Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-22
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Miss Era Austin has a new piano.
Clinton Franklin has gone to Putney TO
work.
A number from here attended the Bond
vile fair
D. S. Prouty and family picnicked in
town recently.
The cellar and underpinning to the new
hotel is completed.
Mrs. Abby Willard has returned from
her visit in Marlboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Day went to Green
field, Mass, last week.
The Congregational aid society met with
Mrs H. Winslow last week.
Arthur Batchelder has returned to his
studies at Middlebury college.
Henry Somners of Brandon has visited
at Chas. Stebbins's this week.
Will Sparks has moved from Mrs. Ora
Ober's tenement to Mr.. Shows.
John Brigham has returned to Duluth
after a short visit here with his parents.
The grangers held an interesting and
profitable meeting here on Tuesday OF this
week, Is or more coming from Brattle-
boro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Holbrook of Col
RADIO Springs visited at Carl JOhnson's last
week.
Elvin Deny and Minnie Prouty are Wis
iting relatives in Deerfeld, Mass, this
week.
Mrs. Leavitt and Mrs. Bardwell of Brat
tleboro have visited recently at Fred
Reeds.
1t is not often that the farmers have
such weather to fill their silos as they had
last week.
Miss Wilson of Beaufort, S. c.. who has
been boarding at Fred Ford's, has returned
to her home.
c. Holland Evans has attended this
week the Vermont Kennel clubs exhibit
ton at Rutland.
We wish all might realize the import
ance of more street lamps in this village
and act accordingly.
Miss Rehan, the artist, has returned to
her home in Long Branch, n. j., after
spending the summer here.
Mrs. Caswell preached very Interestingly
at the Congregational church last Sunday
and there were union services.
Raymond Brown, after spending the
summer at j. II. Wares, has returned TO
his home in WATERFOWL, Mass.
@. G. Taft and wife have returned from
their trip of several weeks in Saratoga.
They report very enjoyable time.
Prof. Newton and family have returned
to their home in Andover, Mass. Mrs.
Alma HolbroOk accompanied them.
In the base ball game which took place
last Saturday afternoon at Newfane the
score stood, Townshend boys IL, New
fame A.
, Mr.. McGlbbons of Hartford, Conn, and
! Miss Alice Underwood of Westminster
! have been guests the past two weeks at
Chas Gould's.
Arthur Boutelle, who is home from
Tufts college, sang solo at the Baptist
church Sunday evening which was enjoyed
by those who heard it,
Hugh Holbrook has been i'll the past
week and under the DOCTORS care. Fred
Ford has been on the sick list. George
Hardy is convalescing and Mrs. viii Dut-
ton is no better.
j.. o. Fitch of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, is a guest for few days at the
panied him home on Tuesday from an out
ing of a week at Marlboro pond.
Mrs. Dorinda Davis of Oxford, Mass.
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Ann
= Carr, and while here called upon many old
| friends. Mrs. Davis is a native of this
town and lived here until her marriage.
, Complaints are made by members of the
8 Magazine club that the reading is not pass
r ed promptly. This is the only organiza-
ton of the kind that we ever heard of
: where there were no rules and regulations
7 that require fine in case of delinquencies.
l 1t is two months or more that there were
= no Harper's Weeklies passed. We can
3 see no way of betterment except there is a
} fine for those who keep the reading after II
5 is overdue to the next in order, as the
: trouble spoken of has always existed since
the club was first organized several years
ago.
AS the result of an invitation from Pas
tor Curtis to his church and society to a
sociable at the parsonage last Friday
: evening over Is in number responded and
delightful time was enjoyed. Every
l thing was done by Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis to
8 make it pleasant for their guests and a
pleasing program was carried out. Miss
Grace Thayer read, in her usual pleasing
manner the poem entitled 'Jeptha's
Daughter" Miss Mabel Stoddard and
Mrs. Rollie Phillips played some selections
on the piano and Miss Mabel Martin sang
( two songs, Mrs Phillips acting as accom-
! PIANIST. The music was much enjoyed.
Then Mrs. Curtis gave some authorizations,
using the initials of names which caused
a good deal of merriment. Refreshments
were served and so pleasant time was
l enjoyed that those present wished such oc-
, casions might oftener occur in our different
} homes.