Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-07
PERSONAL.

Mrs. w. c.. Stone is spending several
days in Montague, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Henley are spend
ing several days in Boston.
w. S. Pratt of Athol, Mass, was in
town yesterday on business.
f. d. Morris and f. p. Homer were in
Boston Saturday on business.
Judge j. NJ. Tyler and c. f. Thompson
spent Sunday in Hartford, Conn.
DR.. Edwin Thorn of South Deerfield,
Mass, spent Wednesday in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood of Athol are visiting
their daughter, Mrs. f. ID. Weld.
w. b. Wall of Randolph was in town
the first of the week on business.
Mrs. William f. Ryther of Bernardston,
Mass, has been visiting in town this week.
Mrs. f. r. Durgin and Mrs C. A. Ris-
hey have spent part of the week in Bos-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Clay went to
| Boston Wednesday for visit of 10 days or
more.
Fletcher Carruthers is critically i'll at
the home of Mrs. Atherton on Harris
place.
Robert and James Clark of Dartmouth
at home.
Dr. G. F. Barber and E f. Perry have
been in Boston this week to attend the
dog show.
Edward V. Morse returned yesterday
from the Albany Business college after a
course of several months.
Miss Flora Hildreth and Ruth Brown
are spending the week with Mrs. Dennis
Farmer in Orange, Mass.
Professor William Bullock Clark of
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md,
visited in town this week.
E. c. Crosby and family expect to move
| from the Brooks House to their residence
on High street about May l.
Mrs. A. M. Harlow, school teacher,
went to Boston Monday and from there to
Charlemont to spend the Easter vacation.
Miss Miller, a teacher in the seventh
| grade in the High school building, is spend
ing her vacation in South Wilmington,
! Conn.
n. I. Ryan went to Burlington Wednes-
day on business connected with the state
meeting of the Foresters, to be held next
| June.
Miss Izetta Stewart has resigned her
position as organst at the Baptist church
to take effect when a suitable successor
can be secured.
DR.. H. d. Holton went to Burlington
Wednesday to be present at an operation
upon NJ. f. Cobb of Putney Falls at the
Mary Fletcher hospital.
Florence Hildreth, who is spending the
week with her aunt, Mrs. Fales, in Wor-
cester, Mass, will return tomorrow, &C.
companied by Mrs. Fales.
E. B. Richardson and Don Miller went
Wednesday to Southern Pines, Ga, for
stay of several weeks for the benefit of
Mr.. Richardson's health.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Currier and DR.. C.
| S. Pratt went to Boston Wednesday to
attend the annual session of the supreme
colony of Pilgrim Fathers which is being
held there this week.
Lawyer A. V. D. Piper returned Satur-
day night from a trip to Springfield,
White River Junction and other places,
in the interest of Dodge & Draper of Bos-
ton, real estate agents.
Miss Carrie Shattuck and Miss Addie
Shattuck returned from their visit in
New York Wednesday night, and yester-
day morning they went to Townshend to
spend the rest of the week.
Mrs. Harriet Brasor Pratt has an en-
gagement to sing at a concert to be given
to the ladies by the Derryfeld club of
Manchester, n. H., in the opera house at
that place Tuesday, April II.
The Free Thought Magazine for April,
| published in Chicago, contains notable
article by d. b. Stedman, formerly of The
Phoenix, but now resident of Springfield,
Mass, on "Why Am Not Christian"
A portrait of Mr.. Stedman is printed with
the article.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Robbins went to the
Brooks House this week TO live while
their house on Chaplin street is being built.
B. G. Corser and family are moving into
the house on Chaplin street vacated by
Mr. Robbins, Mr. Corser having recently
bought the place of W. H. Minor
C. F. c. Cramer, the well-known organ
list, has entered the employ of the Estey
Organ company. He will continue to
make his home in Claremont, n. H., and
will act as organist of St. Mary's church in
that place until May l, or until his success
sor is appointed
The school committees of South Hadley
and CRANKY, Mass, held joint meeting
Saturday for the purpose of electing a SUI
perintendent of schools. f. H. McLach-
| iii, lOIneIly principal OI Jne DraJIleDOrO
and South Hadley Falls High schools, was
the unanimous choice and he will carry
out the school work until September.
The meeting of the Baptist Sunday
school at Athol, Mass, Friday evening,
ostensibly for the purpose of electing
officers, was turned into farewell recep-
tion to j. W. Clayton, who has sung in
the choir and been active in church and
society work the past 10 years. There
were interesting exercises and Rev, j. N.
Shipman presented fine set of Shakspere
to Mr. Clayton. Mr. Clayton left Athol
this week to engage in business at Stock
dale, Texas, with his brothers-in-law.
Messrs. Magee, Baker, Dewey and
Schneelock, the Yale students who were
the guests of their class mate, c. Fred
Childs, went to New York Wednesday, &C
companied by Mr.. Childs. The four visit
ors are members of the Yale glee club and
their songs were heard with much pleasure
at the Wheel club rooms Monday, and at
the EXchscquer meeting at the Brooks
House. They were entertained one even
ing by DIR. and Mrs. Pratt and another
evening by Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Childs.
Edwin G. johnson has meved from one
of the houses on the island to Harrison
Barrows tenement on Spring street. Roll
lin Brown has moved from Oscar Smiths