Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
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fat cattle Friday.
Mr.. Shepard's family have moved in
to James Edson's house.
Miss Ella Smith has gone to work at
Mr.. Crawford's in Putney.
Royal Sanderson reports the rain
fall during July 6h inches.
Fred Kimball of Westminster was
a visitor in town last week.
Mrs. Richardson of Milford, N. H., is
visitor at the Brooks farm.
Oscar .Deane, who lives on the Man
ming place, lost a horse last week.
Miss Amy Davis has been visitor
the past week at Rev. M. F. Hardy's.
Mrs. Mynsbridge is spending a few
days in New York and Washington,
d. C.
Miss Kate Underwood is at home
from Newfane where she has been
some weeks.
Clara and Bessie Bailey have been
spending some time with relatives in
South Newfane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Woodland and
child have been recent visitors at
Clarence Halls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will DAVIS and child
of Melrose, Mass, are visitors at
Royal Sandersons.
Mr.. and Mrs. viii 3. Smith of
Springfield, Mass. were recent visit.
ors at Fred Wizards.
A deer was seen recently by Arthur
Hall on his fathers farm about four
miles from the village.
Miss Jennie Underwood is visiting
at Walter Eddys. There are a num-
Der of city boardets there.
Byron Thompson has left for his
home in White Plains, N. Y, after a
stay of several weeks here.
Rev. Mrs. lockwood of Cornwall,
preached as a candidate at the Con-
gregational church last Sunday.
Byron Thompson has returned to his
work in White Plains, N. Y, after
spending several weeks in town.
Rev. NJ. F. Hardy and son, Lawrence.
nave returned from Nelson. N. H..
where they have been some time.
Miss Myrtle Hall is visiting in Put
ney. She will visit in Westminster
West and Brattleboro before she re-
turns.
Mrs. A. A. Blood is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. DR.. Bruce, in Mortified.
Mass, and is attending the meetings
there.
Miss Mabel Stoddard has returned
to birmingham, Mass. Miss Nellie
Stoddard and Florence Sanders are at
home
Rev. E. A. Royal gave a very inter
esting report Sunday morning of the
convention which he attended in Provi.
dence.
Seven more boarders came to the
hotel Tuesday evening. A sufficient
number have engaged board to fill the
house.
Edwin Harris has gone to Schuyler
vile, n. Y, to visit his brother, DR..
Newton Harris, who is in feeble
health.
Mrs. E. B. Batchelder entertained
very pleasantly a few OF her friends
at a 6 o'clock tea at her home last
Saturday.
Mr.. Carr, from Rockwell & Sher-
wins in Brattleboro, is in town. re-
pairing the hearse for the undertaken.
c. C. Taft.
Workmen are here from Fleming &
Crowns putting in the furnace pipes
in j. c. Taft's new house. and for E.
B. Batchelder.
Miss Blanche Brigham left Monday
morning for Duluth. Mimi, where she
will visit her brother. John. who Is
lawyer in that city.
Lemuel Van Shack a student of
Colgate University, Hamilton, n. Y.
and graduate of the seminary here,
is visitor at Charles Austin's.
The three Misses Blanchard of Dor
chester, Mass, who spent a number of
weeks here last summer, are here
again at the Townshend Inn, for some
weeks.
DR.. Conland was in town Sunday in
consultation with DR.. Rice in the case
of Mrs. Waldo Edison. He spoke
encouragingly as to her ultimate re-
covery.
Mrs. Waldo Edison of New London,
Conn, who has recently been in the
hospital, is with her nurse at the home
of Mr.. Edson's mother, Mrs William
ingalls,.
Last week Thursday there was a
hard shower at the Macdonald place
and the haymakers ran to shelter,
and at j. H. Wares, a short dis
lance, only a few drops of rain fell.
Candidate Clement dined at the
Townshend Inn on Friday and made a
speech before starting for Jamaica,
where he spoke in the afternoon. He
was at South Londonderry in the ev-
ening.
We saw in the items last week that
hay in some places was 1S inches I'M
der water in the fields. and while we
are sorry for the farmers we are equal
ly sorry for the cattle which will have
to eat ii.
Mr.. Hawthorne, the new principal of
Leland & Gray Seminary, is in town.
Mr.. Hawthorne, who has a good record
in the past as teacher and also as
superintendent of schools, comes
highly recommended to the trustees
for the position he is to fill.
The Baptist ladies' aid society serv-
ed Miller's ice cream on the church
lawn Wednesday evening of last week.
They were well patronized and $40
was taken. Besides the excellent
quality of the cream, the event proved
a very pleasant social occasion. We
hope we may have such gatherings
often as long as the season will per-
NIT.
Clarke Aldrich and Bert Pierce
started in search of work on their
bicycles some two or more weeks ago.
They visited Saratoga and Niagara