Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-17
PERSONAL.

week spent in Boston.
l.. A. Gregg was in Springfield, Mass.
Wednesday on business.
Mrs. c. X. Jones is spending the week
with relatives in Boston.
Arthur L. Maynard spent Sunday at his
home in Montague, Mass.
DR.. A. |. Miller has been housed several
days with an attack of bronchitis.
Miss Carrie Reed of Hartwellville 10 q
guest of her sister, Mrs, Walter Sturges.
Edward Russell of Walpole, N. H., has
begun work at The Phoenix Job Printing
office.
Myron Davis of the sophomore class of
Brown university is at home for the Easter
vacation.
Mrs. David Peck went to Hartford
Conn, Saturday to attend the funeral #
her sister
Miss Mabel Freeman entertained several
public school teachers at her home Satur-
day evening.
Miss Cora Platts returned to ORANGE.
Mass, Monday after visiting her aunt,
Mrs. G. G. Smith.
Fred w. johnson of Claremont, N. H..
was a guest of his sister, Mrs. E. L. Parker.
the first of the week.
Fred G. Adams was in NORTHAMPTON
Wednesday to attend the concert given by
the Smith College G!ee club.
Arthur W. Childs was in Burlington
Saturday. He was a guest of the Ethan
Allen club Saturday evening.
j. II. Abbott of Shelburne Falls, Mass.
has entered the employ of Durham Broth
ers in their wholesale shoe department.
Brakeman George A. Potter, who was
injured last week near Bellows Falls. was
able to return to his home here Tuesday.
Samuel w. Kirkland has been drawn as
one of the grand iurymen for the session
of the United States court, which will con-
rene in Boston next week.
Col. Chas. Spooner Forbes of St. AL
bans, was in Brattleboro the first of the
week collecting material for Kipling
number of the Vermonter.
H. L. Emerson is expected home from
his Southern trip tonight. He arrived in
New York the first of this week and has
since been in Milford, n. Fl.
Mrs. E. F. Howe left this week for
New York where she will be Joined next
Monday by her daughter, Miss Flor
ence Howe, and Mrs. E. r. Bemis.
Rev. Arthur w. Remington of HYDE
Park, Mass, who preached in the Con
gregational church last Sunday, was a
guest at S. B. Emerson's over Sunday.
Ralph Stoddard comes home today from
Brown university for a vacation of 10 DAYS
he will be accompanied from Springfield,
Mass, by his mother, who has been spend
ing some time there.
Gilbert Newton Batchelder, a former
Newfane boy and graduate of the Brat
tleboro High school in the class of '96. has
been recently elected commodore of the
Brown university yacht club.
o. L. French sailed from Boston Thurs
day on the steamer Beverly, for Port An
tonic, Jamaica. He will spend nine days
on the island, returning on another boat of
the Boston Fruit company's line.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Childs and Mrs.
Margaret Gatty went Monday to Providen-
tial, N. c., where they expect to spend
six weeks in the hope that the change will
be beneficial to Mr.. Childs's health.
Miss Carrie Shattuck and Miss Addie
Shattuck went to New York Saturday to
spend several days. They were accompan-
led by their brother, Charles Shattuck,
who returns to his work at Staten Island.
Fred G. Gale returned Thursday night
of last week from Bermuda, where he
spent month. The trip going was made
during the February blizzard and the trip
returning was in the worst continuous hur-
ricane in Is years.
The Boston Journal has offered a prize
for "the most beautiful woman" Several
pictures are published in each Sunday is
sue. One of the pictures last Sunday was
of Miss Maude A. Hunter Of Bratteboro.
The picture was sent to appear in the con-
test by "Mrs. j. A, Brattleboro."
Robert r. Shelley will finish work in
the clothing store of E. f. Perry tomor-
row night. He will go on the road as
travelling salesman for the wholesale gro
Gerry concern of Blodgett & Dewitt. He
will have the territory formerly covered by
Mr.. Blodgett, the latter having decided to |
make only occasional trips hereafter.
Miss Lillian G. Park, who has been
doing stenographic work for the Estey Or !
gan company, has entered the employ of |
the company permanently. She will as
sist Mrs. Kenney, the head stenographer. |
Miss Faith Tyler will have desk in the |
Office of the New York Life Insurance |
company, where she will do public steno- |
graphic work.
A letter was received from L. D. Taylor |
Wednesday by A. B. Clapp stating that j. |
G. Estey and II. H. Crosby left Miami, |
Fla, Sunday night for Havana, Cuba. |
Mr.. Taylor and G. II. Thompson did not |
accompany them but are spending the re-
mainder of their trip visiting various
points in Florida. The four are expected
home the first of next week.
j. L. Knowlton returned Wednesday
night after two weeks trip in Florida.
Mr.. Knowlton and II. r. Brown sailed
about two weeks ago from New York to
Savannah, Ca, going from there to Jack
sonville, Ormonde and Palm Beach, Fla.
They returned from Florida to New York
by rail reaching there Tuesday. Mr..
Brown returned from New York last night.
The Athol Transcript of this week con-
tains the following: "Walter S. Pratt, who
has been making quite extensive repairs in
his shoe store, has nearly completed them,
and his place of business is even more up
to-date than before. The repairing room
at the back of the store, has been made
somewhat smaller, the Office department
has been moved. thereby giving much
more shelf room, and floor room. 1t is
evident that business is on the increase at
Pratt's."
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred W. Putnam and Mrs.
E. b. Barrows started Tuesday on an ex-
tended Western trip. They will visit rel
atiVas in GhicapO for a few daVs after