Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
WlLLlAMSNlLLE.

Little Oracle Stratton is suffering
from a light attack of pneumonia.
Dan Hale and Adm May of East
Dover are working at the steam mill.
Charles Packard has moved this
week from Mrs. Winchesters house to
A. Nj. Merriield's tenement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa II. Stratton have
gone to Wilmington to see Mrs. STRAIT
tons sister, Mrs. f. r. Smith, who is
very sick.
Miss Eunice Morse is home from
Brookline for a while caring for her
mother, Mrs. Luke Morse, who has
been sick.
Miss Adella Estabrook returned last
week from Rochester, N. Y, where for
several months, she has been caring
for sick relatives.
The ice in our streams went out
Thursday afternoon, doing no damage
to the mill men who had been rather
apprehensive on account of the very
heavy body.
Charles E. Tyler, who is disposing
of some of his property on account
of ill health, advertises for sale in
another column some choice live stock
and real estate.
Our maple sugar makers have got
ready for business but we learn of no
sugar being made as yet except about
80 pounds by George b. Williams, who
is usually the first in the field
Edwin r. Willard has put on an
express team between this place
and Brattleboro, and will make trips
twice a week, doing errands, carry
ing express packages and conducting
light trucking business.
DR.. p. p White still remains very
sick but is thought to be improving
slightly. His brother DR.. Robert
White of Willimantic Conn, came up
on the late train Tuesday night return
ing "Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Beulah Kendall of San Ber-
nardino, Cal, is up from her musical
studies in Boston for a few days to
take in the mysteries of maple suga.
making at the home of her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Morse
Rev. ID. A. Ball las spent the past
two weeks at Springfield, this state
Mrs. Ball met him at Bellows Falls
Tuesday where they selected a house
on Atkinson street which will be their
headquarters for their Vermont and
New Hampshire work. They will
move from this place as soon as the
condition of the roads will permit
Charles II. Dickinson is up from
WallingfOrd, Conn, to care for his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ID. d. Dickinson,
who are i'll with the prevailing cpl
demic Mr.. Dickinson, learning of the
scarcity of doctors and the imposs-
bility of obtaining nurses here at pres
ent, took a half days coaching from
a Wallingford physician before start
ing and brought along a good supply
of approved remedies.
Excelsior division, No. 2S, Sons of
Temperance, held election of officers
Tuesday evening as follows: w. p
Dana. Stedman w. A., Effie PrOuty;
r. s., Carrie Stedman; A. r. S.
George A. Wheeler; f. s., Hastings
Williams; Treas, Florence Dickinson,
Chap. Porter Thayer; Con-, Walter E.
Wheeler; Asst. Con, Robert White;
|. s., Charlotte Wheeler; o. S, Amos
StrattOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter w. Cloud OF
Loomis. Washington, are visiting re
latives in town. Mrs. Cloud was for
merry Miss Lima NJ. Hunt. for several
years a popular Newfane school
teacher. who went west some two
years ago to engage in teaching with
the usual result. Mr.. Cloud is con
nected with the LOOMS Trading com
pany, a large mercantile establish
ment and now comes to Vermont for
the first time.