Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-12-29
. PERSONAL.


lting her sister, Mrs. A. V. Nav.
A. r. Gregg came home from Boston 70
spend Christmas with his family.
Herbert Elmer of Rockland. Mass Wait
ed at his old home over Christmas.
Miss Edith Cray is improving after An
illness OF three weeks with erysipelas.
Road Commissioner E. E. StockweI is
crltlcally Ill at his home on Spruce street.
DIR. James G. Austin of Spencer, Mass.
was at the home of his parents over Christ,
mas.
G. E. Graffan, of the firm of Haus G.
Gratan, is in Boston this week on bust
ness.
Mrs. Jennie T. Warren is spending the
holiday season with her daughter in New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Smith were Christ
mas visitors with relatives in Mortified
Farms, Mass.
Miss Laura S. Jones of Northampton,
Mass, is guest of Mrs. Julia V. Barrett
on Forest street.
John Cunningham of New York city
spent Christmas with his uncle, Rev. Faith
er Cunningham.
Ben Bemis, who is employed in a shoe
factory at Newport, N. H., has been at his
home few days.
Miss Emma Dutton and niece, Miss
Edith Gould, went to New York Friday to
spend two weeks.
Miss Florence Putnam went Saturday
to her home in Alstead, N. H., to remain
during the holidays.
Miss Hattie Jones and Mr.. Salliday of
Boston were Christmas visitors at Mr.. and
Mrs. W. p. Jones's.
Harry L. Gale, railway postal clerk be-
tween Brattleboro and Springfield, is ill at
his home on Spruce street.
Miss Estelle Niles of South Framing
ham, Mass, came Sunday to visit her
mother, Mrs. Henry Niles.
Miss Stella Stckney went to New Lon
don, Conn, Tuesday to spend a few days
with Miss Josephine Lathrop.
Frank Wells came from Boston Satur-
day to spend Christmas with his parents,
returning to his work Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Staples of Roches-
ter, n. H., were the guests of Mr.. Staples S
parents Sunday and Monday
Miss Sarah Weed and Miss Elizabeth
Hardee of Boston are spending the holi-
days with Mrs. G. W. Pierce.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Cray went to Man
chester, N. H., Saturday to visit at H. l.
Dykes, returning wednesday.
Fred Stone went to Boston yesterday
where he will enter a shospital to undergo
an operation for appendicitis.
Miss Florence Hemmenway of Middle
bury college came home Saturday for the
Christmas vacation of two weeks.
Mrs d. w. Tenney was called to Cam
bridge, Mass, Saturday by the illness Of
her daughter, Miss Belle Tenney.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lewis Morse, jr., Of
Philadelphia, Penn, came Saturday tc
spend Christmas at N. 1. Hawley's.
Jared Holbrook is critically i'll with
gangrene at the home of his daughter
Mrs. c. F. Reed, on Central street.
Miss Florence Goodhue of Boston came
Tuesday to spend the rest of the week
with her sister, Mrs. A. F. Schwenk.
W. F. Collins returned to his work in
Hartford, Conn, Tuesday morning after
spending Christmas with his parents.
Kenneth Emerson will return to Har
ward university next Tuesday after spend
ing 10 days at his home on Oak street.
DIR. H. W. Stedman has been in Bur
lington recently, and the Free Press states
he will soon open an Office in that city.
Hon. j. L. Martin has been ill will
bronchitis at his home since the day before
Christmas. Pneumonia was at first fear
ed.
Miss Wynne Wadsworth of Springfield
Mass, who teaches in Ludlow, Mass, ha
been the guest of Miss Ethel Bruce severa
days.
Miss Carrie E. Cobb of Springfield
Mass, came to Brattleboro Tuesday Il
spend a week with her sister, Mrs. W. 7
Haigh.
Merton Robbins, who is employed il
the advertising department of the Engineer
ing News of Chicago, ILL.,, is visiting a
his home.
Fred Robinson, who has been ill for sew
eral months with rheumatism, went I
Boston yesterday to spend the winter wit
his sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Gleason @
Chicago and James M. Gleason of Boston
were Christmas guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j
e. Gleason.
Harry K. White, an employe OF tn
we'll known firm of New York architects
McKim, Meade & White, was at HON
early this week.
Morton Greasy, senior in the Yal
Law school, came from his home in Hart
ford, Conn, Wednesday to visit his grand
mother, Mrs. Farley Starr.
Miss Ella Scott and Miss Laura Stearns
teachers in the Mystic Oral school at Mys
tic, Conn.,, are spending the Christmas Va
cation at their homes in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Coleman returne
to Boston Tuesday after spending Christ
mas at the home of Mrs. Coleman's pai
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Luke Ferriter.
About $500 has been raised among tn
Brattleboro friends for use by Lieut.. l.. \
Shields, who is now at the Massachusett
home for consumptives in Rutland.
Miss Pearle e. Cheney of Springfield
Mass, accompanied by her friend, Mis-
Maud M. Munger, spent Christmas at tn
home of her parents on Maple street.
James and Elizabeth Bagg of Wesleya
university are spending their Christina
vacation at the home of their parents' M
and Mrs. f. A. Bagg on Washlngto
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. Harlow and M
and Mrs. S. j. Jones went to East Beth
wednesday to attend the funeral
William Harlow, father OF Mrs. Harlo
and Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. Henry lizard of Cohoes, l.,
visiting at James Yards.
Mrs. Charles r. Crosby and son, EdWai
r..L., Lee uaatardav for Meriden, Conn