Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-25
George Carlton was recently in town.

George Carlton was recently in town.
j. II. Ware went to Townsend, Mass,
on business last week.
Who is census enumerator for this town?
See Brattleboro items.-Ed.
New curtains adorn the seminary hall
also the outer hall and music room.
Wilson ingalls, of Clinton, Mass, visited
his brother, VIM. Ingalls,, recently.
There will be union Memorial services
at the Congregational church next Sunday.
Mrs. Amelia Gale has gone to make her
daughter, Mrs. Carlton, an extended visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Luman Ballou of Chester
were guests at the home of +. J.. Hastings
this week.
Edward Sawyer has returned to his
home in Hyde Park, Mass, after a stay of
10 weeks here.
Jerusha Brown and daughter, Annie, Of
Walpo,e, y. H., visited at Russell Aid
riChs last week.
Mrs. Edith Cutler and two children
spent the past week with Mrs. Cutters
mother, Mrs. w. II. Miles.
a large delegation of the w. c. T. U.
members from this place attended the con-
yention at Grafton last week.
Mrs. II. Colburn, after spending the
winter with her son, Prof. Colburn, in
Newport, n. H., has returned here and is
with her daughter, Mrs. q. Follett.
Bertha Phillips is home from her work
in Underwood's hotel at Wardsboro, and
will 60 soon to a summer hotel in New
Hampshire, where she was last summer.
Leonard Bennett of Boston, agent for
/
wasting the town this week Next to a
voyage to Europe would be the reading of
these lectures now published in book form.
Haynes Sanders and number of men
from this place have been TO Wardsboro
the past week TO work on the new barn
that Willie Bruce has been building to re-
place the one that was destroyed by fire
last summer.
Misses Edna Jennings and Dorothy
Deane of South Windsor, Conn, were
guests at the Baptist parsonage over Sun
day. Miss Jennings is a student at East
Mortified, Mass, and Miss Deane is a
member of the senior class at the Brattle-
boro High school.
Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Rice visited Mr..
and Mrs. Curtis over Tuesday night on
their return drive from SIT. Hermon to
South Londonderry. While on the weeks
vacation at Mt. Hermon Mrs. Rice was
called home to Essex, Conn, by the death
Of her mother, Mrs. Ben amin Gladwin.
The FortnightlY club will meet next
week Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Orison
Follett. Subject, "Odd Phases of Ameri-
can Life There will be a paper by Mrs.
Annie Cutler on Life as seen through the
post office window; The Fire Place"
Mrs. c. Willard; selections from c. D.
Warner, Mrs. Nellie Parker; "Architec.
ture,' Mrs. Emily Follett; "Clubs," Miss
Harriet Fletcher.
Arthur Maynard Of Brattleboro was in
town over Tuesday night on account of the
Choral Union rehearsal, in preparation of
the cantata, "Under the Palms" to be
rendered publicly next week Friday even
ing, June !, AT Academy hall Excellent
work is being done on this beautiful pro.
duction, and there is good assurance that
the public will be well pleased with the
entertainment.
very interesting union temperance
meeting was held in the Baptist church
Sunday evening under the auspices of the
w. G. I. L. Mrs. Kenyon prepared the
program, which she called Echoes from
the convention held at Grafton last week"
The first paper was by Miss Amy Perry
on Nicotine as Poison" This paper
was prepared for the convention and was
excellent, Miss Bessie Hardy read the
able paper by Mrs. Campbell of Bellows
Falls, which was also prepared for the con-
vention. 1t treated upon the different
kind of foods and the effect of alcohol up
on the human system. A recitation was
given by Miss Palmer, and reading by
Mrs. Edgecomb in relation to the liquor
traffic in countries we are trying to Chris
tianize. The White Ribbon quartet of
this place, consisting of Mrs Osgood, Mrs.
Dale, Mrs. Hastings and Mrs. Kenyon,
furnished excellent music. This quartet
sang at the convention at Grafton. Rev.
NJ. F. Hardy, at the close of the meeting,
gave report of Mrs. Stephenss ad-
dress at the convention.