Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-02

Miss Hattie Derry was recent guest of
Miss Laura Sleeper
Mrs. A. NJ. Corser returned this week
from a visit in Orange, Mass.
Deputy Sheriff A. w. J. wilkins served
divorce papers on Fred j. Smith Mon day.
Mrs Ida Stowel went Friday to Wind
sor to spend week with her sister Ger
trude.
John Clark is able to be out after an
illness of three months with sciatc rheum-
atism.
A. NJ Corser has taken the agency for
the Adrance, Plat & Co., farming i'm
plements.
Mr.. King of Shelburne Falls, Mass,
brother of the late S. U. King, is visiting
in town this week.
Mrs. G. S. Foster is spending the week
with her sister, Mrs. Henry Warren, in
Charlestown, Mass.
Mrs. o. S. Densmore of Springfield, this
state, was guest of Mrs. F. E. Robertson
the first of the week.
DR.. Bennett of Winchendon, Mass, Wis
tied his parents, Rev. and Mrs. j. H. Ben
nett, Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Aplin of East Putney, who has
been seriously i'll with heart disease, is re-
ported as more comfortable.
George Rice, who finished work for F.
L. Pierce last week, has gone to Keene,
n. H., where he has employment.
Some of the Putney people hope to see
J. Arms Miller of Dummerston elected
state senator from the southern probate
district of this county.
Miss F. A Sawyer, principal of the
Central school, gave her pupils sleighride
to Brattleboro Friday afternoon, returning
about o'clock. The school closes today.
The tobacco which was sold in town last
week and the week before is being shipped
to New Milford, Conn.,, this week to be
sorted. There is from 30 to 80 tons of it,
Miss Bertha Moody of South Hadley,
Mass, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. George
Fuller. She will go soon to Springfield,
Mass, to attend the Childs Business col
lege.
Mrs. Lura Landon of Bellows Falls, who
died Sunday, was sister of Nelson, New
comb Q. B. Newcomb and George W. New
comb of this town and Jarvis A. Newcomb
of Bellows Falls. Besides the brothers Milo
Whitney attended the funeral Tuesday.
Dorr Clough, who went to Boston to
have cataract removed from one of his
eyes, returned without having the opera
ton performed, as he was Convinced that
at his age the operation might not leave
him any better off than at present.
Will Gilmore has moved from the Pullen
house to the upstairs tenement in Oliver
Houghton's house. Oscar Laughton will
move in down stairs and will board Mr..
Houghton. Mrs. Houghton will go to
Greenfield, Mass, soon to do dressmaking.
Miss Ruth Fifield, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Ffeld, injured her right arm
early last week by being thrown from a
sled while coasting. AS she was unable
to use the arm afterward, physician was
called Tuesday of this week, and it was
found that the long bone was fractured.
George Townsend bought fine pair of
sorrel draft horses at G. E. Gilman's sale
stables in Brattleboro this week. They
are own brothers, weigh 5000 pounds and
recently came from Michigan. Mr.. Gil
man says they are as fine pair of draft
horses as he has sold in the Connecticut
valley. Mr.. Townsend paid $500 for
them.
The indications are that the coming
town meeting will be mild-mannered
show. There is liable to be contest for
the Office of road commissioner, it being
understood that W. E. Pierce of East Put
ney will be a candidate with FL. l.. Scott.
There has been little talk of change in
some of the other offices, but so far as
learned no new candidates have appeared
The roll call and banquet at the Baptist
church on Thursday afternoon and even
ing of last week was a very successful
event. The roll was called by Clerk F. A.
Burdtt and there were So responses, A.
verbal and IA by letter. At o'clock sup
per was served, about 100 persons being
present Interesting post-prandial exer-
cises were held, E. o. Gassett acting al
postmaster. There were responses by the
heads of the various organizations connect
ed with the church. Following these ex
ercises a public meeting was held in the
church with a sermon by Rev. n. A
Wood, pastor of the Baptist church il
West Brattleboro. Mr.. Wood took for hi
text Psalm CXXII-6.