Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-08-04


the street system under the charge of the
commissioner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer G. Davis are in
camp on Lake Memphremagog for a week
or two.
Mr.. and Mrs George A. Dow went to
Peterboro, n. H., Tuesdayfor short va
cation.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S Villas started Tues
day on their two months trip to Chicago,
going by the way of Springfield, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed. j. Darby and two
children of Worcester, Mass, are guests
this week Of Mr.. Darbys mott er on Atkin-
son street.
The Sunday SCHOOL, of the Methodist
church held its annual picnic yesterday in
Wiliams's orchard. About sc or So were
in attendance.
J. H. Blakley has this week taken back
the steamer which he sold last year to a
party near Boston, and he is enjoying it on
the river here again.
Misses Anna Harrington and Marion
Candee, former teachers in our public
schools, are visiting the family of n. G..
Williams on Henry street.
Z. f. Rand has this week moved his fam
lily from the west side Of Atkinson street
to the east side, and is now occupying the
tenement of Q. l.. Wheeler.
G. W. Osgood went yesterday to Wells
River, where he addressed the Orange
County Sunday School convention in SEES
sion there yesterday and today.
Miss Gertrude Hayes returned from a
three weeks stay at Cottage City Tuesday
evening. Miss Powers, who has been there
also, returned Friday evening of last week.
Mrs. w. H. Wardwell of Brookline
Mass, is the guest of the family of G. w
Osgood for this week, and Miss Elsie Rob
bins of Boston, is their guest for the month
of August.
George R. Wales went Wednesday tc
York Beach with his family for few
weeks vacation. Their servant girl, Mary
Keane, went the same day to Sunapee lake
for an outing.
Mrs. j. K. Fullerton went this morning
to the beach near Lynn, Mass. Ito spend
few weeks with the family of Mrs. H. B
jackson, who is spending the month o.
August there.
Mrs. Helen B. jackson, Miss Alice Jack
son and Faith, accompanied by Katherin,
Deming, went Tuesday to Lynn, Mass.
sea shore during the month of August.
The Young Mems Club is arranging TO
a lecture course for the coming season
and it is to be of somewhat more exten
sive nature than that of last year, although
that was eminently satisfactory for tn
cost.
The employees of the Office of the Yer
mont Farm Machine company, with thei
ha Of
liams, the general manager, picnicked Wed
nesday at Warren's Pond Nearly 30 wer
in attendance.
Mrs Geo. H. Babbitt is to erect a new
dwelling on her lot on South street, an,
work will begin at once. When complete,
she will probably occupy it herself and dis
pose of the larger residence on the corne
of Henry and South streets
The stockholders of the Saxtons Rive
electric road are having hard time to ge
together for a meeting, which was calle
early lest month, to transact some import
ant business 1t was then adjourned unit
Tuesday of this week, and then still furthe
adjourned for one week longer.
Richard j. Wolfe, who is at work 70
Maj. Beck upon his Vermont Gazetteer, i
Just now at work in the village of Benninp
etteer completed only for Brattleboro an
Bellows Falls, has been placed upon tn
tables of the hotels and the public library.
Miss Elizabeth Day went Tuesday t
New Bedford, Mass, to meet her father, j
@. Day, who is much improved from hi
recent illness. They went day or tw
later to Cottage city, where Mrs Day an
Dorothy are, and will remain there 70
some weeks Miss Charlotta Day is baar
ing the residence open here.
An extensive tent show of Uncle Tom
Cabin struck town Monday and gave tw
good performances near the Island house
The troupe Travelled by team, having abou
20 horses, and living in tents. In tn
evening nearly 200 more gathered thai
could be seated and were well satishe
with standing room only"
Mrs. H. M. Leonard, accompanied by he
daughters, Miss Leonard and Miss abb
Leonard, and George l.. Leonard of New
York, went Tuesday morning to Mortified
Mass, where they will live on a farm TO
three or four weeks, located about tire
miles east of the village, thus making thei
vacation an entire change of scenery an,
air.
The Montpelier Journal had the follow
ing in its Tuesdays issue: "a. B. Craw
ford, ex-principal of the Bellows Fall
High school, is at the Montpelier House
He came to Montpelier to consult will
State Superintendent Stone regarding Ger
tain school matters" Mr.. Crawford ha
been at Bradford most of the week as in
structor at the summer school held there
Ernest L. Carpenter, son of w. B. Car
Penter, died at the latter's residence on At