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

Mr.. Carlton visited in town this week.
Ellen Ware is home from Springfield,
Mass.
Schools Nos. 8 and will begin Monday
April %.
Miss Amelia Hobart of Boston is at her
home here.
Clinton Franklin has gone to. Putney to
work for the season.
The sugar season of 1900 can be set
down as poor one.
Mabel Stoddard is home from Framing
ham, Mass, for a short visit.
A. A. Blood is drilling the singers in the
cantata, "Under the Palms.
Erastus Eddy from New York state has
visited his brother, Francis Eddy.
Fred Kmball has sold his farm. The
purchaser is unknown to the writer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Pratt have moved on
to the Maggie Ladd farm from Windham.
Mr.. Edison has returned to Boston after
spending some weeks in town at Charlie
Halls.
The Hadassah league met on Thursday
afternoon with Misses Anna and Addie
Twitchell.
The Woman's Foreign and Home mission
society met at the Baptist parsonage Wed.
nesday afternoon.
A contribution for the starving ones in
India at the Baptist Sunday school last
Sunday amounted to so.
Daisy Pratt visited recently at her home
here with her friends, Miss Gertrude Stin-
strum from Concord, Mass.
Uncle Hollis Nichols, who is in his 99.h
year, is failing in health and strength and
does not seem to realize much.
A. H. Lyman of Andover, Conn, agent
for CHM & Co., educational publishers of
Boston, was in town last week.
Mr.. Amidon of Ashland, Mass. spent
last week at J. II. Wares While here
he went around with Mr. Ware 10 buy cat
| tie.
Bicycles are out on the sidewalks. we
| see. Where are the artistic and ornament
al notices that have in the past decorated
our village?
Rev. Charles Fl. Spalding of Boston.
New England secretary of the American
Baptist Publication society, will be here
over Sunday and will preach at the Bap-
tist church.
DR.. Rice moved last week into his pleas
| ant new house. The house is not only
| picdSdht uul COulluOulOus anu the LOCALITY IS
a desirable one. 1t has been built the
past winter by Haynes Sanders, who took
the contract and employed some six or
more carpenters.
The friends of DR.. Terrill here were sad
deneG to learn of his death, which took
place April 7, at Tallapoosa, Ga, where he
had been number of winters on account
! OF his health. DR.. Terrill practiced medi-
cine here number of years and was con-
sidered skillful practitioner, and his de.
parture was much regretted when he left
here for White River Junction, which
| place has been his home since leaving here
Some of the sick are improving. Hugh
Holbrook's family have been i'll with grip
and Mrs. Holbrook under the DOCTORS
care. Mrs. Annie Batchelder is about the
same. Mrs. Morris Ware is quite i'll this
week. b. b. Brigham, who was so badly
| injured, is about the same. Mrs. Abby
| Willard is quite as comfortable, up to
| wednesday noon, as at any time since her
! illness.
The entertainment given last Saturday
evening by Mr.. Frye, the impersonator,
was much enjoyed by those who attended
and it seems strange a larger number
should not have awaited themselves of the
opportunity to hear him in Rip Van
Wrinkle, which is so celebrated and which
has been made doubly so by the great
actor, Joseph Jefferson. Mr.. Frye, to
close the entertainment, impersonated
David Harum in his horse trade with Dea-
con Perkins, and pantomime.
very interesting Easter concert was
held at the Congregational church last
Sunday morning under the direction of
Superintendent Randall. The church was
beautifully decorated with palms and
potted plants. The music was excellent
and all the parts we'll rendered. The con-
cert. was much enjoyed by the church
across the way, who were kindly invited to
worship with them. In the evening a
pleasing Easter program was carried out
at the Baptist church. The Easter music
was appreciated. There were readings by
Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. Edgecomb, Miss Thayer
and Abbie Starr. The congregation took
part in the responsive readings. Rev. M.
F. Hardy and congregation worshipped by
| invitation at the evening service with the