Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-06-25
WILLIAMSVILLE,

Mrs. A. \. Sherman is visiting friends
at Wilmington.
Mrs Eugene Gotta visited relatives at
Bellows Falls last week.
Mrs. Daniel Kimball of Newbury, this
state, is visiting at c. f. Perry's.
Mrs Silas II. Moore has been very i'll
the past week, but is now somewhat better.
Mrs. A. p. Allen was recently quite Sc
riousy injured by fall in her house.
Hastings A. Williams is attending com
mencement exercises at Goddard seminary,
Barre.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Sparks are visiting
their son, Carlton W. Sparks, at Spring
field. Mass
A new bay window and other improve
ments are adding materially to the APP
pearance of our hotel.
Ernest f. Sparks of this place is one of
the graduates at Goddard seminary this
week. His part in the public exercises
was that of class historian.
Rev. A. A. Estabrook and sisters and
Miss Minnie Moore represented the local
Epworth league at the Vermont confer
ence convention at Brattleboro this week.
Burton Watson has moved from this
place to Putney, where it is understood
that he has employment
The local Young Peoples Christian I'M
ion has chosen as delegates to the national
convention of that organization, to be
held at Detroit next month, Mrs. p. p.
White, Luella Williams and Grace Tim
son.
c. l.. Barber of Bellows Falls, with his
orchestra of six pieces, gave very pleas
III
ing under the auspices of the UniversAlst
ladies. Cake and ice cream were served
to good company after the concert.
A. E. Jones, the sub-contractor for the
mail route between Williamsvile station
and West Dover for the next four years,
will put on a coach next Thursday, run
ming two horses through to West Dover.
| c. l.. Hail. the sub-contractor for the past
eight years, will also run his coach as far
as East Dover for the purpose of carrying
passengers and express.
Some of our visitors of the past week
have been Mrs. S. A. Gotta of St. Adams
at f. c. Cota's; Mrs. L. r. Plummer of
Brattleboro and Lucien Stedman and
friend of Greenfield, Mass, at c. X. Sted-
mans; Mrs. F. f. Willard of Brattleboro
at Mrs. A. P. Aliens; Mrs. Lizzie Cooley
of Guiford at c. G. Hovey's and Mrs. H.
S. Pratt and Miss Alice Neal OF South
Acworth, n. H., at A. L. Timson's.
1t is understood that Congressman Grout
| has recommended TO the post office depart
ment the appointment of c. f. Park as
postmaster at this place. Mr.. Park is not
a new hand at the business, having first
been appointed postmaster Sept. IS, 1865,
and having held the Office ever since with
the exception of the two Cleveland admin
istrations, during which the office has been
held by Albert n. Sherman, the present
incumbent. Mr.. Sherman's term of -four
years will expire July 6.
Mr. O. L. Sherman, who keeps about
80 swarms of bees for diversion and profit,
had rather an usual experience last week
in the matter of hivng. One day three
of his swarms came out about the same
time and mixing together all went into
one hive. The next day four swarms
came out in the same manner and all went
into one hive. The day afterward the
seven swarms, doubtless finding theil
quarters over crowded, came out at thu
same time and alighted on an apple tree
in a solid bunch about the size of aoul
barrel. All efforts to hive them proved
unavailing and after about "a hours in thu
lIee luey haue thell uePaItuIe W TIC "esI
ward.
The people of this place have arrange,
for an old-fashioned Fourth of July cele
bration to take place July 3. The fore
noon will be given up to the parad
of antiques and horribles, a bicycl
race sack race, potato race, oh
stacle race, 100-yard dash, three leg
ged race and tug of war For the al
ternoon a matched game of base ball an
numerous other diversions have been al
ranged. The evening will be taken II
with fireworks and possibly concert o
literary exercises. A brass band is eS
pected to be in attendance. The ladies @
the church societies will serve refrest
ments. The affair is in the hands of
committee of citizens whose names are
guaranty that it will be a Success. Every
body invited.