Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-08-04
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Miss Mary Miller is visiting relatives in
Boston.
Mrs. W. T. Bruce is in attendance at
the Mortified meetings.
The Sargents are pressing forward the
completion of their house on West street.
S. N. Kenney journeyed to Maiden this
week to look after repairs on his house
there.
N. M. Batcheder and daughter Florence
of Fitchburg arrived on Wednesday for a
few days stay.
Mrs. E. W. Chaplin was accompanied on
her return to Chicopee by her mother, Mrs.
II. A. Carpenter.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Warren of Boston
pursued their homeward way by carriage
drive after day or two here this week.
A party of young people from this vii
lage will join Williamsville friends in a
weeks outing at Sunset lake on the Sth
inst.
Miss Hayden, contralto singer at Mt
Vernon street church, Boston, will spend
two weeks at Elmhall as guest of Mrs.
Blanche Pratt.
The ladies' aid society, still bent on de-
molishing its debt for church repairs, will
prepare for a sale of ice cream and cake
on the common Saturday evening.
H. NJ Hescock, while returning from
the creamery Monday morning, inspected
two fine specimens of deer which were
leisurely vending their way near the viii
lage.
A. II. Farnham, who has knack at
carpentering as well as the wheelwright
business, has laid the stills of his prospec-
tive new house near his shop, bought of
the Burditt estate.
Prof Edward Fisher, chief director OF
the Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Can
ada, upon whom the degree of doctor OF
music was conferred last year, is expected
as a guest at G. B. Johnson's.
Mrs. R. w. Rand of Orange, Mass, and
daughter, Mrs. Emery, with the latter:
two children, recently joined Mr.. Rand al
their cottage here. Mr.. and Mrs. Rand
came in early summer this year.
While Rev. and Mrs. Norton are taking
their vacation the Congregational church
services will be conducted by Rev. Mr.
Wiswell next Sunday and by Mrs. H. S
Caswell on the following Sunday.
Miss Sybil Holbrook, formerly of Towns
bend and now of Cambridge, Mass, wht
has been recent guest of Mrs. L. G
Bills, expects to accompany her sister
Mrs. Wilson Doane, to indianapolis il
September.
: Among guests at Mrs. Davidson's thi
week were Mr.. and Mrs. K. G. Kinney
r representatives in this state of the Ameri
: can Sunday School union. The audienc
J last Sunday evening was favored by Mrs
= Kenney's solos.
Miss Edith Goodrich, elocutionist an
impersonator from Emerson's school of OIL
atory, will give an entertainment, who's
program promises to be attractive,a at Unto
hall Wednesday evening, the 9th, unde
, the auspices of the ladies' aid society.
Mrs. Davidson's list of boarders an
> guests is the following: Mr.. and Mrs. K
Q. Kinney, Miss E. A. Shultz, Darlington
s Centre, r l.. Miss Ethel Field, Brooklyn
Miss A. M. johnson, Miss Spencer, Mr.
s Williams, G. A. Etherington, Hartford
Conn.
k 1t is so seldom that families about l
:, can trace their pedigree 800 and mol
years that it seems interesting to note thi
"a Mrs. L. G. Cushing's grandchildren al
a tenth in descent from Peter Gushing
Norfolk, England, whose son Matthe
came to bingham, Mass, in 1888.
n Pedestrianism among women is not
lost art as 1t seems by the feat of Mrs.
E. Severance of Brattleboro, who accou
. panied by her son, E. K. Severance of Il
University of Vermont, took walk fro
Putney to this place last week, and on Il
!, day following walked to Newfane Hill
10 season to view the sunrise tints, returniI
also by foot.