Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28

Ola Houghton of Middlebury college is
spending vacation at home.
has been stocking his farm here with cat
tie, returned to SprinSfie Saturday.
Morton Davis has returned from Boston
where he has spent year with his sister.
Dr. George S. Foster went to Vergennes
Thursday to see his sister, returning Sat-
urday.
Mrs. W. W. Wing and daughter went to
Weston Tuesday to visit Mrs. Wings
parents.
Preaching services will be resumed in
Pierce's hall, East Putney, the first Sunday
in June.
Rev. F. NJ. Wiswall visited at his old
home in Marlboro, n. H., Monday, re-
turning Tuesday.
Mrs. Ruth Smith, Familiarity known as
"Aunt Ruth" will celebrate her 93d birth
day anniversary next Tuesday.
George Black spent Sunday with his
father in Greenfield. The journey to and
from Greenfield was made on his bicycle.
Miss LaFountain of East Alstead is
working at W. II. Smiths. Mrs. Florence
Sequel of Walpole is visiting Mrs. Smith.
Mrs. Lucy Jackson has returned from
Keene, N. H., where she has visited her
daughter, Mrs. Henry Jackson, since
March.
Miss Lula l. Burnham and Miss Myrtle
Pierce of Spofford, n. H., spent Friday
and Saturday with Miss Burnham's sister,
Mrs. j. G. Sleeper.
1t is said that man who has plenty Of
money will build summer house in West
moreland on the bare summit of the hill
directly opposite this village.
II. L. Pierce was in Boston Tuesday and
Wednesday. Allyn Pierce of Boston is in
Portland, Me-, this week where he has
charge of the exhibit of the Dean Steam
Pump company at the Mechanics fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. @. Warren of Charles
town, Mass, are expected to arrive to-
morrow at DR.. Fosters where they will
spend the summer months. AS might be
expected, Mr.. Warren will bring his rod
and gun.
NJ. G. Williams, who had a large con.
signment of salt in the worcester salt
special" which President Mckinley started
East by the pressing of an electric button,
has large picture of the train on ex
hibition at his store.
o, II, Burnham and another man from
Hartford Ct. were in town Tuesday buy
ing driving horses. Mr.. Burnham is The
owner of Freestone, the horse which ha:
been on the track at the Brattleboro Val
ley Fair several times.
The Amherst correspondent of thu
Springfield Republican said last Tuesday
sc. S. WILDER and Carl Morgan left OF
their bicycles for Putney, VT, Saturday
evening and returned Sunday, covering
distance of los miles,"
The machinery of the Stowell ManufaC
turing company was shut down Monda
and Tuesday because of the working loos
in the coupling of one of the main line
of shafting. The defective section wa
taken to Brattleboro for repairs.
Joseph Viau of Bellows Falls will sin
the first tenor part in the male quartz
which will furnish music for the Memoria
day exercises tomorrow. A. r. Parke
will sing second tenor, R. r. Shelley frs
bass and j. W. Shelley second bass.
F. j. Martin, the harness maker, eH
poets to close his work here tonight an
he will leave for Athol Centre early mex
week. A Palmer, Mass, harness make
was about to pull up and move to Atht
Centre few days ago when he learne
from a drum ner that Mr.. Martin had ell
=, 8aged the st3p there.
The toXe coat and shawl which wei
..oIan fFoia the piazza of James Timoth
of Vast tPutney, as told in The Phoenix
last week., have since been found by Ado