Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-11-18

Samuel King is confined to his house on
account of illness.
The public schools close today for the
Thanksgiving vacation of two weeks.
Mrs. Daniels Of Northampton, Mass, is
visiting her sister, Mrs George Stowell.
Merchant A. NJ. Corser went to Boston
Tuesday to select his winter stock of goods.
Eugene B. Pierce expects to go to Ben
nington tomorrow for visit of several
days.
Mrs. G. H. Smith will close out her
stock of millinery goods in E. E. Blood's
house tomorrow.
Miss Maud NJ. Munger came home from
Mortified seminary Saturday to spend
Sunday with her parents.
Mrs. w. C. Crawford who has been i'll
for some time, is to undergo an operation
soon in Massachusetts, hospital.
Tax payers are reminded that unless
their taxes are paid soon the discount of
four per cent will be of no avail to them.
Roy w. Bailey of Hartford, Conn,
came home the last of the week on ac-
count of the accident to his mother, Mrs.
l.. p. Bailey.
Miss S. E. White, who recently sold her
farm on West Hill by auction, has gone to
Dublin, n. e., for an indefinite stay. She
was accompanied by Miss Estey.
The annual Bible Day concert was held
at the Baptist church last Sunday evening.
The attendance was good and the exercises
were interesting and well rendered.
E. j. Reynolds, the Putney Falls miller,
and Miss Maggie Cune of East Putney
were married in Westminster Nov. by
Rev. F. 3. Hyde. They will live in Put
ney Falls.
Miss Ethel Goodell, teacher in district
No. in Putney Falls, was severely bruised
by falling down stairs a few days ago.
She was obliged to suspend school for a
day or two.
j. W. Shelley and G. L. Davenport are
arranging for a Thanksgiving ball TO be
given in the town hall on Thanksgiving
night. Music will be furnished by the
Shelley Davenport orchestra.
Miss Helena G. Harrington, teacher in
district No. 2, leaves tomorrow for her
home in North Adams, Mass, where she
will spend her vacation of two weeks, re-
turning at the end of that time to resume
her school duties.
Mrs. Flora Z. Shelley and j. Walter
Shelley of this town and Robert X. Shell
ley of Brattleboro we're called to Bellows
Falls Tuesday morning on account of the
critical illness of Mrs. Shelley's daughter,
Mrs George Lee. Mrs. Lee was more
comfortable when they arrived.
1t is not uncommon nowadays to ind
hens eggs measuring seven or eight, or
even nine inches in circumference, out IL
is seldom that they contain more than two
yolks. f. j. Martin thinks his pullet de-
serves a blue ribbon for laying an egg OF
not uncommon size which contained three
yolks.
The volumes which we're formerly own
ed by the Universalist Sunday school, and
which were donated by thab school TO the
town library, have been catalogued thls
week and placed on the library shelves;
These DO ks are in good conditio and
they are all covered with cloth to protect
the board covers.
Miss Isabel l.. Briggs's horse started TO
run away Tuesday noon, but it was stop
ped before it had an opportunity to DO
damage. The horse stood near the lower
blacksmith shop when the whistle OF the
Stowell factories was sounded. The horse
ran as far as Mrs. Fannie Bakers, where
it was stopped by William Cole.
Mrs. L. P. Bailey, who was seriously IN
lnred in a runaway accident as was told In
The Phoenix last week, is getting along as
well as could be expected. Besides being
badly bruised in several places the liga-