell of Brattleboro will
deliver the next lecture in the High school
course at the town hall this evening.
Miss Grace Roberts has gone to Erving
Mass, where she will reside with her par
ents, who carry on the Erving House.
Miss Maggie Cole went to Somervile,
Mass, last Saturday, where 81 has po-
sition as waitress in a large boarding house.
Rev j. L. Felt of Suncock, y. H., for
several years pastor of the Main street
Methodist church, visited in town this
week.
Mrs. NJ. c. Amdon has returned from
| Daytona, Fla, where she has spent the
| winter and is now the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Lorenzo Stebbins.
The school board have finished taking
| the census of the school children and find
that there are $40 scholastic boys and
209 girls between the ages of five and Is
| years.
Artist VIM. Jackson Leonard has pre-
scented the High school with ten foreign
| photographs, which have recently been
framed and will soon adorn the walls of the
| school room.
An enjoyable dancing party was held in
| Fay's hall Tuesday evening. About -
couple were present and Knapp and Hines
of Brattleboro furnished music. Refresh
ments were served by Caterer G.. w.
! Streeter.
Rev. II. H. Hamilton of Lexington,
! Mass, formerly pastor of the Congrega-
tional church, has been calling on old
friends in town. He gave the principal
| address at the Christian Endeavor ceiebra-
ton last Monday evening.
The May party at the Congregational
church Wednesday evening included
supper, and an entertainment, under the
direction of Miss Christa Park; the pro-
gram consisted Of tableaux, charades, rec-
tations, and singing by the girls chorus.
Mrs. l.. p. Ferrin has moved out of the
Gov. Halle mansion on Main street and
will make her home with her daughter,
Mrs. II. c. Holland, at Hotel Ashuelot.
Mr.. Clogher, superintendent of the Halle
Il Frost Manufacturing company, with his
family will occupy the house made vacant.
The Cheshire county w. c. T. U. held
an all-day convention at the Congrega-
tional church yesterday, beginning with a
business meeting at 10 o'clock. The pro-
gram for the afternoon was miscellaneous
and in the evening Miss Lillian NJ. Phelps
of st. GATHERINGS, Canada, delivered an in
teresting lecture on the Modern sphinx"
Ansel Dickinson, teamster for A. Dick
inson Sons of Ashuelot, accidentally fell
from load of hay when near Eames Il
TOwne's mill on the Ashueot road last
Monday afternoon, fracturing the right
arm below the elbow, and receiving bodily
bruises. He was brought to this village
and his wounds were dressed by DR.. Leon
ard.
The Pine Grove cemetery association
held its annual meeting at the town hall
last Saturday afternoon. d. W. Stearns
was elected president and c. B. Hopkins
secretary and treasurer, Edward Stebbins,
S. NJ. Wilder, F. w. Robertson, G. A.
Robertson, Arad Gilbert, Edward Bishop
and S. X. Hildreth were chosen trustees
and o. II. Higgins sexton. 1t was voted
TO buy piece of land of Geo. NJ. Wright,
east of the cemetery and to lay out 20 new
lots.
r The 10th anniversary of the local Chris
tian Endeavor society was celebrated al
l the Congregational church vestry last
Monday evening. There was a large at
tendance, including visitors from the ad
o joining towns. The address CT welcome
! was by Rev. w. Z. Renshaw; the history
of the Christian Endeavor society by Mrs
Addie f. Dix, Rev. II. II. Hamilton gave
an address, and there was a reading by
Miss Caroline B. Howe and short addresses
I by representatives of other societies. Their
was singing by Miss Gertrude Leach and {
: quartet.