Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-02

were four young ladies in white Greek cos
tunes. Night was well represented and
Uncle Sam" was as natural as life.
When the dancing began the grave and
dignifed retired clergyman seemed to en-
Joy the fun as we'll as did the happy-go-
lucky clown. Sixty couples Joined in the
grand march, which was led by Willie Belle
vile and Miss Dollie Dawson. A small
admission was charged, and ice cream was
on sale in the hall. Illness orchestra of
Brattleboro furnished the music. The
profits to the school were about $25.
The public library was recently present
ed with Rawlinson's History of Herodo-
tus" in four volumes, the gift of D. L.
Fisher.
There will be a musical and literary en-
tertainment after the regular social at the
Congregational church next Wednesday
evening.
| The last evening train to leave here now
takes mail, and mail is also received here
on the train which arrives at 6.10 in the
morning.
Mrs. Matte Wheeler moved from ten
ement in O. g. Holton's house To the one
over the millinery rooms in Mrs. L. P.
Wise's block.
In May Mrs. c. o. Chamberlain planted
small number of peanuts and last week
she harvested two quarts of nuts as the
result of the experiment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Martin, former resi-
dents of Hinsdale, now of Greenwich,
n. Y, are rejoicing over daughter, Eliz-
abeth Frances, born Oct. Is.
Deer are getting too common to hardly
deserve mention. A doe and two fawns
were seen by r. H. Newton in the road
near his home few days ago.
Charles Stockwell, the new driver Of the
Hinsdale and Brattleboro stage, has gone
to Mrs. Ida Shaw's on the Mortified road,
where he keeps his teams, and will make
his home.
A disagreement as to choice of umpire
was the cause of the cancelling of the foot
ball game which was to have been played
between the Keene and Hinsdale High
school teams at Riverside park on Saturday
afternoon.
DIR. W. S. Leonard collided with team
in Vernon Oct. 90, and was thrown from
his carriage and badly shaken up and
bruised. He was able to come home later
the same day but has not been able to be
out since, and most of the time has been
confined to his room.
At about $50 o'clock Wednesday after
noon fire alarm was sounded because of a
blaze in Stebbins block, in the room used
as selectmen's room. Fire started from a
box of sawdust used as a spittoon. w. O.
Amidon appeared on the scene with his fire
extinguisher, and the fire was extinguish-
ed before the arrival of the fire depart
ment.
Edwin Bailey took his little son, Earl,
who is recovering from a fever, to the
home of his grandparents in Littleton,
where Mrs. Bailey has been caring for the
little daughter, who has been i'll with fever
there. Mr.. Bailey returned home Monday,
and it is hoped that Mrs. Bailey and the
children will be able to come home in about
three weeks.
Miss Belle Harmon received word on
Saturday that her brother, Henry Harmon
of Worcester, Mass, had met with a seri-
GUS accident, and Immediately left for that
city. Mr.. Harmon, who is an iron moulder
by trade, had several days before, in some
way, gotten hot iron in one eye. He is in
q hospital, with very little prospect of the
eye being saved, it being badly inAamed,
and causing intense suffering.
The Republicans flung a Mckinley and
Roosevelt flag to the breeze on Thursday
evening of last week L. Ashton Thorp Of
Manchester was the speaker for the occa-
sion, speaking from a platform opposite
Hotel Ashuelot. The Hinsdale brass band
added much to the interest of the exercises
by their rendering of patriotic and national
music. There was a display of fireworks
and considerable enthusiasm was manifest
ed.
The Greenfield Recorder of Wednesday
contained the following of local interest,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenney being former resi-
dents here; civilian Kenney, foreman at
the Hope street foundry, is to leave today
to accept a similar position with @. A.
Cameron & company of East Esd street,
New York, at a much increased salary.
He will have 60 men under him. The en-
ployes of the foundry called on him and
his wife at their home on Franklin street,
Monday evening. M. William Lynch, as
spokesman, presented Mr.. Kenney with a
handsome ring as a memento of their
friendship Cigars were passed around
and social hour enjoyed On leaving,
his friends wished him success in his new
position"