Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-29
j. j. WEIGH is on The sick list.

j. j. Welch is on the sick list.
John Quigley is i'll with rheumatism
Levi Smith lost a COW Tuesday night.
John Taylor was home from Keene over
Sunday.
Frank Elliott has been i'll with a quinsy
sore throat.
John Horton of Boston visited his par
ents this week.
Mrs. w. b. Adams is much better, being
able to sit up.
Will Fales bought a horse of r. H.
Briggs this week.
Miss Jennie Putney is slowly improving
after long illness.
Mrs. David Minis visited her son Myron
at Keene last week.
Miss Belle Minis of Keene visited Miss
Bertha Hall this week
Mr. and Mrs. Simpson of Fall River
are at E. j. Richards's.
Mrs. Webster of Brattloboro visited at
S. X. llildreth's this week.
Remember the first assembly of the sea-
son at the town hall tonight.
Miss Grace Harvey OF Keene is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. S. X. Hildreth
Hope Chautauqua circle will meet with
Miss Pare next Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. II. Fuller visited in
Fitchburg and Boston this week.
Bert Perry of East Dummerston, VT,
was in town visiting relatives this week.
C. H. II. Langille was i'll the first of the
week, but is now able to attend to his
work.
Mrs. Charles Pike and her niece Flor
ence of Harrisville visited in town last
week.
The '95 crop of tabacco of II. H. Day
was sold last week at eight and - cents a
pound.
w. n. Pike and daughter Mabel Wis
tied the old homestead in Burke, n. Y,
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Robertson and
daughter Eva were in Boston the latter
part of last week.
Anna Kelley, who has been at work in
Brattleboro, is at Mrs. Martha Hollands
for short time.
o. c. Robertson and daughter Violet
went to Bosom Thursday and returned
Friday of last week.
Fred Leonard of Barrett & Leonard,
printers, of Springfield, Mass, was in town
the first of the week.
Mrs. Prime, vino has been at f. j. Rich
ards's, left for New York Saturday morn
ing to visit her daughter.
j. H. Wetherbee appeared Monday with
fine looking sleigh body which was made
at NJ. S. Leachs shop.
A Bible class will be organized in the
vestry of the Methodist church tomorrow
evening at 1880 o'clock.
Mrs. Eugene Eaton of Keene visited her
daughters, Mrs. Frank Stafford and Mrs.
William Spencer, last week.
Miss A. NJ. Barrows read sermon by
Rev. DR.. James Martineau at the Unver-
salist church last Sunday morning
Parties from New York and Boston
have start, d ten days clothing sale in
Whitakers building on Depot street.
The teachers meeting will be led by
George A. Robertson next Monday even
ing at the Congregational church paror.
One hundred and ninety-six books were
taken from the library last Saturday night.
This is the largest number for some time.
A missionary meeting was held at the
Congregational church Thursday after
noon. Some interesting papers were read.
A union meeting of the Woman's Chris
| tian Temperance union will be held at the
Methodist church at I 80 o'clock tonight.
Frank Archibald closed a successful
term of school at Colrain, Mass, last Fri
day and returned to his home this week.
Four persons were received on proba-
ton at the Methodist church last Sunday
and were baptized by the presiding elder.
| About % members and friends Of the
| Epworth league met at the home of the
president, G. F. Newcomb, Monday even
ing.
r. A. Manning of Clayville, n. Y, has
taken the position of second hand in the
Halle & Frost Manufacturing company s
mill.
John j. Archibald has had telephone
put in by e. f. Stratton connecting his
home with his mothers home on High
street.
Mrs Eaton, who lives on Tower hill
fell and sprained her ankle last week, which
will keep her confined to the house for sew
eral days.
A number of new books, including the
Century dictionary and history of Deer
field, are to be added to the town library
very soon.
Senator L. F. Liscom sold his tobacco
crops of "a, '05 and '96 to Mr. Suffer anC
Mr.. Billings, who were in town Monday
afternoon.
A letter has been received from Mis-:
Kate Taylor, former assistant teacher in
the High school. She is teacher in the
High school in Pueblo, Colorado.
Mrs. Melvin, who lives with her son
M. p. Melvin, the Hnsdale baker, OF
Brattleboro street, fell down the celia
stairs and was critically bruised last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustavus Smith, who wer,
visiting in Clinton, were summoned HON,
by telegraph Tuesday on account of tn,
illness of Mrs. Smiths mother, Mrs
Hooker.
A few of Lillian Britton's friends met a
her home on Brattleboro street Frida,
night to help celebrate her 18th brthda.
anniversary. Refreshments were serveC
during the evening.
Three hundred and sixty-eight bags o
Wyoming wool arrived at the station Tues
day for the Halle & Frost Manufacturing
company. 1t was stored in the house a
the rear of the station.
A new stove with cold air draught ha
been placed in the Grand Army hall. Tn
old stove has been in the hall since tn
building was used as the town hall. Tn
work was done by w. II. Bardwell.
The street lights furnished by a com
pany in Boston have not been satisfactory
and the selectmen think 1t better to dis
continue them after Feb. /, until satsfaC
tion can be given.
II 7, Knann who was burned out Mon