Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-09-23
eRATTLEeoRo PERSONAL.

Mrs w F, Neal was in the city last
week to buy fall and winter millinery.
Mrs. Fred Cressy went Monday to
Barre for a visit OF several days with
relatives in that city.
Miss Mabel Croker, from c. A. Brown
ing's in Boston, will be the trimmer for
Mrs. Neal this season.
Mrs. and Mrs. Willard Smith returned
to their home in Putney Tuesday after
spending n week with relatives in Jamai-
ca, Newfane and Brattleboro.
DR.. e. s Bowen returned Saturday from
Brockport, N. Y, accompanied by his
mother-in- law, Mrs II A. Metcalf. who
will remain here a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs F. j. Mains have come
to Brattleboro and are with Mrs. Mainss
mother, Mrs. William Powers. They will
occupy rooms in Granite block.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter s. Stearns and
son went Tuesday night to East Putney
to spend the rest of the week with rela-
tives, Mr.. Stearns being on his vaca-
ton.
Substitute Letter Carrier Fred Coombs
is taking ID. F. Taskers route for two
weeks, Mr.. Tasker giving his attention to
his duties as secretary of the Valley Fair
association.
Earl Arnold; who was here a short
time from West Stockbridge Mass, went
tuesday to Amherst, Mass, to resume
his studies in college Horatio Smith
went to Amherst Monday to enter college.
Frank j. Holman, president ofthe Yer
mont Loan & Trust company came East
from Spokane, Wash, last week and is
now in Barre, Mass He will spend some
time at the company's eastern Office in
Brattleboro before ne returns to Spokane.
Arthur Monroe returned today to
Middletown, Conn, to begin his third
years stury in Wesleyan university.
Frank Roberts, who graduated from the
high school in June, will leave Monday to
enter Wesleyan. G.. and l. Ingraham of
Gulford and Hamilton of West Brattle-
bore are students at Wesleyan
Miss Celia Brian, who was a compositor
in The Phoenix office few years ago and
who is now assistant matron in the Gar
field Memorial hospital in Washington,
visited in town on Monday and Tuesday
while on her way to Charlestown, N II.
She has been at the home OF her sister.
Mrs. Slate, in Greenfield, for her vaca-
ton.
Gov-elect Bell. Lieut-Gov. Stanton and
G. T. Walter of st. Johnsbury, who will
be Gov. Bells secretary of civil and mil
tary affairs, were in town Monday and
Tuesday, a trip of inspection to the
Brattleboro Retreat, with the supervisors
of the insane, DR.. George S. Foster of
Putney. DR.. Steele of Montpelier and
DR.. Greene of Bethel. Messrs. Bell, Stan
ton and Walter were on a trip to the va
rious state institutions in Windsor, Wat
terbury, Vergennes and Rutland.
At the banquet Of the Vermont agents
of the New York Life Insurance company,
held at the Berwick in Rutland Thurs
day evening, the result was announced of
the contest which has been running for
the last two months to determine the
largest amount of insurance written dur
ing that time. The first prize was won
by A. p Childs of Castleton; the second
by H. II. Walker of Burlington; the third
by c. NJ. Goudey Of Burlington. The
first men on the honor list following
these three, was r. S. Childs of Brattle-
boro.
In answer to a friend who sent him a
newspaper clipping recently, which stated
he began his newspaper work making pic
lures for Harper's Weekly. Bert L. Tay-
lor said: Il have always contended that
newspapers are the most unreliable things
on earth, and the clipping you send me is
No 1899 in the catalogue OF confirma-
ton. / am living in Cos Cob, Conn, a
suburb of New York, and am as well and
as happy as the weather permits. l am
combining my pen stuff to Puck, but
have a book coming out soon and others
arranged for, and am in constant danger
of acquiring large sum of money" Mr..
Taylor was a local reporter on the Re-
! former nearly 20 years ago, and was af-
terward connected with the newspapers
in Montpelier, Barre and Manchester. In
recent years ne has become widely known
as a writer Of short stories and as a hu
morist, through his special work on Chic
ago papers