Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-09-09

Davis q Person took possession Of
the meat and provision market, which
they bought recently OF Fuller & Co. last
week Thursday. Because Of sickness Mr..
Davis has not come here. Mr.. Person
has moved his family into Todd's block.
The places Of business in the village
were closed Thursday afternoon to al
low all to attend the ball game between
the Bluebrds and the Greenfields at Riv-
erside park The high school closed
earlier in the afternoon for the same rea-
son.
John Scott and John Davenport arrived
home Saturday evening from their two
months trip to Scotland. They made
the tour of Scotland. visiting relatives
and sight seeing and visited a few days
in England, the whole being for them a
thoroughly enjoyable experience.
Mrs Bishop is very III at the home Of
her niece. Mrs Bruce. on Crescent street.
and is being cared for by two nurses.
| Mrs Bishop came here last week Thurs
/ day. hut when the train reached Hins-
| dale was too i'll to get of. and was taken
OF by the railroad officials in a semi-con-
scious state. and has been dangerously
/ i'll ever since.
Miss F. NJ King Of Northampton,
Mass. first assistant teacher in the Hins-
! dale high school. has been i'll during the
| vacation, and although much better, her
/ friends think it unwise for her to re-
sumo her duties just now, and Charles
/ H. Temple is the substitute Miss King
expects to come back by the first Of Oc-
! tober.
The Hinsdae Entertainment associa-
ton will open the season with Lucier's
minstrels at the opera house this. Fri
day evening. No minstrel show has
drawn more people here than Lucier' 5
and the company always is sure to please.
Since their last visit to our town they
..Fr
they carry a band and solo orchestra,
and play at popular prices. Some ex-
cellent entertainments have been booked
by this association and they look for en-
couragement by large patronage at their
opening attraction.
The Republican caucus was held at the
town officers room in the town hall build
ing Wednesday evening. The following
delegates were elected to attend the va
rious conventions: State and congress
sional, Frank II. Fuller, Henry c. Hol-
land. Fred \. Buckley and Willis d
Stearns; councillor, James O'Brien, Fred
l.. Latham. Henry Spauldng and Martin
$. Leach; county, James OBrien, Frank
A Davis. Daniel L. Fisher and w. G
Booth; senatorial. w. y. Pike, w. E
Watson, Charles p. Lynch and Frank \
Davis: inspectors OF election. w. d
Stcarns and Warren d. Holman. The
county delegation voted to support II. w
Brigham Of Winchester for county com
missioner
Prof. Robert A. Ray. who resigned al
. principal of the Keene high school at th'
end OF the last year, has decided to TAX
up the practice OF law and will open al
, | Office in the Gurnsey building in that city
=. Mr.. Ray was formerly a member OF tn
Merrnac county bar with offices in Con
cord and had as n partner Judge Reube
! E Walker. who is now a justice of tn
supreme court Of the state Of New Hamp
shire. The two were the editors O
4 / Ray and Walkers Citations" a boo
q well known TO every New Hampshir
lawyer. Mr.. Rays practice in Concor
j extended through a period Of over te
j years and he then took up teaching. frs
in Concord. then as principal OF the Hins
a dale high school He went from here
n keene
Miss Harriet B. Knapp is spending
, few weeks vacation at the home Of he
: parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Norman KNAPP
We clip the following from the Middlcse
. news in n Moretown, Vt. paper whic
: will tell something u her success in he
chosen vocation. Miss Harriet y. KNAPP
dcaconess. who has had charge OF II
u work for the Methodist church in Middle
d sex the present season. is having We
earned vacation Of three weeks She vi
h spend most Of the time at her home
IS Hinsdale. y. H, tn which place she WEI
Monday. accompanied by Mrs. Add
% Miss Knapp has held services both at Il
village and Centre each Sunday, Wit
In many special evening services. and churC
a attendance has been much increased VI
der her administration. Her friends, whi'
-. include the entire community, wish h
: q very pleasant vacation
Last week Thursday Amidons' Blu
birds defeated the Torrington. Com
team in a game OF base bah al Riversi
park by a score OF 3 to o. The game VI
one OF the most interesting Of the seaso
? clean and fast. and fun of brilliant play
J. which aroused great enthusiasm. II W
an errorless game on the part OF Z
ee Hinsdales and Woodard Kelley, BROOK
y. Wilder and Morrison felded their pos
tions in league style. Woodland made I
g | longest hit ever seen on the grounds
IN his home run drive over the center fie
a fence on Saturday the home team pla
a ed the Easthampton. Mass. team on I
a. local grounds and defeated the visitc
- by a score Of II TO o. on Monday I
- Hinsdale and Easthampton teams aga
ne crossed bats al Riverside park, and aga
OF the visitors were defeated. in the morni
n by a score Of IL to 8 and in the afterno
by a score OF to . Mccormick a
en- Clancy pitched for Hnsdale and Dill
at did the batting. All were in fine form a
rk did effective work.