Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-10
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Mrs Bradley has gone to Gardner, Mass.
Ned Dutton is visiting relatives in Bern
ardston, Mass.
Alice Franklin and Anna Twitchell are
on the sick list.
The village has been enlivened by two
runaways the past week.
The singing school taught by A. A.
Blood closed Tuesday evening
Will Smith has sold his farm called the
Luman Farr place to parties in town.
Mrs. Lawrence has returned from Bos-
ton, where she has spent most of the win
ter.
H. c. Speed of Newton Centre, Mass.
preached at the Baptist church last Sun
day.
Willie Gage is at home from Fitchburg,
Mass, on account of burning his hand
badly.
The winter term of the academy closed
last Friday and we miss the students on
our streets.
The students of Leland and Gray en-
joyed very pleasant social last Friday
evening at the close of school.
The Misses Whitney of Harmonyville
entertained a party of friends at their
home on Friday evening of last week.
Mrs. Elwyn Persons of Boston is with
her husband at Herman Perry's. Mr.. Per.
ry is recovering from a severe attack of
the grip.
The merits and dement's of the Vermont
board of agriculture were discussed with
lively interest by the members of West
River grange last Friday evening.
Albyn Stebbins of Providence, R. l.,
was badly injured by fall from a pile of
lumber on his farm here recently. Mr..
Stebbins is actively engaged in the lumber
business.
A dead deer has been found the east side
of Peaked mountain. Some think it may
have been shot in the fall and on account
of the fine the state imposes it was left
there and nothing said about it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kimball pleasantly
entertained about go of their friends re-
Gently at their home three miles from this
village. Fred Edison was there with his
gramophone which added to the interest
of the occasion.
In the description of the Mother Goose
entertainment last week one of the pretti
est features of the evening was uninten
tionally omitted. 1t was that of Bobby
| Shafto, who from his ship that sailed ovel
the sea sold homemade candy.
The Baptist ladies' aid society held thei
annual meeting on Tuesday, March 7, anC
elected the following officers: President
Mrs. A. A. Mason; vice president, Mrs
IL. Miles; secretary, Miss Harriet Fletch
er; treasurer, Mrs. Sarah Wilson; direc
tors, Mrs. L. o. Reed, Mrs. Joel Day, Mrs
II. Twitchell, Mrs. K. Kenyon, Mrs. viii
Dutton, Miss Minnie Prouty; finance com
mittee, Mrs. Mason, Mrs. Twtchell; mu
sic committee, Mrs. E. Kenyon, Miss ii
Fletcher, The ladies served warm dinner
in their rooms and received the most lib
eral patronage they had ever had.
The town meeting Tuesday was calle
to order by K, l.. Hastings, who was elect
ed moderator G. W. Cutler was chose
an assistant to Town Clerk K. II. Fessen
den. The officers elected are given in an
other column. 1t was voted to raise ia,
of so cents on the dollar of the grand lis
to defray the running expenses of tn
town. 1t was voted that sum not to ex
coed $25 be raised for Memorial day, an
to pay all town officers $3.50 a day.
was voted to raise $25 for a town library an
to call on the state library commissioner
for 500, as provided by the state law
These library commissioners were chosen