Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-19


Mr.. Keep of Walpole last Sunday.
George Roland, who went from here to
the Klondike nearly three years ago, re-
turned last week.
VIM. w. Slate is building a small tene-
ment house on Oak street extension adj
jacent to the Shamrock Hose company's
house.
The front of the Pierce Pharmacy was
torn out Tuesday and new sash replacing
the old was put in to hold the large plate
windows.
Evangelistic services are being held this
week at the Baptist church under direction
of state evangelist Davidson. They have
been we'll attended and will close this even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace White spent Sun
day in Boston. Miss Ruth White went
Saturday to Wilder and spent Sunday with
her brother, Rev. Q. E. White, returning
Tuesday.
Rev. Albert Hammett of the Universal
list church has organized large book club.
1t is not sectarian, being composed of peo-
pie from the different churches. 1t is de-
voted exclusively to novels.
DR.. A. j. Parker sold his household
furniture Saturday, at auction, at his res
idence on Pine street, and he went with
his family Tuesday to Chicago, where he
will resume the practice of his profession
in the same Office he left to come East last
spring.
The excursion to Boston Wednesday was
fully patronized, 179 tickets being sold here,
and large additions made at each station to
Keene. The four o'clock express on that
day was nearly three hours late owing to
colliding with freight car near East We'll
lingford. The fireman of the express was
fatally injured.
The marriage of Fl. 7. Chaplin of Pater-
son, N. j., and Miss Cora Bush of this viii
lage will be celebrated in the Universal
list church next Wednesday, Oct. "a,
at o'clock. Mr.. Chaplin was connected
with the telephone Office here few years
ago. He served in the Spanish-American
war in the Second Massachusetts, regiment,
which took part in the battle of Ell Caney.
At the annual convention of the Baptist
churches of the state, held in Brattleboro
last week, Rev. c. r. B. Dodge was chos-
en- a member of the executive committee,
and a member of the committee on interde-
nominAtional comfy, was also appointed to
represent the convention in the American
Educational society. He was appointed to
preach the annual convention sermon next
year at Burlington.
Those who attended the state teachers
association at Rutland last we elk from here
were County Examiner III. d. Ryder, Prin-
cipal Marshall w. Downing and the follow
ing teachers: Misses Ellen O'Neil, Carrie
Dexter, Florence Young, May Fl. Baker,
Gertrude s. Hayes and Mary E. Baker.
They returned Saturday afternoon. None
of the schools of the village were in session
Friday.
A large party of young people from here
were in Holyoke Tuesday attending the
wedding of Mary Josephine Sullivan, a
niece of Jerry Shea. Among those who
went were Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Harty,
Misses Ellen and Della Keane, Jerry Shea,
Miss Kate Sullivan, sister of the bride,
Patrick Keane and Misses Katie Fipn and
Hannah Flanagan. The bride is a young
lady well known here, her home being for
time in this place
The new three-story tenement house
being erected ON Green street by W. II.
Griswold is nearing completion, and the
residence of DR.. j. T. Ridden on the same
street has the brick work of the basement
completed ready for the frame, the mate
rial for which is delayed The doctor does
not now expect to occupy it this winter,
but will have it enclosed before cold
weather so it can be completed during the
winter. S. j. Cray has contracted with
Philip St. CroIx for a modern residence Of
considerable value, to be built during the
coming winter ON his lot on Church Place
near the Methodist church. Early in the
season but few dwellings, were projected
but larger number than usual have beer
started late, for work during the winter
months.