Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-08

company has Tor Jne past ~ years VI N.Y.
been shipped by rail from the north end OF
the mills the cars being set in upon their
siding directly from the line OF the Rutland
road.
Miss Nellie Keane and Miss Kate Finn
are spending a two weeks vacation in Bos-
ton and vicinity
A large number of our people attended
the annual town fair at Springfield Tues
day and Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Swain have closed
their cottage at Sunapee and returned to
their home here today.
Mrs. Guy G. Blossom was called to her
home in East Hardwick Wednesday by the
serious illness of her father.
Miss Elsie Robbins of Boston returned to
her home Monday after spending the
month of August as the guest of Miss
Frances Osgood.
Oscar Hall, in the employ of the Inter
national Paper company, severely pounded
his hand Tuesday. Serious results are
feared from the injury.
The friends of Mrs. A. B. Dascomb are
happy to learn of her proposed marriage
next month to Chas. Fl. Dascomb of AL
buquerque, New Mexico.
Mrs. E. V. Booth, who has been spending
her vacation with her mother, Mrs. George
Underwood, returned to her school duties,
as teacher at Montpelier, Monday.
Freddie Phelps, who has been living in
Westminster the past few months, is i'll
with typhoid fever at the home of his
grandfather, S. S. Bennett, in this place.
Mrs. H. B. jackson, Miss jackson and
little Faith, with Katherine Demipg, re-
turned last Saturday from Lynn, Mass,
where they have spent the month of
August.
The New Departure Trunk company of
Boston, of which G. Herbert Osgood is a
member, have enlarged their borders by
opening branch store at 294 Fifth avenue,
New York.
S. S. Villas, who in company with his
wife is visiting his sons and daughter in
Chicago, is ill with malarial fever in that
city, and will not be able to return home
as early as was expected.
Rev. j. Fl. Reid occupied his pulpit at
the Congregational church last Sunday
after months vacation spent in Salem, n.
Y. He and Mrs. Reed, Harold and Mar
ion returned the Wednesday preceding.
John A. Thwing met with a serious acct
dent early this week by which he lost a
part of his right hand. He was repairing
his large wind mill when his hand was
caught in the machinery, seriously mutilat-
ing it.
@. @. Aldrich Ames left yesterday for a
two weeks vacation trip to Concord and
Manchester, N. H., Boston, Providence
and other points. He is rejoicing over the
advent on Monday of a new baby girl in
his family.
Next Tuesday evening the cantata "Un-
der the Palms." for which the rehearsals
have been in progress some months, is to
be given in the Baptist church by the mem
bers of that society with the assistance OF
other talent.
Principal F. l.. Bugbee arrived in town
yesterday. He has engaged rooms with
Mrs. Blood ON Atkinson street and will
take his meals at Mrs. Upham's, near by.
Three other teachers have made the same
arrangement.
Mrs. H. M. Blossom and son. Fred, went
Wednesday to Greensboro for two weeks
visit. Fred has been employed in the
office of the Vermont Farm Machine COM
pany since school closed in June. He will
enter school again on his return.
An alarm of fire about 1916 Wednesday
called the firemen to a slight fire in a small
building in the Fitchburg yard which was
extiDguished before their arrival Owing
to the failure of the gong to sound, second
alarm was pulled in, causing the entire de-
partment to respond.
Mrs. Sarah Mellen, a widow lady who
has lived many years on "The Patch" in a
house owned by herself, died almost in
stantly at her home Tuesday morning. 1t
is supposed the death was caused by heart
disease. The funeral was held from St.
Charles church yesterday morning.
At St. Charles church Sunday afternoon
Bishop Michaud confirmed class of 80
boys and "a girls, 81 in all. The church
was elegantly decorated with flowers, and
the music, under charge of DIR. O'Connor,
was of high order, there being a chorus
of about 80 voices and number of finely
rendered solos.
Rev. j. II. Reid and L. S. Hayes at
tended the centennial celebration of the
founding of the Congregational church in
Weston Tuesday. The pastors from all
the churches of that denomination in
Union conference were present, with the
exception of the one at Grafton, who was
detained by illness.
Fred Exner, of the firm of Exner &
Holmes, was married Tuesday morning at
st. Peters church to Miss Nellie Sheridan
of North Walpole. This wedding occurred
at $40, and at $3.50 George A. Gale, fin
isher in the Moore & Thompson mill, was
married to Margaret A. Powers, both cere-
monies being performed by Father Cor
coran.
Alexander McKinnon, living in Maynard
block, formerly foreman of the sulphide
mill, has broken up housekeeping and
moved his furniture to James Haeket'l
dwelling on Williams street, where Mrs
McKinnon will board for the present. Mr.
McKinnon left Tuesday for Maine. He ex
poets to enter the employ of the Augustl
Pulp company.
Dr. VIM. Spring and Mrs. Spring Of
r Germany and their children are visiting
DR.. Springs father, Deacon ]. o. Spring
Mrs. Geo. ID. Rabbit gave an Afternoon