Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-05-05


step farther. They used the whip, but
that had no effect and II then wheeled
about very suddenly, throwing out things
that were in the wagon, while they just es-
capped the same fate. They then returned
to the village and spent the night here.
Mr.. Franklin has owned the horse IL years
and nothing of the kind had ever hap
pened before and the horse had always
been kind and reliable.
Ellen Ware is home from Springfield,
Mass.
Theodore Rand has been housed with
rheumatism.
The Dorcas guild met Thursday with
Mrs. Annie Cutler.
Mrs. Charles Cutler spent last week at
her sons, Fred Cutters
Harry Franklin has been putting in new
machinery at his grist mill.
L. b. Hardy of Brattleboro will occupy
the Baptist pulpit next Sunday.
Charles Willard took a business trip to
Northampton, Mass, last week.
Mabel and Ethel White of Springfield,
Mass, have been visiting in town.
Twins, son and daughter, were born
April IL, to Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Edwards.
Charles Gould is making extensive re-
pairs and Russell Blood is doing the work.
George H. Davenport of Greenfield,
Mass, will deliver the address here Memo
rial day.
Miss Sage, teacher in the primary de-
partment of the village school, boards with
Mrs. Dale.
There will be a Grand Army meeting
here Saturday afternoon, May 10, at 2
o'clock, TO transact important business.
May night entertainment at the semi
nary was postponed on account of the
heavy thunder shower, to this, Friday,
evening.
DR.. Rice returned from Boston Tuesday
night. Mrs. Rice, who underwent an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis, is at the hospital,
doing well.
The Congregational church is having a
pipe organ built in Boston by Hook &
Hastings at a cost of $500. 1t is nearing
completion and will soon be put in place.
Edwin Fessenden returned from Bos-
ton last week where he went to be fitted
with glasses after recovering from treat
ment to the eyes and the removing of a
cataract. He is now able to attend TO his
usual business
Seneca Miller, who has been feeble so
long, is gradually failing. Fred Ford is
fast recovering. Eugene Bemis, who has
been very i'll, it was feared with appended
tbs, is more comfortable. ARENAS Blood
is very low with heart trouble.
We learn that Mrs. d. c. Wilson of
Beaufort, S. c., who has spent her sum-
mers here for so many years, is critically
i'll at a hospital in Charleston. Mrs. Will
son is a sister of the late John Dale of this
place, whose business was in Beaufort.
The Hadsssah league held pleasant So
cial in the church parlors Friday evening
and a fair sum was realized. The rooms
were prettily arranged and at each plate
was button-hole bouquet of trailing ar
butus with bouquets in the centre of the
table.
j. II. Hazel.on, agent for business firm
in Mortified, VT, and a native of this
place, has been in town looking up the
genealogy of his fathers family. As no
one here could inform him he was directed
to parties at the West village, who, it was
thought, might be able to give him the
needed information.
Rev. L. b. Curtis of Windsor, Conn,
preached Sunday at the Baptist church
and will begin his pastorate here May 81.
Mr.. Curtis is a graduate of Colgate uni
versity at Hamilton, n. Y, and comes
highly recommended from those who have
known of his labor in other churches
where he has been pastor.
The schools in town began Monday with
the following teachers: In the village,
George Houghton and Miss Sager of Clare
mont, N. H.; Beulah Potter in No. 8;
Blanche Brigham at the West village; An
ME Cook in the Houghton district; Lillian
Hescock in district No. 2. Those going
out of town to teach are Mrs. Kenyon in
Newfane village, Edith Sanders in Wards
boro City, Clara Harris in Brookline.
The Townshend Hotel company held its
first stockholders meeting April 25 and
elected the following directors: j. II.
Ware, W. S. Holland, A. A. Mason, L. j.
Parker, F. H. Willard, E. B. Batchelder,
j. G. Whitcomb; Charles Willard, I'd,
clerk. The directors met April 20. j. H.
Ware was elected president; E. B. Batch
elder, vice president; w. S. Holland, treas
urer; L. j. Parker, auditor; A. A. Ma
son, W. S. Holland, E. b. Batchelder,
building committee.