Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-16

agent, G. A Mason; tax collector, Fred w. |
Cotton. Appropriations made: For or |
binary town charges, $4,000; support of |
poor, 5000; fire department $3.50; High |
school, $1,000; street lights, $1,000; public |
library, $3.50; ice water barrel, S3S; read
ing room, $3.50; rent of reading room, 800;
public play grounds, $40; sewers on old road
to Chesterfield, $500. The consideration
of new town hall building was left to an
meeting to take place at Grand
Army hall Saturday, March "a, at o'clock
A. NJ.
c. c. Holton was i'll the first of the
week
H. f. Lake of Keene was in town We'd
nesday.
Miss Lucy Spooner is among the sick
ones this week.
Harry White is working in the Ameri-
can Express office.
James G. Bridge has been laid up by i'll
ness for several days.
All the schools will begin the spring
term Monday, March 10.
Mrs John Cookery of Spofford was in
town few days recently
Roger Holland went to Boston Saturday
to return with his father.
Philander R. Packard returned Friday
from a trip in Massachusetts,.
Five architects were in town Saturday,
four remaining over Sunday.
Miss Carrie B. Howe went to Dublin to
give recitals on Tuesday evening
Miss Nettie A. Gallup of Woodstock,
Vt, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. j. Clark.
Henry Britton visited his aunt, Mrs.
Stebbns, in Millers Falls, Mass, last week.
The subject of the sermon at the Con-
gregational church Sunday morning will be
Joy"
The annual school meeting will be held
at Grand Army hall at o'clock Saturday
afternoon.
Miss Marian Clark is spending a part of
her vacation in Keene with her uncle
Charles Clark.
Mrs. George P. Hooker and her mother
went to their former home in Massachu-
sets Saturday.
The ladies of the Congregational society
have voted to buy piano for the vestry in
the near future.
H. c. Holland attended the hotelmen's
dinner at the Rockingham House, Ports
mouth, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Bliss visited in New
fame and Jamaica, Vt, from Friday until
Monday of last week.
Rev. L. NJ. Wilde will preach the bac-
calaureate sermon to the High school grad
uatng class this year.
There we're three accessions to the Cal
vary Methodist church Sunday, two by let
ter and one Oh probation.
Mrs. G. E Snow, who has been in Bos-
ton for medical treatment for several
weeks, is reported improving.
Hon. L. F. Liscom has been ill for sew
eral DAYS and it is reported that his illness
has developed into pneumonia.
Several of the local Pilgrim Fathers at
| tended the social and dance of the order at
Brattleboro Wednesday evening
Edwin Berkinshaw and son of Quenni-
hang. Conn, visited Mr.. Berkinshaw' s
brother, Fred Berkinshaw, Sunday.
W. H. Lyman is in Maine, where he will
be engaged in the interest Of the Durham
Brothers of Brattleboro until May l.
The Junior league gave a supper at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dickerman
on Brattleboro street, Thursday evening.
A very pleasant entertainment was given
at the Congregational church Wednesday
evening under the direction of Mrs. F. H.
Jones.
Miss Grace NJ. Day returned Tuesday
from a visit of several weeks with her
aunt, Miss Sophia A. Doolittle, in Bing
hamton, N. Y.
O. c. Robertson and daughter, Violet
visited Boston last week, where Mr.. Robert
son attended the paper makers dinner
Wednesday evening.
Miss L. NJ. Allen of Bradford, Vt, will
again have charge of the millinery depart
ment of Keyou's store and will begin hel
duties about April l.
Principal Fisher of the High school at
tended the meeting and dinner of the Har
ward teachers association held at Cam
bridge, Mass, last Saturday.
, The total cost of the police court durinI
the wear was $153. rs and the amount re
ceiyed for fines was $644, leaving balanc
, in favor of the town of S49O.26.
Fred Farwell and Harry Hopkins O
Spofford and Louis Roeder and Fred Pole
of this village captured 10 pounds of pick
, erel from Round pond, Saturday.
, There are upon the check list about go
names and among them are noticed l
: Smiths, 10 Barretts, nine Bergeron'
eight Manns and eight Thomases.
| The annual meeting of the reading roor
r association will be held at Grand Arm
!. hall Monday evening, March 10, at whic
| time reports will be made and a new boar
A of control elected.
: NJ. L. Denison and Chauncey Farr, fol
: msr residents of Hinsdale, but now {
. Springfield, Mass, came up to attend tow
meeting Tuesday and shake hands with ol
, friends.
a Among those housed by illness this wee
!. are Mrs. s. X. Hildreth, Miss Nellie Ma
Z LYMAN, Miss Cora Wellman, Miss FlorenC
Goddard, Miss Emma Renshaw and Ere
. George.
- Walter Thomas, who lives in the mort
;. part of the town, was recently seriously i
I iured by being thrown from his sleig
= His head struck tree, rendering him u
= conscious for several hours.
"a Michael Hanrahan, one of the farme
who some time ago bargained their tobac