Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-02
TOWN SHEND.


Hiram Porter, who has been danger
ously i'll, is improving.
Mrs S. j. Smith and son are boarding
at Rev. E. A. Royals
Miss Amelia Hobart of Boston is at her
, home for a few weeks
The Misses Hobart are renovating their
house inside with paint and paper
There was a long-continued shower Fri
day night and another Saturday morning.
A. A. Blood is doing work as carpenter
on Mrs. Switzer's house in West Towns
bend.
Walter Mooney of Brattleboro was in
town last week doing work for Miss Elet-
cher.
Raymond Beebe went Monday morning
to Grafton to teach in Houghtonsville this
summer.
| Clark Aldrich and Bert Pierce Of West
! moreland, n. H. have been recent visi
/ tors in town.
| Mr.. White Of Athol who bought the
| William Perry place, moved his goods
| here last week.
! Miss Bertha Gage of Fitchburg came
! Saturday to resume teaching at the north
| part of the town
| Mr.. Townsend, agent for Mrs. Logans
| Thirty Years in Washington" is cam
| vassing the town.
Miss Augusta Fessenden is i'll and under
| also Mr.. Ambrose.
| j. H. Ware sent off a drove Of cows
Monday. Mr.. Parmley of Connecticut has
been here buying them.
Rev. l.. A. Holden of Connecticut will
preach at the town hall next Sunday for
| the Congregational church.
| Harlan Winslow so well known here,
who left this place last fall has a posi-
ton in bank in Slmonsville, Arizona.
| of the late Mrs. Nancy Spaulding will
! take place on Saturday afternoon of this
week.
Miss Ella Stebbins has gone to her
millinery work in Springfield, where for
| many years she has had employment in
| the same shop.
| Charles Howe was in this village re-
| pairing clocks last week and found so
much of this work to do that he will come
occasionally to do the work needed in
| this line.
We notice Gov. Stickney's appointment
| of May % as Arbor Day. We hope 1t
will be observed in this village. so that
| after years may show the good that was
| done on that day.
Mrs. w. S. Hollond's millinery opening
| took place last week and she displayed all
| the pretty things she got in Boston for
| the spring trade Monday and Tuesday
| OF this week she and her trimmer were in
| Grafton.
one Of the letters of a candidate for
| governor, defining his attitude on the
| temperance question, in last week
| Phoenix. reminds one of the phrase. in
| nocuous duesuetude" in President Cleve-
| lands first message to Congress, that
| was SO much commented upon and the
meaning so much obscured by its use.
Next week on Friday evening May 3,
| the Baptist ladies' aid society will hold
| a shoe social. There will be a short
| program and a small admission fee will
be charged. but the principal interest will
| centre in the contents of the envelopes,
| some Of which have travelled many hum
| dred miles and back from their starting
| point, finding every one more than glad
| to give the little that was asked of them
| on the cards the envelopes contained.
| one lady in far-distant city sending a
| dollar specified that she did not wish IL
| understood TO represent twice the size of
her shoe, was the sum indica ted by
the reading upon the cards.
The next number of the Leland & Gray
| Messenger will be issued the first Of
next week The editors have endeavored
| to keep this number up to the high stand
| ard of the first issue, and they deserve
high praise for the success of their efforts
| one new name appears in the board of
| editors. that of Miss Myra |. Hardy '03,
| as exchange editor, whose department is
| well cared for. Locals" and Athletics"
also receive due attention. The articles
| in the purely literary part of the paper,
are, for the most part somewhat shorter
| and in greater variety than in the first
| issue. The paper is in every way n
| credit to its editors. its business manag g
ers and the school.
At the close of the last term the stu
| dents OF the seminary were asked to ex-
| htfF "a n nf hai
| own number whom they considered the
| best speakers in the school. In accord
ance with the vote the following were
| recently announced the participants
| for the prize defamation contest to be
| held at the close of the present term
Miss Starr, Miss Dale, Miss Sage, Miss
| Barnes, Miss Jessie Johnson. Miss Cobb,
| Mr. Harvey, Mr.. Cobb. Mr.. Smith. Mr..
| Williamson, Mr.. Starr and Mr. Palmer.
| Miss Ethel johnson, Mr.. Clark and Mr..
Sprague Were in the list as originally
| chosen, but as they were unable TO take
part in the contest, their places have
been filled by those standing next in
| order in the vote.
| The students of the Leland & Gray
Seminary will give the highest class en-
tertainment ever presented by them on
| Friday evening, May %, when Shak-
will be produced at seminary hall at
O'Clock. Theatrical effectiveness is not
| the end sought. The preparation for
the work will be most thorough and 1t
Will represent the study of dramatic and
| literary Interpretation in the seminary
The comedy will be fully costumed, al
though no attempt will be made at appro-
pirate stage setting Music under the
direction of F. C. Leitsnger of Brattle-
boro will intersperse the scenes. All
seats will be reserved and they will be on
sale at the seminary Friday evening at
$50. The hearty cooperation of all is
solicited.
The teacher. Miss Odds of Norwich, did
not come Saturday night, as expected on
account of sickness in her home so the
grammar school could not begin this week
TO the disappointment of many. The
primary school began Monday. Miss
Era Austin of this town has been en-
gagged to teach in place of Miss Olds, and
she began school on Wednesday. Miss
Austin is a graduate of Leland & GRAY
Seminary and has had good success as a
teacher in nearby town. and all wish
her success in her own town, where she
should have the cooperation of every
parent, as well as the whole community
Tor we know from experience that no
teacher can teach a good school without
this very state of things So let us all
feel more than usual interest in our
schools this season, as our teachers are
residents of the town and so we'll and
taVorably known, and not imported from
| some PARKWAY cline