Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-04-20

sermon in the cathedral at Manchester on
Wednesday evening of last week.
The selectmen have secured the Evans
q Fisk property for enlarging the town
hall grounds, for the sum of $4,000. Mr..
Whitaker reserves the buildings, which he
will remove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Young are dispos-
ing of their household goods, preparatory
to returning to their native country,
Scotland. They expect to sail about the
middle or last of May.
G. f.. Pearson has given up the black
smith shop, hired of VIM. Smith and has
bought out the stock and tools of F. NJ.
Fuller at the Canal street stone shop. Mr..
Fuller will remain with Mr.. Pearson for
while.
Next Sunday morning at the Congrega-
tional church, Rev. W. e. Renshaw will
preach upon Sabbath Observance by re-
quest of the w. c. T. L. In the evening
the topic will be "How Shall the Sabbath
be Kept" Friday evening topic "Pauls
Methods being a continuation of a series
of Friday evening talks on the life of st.
Paul
At recent field meeting between the
Leland Stanford university of California,
and the Nevada university, John c. Nc
Caughern of this town, a student in the
Leland Stanford university, won the 100
yard dash in 10 10 seconds, and the 220
yard dash in % 2-5 seconds. The Stanford
team won, 26 to % points.
The local merchants made a good Easter
display of their various wares, some Of the
windows beng very Hastily arranged.
Noticeable among them were those of the
drug stores of the Worden company and
+. H. Jones, and W. o. Amidon, clothing
dealer. The millinery stores made their
windows bright and attractive with Easter
hats and bonnets.
The body of Mrs. Harriet Nash, 70,
mother of G. f. Policy of this town, who
died in Whately, Mass, on Monday, April
10, was brought here for burial Wednes-
day. Mrs. Nash, with her first husband,
Mr.. Policy, lived in Hinsdale for many
years, and after the death of her husband,
she lived with her son here for a time,
then going to Whately, where she has
since made her home.
At the adjourned meeting of the Congre-
gational society Monday evening, Mrs. f.
Fl. Fuller was unanimously elected treas
urer. The books show the society to have
a very small sum in the treasury when all
Dllls hTe paul. Inc committee 10 secure
pledges for the coming year reported very
good success, nearly everyone pledging as
much as last year and some considerably
more. The meeting was adjourned to the
first Monday evening in October.
The annual meeting of the Ladies' Mis-
sionary society was held with Mrs 5. K.
Hildreth Wednesday afternoon and the fol-
lowing named officers were elected Mrs.
| W. +. Renshaw, president Mrs. S. X.
| Hildreth, vice president; Mrs. R. 5. Lewis,
secretary and treasurer; Mrs. c. H. Whit
aker, assistant secretary and treasurer;
Mrs. Geo. Wright, collector An execu-
tive board of five women was chosen,
namely, Mrs. NJ. c. Dix, Miss Emma Well
man, Mrs. A. A. Bailey, Mrs. Harriet Hig-
gins and Mrs. F. II. Fuller.
Among the Easter visitors in town were
| Mr. and Mrs. Cote of Greenfield, at Mrs
Whites; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Quigley OF
Wilton at Martin Kelley's; Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Corliss and two children of Green
field and Thomas Corliss, wife and child Of
Hartford, Conn, at John Corlisss; Mise:
Susie and Mile Hanrahan of BrattleborC
at Michael Hanrahan's; Mrs. Maria Hart
nette and Miss Maggie Welsh of Greenfield
at Mrs. Winnie Welsh's Mr.. and Mrs. EC
Cunningham and child of Millers Falls anc
Miss Katie Conway of Keene at Patricl
Conway's; Miss Mamie Murray of Green
field at her fathers, and Mr.. and Mrs
John Cookery of Chesterfield.