Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-12-13
HRATTLEeoRo PERSONAL.

John Carney of Athol has been in town
this week.
Beatty S. Balester went yesterday to
New York on business.
Cornelius Flanagan is i'll with penmonia
at Dr. Lynch's hospital
George Fox has been in Springfield this
week on a business trip.
H. p. Wellman has spent a part of the
week in Springfield Mass
Misses Mary and Katie Manning spent
Sunday in Springfield, Mass.
DIR. e. c. Thorn of Deerfield visited re-
latives in Brattleboro Friday.
Mrs. c. A. Huntey went this morning
to Lowell, Mass, for a visit.
Capt Ernest ]. Waterman has been in
Boston this week on business
Charles H. Pratt returned from his
western business trip Saturday.
John Seymour Wood of New York was
in town Tuesday and Wednesday.
Lawyer E. w. Gibson was in Exeter,
n. H., the first of the week on business.
Mrs j. G. Estey went this morning to
her home in Peabody, Mass, for short
visit
A. w ~Chllds of Manchester, N. H..
was in Brattleboro Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
Mrs Emily A. Shumway is seriously i'll
with pneumonia at her home on Washing
ton street.
J. H. Chamberlain of indianapolis has
greeted many old friends in Brattleboro
this week
Archie Worden. who finished work Mon
day at Robbins & Cowless, has gone to
Townshend.
Herbert ]. Lovejoy, A. G. Brown and
Leon G. Bruce have taken rooms at 10
Canal street
Mrs. George Fitzsimmons of Burlington
is spending the week with her sister, Mrs
w. T. Haigh.
Mrs. Arthur Simonds returned Saturday
after a visit at her former home In
Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. Mary F. Willard of Greenfield has
been a guest of Maj. and Mrs F. w.
Childs this week.
Mrs. Wesselhoeft returned Monday to
Boston after visit of a few days at Col.
Richards Bradleys.
Miss Stella Stickney started Sunday
night for Cleveland, Ohio, to spend the
winter with a cousin.
Mrs George Mosher and children of
Burlington are visiting Mrs. Mosher's
mother, Mrs. Ellen Manning.
Miss Cora NJ. Cooke, the nurse, will go
Monday TO Lancaster, n. H., to spend
a few days with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Breslin of Milers
Falls have taken tenement in Mrs.
Abbie Gradys house on Elm street
| with pneumonia, has recovered. He was
| taken to his home in Guiford yesterday.
DR.. Louis A. Pettee passed an examina-
ton in Montpelier this week which enu-
! ties him to practice dentistry in this
| state.
The Misses Devens, formerly of Brattle-
| boro, have just returned from a European
trip. They will spend the winter in New
York
Mrs Sarah F. Goodem of White River
| Junction has been visiting her cousin,
Mrs. J. X. Parker. She went to Putney
Monday.
Miss Maud L. Emerson returned yes
| terday from a visit of several weeks
with her sister, Mrs. Turner, in Water
| town, Mass
Mrs. Ethel Dalton Swift of New York.
| formerly of Brattleboro, niece of
James Dalton, came to attend the funeral
| on Tuesday.
| Mrs. David Peck, who has been visiting
relatives in New Haven the past three
weeks, returned home this week Mrs
| ]. X. Parker met her in Springfield.
Miss Halle Thompson, who went to her
old home in South Londonderry for
| Thanksgiving, has been detained there
| by the serious illness of her mother,
| Mrs. G. ]. Thompson.
| Miss Maud Essex was thrown from her
sleigh in a runaway accident on Canal
| street Wednesday, but fortunately escap-
ed serious injuries. The horse was stop
| ped in E. L. Cooks yard.
Howard C. Rice. local editor of the Re-
former, is i'll with typhoid fever at the
! home of w, p. Jones on Chase street.
! trained nurse came Sunday from
Springfield, Mass, to care for him.
Organist f. c. Leitsinger, c. NJ. Dugan,
| violinist and Miss Halle Thompson, ac-
| companist, assisted in an organ recital
and concert given by the Baptist society
in South Londonderry Wednesday even
ing.
Charles Webb son of Rev. A. H. Webb,
a former Methodist minister in Brattle-
| boro, has been appointed clerk in the post
| office in Waterbury. He was formerly
employed by the Swift Beef company in
| Chicago.
G. w. Pierce, Mr.. and Mrs H. w. Sar-
gent, Mr.. and Mrs +. II. Spaulding, c. S.
| Hopkins and Mr.. and Mrs. c. S Stacy
attended the annual meeting of the Yer
mont State Grange in White River juno
| ton this week.
H. o. Coolidge went Tuesday to New
| York to begin the seasons tour with the
| play, THE Peaceful Valley" of which he
is part owner, in which Alden Bass will
star The play has booked engagements
solid to April l.
f. IL. Laughton of Dummerston, who
has been registered for some time as a
| law student in the office of Haskins &
Schwenk, came to BrattIeboro Monday
and is now in the Office to remain until
he completes his studies
Mrs. d. Cowles returned Monday from
New York, where she recently under
went an operation for appendicitis. She
is making good recovery and is now able
to walk about the house. Mr.. Cowles
went to New York to accompany her
home.
Howard Hall of Shelburne Falls, son
OF Capt. c. P. Hail. formerly of Hinsdale
and Brattleboro, left this week for Chi
cago, where he will be employed by the
Western Electric company. The young
man graduated from Dartmouth College
last June.
The Boston Journal is publishing lists
OF old subscribers and readers of that pa
per- One issued this week contained the
names of c. w. Wyman of Brattleboro
and A. N. Swain of Bellows Falls, the
former having read the paper regularly
more than IS years and the latter &c
years.
]. B. Ober, formerly of Saxtons River,
was found dead Monday morning at his
home in Stafford Springs by Health Off
Ger Amos N Nichols. Ober lived alone,
and had been i'll for several days with a
run of fever