Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-02-22

About 80 students are i'll with meas
les at Mt Hermon.
The dance at the Melrose House
! Tuesday night brought out so couples
State Auditor o. NJ. Barber is in
town today to settle with the officers
OF the county court.
Walker d Miner of Centreville have
several game fowls on exhibition in
Melrose, Mass, this week
Through the gift of a friend, $40 was
added to the treasury of the Knights
OF King Arthur at their regular meet.
ing Monday night.
The suit of DR.. Z. r. Lynch against
John KANE to recover bill for medi.
cal services, which was to have been
tried Tuesday, is being held open.
Dallas Pollard, an employee of Dun
ham Brothers, goes this week to Bel.
! lows Fails, where he has bought n
dry goods store and will engage in
I business for himself
Miss Gilman representing the Ameri-
can Preserve company of Philadelphia.
| is demonstrating the merits of Schim.
meIs condensed soups at A. f. Rob.
erts Il Co.'S this week.
y convocation of the knights of
birmingham will be held in Masonic
hall at Putncy next Tuesday evening.
Candidates from Putney, Brattleboro
and other towns will be initiated.
Mrs. p. c. Spencer entertained a
number of her neighbors Wednesday
night, which was her birthday ami.
yersary Refreshments were served
and the evening was spent socially.
Mrs. c. f. r. Jenne and her Sunday
school class met with Hugh Harwood
one OF the members, last evening. Re
freshments were served, and the rest
of the evening was spent playing
games.
Twelve cases of diphtheria thus far
have been reported to the health of.
tiCer, one of which resulted in death.
one case has developed this week in
the family of Mrs. J. p. Helyer of
Myrtle street. There are two or three
cases in North Hinsdale.
The Central Vermont officials passed
through here yesterday in their pri-
vate car, Mansfield, en- route to New
London. The Boston train leaving
at $50 waited for the go mail train
in order to take on the Mansfield which
came down at that time.
Col. John Hunt, the pension attorney,
has been notified of the granting of an
original pension of IS per month to
Mrs. Ida NJ. Frizzell of Brattleboro.
Lowell S. Holt of Brattleboro and Hen
ry G.. Twitchell of Townshend have
had their pensions increased from IS
to $40 per month.
Gilbert II. Smith, whose leg was am
putated Feb. >, was able to sit up last
Saturday two weeks after the date
of the operation. Since then he has
been up several hours daily. He has
had no drawback since the amputa-
ton, the only i'll feeling which he ex-
pcriences being a sensation Of pain
in the dismembered foot. The nurse
who has cared for him returned Mon
day to Springfield, Mass.
Arthur Hughes of West Brattleboro.
%, had def operation performed on
him at the Fanklin county hospital in
Greenfield by DR.. /. c. Newton. as
sisted by DR. W. l.. Severance, and DR..
Z. G. Best. He was suffering from
an abscess following pneumonia. The
full details of the operation canot be
given, but for drainage purposes two
inches of the first rib was taken out |
Hughes is now menaiag somewhat.
Mrs. f. H. Holden entertained a par
ty of 16 at her home on Oak street last |
evening in honor of the goth birthday |
Of her nephew, Louis Knight. Whist |
was in order during the evening, and |
Frank Baker and Miss Annie Richard |
son were the winners Refreshments |
were served.
Gum & Co. have sold for Lyman B. |
Bullock the old homestead in Guilford |
20 NJ. II. Warner of Springfield, Mass. |
This farm was settled by Mr.. Bullock's !
and has never been !
jwned out of the family until this
sale.