Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-30

ASuutlOJ next DulludN dlltIuUOn.
Postmaster A. NJ. Barrows returned Fri
day from a three weeks vacation.
Mrs. Martha A. Holland has gone to
Greenfield to remain several weeks.
Mrs. G. NJ. Oaks went to Royalton (vt)
Wednesday to remain until Sept. /.
Roy Dawson is visiting Willie Whitaker
at the Farren House, Turner's Falls.
Mrs. G. w. Stafford and her sister, Lila
Brtton, are visiting in Ludlow (Vt).
Va, Butler, the noted bicyclist, came
Saturday to spend few days in town.
The Halle II Frost Manufacturing COM
panys mill has started up some rooms.
Miss Marguerite Leonard spent Sunday
with her parents, DR.. and Mrs. w. S. Leon
ard.
Horace F. Evans of st. Louis is making
his usual yearly visit among his friends in
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. p. Dalrymple of Whit
ingham (Vt) spent Sunday at U. U. Brig
hams.
The subject at the Congregational
church Sunday morning will be THE
Open Door"
Robert McCaughren, jr., went to Sugar
Hill Monday to work in Hotel Look-off
for the season.
j. j. Archibald visited his sister, Mrs.
Whitaker, at the Farren House, Turner's
Falls, last week.
Mrs. Bergeron of Weymouth, Mass, has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. (. l. Latham,
! for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Brigham of Win
chester spent Sunday with their daughter,
Mrs. f. j. Temple.
Mrs. f. l. Leach, who has been very i'll
| for the past week, is so much improved as
| to be able to ride out.
Mrs. Edgar Bartlett has been spending
| several days with her sister, Mrs G.. F..
Wilder, in Millers Falls.
Mr.. aud Mrs Brown of Philadelphia are
visiting Mr.. Davidson at his summer home
at Siverdale, Chesterfield.
Mrs. Newton Stearns and daughter Car
RE are taking a carriage drive to South
IIadley Falls and Holyoke.
After next Sunday the pastor of the
Congregational church and family will
take three weeks vacation.
f. Z. Mason left last Friday for the sun
set Hill House, Sugar Hill, y. II where
he will play in the orchestra.
Captain G.. Raleigh took a picked up
bose ball nine to Winchester last Saturday,
where he was easily defeated, ii to ?.
f. l. Latham left last week for Boston,
where he has position with an under
taker His wife will probably join him
later.
Hinsdale and Turner's Falls will play
bail on Riverside park next Saturday after
noon. Uncle John Dickinson will UNI
pire.
Mrs. J. Il. Travers and two children and
Master Frederick Travets of Lynn, Mass,
are visiting at VIM. Burrows on Prospect
street.
Joe Hgginsou, while cleaning his bicy-
Gle Tuesday, caught his thumb in the
sprocket and injured it so badly as to re-
quire amputaton.
Miss Carrie Stearns has sung in the
Baptist church in keene for the past two
Sundays, in place of Miss Huntley, who
has been taking vacation.
F. W. Robertson and family spent
last week in and about Boston. Mr. Rob-
ertson returned Monday leaving his wife
and daughter at Swampscott, where they
will remain several weeks.
Miss Hattie Dodge is very i'll in the
Keene City hospital. She has badly dis.
eased leg and il is called by the attending
physicians tuberculosis of the tissue. She
has undergone two operations.
James Gilbert and Leon Merritt left
early Tuesday morning, Mr. Gilbert &c
visit in Windsor (Vt) and Lebanon, n
H., and Mr.. Merritt to visit in Below;
Fal 5. They rode the: bicycles.
Presiding Elder Norris talked to tn,
children at the Methodist church Mondal
afternoon. He held the second quarterly
conference in the evening, after which h,
gave an address on the evil effects of eide
and beer,
d. l.. Moody has sent an urgent invita-
ton, through the pastor of the Congrega
tional church, to the people to attend tn,
August conference to be held as usual al
Mortified 1t is hoped an increasing mum
Der of the people will make plans to attenC
as often as possible.
Thomas, the siX-years-od son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edw. Kelley, broke both bones o
his right forearm Saturday morning. Ii
his home there is a step down between tn,
dining room and kitchen, and in goin.
from one room to the other he fell, anC
the broken ann was the result. DR.. Fa,
administered chloroform and DR.. Dix Sc
the bones. Thomas's courage is unbroken
for with his usual cheerful manner he i
heard whstling about the house.
As Mrs. John McPortland and Mrs
John Bray and two children were driving
toward the village on the Chesterfield road
Sunday afternoon the horse took frgh
and became unmanageable. The carriag
was overturned and the occupants throw
out. Mrs. McPortland struck on her lief
shoulder and side, and was quite badly in
iured One of the children was cut an
bruised about the head. Mrs. Bray an
the other child escaped without any seriou
injury.
l An explosion in the rear part of tn
Worden company's store last week Thurs
day attracted considerable attention. Carl
ton Bronson, Mr.. Wordens little grandson
was found with quite severe wound OIL
his arm, which was dressed by DIR. Leon
ard, and he is now doing finely. In hi
pocket were found several dynamite cap:
and it seems that he had screwed one G
these into the wise and then struck it wit
hammer. Fortunately the main force c
the explosion was away from Carlton, an
so his injury was not as serious as it Nigh
have been.
Three prObationers were received int
full membership at the Methodist churc
last Sunday. Rev. G. w. Norris gave tw
illustrated lectures on the liquor habit la:
Monday afternoon and evening in his orig
nal and impressive manner. 1.-THE Cond
tions of Prevailing Prayer is the Frida
evening topic at the Methodist church
and "What we Believe; the Articles {
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