Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-29
HALIFAX.
Return OF the summer Residents and
Visitors.

Visitors.
The summer cottagers and visitors, with
the exception of two or three families,
have left for their winter homes. There
have been many more people here than
usual for the summer and the time has
been pleasantly passed by them in various
ways. Some have amused themselves
with tennis, golf and croquet, many more
with excursions and picnics. The deer
park, Prospect hill and the canon have
been often visited and bicycles have been
called into use occasionally.
Mrs. Bennett and three children, Mr..
Levy from London, Eng, the Misses Gill
lette, Miss Faith Pomeroy, Mrs. Ford and
daughter, Mr.. Sweetfager and Miss Clark
of Boston, Mrs. Stebbins and son Howard
OF Springfield, Mass, have been entertain
ed by DIS. Niles at his summer home. The
Fish homestead has been occupied a part
of the time by Mr.. Hackley, family and
friends and Mrs. Sarah Highly of New
York.
Mrs. Willard at Fowler cottage was Wis
tied by Mrs. Hopkinson of Springfield and
by numerous friends from Brattleboro.
Miss Stella Wylie, teacher in the
Springfield High school, spent the sum
mer at Mr.. Bottomly's, where there were
other guests.
Rev. Mr.. Scott and wife of Reading,
Mass, were at Elijah Green's for a short
time and Mr. Gallyon of Boston spent a
week there.
Miss Pauline Kelley of New York spent
nearly all of the summer with Mrs. Dim
lex at her summer home. Miss Helen
Kenyon and Miss Bessie Stone of Boston
passed several weeks with Mrs. Worden at
Hillcrest cottage.
MIR. and Mrs. Samson Houghton at the
deer park entertained many friends through
i the summer, among whom were Mrs.
Houghton and Miss Kingsley of Green
field and Mr.. and Mrs. Lawton of Shelf
field, Ill.
Charles Stone and Harry Stone and life
visited their mother and sister at Hillcrest
| cottage.
: DR.. E. S. Niles and family returned to
Boston last Friday. Mr.. Houghton and
family went to their home in Sheffield, ILL.,,
Monday.
Mrs. Matte Worden and daughter Hell.
en- return to Boston Friday of this week
+. K. Dimick made short visit here last
week and took his son Sherbune bach
with him TO New York to school.
E. R. Dimick was in town over Sunday
E. P. Green has been sick for few
days.
W. B. Warren has a large force of mer
filling his silo and making cider jelly.
G. 81. Niles of Springfield has been Wis
iting his brother, Fayette, the past week
Mrs. Bertha White of Dedham, Mass.
and niece Ruth, who has been visiting her
arrived at Perley Crosier's Monday.
DR.. E. S. Niles and family left for Bos
ton last Friday. Perry Gallup will move
into and take charge of the doctors hous
this winter.
! W. II. Houghton is picking his twenty
ounce apples and reports large crop. HI
estimates he will have 800 barrels o
grated fruit.
John Freeman shot a marsh hawk OF
the deer park farm trout pond Monda
which measured six feet, eight inches from
tip to tip and weighed six and one-hal
pounds.
l.. G. Houghton has been making exten
sive repairs on the fence surrounding tn
deer park, using over 1000 new posts an,
one-half ton of staples. Mr. Houghtol
and family left here for their home il
Sheffield, ILL.,, on Monday.
Mrs. Otis Gates and son Dwight wer
coming down the hill from their house &c
ing to meeting Sunday evening, when tn
horse became frightened and started o.
the run down the hill, throwing Mrs
Gates out and down an embankment som
Is feet, hurting her back quite badly. Al
though she managed to get back to tn
house she has not been able to sit up since
We are glad to learn she is improving an
hope she will soon be out.