Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-08-09
HINSDALE, N. H.

A large number of our people attended
the Mortified conference Sunday.
The railroad fare during the Methodist
camp meeting to be held at Claremont
Aug. 1926 will be $3.50 for the round trip.
A brush fire on A. L. Taylors wood lot
south of the village Sunday was extin-
guished before much damage was DONE
Miss Grace Howard of Fitchburg has
been spending short vacation with re-
latives in town.
d. c. Minis spent Sunday at his old
home in Sullivan, and Mrs. Minis visited
in Mortified at the same time.
Rev. c. f. Roper of winchester preach
ed in the Calvary Methodist church last
Sunday in exchange with the pastor
Miss Ethel Streeter is spending fort
night at the home of her brother in
Springfield, Mass.
The Winchesters will play the Hinsdale
base ball team at Riverside park Satur-
day.
Mrs. Newton stearns and guest, Mrs.
Gage, enjoyed a carriage drive to Athol
last week.
Mrs. Julia A. Davenport recently enter
tained Mrs. NJ B. Newton of Maiden,
Mass.
Miss Lena kellogg of Jacksonville, VT,
has been the guest of Miss Grace NJ.
Day a few days.
Dorsey Conway has gone to Kearsarge,
where he is working as bell boy in the
New Ridge House.
The Brattleboro Y. NJ. c. A. base ball
team defeated Raleighs nine at that place
Saturday to g.
officer Kinds furnished lodgings and a
chance to sober of in the lookup to
three transient jewellers Sunday night.
Mrs. f. ]. Richards is entertaining for
two weeks her mother and sister Mrs
Nov for md lee nfN
field, Mass.
James Mccormick went to Block Island
Monday, where he will pitch for the
Ocean View base ball team the remainder
of the season.
Miss Grace Silsbee of Lynn and r.
Montgomery of Cambridge, Mass, are
among the later guests at the Tower Hill
summer resort
During the pastors vacation the Sum
day evening services at the Congrega-
tional church will be conducted by the
Y. p. S. c. E.
The w. c. T. L. will hold a thanksgiv-
ing offering service at the Congrega-
tional church Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 10,
at 3 o'clock.
James Hancock sold a quantity of
household goods at his home on Highland
avenue at auction last Saturday after
noon.
1eN. W. +. w mite ana son, EmmOnS,
left Tuesday morning for a visit with
the formers parents in Rensselaerville,
n. Y.
Y4r. and Mrs. f. II. Jones went to
Dover. VT, Monday. Mrs. Jones, who is
recovering from an illness, will remain
there a few weeks.
Mrs. Elizabeth Marley and little grand
daughter, Mildred Cramer, returned Sat
urday from a three weeks visit in
Brooklyn.
Misses Annie and Lillian Myers have re-
turned from two weeks visit in Spring
field, Mass, and other towns in the same
state
The Kimball farm on the Brattleboro
road has found a purchaser in Fred C.
Gale of Brattleboro who will probably
make improvements on the buildings.
Geo. c. Fisk, owner of the Brightwood
paper mill. and the various red buildings
surrounding it, has bought the George
Crowningshield farm in Chesterfield.
Mrs f. Robertson of New York who
recently returned from a European trip,
is a guest at the Hooker homestead.
Mrs. Hay of New York is also at the
same place.
NJ. II. Butler lost roll of bills, amount
ing to considerably over 800 one day last
week, either near the Butler Brothers
mill or on the road between there and
| Brattleboro.
Another raid on the Island Brewery
last week resulted in finding beer. and
| Thursday, in the police court, q fine and
costs amounting to $6323 was imposed,
which was paid.
The Order of Eastern Star. Mrs. Eva c.
Temple, worthy matron. Mrs. Julia a.
| Fay, secretary, will hold meetings at
| Masonic hall the second Monday of each
| month.
There is an awakening perceptible in re-
| gard to Old Home Week. and ii is hoped
that there will be some fitting celebra-
| ton, even if not on so large a scale as
was at first contemplated.
a good game of ball is expected on the
| home grounds Saturday, when Capt
| Raleigh's players will cross bats with the
| Winchester aggregation. Quinn will
| twirl the sphere for Hinsdale.
| Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Howe are entertain
| ing this week their son, William r.
| Howe, and wife of Lockport, n. Y. Rev
Edward Tibbals and mother, Mrs. Tib-
balls. of Brooklyn, and Mrs Helen Tilton
OF South Deerfeld.
Mrs. A. L. Ide of West Swanzey for
| merly of this town, sustained an opera
| ton for the removal of a fibroid tumor,
| on Saturday. 1t was successful and II
| is expected that Mrs. Ide will make a
| goou recovery.
| Marian Robertson invited eight of her
| little friends to help her enjoy her sixth
| birthday anniversary on Thursday. The
| afternoon was passed with games, and
a supper which comprised the toothsome
| dainties which children enjoy was served.
Mrs. Nat Butler, who has been at her
fathers, George A. Robertson's, the past
| two months, will go tomorrow to join
her husband at Dayton, Ohio. Later they
| will go to the Pan-American exposition
| at Buffalo.
Fred Knapp is laid off from work by a
| sprained ankle, which he got by jumping
| over a fence last week Thursday Mr..
Knapp had a finger broken a few days
| before, by a piece of ice falling on 1t
but kept at his work until the second
| accident
Mrs. G. r. Guy and daughter, Lilly, Wis
tied her brother, f. M. Fuller, this week,
Mrs Guys husband is the manager of the
| famous Guy Brothers minstrel troupe.
| Mrs. Fullers uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. f. A. Bridges, of Perkinsville, VT.
also visited at the same place Wednesday.
The new electric lights were turned on
for the first time Saturday evening. For
some reason everything did not work en-
tirely satisfactorily, but there has been
a marked improvement since. The great
est fault found at present is that the
lights are not placed near enough to-
gether
The Robertson paper mill is shut down
for extensive repairs. Twenty-Five thou
sand feet of Georgia pine timber and floor