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

Mrs. styles is visiting her son, Julius
Styles.
BERTHE Pierce is at work for Charles
Stebbins.
William Chapman and family have
moved to Athens.
VIII Hobrook has returned from his
trip to New York city.
Mrs. Henry Miles has returned from her
trip to Hartford, Conn.
Herbert Randall and wife have returned
to their home in Belchertown, Mass.
Ella Stebbins has gone TO Springfield,
Mass, to engage in her work for the fall.
Horace Gale and wife have been on a
visit to Readsboro with Merchant George
Bemis.
Rev. Z. A. Slack and family were in
town briefly on Tuesday, calling upon
friends
Royal Sanderson reports that during the
month Of October five and one-half inches
of rain fell.
The Dorcas guild will give an entertain
ment Friday evening and serve New Eng
land supper.
Julian Taft and wife have returned from
New York city, where they have been for
several weeks visiting relatives.
Pastor Meacham occupied his pulpit
Sunday after an absence Of some weeks
and gave his hearers an excellent sermon
from lst Cor. MI, 20.
Clarence Snow, who served through the
war on the Minneapolis, which IS now in
harbor, is expected home soon on short
furlough to visit his wife and parents.
May Willard has closed her school in
West Townshend Edith Sanders in Wards
boro, Beulah Potter in Athens. The rest
Of the schools in town will close this week
Harold Bishop, who was so badly injured.
is doing we'll Seneca Miller is quite feeble,
also Madam Batchelder II. W. Bailey is
also improving. Mrs. Alroy Snow is suf-
fering from neuralgia.
Rumor has it that Walter Eddy is to en-
large his house for the purpose Of taking
city boarders in summer. Mr.. Eddy has a
pleasant home farm a mile from the village
and the locality is pleasant one.
Twelve dollars were realized from the
entertainment given by the students at
academy hall last Friday evening. With
the proceeds a handsome oak desk has
been bought for Professor Edgecomb's
room.
Mrs. II Winslow has received lntelli-
gence of the death Of her aunt, Mrs. Han
nah Merrill Of Woodstock. Mrs. Merrill
was the widow of the late Hon. Prosper
Merrill, who in his lifetime was a promi-
nent man in Windsor county.
DR.. Parker and James Franklin have
set a good example in grading their
grounds and furnishing good sidewalks not
only for themselves but the public. This
village is sadly in need of better sidewalks.
The frequent rains have made the stones
very prominent.
The students of Leland and Gray as
sisted by Mrs. Edgecomb, Mrs. Dale, Miss
Mabel Martin, music teacher, and Mabel
Stoddard gave a very pleasing entertain
ment at academy hall last Friday evening
The recitations were all well rendered
Those given by Mrs. Edgecomb were much
enjoyed, and Mrs. Dale's singing is always
appreciated. The drill of attitudes given
by II young ladies dressed in white was
well executed and was pleasing to the au-
dience.
The Orange, Mass, Enterprise of Nov.
Sth contains an eight-coumn article re-
viewing the experiences of company Z of
the Sth Massachusetts regiment in the war
against Spain. The company lost - men,
the first being Private George A. Brooks,
formerly Of this town, who was the first
volunteer soldier to be killed by Spanish
bullet. The article contains an excellent
portrait of Private Brooks and of the other
II who gave up their.lives for their coun-
try, and also of the officers of the COM
pany and Snowfall" the little negro boy
who was the regimental mascot.