Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-26
PERSONAL.

was AT nome over sunday.
Emerson Peak has been visiting his old
home in Bethel, this state.
Mr. and Mrs. A. j. Currier returned
from Amesbury, Mass, Monday.
Dean Bangs is home from Waterbury.
Conn, on a two weeks vacation.
Z. Wales and son Harry are in Peter
boro, n. H., preparing kirmess.
Maj. F. W. Childs and Bradley Newell
were in New York city over Sunday.
Mrs. Oscar Randall has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Rice, in Felchville, this state.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Barrett went Satur-
day to Worcester, Mass, for a visit with
their daughter.
James White of the firm of Wilcox &
White, spent Sunday with his family at S.
T. r. Cheney's.
Mrs. William Warren and daughter
Edith of Worcester, Mass, spend Sunday
with relatives here.
Gaius B. Frost received the degree of
Bachelor of Arts at the commencement at
Dartmouth this week.
Miss Ada Gale and her Sunday school
class had delightful picnic at the cascade
Wednesday afternoon.
Horatio Josselyn is spending two
weeks vacation at Keeler's Bay, in the
town of South Hero, Grand Isle.
Miss Bessie Reed, who has been at Ger
ry Warren's, went to her home in Keene
Wednesday, but will return here soon.
Mrs. P. Barrows has returned from
Peterboro, N. Il. She will spend the
summer at her sons farm in Marlboro.
Martin Lurker is the new chef at the
Brooks House. Mr.. Lurker was formerly
in the Astor House, New York, for IS
years.
L. w, Hawley is attending the interna-
tional Sunday school convention in Boston
as delegate from the Baptist Sunday
school.
Miss Mary Averill the teacher, has re-
turned from Springfield, Mass, to spend
the summer with her brother, G.. c.
Averill.
o. L. French and Fred c. Stedman of
Springfield, Mass, left Saturday for two
weeks outing in the woods of Orleans
county.
Miss Emma Gregg is in Boston this
week as delegate from the Congregational
Sunday school to the international con-
vention.
Miss Ruth Hunt went to New York Sat
urday to spend several days with her friend,
Miss Travers, who will return to Brattleboro
with her.
Miss Sadie Humphrey will come from
Proctor, this state, tomorrow, to spend
some time with her aunt, Mrs. B. F. Bling
ham, who is very ill.
Maj. and Mrs. f. W. Childs and daugh.
ter go today to Chester, where Mrs.
Childs and Miss Ruth will remain during
the majors absence abroad
Clayton Hackley and Miss Grace Kinson
went to Brooklyn Monday, where the latter
will spend month with Mrs. c. E. Fox
Mr.. Hackley will return next week.
Verne Eason and friend, Mr.. Green
wood, Harvard student, came from Fitch.
burg Saturday, and are now in Whining
ton for fishing trip of several days.
Mrs. Mira Jeffs of Los Gatos, CAL, is
visiting her cousin, Mrs. c. A. Brown of
Centrevile Mrs. Jeffs formerly lived in
Wilmington, but has not been in the east
for many years.
Hon. and Mrs. E. W. Stoddard returned
from Hyannisport Wednesday night. A
their home were about 20 people waiting tc
receive them. Mr. Stoddard is much i'm
proved in health.
Miss Carrie Shattuck came yesterday
from Amherst, Mass, where she has beer
teaching school. She will go soon will
several other teachers, to Laurel Park
near Northampton.
Leslie Elmer of the regular army return
ed home Wednesday on furlough, at tn,
end of which his three years term of serv
ice will end. He has been stationed a
Fort Brown, Texas.
The sophomore prize for the best serie
of chapel essays was divided between Flor
ence Allen of Brattleboro and Della Hap
good of Peru at the commencement a
Middlebury this week.
Three students from this county gradu
ated at the Westfeld, Mass, normal schoo
this week-Samuel T. R. Cheney anC
Olive Shumway of Jamaica and Edith NJ
Stowe of West Brattleboro.
Stebbins Elmer, and his granddaughter
Miss Nora Smith, have moved here from
Athol, Mass, now occupying the house o
Mrs. Marcia Harvey. Mrs. Elmira Buz
zell, who has been in Athol with them TO
some time, returned with them.
Mrs. Augusta Vinton and Mrs. F. r
Vaughan return tomorrow from Newark
Ohio, where they have spent five weeks
They will be accompanied by Miss Kitti
ss SlmOnuS, MIS- V luJOn ultCe anu d Srduu
daughter of Mrs. A. NJ. Carlton.
The Springfield Sunday Republican ha
this notice: 'Mrs. Newton l. HawleY O
Brattleboro has been spending a wee
with her brother and sister, Mr.. and Mrs
W. H. Mcknight of 724 Worthingto
street. 1t was her first visit for some year
and her friends literally accepted the op
portunity to meet her in that hospitabl
home"
Among the special agents here Wednes
day to adjust the insurance of the burne
buildings at West Brattleboro, were j. L
Eaton of the Continental; George I
Brewer of the Sun Fire Office of England
L. S. Hayes of Bellows Falls, for the Eth
of Hartford; A. N. Williams of the PhOeni
of Hartford; and W. T. Furness of tn
Commercial Union Assurance.
A letter from Hanover says: "Con
mencement has just closed for Dartmout
'96. The week has been very fine wit
only one shower to break upon the event!
Gaius b. Frost was treasurer of the senio
class. J. A. Frost has been in town tn
week visiting his brother, and Warren "
Head has been with his brother, f.
Head, ever since the Brattleboro Hig
school commencement.
Mr. and Mrs. j. L. Howard and daugl
ter of Maiden, Mass, came Saturda.
They will spend the summer vacation hel
and at Townshend. Mr.. Howard has bee
chosen unanimously to have charge of III