Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21

emergency hospital
Miss Mary Belanger will make fashion
able head-gear for Ilinsdale ladies at
Keyou's this season.
w. O. Amidon has leased the Wilder
house on River street, and will soon begin
housekeeping there.
f. S. Archibald returned to Dartmouth
college Wednesday and f. P. Bailey fol
lowed him Thursday.
Mrs. Esther Dickinson is improving her
Brattleboro street residence by adding a
handsome new piazza.
Edward Bergeson recently moved from
the jackson block to one of G. c. Hoton's
tenements on Canal street.
Rev. G.. Cairns has been in town this
week. He has been assigned to Contocook
and Webster for the coming year.
Mrs. Saphira Clark has been making a
few DAYS visit with her son and wife, Mr..
and Mrs Charles Clark, in Keene.
Mrs. Edw. Belleville and Mrs. NJ. D.
White visited in Springfield and Nilers
Falls, Mass, from Thursday until Monday.
The nolin, banjo, mandolin and guitar
club held a rehearsal at the hotel Saturday
evening and were treated to ice cream and
cake after the close.
The young people of the Universalist
society will present the play "Mr Bob" at
the town hall, on the evening of May ,
closing the entertainment with a dance.
The valuable grey mare owned by Mel
len & Proctor Of Brattleboro which was
sick in Newton Stearns's barn, was shot
Monday as there was no hope of recovery.
Mrs. c. f. Weed and son Ewood went to
Manchester Saturday to make an over
Sunday visit with a sister of Mrs Weed.
They were accompanied by Miss Gertrude
Hodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hancock will cele-
brate the 25th anniversary of their mar
riage at their home on Chestnut Hill, Sat
urday evening, April %. The invitation
is general
At the department convention Of the
Woman's Relief corps at Concord last
week Mrs. q. S. Howe was elected as al
ternate to the national convention to be
held at Philadelphia the coming summer.
Rev. w. f. Renshaw and Deacon S. X.
Hidreth represented the Congregational
church at the council which convened last
week Thursday for the dismissal Of Rev.
William G.. Poor from the pastorate of the
First church at Keene.
The next regular meeting of Sheridan
Woman's Relief corps will be held Thurs
day evening, April 81. A full attendance
is desired Reports of the department
convention will be heard at that time, and
matters of interest discussed
In spite of the drawbacks of a late
spring Hinsdale holds its record for being
one Of the earliest places about. Grass
IL inches tall was growing in our village
Wednesday, and the first reported open air
concert was given by the frogs last week
Frioay.
Mrs. c. II. Wood left Friday for her new
home in Marlboro, Mass, where her hus-
band is employed. 1t is with sincere re-
greet that her many friends bid her good
bye and wish her success and prosperity in
her new associations, where we feel sure
her rare graces of mind and charm of man
ner will win her many new friends.
The members of the High school gave a
dance at the town hall Wednesday even
ing for the benefit of its base ball team
The music was furnished by the violin and
harp trio who were staying in town The
concert lasted from s to Q and the dance
from 8 to -. Enough admissions were
taken TO clear the expenses and all present
enjoyed pleasant time. d
Dwight Barrett of Providence, r. l.,
brought the body of his mother, Mrs. Pres
ton here for burial Saturday Mrs. Pres
ton was formerly the wife of Whitney
Barrett of this town, and she is remember
ed by those who knew her, as woman of
very estimable character A daughter,
Miss Emma Barrett, is a resident of this
town. The funeral was held at Provi-
dence, and after a short service here, the
body was laid to rest in Pine Grove Gene
terry.
The Halle * Frost mill team had a run
away and smashup Tuesday morning The
breaking of an iron which let the whiffle-
tree on to the horses feet, made them I'M
manageable. The driver, Will Manniss,
and Mr.. Golden were thrown out when
the wagon struck the tree in front of the
Halle x Frost boarding house. The
horses cleared themselves from the wagon,
but Mr. Manniss chung to the reins, and
they were stopped near the mill. Some
damage resulted to the wagon, and one of
the village hydrants was broken No blame
is attached to the driver
Three travelling musicians, two violnists
and harpist, spent Tuesday and Wednes-
day in town, playing each day at the hotel
and about town. The younger violinist
was only 10 years old, and on account of
the sweetness of his playing he soon be-
came favorte with all. The trio were
from New York and intend to go as far up
the river as Hanover, n. H., where they
will turn and travel across Vermont to
Saranac lake in the Adirondacks, where
they are to play for a month at a hotel.
Next they will fill an engagement for a
month at Ogdensburg, and the rest of the
summer they will play at the Thousand Is
lands in the st. Lawrence.
tomorrow at 10 A. NJ, for the first concert
of the Holian, Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar
club, to be given at the town hall, Thurs
day evening, April 81. The club will
be assisted by Paul II. Mann, reader,
whose former appearances before the
townspeople guarantee him hearty well
come now. The violin solos by Zone of
the youngest violinists in the staten will be
an interesting feature, especially to lovers
of children, and all who have heard NJ A.
Bickford play will be glad to know that he
is to render some banjo solos. All seats
are sold by number. There are few things
more educational than music, and it should
be both our pleasure and duty to encourage
the work of our own people. The club has
been preparing for this concert for long
time, and their training has been so faith
full that they are certain to make it a
marked success, and an event to be re-
membere1, if we but show by our pres
ence our appreciation of their endeavors
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