Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

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Mrs Frank Boucher is suffering from
a severe hemorrhage of the lungs, which
| occurred Sunday night.
Dan Mccormick went to Bangor Me-
last week Thursday to play with the
Bangor base ball team.
w. N Pike f. b. Chandler and Waldo
| EOuillard appraised the estate of the late
Arthur S. Butler Saturday.
S. S. Quinn of Keene was present and
| led the Epworth League meeting at the
! Methodist church Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. w. f. Mosely of SPRING
| field, Mass, are at Mountainside farm,
where they will spend the summer
Ralph Waite of Holyoke was a guest
| At the home of William b. Adams on
the Brattleboro road, Monday and Tues
day.
The Nature club will meet next Tues
DAY evening at AS o'clock sharp, with
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Savage on IIilburn
| street
Miss Gertrude e. Leach went to Shell
burne Falls Mass, last week, for a few
Gays visit at the home of her uncle, c.
= Hall.
Erery \. Harvey and Miss Eliza Tay-
| lor. both of North Hinsdale were mar
ried by II. E. Horton, Esq, last week
! Thursday.
The annual meeting of the Pine Grove
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hotel Ashuelot at o'clock tomorrow
| afternoon.
Services are being conducted every
evening in the week except Saturday
| evenings, during the month of May i'm
! 81. Joseph's church.
The base ball game which was to have
been played between the Turner's Falls
and the local high school teams at River
side park Saturday was postponed on
account of the rain.
The memorial committee of Sheridan
| post, G. y. r., have invited Rev. John
! l.. Smith of keene to deliver the Memo
| rial day address here this year. and the
invitation has been accepted.
The new town clock was put into posi-
ton last week. and is filling a long felt
| want. The dials cost $500 with the addi-
tonal expense of putting them in. The
clock cost $500 and is a gift of the Robert
! son brothers.
Frank Dckerman and Miss Hattie
! Carey were married AT the home of the
bride in Arlington. VT, on Wednesday.
| May $. Mr.. and Mrs. Dckerman will
make their home with the groom's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Dickerman, for
the present.
There will be a special meeting OF the
| Eoman's Relief corps at Grand Army
| hall on Tuesday, May p, at 3 o'clock p.
m. 1t is hoped that the members will
make an effort to be present, as the OBJ
1ect of the meeting is to arrange for
| Memorial day.
| d. c. Fogg of Keene and Miss Susie
Ellis of this town were married at Char
| lestown, Mass, by Rev. DR.. Chaplin May
| LIST. The bride is a sister of Mrs J. r..
| Holman with whom she has made her
| home for several years. Mr.. and Mrs.
fogg will make their home at 2Q9 Court
street Keene.
doll Hon Nit -
o. F., No. 49, witnessed the exemplfca-
ton of the second degree work. and en-
| joYed a banquet with Cheshire lodge at
| Winchester last week Thursday evening.
large number of our young people
| attended the dance at Lower Ashueot
| last week Thursday evening.
As Mrs. G.. n. Smith and James Brit
| ton We're standing on the piazza of Mrs.
! smiths Brattleboro street residence one
| day last week, a bullet passed between
! them. went through the screen door, and
! dropped to the floor when IT hit another
dc or. This is one more warning to those
| who handle firearms to be very careful
! how and where they shoot.
! At the recent annual meeting of the
! 'niVersalst ladies' society. choice was
| made of the following officers: Mrs. Ida
| Shaw. president; Mrs. q. i. Slate and
| Mrs. Esther Dickinson. Nice-presideuts;
! Miss Minnie b. owen secretary: Mrs. u.
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! ford. collector; Mrs. +. W. Tiden, Mrs.
! Edgar Burroughs, Mrs Scott and Mrs.
! c. W. Stafford, directors.
The North Hinsdale Cemetery case was
| settled at the office of T. j. Temple last
week Tuesday after several years lit
Gauon The complaint was against l..
| q. Lamson. that he had caused the
burial of a child on a lot not belonging
| to him. Judgment was rendered that
| hanson had not trespassed and the case
was settled by the paying by the trus-
tees of $25 to Mr.. Lamson for his inter
| est in the contested ground. Lawyers
| flaskins of Brattleboro, Wellington of
Leene, and Brigham of Winchester, were
| present at the hearing.
| The lecture on "Warblers" delivered
| last Tuesday evening by Mrs Frances b.
| Horton, president of the Brattieboro Bird
| cub, drew out good audience. Mrs.
| Horton spoke particularly of the wood
| warbers to be observed in this region,
| and paid especial attention to the char
acteristic markings by which each spe-
| cIes may be recognized. The lecture was
Illustrated with a large number Of skins
and nests making it especially easy to
| follow her descriptions of the colors and
nesting habits of the birds The nature
| club, under whose auspices the lecture
| was given, received an agreeable sur
Prise from one of its members in the
form of a gift of money to cover the
| expenses of the lecture
At the meeting of Wantastiquet Grange
| Wednesday evening it was voted to hold
| meeting at Grand Army hall on Sat
urday evening, May %, in the interests of
| old Home week. 1t is hoped that the cit
liens generally will take hold of the mat
| ter with a will, and that a celebra ton
may be planned and carried to COM
pletion that will be a credit to the town,
and as enjoyable as surrounding towns
have made like celebra tions. Everybody
is invited and expected to come to the
meeting and help to get the matter in
| hand. This is something that all should
he interested in, and it should not be con-
fined to any society. After the business
Of the session was finished the very
laughabe farce, Anything for a
Change" was presented in a very credit
able manner, under the direction of Mrs.
+. II. Jones. Those taking part were Mrs.
Jones, Miss Grace Day, Miss Florence
Goddard, Mr., w. G. Booth and Fred
George, and all had their parts perfect
| Is, and would have done credit to profess
SIGNALS This was one of the pleasantest
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