Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-02-27
eRATTLE8oRo PERSONAL.

p. c. Cray of Bellows Falls spent sun
day in town.
Mrs. c. b. Dickinson is visiting her
sister in Corain.
Daniel Aher spent Sunday in Spring
ucld, this state.
Mrs. W. IL. Cray is i'll with grip and
stomach trouble.
Rev. Father Lynch of st. Johnsbury
spent Tuesday in town.
T.. Z. Harris spent Saturday and Sum
day in Springfield Mass.
James a. Austin is at work i'm the post
office this week as substitute.
Wesley Covll of Springfield this state.
was in Brattleboro Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs w. d. ellison entertained
the So club Wednesday evening.
Judge Waterman went yesterday to
Rutland on professional business.
Mrs. A. r. Harris is seriously i'll at
her home on Washington street.
DIR. John a. Drouin is spending a few
days with his parents in st. Johnsbury
William LAWN is now singing with an
opera company in Strasburg, Germany.
W. f. Ellis of Burlington spent Sun
day with his sister, Mrs. M r. Micott
Charles Moore will go to tomorrow to
North Adams, where he has employment
Miss Ruth Allen gave a sugar party to
a company of her friends Friday even
ing.
Mrs. George Whitney went Tuesday
to New Bedford, Mass, for a visit of two
weeks.
Ben Williamson returned Saturday from
Ottawa, where he attended the races two
weeks.
Mrs. Lyman Goldsmith returned Sat
urday from visit of two weeks in Col
rain.
Hon. j. X. Batchelder of Arlington is
spending the week in town on profess
sional business.
A. T. Mcclure of Boston has been in
town this week, called here to attend the
funeral of his mother.
D. E. Person will move from West
Brattleboro to p. Fleming's house on
Myrtle street March l.
Miss Flora Smith of Millers Falls spent
the latter part of last week with her
mother, Mrs. Mary Smith.
Christian Bau. formerly a photographer
in town, had his studio destroyed in the
big fire at Barre last week.
W. IL. Bond went yesterday to Boston
to spend several days in special study
on the subject of embalming.
Rev. Judson Marvin of Stafford Conn,
formerly of Hinsdale, spent Sunday with
his brother, Rev. r. X. Marvin.
L. r. Pratt is spending the week in
Buffalo, N. Y, with Mrs. Pratt, who is
teaching there during the winter
Henry Slender, William Ellis, Mrs. Fan
ny Nassar and Miss Rowe of New Lon
don have been guests of Mrs. Fred Reed.
Misses Maud and Edith Fitzgerald will
return today to their home in Springfield,
Mass, after visiting at L. r. Thayer's.
Miss e. NJ Niles has gone from st.
Johnsbury to the Massachusetts General
hospital in Boston for medical treat
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. d. Taylor. Mr. and
Mrs. L. Il. Britain and Mrs. II. H. Cros-
by went this morning to Boston to at
tend the theatre.
Tommy Smith, brakeman on the mar
row gauge mixed train, badly bruised two
fingers on his right hand while coupling
cars yesterday near Townshend.
Walter Timson sustained a painful in
jury at the Estey organ factory one day
this week, when a block thrown from a
saw struck him in the eye. He will be
incapacitated for work some time.
The illness of Chief Judge Rowel has
necessitated a, reassignment of judges
tor the spring terms of court Judge
James Nj. Tyler will preside over the
March term ins Franklin county and
Judge Munson will come to Windham
county.
John Anderson of Philadelphia greet
ed Brattleboro friends Wednesday and
Thursday. He believes the Tonopah
mine in Nevada, in which he is a large
owner, will prove eventually to be the
richest gold mine the world has ever
known.
H. e. Ransom and Charles Whittemore
Of Newton, Mass, spent Sunday and
Monday at p. f. Connors's. Mr.. Ran
sons wife was Harriet Dickerman, who
aSnhVNi1tad
temore is a son of a member of the firm
of Whittemore Brothers, widely known
manufacturers of backing.
Brattleboro people who attended the
annual encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic, department of Vermont,
in Rutland Wednesday and yesterday
were Col. II. E. Taylor, James p. Elmer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Camden Smith, Mrs. H. S.
Goodenough, Mrs. E. II. Putnam, Mrs.
II. /. Bangs and Mrs. Thomas Winn.
John Fenton returned to Brattleboro
Sunday night after an absence of about
two years, during which he has travelled
with theatrical companies. He has been
as far west as Denver and through Texas
and the southern states the past sea-
son as manager of the Sam It. Jacks
burlesque troupe His father, Thomas
Fenton, met him in Boston last week
and returned home with him.
snow-shoing jaunt which few peo-
pie would care to undertake was accom-
plished Sunday by Miss Edith Stolte, Miss
Meta Stolte, Charles Stolte, DR.. A. l..
Pettee and Harry Green. The five start
ed about in the afternoon, went to In
dian pond via the route southeast of the
Thomas farm. and on their return visited
the pinnacle and Mine mountain. They
reached the village about in the even
ing, having covered to 10 miles of
mountain climbing on snow shoes.
The marriage of Erwin II. Metcalf and
Miss Jessie May Church took place yes
terday at the home of the brides parents
IN Burlington. Mr.. Metcalf is native
Of Marlboro, who graduated from God
dard Seminary, Barre, in 1896. He has
been connected a large part of the time
since then with the Barre Evening Tele-
gram, being one of its owners at one
time, but is now circulation manager of
the Burlington Evening News. The
bride has been a teacher in the Montpe-
lier schools. Mr.. Metcalf is a brother of
Mrs. VIII Mellen of Brattleboro.
The Press of Middletown, Conn, in
noticing the concert by the Wesleyan
University glee club, paid several hand
some compliments to the leader, Harry
Smith of Brattleboro, and says although
many men were lost last year the best
college glee club in New England has
been developed, not excepting Harvard
or Yale. The Press said: Mr.. Smith
sang with an accompaniment of glee club
and mandolin club. Smith is one of the
best singers in college, and his voice, of