Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-10-01

Mrs. W. S. Leonard is able to be out
after her recent illness.
Several of our townspeople attended the
fair at Greenfield last week.
Miss Lettie Newhall was guest at NJ.
S. Leach's Monday and Tuesday.
Albert Dennson of Greenfield, Mass,
was a guest at c. c. Holtons over Sun
day.
Miss Carrie j. Stearns presided at the
organ in the Universalist church last Sun
day morning
Mrs. r. P. Minis is repairing the part
of her house on Kiburn street, known as
the Cooper house.
Chas. Leonard of Mantle, Conn. a stu
dent at Yale college, spent several days al
NJ. S. Leach's recently.
Miss Lucy Adams started Monday after
noon for visit of several weeks with rela-
tives in Cleveland Ohio.
Miss Annie Conway, teacher of the De-
pot street primary school, was ill Tuesday,
and her schoolroom was closed.
Prof. Patterson of the High school was
unable to attend to his duties Tuesday and
Wednesday on account of illness.
Mrs. E. l. Latham's household goods
were shipped to Newton, Mass, Monday.
Mrs. Latham went Thursday morning.
Annie Spooner of Boston, who has been
spending a two weeks vacation with her
mother, returns to her duties this week.
The public schools all closed Thursday
to give the teachers and pupils opportunity
to attend the Valley Fair at Brattleboro.
Mrs. l.. w. Goss's night blooming
cereus held a reception Saturday evening,
when about 40 people gathered to witness
its opening.
d. Young has moved his family here
from Dexter, Me-, and they are house
keeping in E. A. Worden's house on Hig-
gins street.
Mrs. w. H. Lyman was awarded the
first prize for her magnificent display of
dahlies at the Greenfield fair last week.
The exhibit comprised nearly one hundred
varieties.
A meeting of the Universalist society
will be held in the church vestry Friday
evening. All persons who are interested
in having church services are requested to
be present.
A. w. Bliss has bought out the Applin
Brothers fish market and will hereafter
run both that and his meat market. He
will employ VIM. Applin. Ed Applin re-
turns to Brattleboro.
Presiding Elder G. w. Norris will be at
the Methodist church Friday evening, Oct.
s, for the purpose of holding a third
! quarterly conference.
The Methodist Sunday school will hold
a rally at the church Saturday. The ser
vices will begin at 10 A. NJ. and a collation.
will be served at noon.
L. F. Liscom kept 80 fires running about
his large tobacco field one of the cold nights
last week. Monday force of Is or more
men were busy harvesting it.
The subject at the Congregational church
next Friday evening will be 1.-THE Chill
dren's Peace" Teachers meeting will be
held in the church parlor Monday evening.
Florence Goddard, who has been visiting
in Chicago the past three months, return
ed home Tuesday. A pleasant feature OF
the homecoming was the greetings of the
bevy of her classmates in the High schoo
who had assembled at the station to give
her a welcome.
Several changes took place recently il
Mrs. l.. p. Wise's house on Canal street
Charles Carkins moved from one of tn,
lower tenements to one upstairs. Mr.. Gil
moved into the one vacated by Mr.. Car
kins, and Mrs. Mary LeBert into the on,
vacated by Mr.. Gill.
The annual meeting of the Woman
Christian Temperance union will be hell
in the Congregational church parlor mex
Tuesday, at p. NJ. Officers for the en-
suing year will be elected, reports read
and any business necessary transacted
Let every member be present.
Mrs. G. S. Whiting died in Cambridge
Mass, Sunday, Sept. 20. Mrs. Whiting
was the wife of c. S. Whiting, who, for
short period was the editor of the Vale
Record. She was in poor health during
her short residence in town, but the few
, who made her acquaintance found her Il
be woman of many estimable qualities
She is survived by husband and tw
, small children.
James L. Davenport, first deputy CON
missioner of the bureau of pensions a
Washington, and a native of Hinsdale, il
, a recent letter to the Keene Sentinel, sal
that many inquiries were received at hi
; office as TO who was the last survivin
, Revolutionary pensioner on the Unite
States rolls, and says, "Daniel f. Brakeman
pensioner on the New York rolls, VIII
died April 8, 1869, aged 105 years, was tn
, last Revolutionary soldier who receive
Uncle Sans bounty"
On Monday evening a few wayfareT
might have been seen climbing the height