Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-12-14
HINSDALE, N. H.

Miss NIaudine Richards is out again
after a short Illness
Mrs II. w. Taylor was in Northampton
Friday and Saturday.
F. w. Robertson and family are spend
ing a few days in Boston.
George Spauldng of Chesterfield is Wis
itlng his son, Henry Spaulding.
Another waltzing party will be given at
the town hall on the evening of Dec 26.
Seats will go on sale at Mann's phar-
macy Monday, Dec. a. at 9 o'clock a. m.
Mrs. A. S. Hall and child of Mlllers
Falls visited relatives in town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. c. Robertson and
daughter Marion, were in Springfield this
week.
Mrs. Julia Davenport is spending sew
eral days with Mrs. VIM. Royce on Chest
nut hill.
Mrs. c. c. Holton has returned from a
visit in Boston, Worcester and Spring
field, Mass
Mrs. Della d. Estey left Tuesday for
Buffalo. N. Y, where she will make an
indefinite stay.
Ezra B. Pike bought the Thomas Dix
place on the Plain road Saturday at
auction for S1160.
Mrs. Departure has come from Canada
to spend the winter with her daughter.
Mrs. Edward Mossle.
Francis Hastings is i'll with typhoid
fever at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Hastings.
Miss Elizabeth Sutton finishes work as
milliner for Mrs. Frank Boucher this
week. and returns to her home in Barre,
VT.
Mrs. George Keyou and Mrs. Lyman
Estabrook of Lexington. Mass. are at
Mrs. Helen worden's to stay through
! the winter.
Rev. w. H. Trickey will preach in
Enfield next Sunday and Rev. s. II. Nc
| Colester OF Marlboro will occupy the
| Universalist pulpit here.
Mrs ]. G. Rice will join her husband
/ in Washington as soon as she can get her
affairs settled up here. Mrs. Rice has a
cousin staying with her.
At the teachers meeting which was
held last Saturday Miss Harriet c. Moore
was elected president, Miss Pearl Hig-
gins vice president and Miss Mabel Tenn
pie secretary and treasurer.
The annual election OF officers Of Sher-
idan Woman's Relief corps will take place
| at Grand Army hall Tuesday evening,
Dec. IS, at 100 o'clock 1t Is important
that eveSy member be present.
Rev. w. F. White arrived home Monday
evening from Rensselaerville, n. Y, where
he was called by the death Of his father.
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will make her home here for the present
Rev ]. H. Robbins of Concord deliver
ed a stirring temperance sermon In the
Congregational church Sunday morning.
In the evening he preached in the Uni
versalist church at a well attended union
meeting.
Mrs. Sarah Simpson, who came ,here
intending to spend the winter with her
sister. Mrs. c. A Holland. has changed
!
where she will do the cooking at the
Kurn Hattin home.
NJ s. Mann held a Christmas opening
Saturday evening. which was largely at
tended. Morgan's orchestra furnished
music He also gave the children a recep-
ton Thursday afternoon from $50 to $50
clock each child receiving a souvenir
The same music has been engaged for to-
morrow evening to give a concert be-
, ginning at o'clock. Everybody is in
vited.
The fourth and the best number in the
popular course of entertainments will be
| given on Thursday evening. Dec. p. The
. attraction will be the Harmony Concert
J company of Chicago, vocal and instru
! mental, with a soprano soloist, a contraltC
soloist. violin. viola flute and piano Con.
sidering the satisfaction given by this
I three first numbers in the course, II 1!
r confidently expected that the citizens
J will turn out and MAKE this number
Y success.
:; wantastiquet Grange elected the fol.
lowing officers for the ensuing year at tn,
meeting Dec. s. George p. Slate. master
j. b. Anderson. overseer; Mrs. ]. B
Anderson, lecturer: j. II. Watson, stew.
| ard George H. Pike, assistant steward
NJ. S. Leach. chaplain; William D
e Trickey. secretary; Miss Florence O'Neal
Ceres; Miss Fanny Holden. Pomona; Mis-
g gate-keeper; Miss Maud Lamb. organist
Carlton Bronson. chorister
y F. p. Kinds, who had two toes ampu
d tated a short time ago. because of gan
I, creme. at the Elliot City hospital 4
= Keene, had his leg taken or above tn
e knee Monday afternoon. Besides the hos
= pital physicians a specialist from Bosto
4 was called in consultation and IL was de
4 cided that the limb must be amputate'
above the trouble. At the present writ
ing the latest report of his condition
favorable. and his many friends here ar
hoping for his speedy recovery.
h The public library has an exhibit of tn
y gypsy and brown-tail moths, shown
II their devastation and the best means {
/. fighting them. This exhibit is a large on
5. loaned by the New Hampshire colleg
j. for this week only. The exhibit is bein
St loaned throughout the state to librarie
for the purpose of educating with tn
- hope of preventing further spread of tn
Is destroyers Should they reach the Whit
% mountains, those who are best able I
al Judge say that their destruction
l. scenery would be worse than that of I'll
, lumbermen.
The ladies OF the Congregational paris
n. held their annual fair and festival at III
town hall Thursday evening. Dec. 6, ar
although the travelling was exceeding
disagreeable, there was a good atten'
es ance, and the AFFAIR was in all ways
re success. A fine chicken-pie supper wa
Is served in the dining room TO some ov,
I'd $50 people. The entertainment was
TX charge of Mrs. w. f. White and was Ell
n titled Then and Now" The entertain
y ment consisted of reading, tableaux an
~ pantomimes, and was very pretty and ell
"a joyable The different scenes portrayt
nd graphically the olden and the presel
d., times. The usual number of booths vii
er their wares useful and ornamental, we
8, attractively decorated and arrange
y around the hall. Those having charl
al were Mrs. c. E. Keyou and Mrs. H.
nd Taylor, fancy goods; Mrs, A. l.. Tayl
y, and Mrs. G. A. Stevens, aprons, quilt
ETC. Misses Violet Robertson and Flo
ence Field, bags of all description; Mi
Eva Robertson and Harold S. Marti
homemade candy; Misses Nellie Bouri
and Aida Higgins, Klondike, where Il
y. gold seekers found numbered nugge
~ which gave them some article from Il
he table Misses Sadie Dodge and Floren
"a | o Neal sold flowers from a German ga