Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-01-27
Chauncey Gale was in town Monday.

poib was III lONI MOnud1s
There will be preaching at the Baptis
church next Sunday.
j. S. Cummings of South Londonderr,
was in town over Sunday.
Mrs. West and two children from PERI
visited at Fred Watson's last week.
Eva Aldrich of Westmoreland, N. H., il
at her sisters, Mrs. w. Sparks's.
Adah Allbee has returned to her hom
in Fairlee, after visiting relatives here.
The Birchard post will hold meetin,
here Saturday at l o'clock in the after
noon.
The funeral of the late Haskell Gas,
was held at the home, Rev. NJ. F. HARDY
officiating.
John Ware was appointed trustee of tn,
Windham county savings bank in place Of
Mr.. Benedict.
Rev. Mr.. Grattan of Wardsboro supplied
the Baptist pulpit Sunday and preached
two good sermons.
Word has been received here of the criti.
cal illness of Frank Spalding of Melrose
Mass, a former principal of the seminary.
The Vermont Academy students from
Saxtons River are expected here next
Monday to play basket ball with the semi
nary students.
Willard Fisher and John Nichols have
gone to Springfield, VT, and have taken
the job Of clearing off the timber from a
valuable wood lot there.
Fred Smith of Dover is moving on TO the
farm called the Chaffee farm, which he
bought some years ago. He has been
here summers and done the haying.
The students of Leland and Gray went
TO Saxtons River Saturday to play basket
ball with the Vermont Academy students.
The game stood SO to 20 in favor of the
Vermont Academy.
Ora ODER died Jan. 90 at his home after
a few days illness of pneumonia at the
age of ~ years. He leaves a wife and
three children to mourn his loss, Frank
Ober, who lives in Kansas, Fred, who is
in the tin business in this village, and Mrs.
Flora Taylor of Ludlow, Vt.
C. C. Taft is critically i'll. Charlie
Gould is on the sick list. Leila Bishop is
able to resume her duties in school this
week Mrs. Day, Mrs. Batchelder, Mrs.
Fisher, Mrs. Sparks, Mrs. Cutler aud
Addie Morse are better. Mrs. Blood and
Willie are on the sick list.
w llilan turner OF weston. VINO bought
the farm of John Ware, known as the Wm
Fisher place, is fitting up the house nicely.
This is one of the peasantest places in
town about three mile from the village.
Cyrus Gleason, who has been living on the
place, moves into the Clarence Woodland
house.
Fred Edison gave very pleasing enter
tainment with his gramOphone at the town
hall Friday evening. There was laugh
ing song and banjo duet which particular
ly pleased the audience, also the bugle call
given during the charge at San Juan Hill,
Santiago by the chief trumpeter of Roose-
velts Rough Riders July last was very
fine. Mr.. Edison has the good wishes of
people here for his success as he goes from
town TO town.
Evans Brothers of Maplehurst kennels,
have recently sold to parties in Canton,
Ohio, four of their registered English set
ter puppies by Free Lance-Belle of Maple
hurst. These puppies contain the cream
of English setter blood. Belle of Maple
hurst is a litter sister to Florance Rod
field and Rod6eld Gladstone, both placed
in Indiana and Missouri open derbys in
1898, and half sister to Whyte B. Rods
Whim, Whyte Lyme, Rods Pansy, Rods
Gladstone, Rod6eld's Boy, and Brant
Gladstone, all field trial winners. Puppies
of this blood never fail when started to
get into the money at field trials and make
hrst-class shooting dogs. Evans Brothers
are TO be congratulated on having such
fine blood in their kennels.