Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-10
Mrs. F. f. Field visited in Springfield

Mrs. F. f. Field visited in Springfield
last week.
DIR. Frank Conway was ill at his home
here few days recently.
Harry Russell of West Swanzey visited
with F. S. Archibald over Sunday.
Mrs. Marley has gone to G. A. Robert
sons to remain through the winter.
The ladies' whist club had the gentlemen
for guests at their meeting last week.
The Chautauqua circle will meet with
Miss Jessica Bardwell Monday evening.
The Hinsdale savings bank began pay
ing another dividend of ten per cent on
Dec. l.
Fred Moore has moved his family from
Pleasant street to a tenement on Holland
court.
Rev. W. f. Renshaw was in Boston
three days last week, attending the Kes-
wick meetings.
r. P. Minis has secured the right of
the folding automatic spring washer for
Cheshire county.
Miss Lottie Billings of Mortified has
been spending the week with her sister,
Mrs. J. j. Archibald.
NJ. II. Bardwell was laid up the first OF
the week with one of his old "army chills"
and the accompanying bad feelings.
Elmer Cramer has given up housekeep-
ing, and his two little children have gone
to live with his parents in Claremont.
II. n. Dyke has leased his farm on the
Brattleboro road to Samuel Hudson OF
Guilford, and will move to Brattleboro.
w. G. Doolittle will begin work at his
lumber camp in the north part of the town
about Dec. Is with F. M. Waite in charge.
C. C. Holton had his faithful horse
"Jim' killed Thursday morning. His
usefulness was gone on account of old age
Miss Lena Crowningsheld went to New
York last week to have her eyes treated
She was accompanied by her sister, Mrs
G. NJ. Wright.
Miss Mile Cutler, who has been EN-
ployed in Athol for the last three or foul
months, is making her mother a three
weeks visit.
G. S. Howe, c. E. Keyon, E. A. Wor
den, G. N. Smith, f. II. Fuller, and w. j
Curran took advantage of merchants
week to visit Boston.
Mrs. C. B. Clark of Bellows Falls fel
on the plank sidewalk while coming from
the ueDOI obluSh III hOI
side, which was badly sprained.
A large number were present at thu
meeting of the Congregational ladies' soci
ety Wednesday and all enjoyed a socia
time and an impromptu entertainment
The Security savings bank of Winches
ter will pay dividend of not less than Il
per cent about Jan. 10, thus putting abou
| ak 600 in circulation, nearly all of the
money coming into the Ashuelot valley.
Mrs. Martha Prime, Who has beer
housekeeper for G. A. Robertson for sew
eral months, has given up the place, in
tending to spend the winter with he
daughter in New York.
A daughter, Ruby Elizabeth, was borr
IN Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Streeter in Woon
socket, r. l., Dec 8; also granddaughter
TO Isaiah Streeter and great great-grand
daughter to Levi Streeter of North Hins
dale.
The Junior Epworth league meet at tn
Methodist vestry every Saturday Afternoon
AT 2:3O. Instruction in singing will b.
given free. The PASTORS Bible class will
meet with Mrs. Belinda Moore on Saturda.
The ferry boat, which makes an cas-
and direct way of travel between Vernon
and Hinsdale during the summer, wa
taken out of the river Tuesday, and Their
will be no more crossing until there is al
ice bridge.
Mrs. Laura Wetherell, who died so sud
denly in Brattleboro last week Tuesday
was a sister of Mrs. Saphira Clark OF thi