Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-08-30
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recently.
Miss Emily Harris is visiting at ].
! II. Wares.
Rev. NJ. F. Hardy preached in Put
ney Sunday.
Byron Thompson of White Plains,
N. Y, is in town.
Rev. Mr.. Wiswell is a visitor at
Rev. NJ. F. Hardy's.
Dr. Osgood and wife left Monday
morning for Buffalo.
The prospect for the fall term of the
seminary is very flattering.
The Hadassah league met Friday af-
| ternoon in the church vestry.
Roy Bishop of Winchester. N. H..
was a visitor in town last week.
Mrs. Henry Scott and daughter, Mrs.
Fancher, have returned to Boston
Marshall Martins family have been
camping out week at Sunset lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mason Walker spent
| Sunday with Mrs. Helen Wetherbee.
Mrs. Margaret Dutton has gone to
SaXtons River to work for Miss Wiley.
E. c. Benedict of New York city was
in town calling on friends last week.
Frank Davis has been on the sick
list. Ormando Derry is seriously i'll.
Prof. Edgecomb has returned from
Auburn, Me. His mother came with
him.
Grin Davis and wife have returned
| from their visit to Keene and Nashua,
n. II.
Mrs. Grace Thayer is taking lessons
in vocal music at Brattleboro of E. H.
Miller.
Will Rand and family of Randolph
were recent visitors at Theodore
Rand's.
Rev. Mr.. Bailey of Goffstown, n. H.,
will preach at the Baptist church next
Sunday.
Charles Grey and Asa Greenwood
have been making repairs on their
premises.
Mrs. Sophia Parker and daughter
have returned to their home in Fitch
burg, Mass.
Mr.. Austin and family of Weston
have been spending some time at ].
o. Follett's.
Mr. and Mrs. F. o. Scott of Monta-
que, Mass. are visiting their aunt,
Mrs. Walter Gage.
Miss Minnie Metcalf of South Will
braham, Mass, was a recent visitor at
Edwin Fessenden's.
The families of ]. o. and Orison Fol
lett and their visitors picnicked on
Newfane hill Friday.
Mrs. ]. H. Ware entertained friends
| from out of town, visitors in the place,
last Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Maud Burgess and two children
of Springfield, Mass, are visiting their
grandmother, Mrs. Clarissa Ware.
Mrs. w. H. Niles and Mrs. Henry
Scott attended the district Woman's
Relief corps at Putney last week on
Thursday.
Misses Newell and Lockrow of Meri-
den. Conn. who boarded some weeks
at A. A. Mason's, have returned to
their homes.
Mrs. Addie Greene of Jacksonville,
Fla, who spent the summer at Albert
Franklin's has gone to Rutland, Mass,
to visit a niece.
DR.. Appleton and family, who have
been boarders at Walter Eddy's for
two seasons, have returned to their
home in Boston.
The Christian Endeavor convention
held here last week was an interesting
meeting, of which an account Will be
given in another column.
The weather last week was almost
unbearable on account of the hu-
mildly. We sincerely hope there will
be no more spots on the sun.
Mrs. Celia Cutler went to Bingham
ton, n. Y, last week on Thursday for
an extended visit to her daughter, Mrs.
Clara Blanchard. Prof. Call and fam
lily will occupy her furnished tenement
this fall and coming winter.
Carrie Mason has just returned from
a week at Buffalo and reports an en-
ioyable time. She will remain at
home some time for a good vacation
from the Farm and Home Machine
company, where she is stenographer
Mabel Flagg, whose sad death took
place in Athol. so recently, was not
long ago a student in the seminary
here. She was a good scholar and
girl of pleasing personality, and her
death brings sadness to all her friends
here.
The Baptist church here sent as
delegates to the association held in
Wilmington this week Mr.. and Mrs.
A. A. Mason, Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Green
wood, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Niles. Geo.
Houghton was appointed to write the
church letter to the association.
The Congregational ladies' aid So
ciety, of which Mrs. c. c. Taft Is presi-
dent, held a sale of ice cream and gave
an enjoyable entertainment Tuesday
evening at the town hall, which was
well attended. The singing of Mr.. and
Mrs. Holmes was a pleasant feature
of the occasion, as was also the reel
tations given by the young ladies.
Rev. w. P. Hardy of Los Angeles,
Calf, and his family are visiting his
brother, Rev. NJ F. Hardy, and he &C.
cupied the Congregational pulpit very
acceptably in the morning last Sun
day, and spoke very Interestingly in
the evening at the Christian Endeavor
meeting. The subject was the i'm
portance of prayer, the vital element
of the Christian. He had distributed
a little paper among the audience
printed in his city, setting forth the
Importance and power of prayer. Mr.,
Hardy is the pastor of Mrs. L. B. CuN
tis's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rawson,
and through them to Mrs. Curtis we
have very kind words said of Mr..
Hardy and of his work in Los Angeles.
Many hearts were saddened by the
intelligence of the death last week