Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-07-24
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
WILMINGTON.


Eugene Goddard has been i'll two or
three weeks
A p. Childs of Bennington has been in
town this week.
Mrs. Esther Mcclellan Of Hollston.
Mass. is in town.
Mrs. Chas. G. Barlow is in Brattleboro
for week visiting
Mrs. Rena Cutting visited Mrs. Martin
y. Brown last week.
Misses Ellen and Katherine Ware are
visiting in Bratteboro
Mrs. Lyon gave very pleasant card
party at the hotel this week.
Rev T. E. Wells is making pastoral
calls in Nottingham this week.
Harry H. Adams of Bridgeton. y. j..
/ is expected in town next month.
The Methodist church and parsonage
are being painted by Walter \. Hall.
Rev. O. II. Baker will occupy the Uni
versalist pulpit next Sunday morning.
Miss r. Leone Russell IS in Boston and
at Winthrop Beach for a short vacation.
Mr. and Mrs L. \. Ware Of New York
are occupying their cottage near Watson
/ u. Carpenters
William Day cut his foot very badly al
| Mountain Mills on Monday. The wound
was dressed by Or. Page.
The wet weather continues with little
prospect of a change and the farmers are
getting anxious about the haying.
Mrs. Truman b. Barnes and daughter
! occupy one of the tenements in Mrs.
| Winslow's house opposite the drug store.
Geo. Fred King. head bookkeeper for
| Cutting & Co. of North Adams. has
! been in town this week the guest Of
| Orrin r. Buell..
Mrs Chauncey Miller and son of Brook
| ~ nd
| Mrs. f. f. Medbury several weeks. re-
| turned to their home this week.
Ernest Hicks and family of New York
| are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. George F.
| Roberts. Mr.. Hicks has good position
with the Fidelity and Deposit company.
Fred w. Childs. with his friend, Prof
| John c. Calhoun of the Florida State
| College. Tallahassee was in town on
Monday, returning to Hnlcrest the same
| evening.
Harry Wellman is improving in health
| as is also Warren r. BOYD; but we learn
that H. l. Millington is very seriously
| i'll, and fears are entertained as to his
| recovery.
The local fishermen. like George Rob
| erts, NJ. w. Stckney. Ernest Hicks and
| Harry Hotchkiss. have been having great
sport several days and have brought in
| some fine specimens.
Miss Linda Douglass of Sycamore.
| Mass. and Miss Emma Clahane of Con-
| cord. Mass. are expected in town in Au-
gust to remain a few weeks the guests
of Miss Elva Lyman.
The salary Of Postmaster Jones has
| been increased to 1900 which shows that
business is good and continually increas-
ing. We remember very well when the
salary of the postmaster was less than
$500
Rev. Scion Fairbanks of New York
occupied the Methodist pulpit last sun
day morning and made a very strong ad-
dress from the scriptural passage &" Fol
low me and l will make you fishers of
men"
The lawn party under the auspices of
the Y. p. s c. E., which was TO have
been held at the parsonage. was held at
the church vestry on account of the
weather 1t was a very pleasant coca
| sion. with music by the orchestra. Misses
Ware and Kidder. Mr.. Riegel and Albert
Buell.. Mrs. Kidder accompanist.
Among the other arrivals at the Childs
Tavern this week, we mention: Mr.. and
Mrs. ID. A Hamilton. Worcester Mass.
| F. W. Fowler, Boston; L. Parsons Stone
and wife of Pittsburg. Pa; J. W. Menard
and wife, Chicopee Falls, Mass; c. W
Rich, Orange, Mass; Hattie Z. Stimp-
| son and Mrs. Eleanor Williams, Haver-
hill. Mass. \. f. Stockwel Brattleboro
l
and Florence L. Bemis, Chicago, I'LL
T The hotel has been full for the past week
and every room in the old hotel is like
wise occupied.
James Beck. a lumberman in Glaston
bury, cut his knee very badly on Satur
t day. DR.. Page was summoned and tn,
injured man was brought out Of tn,
woods six miles on stretcher. On Mon
day morning he was taken to Norti
Adams where Dr. Page, assisted by doc
! tors at the hospital, treated the patient
2 | wiring the knee cap to the bones, Of tn
5 leg. The operation was skillfIlly per
5 formed and the man is dong we'll DR.
, | Page also treated Jason Rice OF Sears
e | burg, who was also at the hospital, 70
/ | strangulated hernia.
Y a hearing is being held at this plac
: this week in regard to town line betweel
I the towns OF Woodford and Searsburg
e | before Hon. Joel Baker of Rutland. Hon
r | Alexander Dunnett of St Jonnsbury an
D | II. L. Clark of Castleton. commissioners
n | There is an array of legal talent consist
j ing of z. L. Waterman of Brattleboro
e j. X. Batchelder and o. NJ. Barber 0
r | Bennington and O. +. Butterfield O
( | Wilmington. Surveyors Bates of Powna
= | Bond OF Searsburg are much in evidence
j | while the selectmen of Woodford Sears
9 | burg, Readsboro. with other witnesse
5 from several towns. all take a hand /
e | the controversy. AS a rule hearings @
e this kind are not specially exciting an
o this is no exception. Several old stump:
: cuttings from trees and bag full q
| chips are looked over very carefully
The bearing will be adjourned afte
Thursday TO meet at Bennington on Aus
10th. We don't pretend 10 know tn
value of the wild land in question bu
h venture the opinion that the value ma
not be much over the expense of tn
hearings-but there is a principle II