Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-01

Edna and Frances Stevenson returned
home Wednesday after a few weeks
visit with relatives in Lynn. Mass.
Manager Carey of the Edge Tool works
expects soon to increase the output of
the shop fifty dozen chisels a week.
Mr. and Mrs. r. p. Minis and Mrs.
Della Estey were at the Minis cottage
at Spofford lake a part Of last week.
Mrs. G. s. Smith has been spending
a week with her sister, Mrs. Puffer. in
Athol. She also visited in Worcester.
VIII II. Lyman has closed his engage
ment with an undertaking establishment
in West Fairlee, Vt, and is at his home
here.
Frank SWEET and wife Of Lynn, Mass.
came Wednesday for a weeks stay at
the Wellman farm on the Mortified
road
Thomas Kane and wife of Boston have
been the guests of Mrs. Kane's sisters,
the Misses Fitzgerald, for the past two
weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Metcalf of Westminster,
VT, were in town last week called here
by the serious illness of their son. r. E.
Metcalf.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. L. Robinson, who have
been visiting the formers relatives in
Connecticut, returned to NJ. S. Leachs
Tuesday.
c. c. Holton and wife attended the Old
Home day celebration at Mortified
Tuesday, and report it as a most enjoy
able occasion.
Mrs. Kemp of Lebanon. Conn, visited
at j. B. Davison's and Newton Stearns's
a few days recently. and made calls on
other friends.
Mr.. Adams and wife of Ashuelot will
soon move here to occupy the tenement
in c. c. Holtons house recently vacated
by NJ. d. White.
John Fisher is at home here now.
He came home from East Dedham,
Mass, last week on account of Illness,
and may not return there.
A wash-out in the road by the bridge
which is near the Canal street residence
of Mrs. Jones kept a force of men busy
Wednesday forenoon putting the road in
repair.
c. Il. Keyou and wife, D. w. Stearns,
W. II. Barrett and Mr.. Johnson took
advantage of the excursion. to visit
Block Island Saturday. They returned
Monday.
a farmer living on Bear Hill says that
deer are getting too common to be
agreeable, as they have not only eaten
his grass but every hill of beans on
his farm.
Mrs. B. a. Oppenheimer and four
sons of Springfield Mass, are visiting
Mrs. Oppenheimers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. G. Bridge, at their Chestnut
Hill home.
A staging on which Arson c. Hooker
| and Henry Richardson were at work one
day last week, gave way. Both received
a thorough shaking up, but escaped
| without serious injury.
| w F. Austin of New York. and Miss
Edna Burnett of Putney, VT, were re-
cent guests at the Hooker farm, and
the Misses Gurnan of New York are
| visitors at the same place.
Fred Berklnshaw was in town ovei
Sunday and with his family left fol
their new home in Pittsfeld. Mass.
whittier their household goods had pre-
ceeded them, Monday afternoon.
Mrs. F. II. Jones entertained a small
party OF friends at her home on Thurs
day evening of last week. The affair
was in honor of Miss Finn Of New York
who Is spending the summer at tbs
| Hooker homestead.
Rev. w. F. White and daughter Mis-
Eloise left Tuesday morning to joir
Mrs. White and the other members o
the family in Rensselaerville. n. Y. a
the home of Mr. Whites parents. They
will be absent a month.
While driving home from Chesterfield
Monday night Octave Lotto of Ashuelo
got out of the road. when passing
through this village, and drove acros
Mrs. Amidon's lawn, tipped over, and
broken leg was the result.
The wool sorters began work in tn
Halle e Frost mill Monday morning.
large invoice of wool has been receives
and indications are that the looms vii
soon be running and that business vii
resume normal conditions.
Prof f. A. Mason of Peterboro ant
a small party of friends are enjoyini
camp life at the Dickinson camp mort
of Round pond. d. c. Clark, who a
one time was assistant in the Hinsdal
High school, is one of the party.
Miss Mary Belanger left this week 70
a visit with friends in Canada, wher
she will remain several weeks. She wi
go from there to Boston to buy he
fall stock of millinery, and return I
Hinsdale to open her rooms in seaso
for the fall trade.
The second nine from Marlboro playe
two games of base ball with the Hins
dale Juniors on Riverside park Saturday
The morning game was won by the HON
team, IA to 10. The visitors were vic
torious in the afternoon, shutting ou
the home team. and making II runs.
on account of the illness of a frien
Rev r. d. Van Tassel will not be abb
to fill the Universalist pulpit as was eS
} pected, next Sunday. However, III
church will be open and Rev. c. j. Hal
! ris, the newly installed pastor of I'll
Winchester Universalist church, will cor
duct the service.
The severe thunder storm of last wee
, Thursday did considerable damage 6
North Hinsdale The low lands wei
flooded by the rain, and the accompany
ing wind laid the corn fiat in some II
stances. A corner of L. f. Liscom
large tobacco shed was struck by ligh
ming. but very little damage was done,
1 There will be no Sunday morning Sc
vices at the Congregational church II
f first four Sundays in August, but II
Sunday school and evening services wi
, be held as usual with this exception
The Sunday evening meeting will be
: charge of the Christian Endeavor soc
ETY.. The pastor expects to return
, conduct the service on Aug. 81.
The supper given by the Universali
young ladies at the church vestry En-
= | day evening was largely patronized
other societies as well as their own. II
| entertainment in the evening was G.
ceptionally fine. Miss Anna Morse Gree
of Boston, graduate of Emerson scho
of oratory, gave several readings, whiC
were interspersed with graphophol
n selections by John Smith. Miss Gree
Is a young reader of pleasing PERSONAL
and marked ability, who generously ga
a her services to aid the society. She WI
II heartily encored after each selectit
and as readily responded. We no
: to have the pleasure of hearing h
J. again.
|, Fred o. Phelps, a native of Milton, b
r for several years conductor on electI
cars in Burlington, was struck by