Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25

Mrs. Adams of Wardsboro, (Vt,) is Wis
iting her daughter, Mrs. j. w. Jeffords.
Charlie Gray has been promoted to head
waiter at Hotel Look OF, Sugar Hill, N. II.
George Streeter has closed his Main
street restaurant on account of the hard
times.
Mr.. John Spencer and family of West
field, are visiting his sister, Mrs. John
Jeffords.
Mrs. NJ. S. Leach visited her brother
Capt. Charles P. Hall of Shelburne Falls,
last week.
Mrs. Martha Newton of Greenfield
spent few days with her sister, Mrs.
Bardwell.
A few persons from here attended the
band concert at West Brattleboro last Fri
day night.
Harry Smith and Paul Mann have fin
ished work for Jones & O'Brien, as bust
ness is so dull.
Miss Anna Adams and Mrs. Moves
Fiske of Springfield spent Friday with
friends in town.
Mrs. Louis Ferrin, who has been spend
ing few weeks in Worcester and Erving,
has returned.
The foot ball team began practicing
Monday with Charles Mann, captain, and
Harry Smith, manager.
A special train was run over the Boston
& Maine road, Wednesday and Thursday,
on account of the Keene fair.
Victor Cote will move his tailoring es-
tablishment to the rooms in Fisk's block
formerly occupied by the Leo club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theophilus Marshall of
rl,n,, e., 4 e
their wedding tour with Ben Perry.
A few from here attended the football
game between Brattleboro Y. NJ. c. A. and
Mt. Hermon at Mt. Hermon Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill b. Wilder and
child, lately of Beachmont, Mass, are Wis
iting Mr.. Wilder's parents on River street.
Roy Taylor, grandson of p. w. Taylor,
was taken Monday to the Children's hos
ptal in Boston to be treated for his lame
ness.
NJ. S. Leach had on exhibition nine wag-
ons, including buggies, carriages and farm
wagons, at the Keene Grange fair this
week.
The saw-mill which has been stationed
near Jerry Graney's, on the depot road for
a year or So was moved to Fitzwilliam last
week.
Irving Streeter has just started a cider
mill run by hot air engine. He claims
that he can grind 100 bushels of apples in
80 minutes.
c. D. Whitaker's horse "Gypsy Boy" of
Turner's Falls, took second money in the
2:27 class at the Deerfield Valley fair held
at Charlemont, Mass, last week.
William Evans of Ohio, who resided in
/ 1I,;o An Ia Vie d al.
| ter, who lives at NJ. Elmore's. This is his
first visit here for IS years.
Leslie Lazelle spent few days last week
as witness in suit which his father has
against the town of Newfane for injuries
sustained in backing off bridge.
o. G.. Robertson, formerly one of our
leading Democrats, says while spending a
week in New York that he saw hundreds
of Mckinley and Hobart flags, but only
one Bryan and Sewall flag.
William O'Brien, while picking apples
| Wednesday, fell from tree nearly 25 feet.
He was found in an unconscious condition,
but it was found that no bones were
broken.
George Thompson Of Orange, Mass, who
was in town this week, said that his father
Abner Thompson, formerly of this place,
has fine physical health, but that his men,
tai condition is about the same.
Two of our local sportsmen went hunt.
ing one day this week and succeeded in
bagging the following game: One gray
squirrel, a partridge, one owl, one hedge
hog, a skunk, one crow, and black snake
five feet long
G. S. Howe, who has been visiting al
St. Paul for three weeks, returned Satur-
day night. He predicts that Minnesota
will give Mckinley 10000 to 10000 major
ity. He says that we do not see anything
of politics here.
The second crop of army worms has
made its appearance in several places in
town. They are working in Hungarian
grass" George A. Bailey, after unloading
two loads of Hungarian, swept up bushel
of them from his barn floor.
About 80 children belonging to the Jun
ior Christian Endeavor society ate theil
lunch in the vestry of the Congregational
church Saturday, the weather not being
favorable for the picnic which had been
planned. All report a good time.
N. NJ. Worden, Will Ferrin and Father
Wilde started Thursday morning on q
hunting trip in the northern part of Maine
They will be gone about two weeks. We
expect to see them bring home some fine
game. The law is off on deer the first o.
October.
j. B. Dawson, while driving home from
Chesterfield Tuesday night, saw an ANNA
about half way down Bear hill that looked
like bear. twas standing in the road
When he came upon it it ran into thu
bushes nearby. Some of the local hunters
think by the description of it it might have
been a cub.
The following press despatch in thu
papers of Monday will be read with inter
est as the mills at Wilton are owned by G
j. Amidon of this town: "The AmidoI
cotton mills at Wilton, which have beer
shut down for several months on account
of the dizziness of the market, have started
up in several departments"
The following is from the Nashua Tele
graph: can interesting figure at the coun
cil0r convention Thursday was Hon. Chas
Amidon of Hinsdale, once prominen
and powerful in Republican councils. HI
has not often been seen at conventions o
late years, but was Immediately recog
nlzed and heartily cheered when he mount