Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-02-23

Other Matters Of News In jamaica.
Olive Snumway spent Sunday at home.
+ O. Allen was in Brattleboro Satur-
day on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ellis spent sun
day at his fathers.
Florence Muzzy returned Saturday from
q visit I'm Westfeld
Nettie Torrey visited at F. \. Billiards.
Sunday and Monday.
3. F. and Merritt Howard Of Putney
were in town Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. f. Rawson have gone
to Worcester for a visit
The next singing school will be held
Monday evening, Feb. &c.
A. V. ID. Piper has had a long distance
telephone placed I'm his office
The boys club will nave a social at the
Congregational vestry tonight.
Miss Florence Muzzy returned Satur-
day from a visit in Westfield. Mass.
Stella Allen is through work at John
Ellis's. Fannie Ballard has taken her
place.
Willie Bemis came home hast week from
Brattleboro on account OF an Injury to
his wrist.
Vera and Velma Morgan gave FIVE
o'clock valentine party to ten OF their girl
friends last week. -.
Attorney \. V ID. Piper was in Wood
stock the first Of the week attending the
Windsor county court
The Dramatic club have begun re-
hearsals on a new play which they in
tend 10 present the latter part Of March
There will be preaching morning and
evening at the Baptist church by Dr.
A. G. lawson every Sunday until April
/.
Mrs. f. II. Gleason is in Brattleboro
caring for her sister, Blanche, who re-
Gently underwent an operation for APP
pendicitis.
Mrs. Bowman is conducting a select
school at the parsonage. giving instruc-
tons in English and mathematics to
about ~ pupils.
Leon Torrey has finished work for the
Jamaica Lumber company and has gone
to work for John Clark. drawing logs
from the Mclean lot near Blood-sucker
pond.
Mrs. Harry Hartwell died Feb. II Of
pneumonia in Neponset ILL., Rev. A. e.
Hartwell was called there from the Bat
tie Creek sanitorium, where he had gone
for treatment.
Roy Barnes has finished work at the
Richardson market in Brattleboro and
is at his fathers al present. He intends
TO open the market which he recently
purchased in Townshend about April /.
c. G. Staples, administrator of the F.
f. Smith estate, has placed all the I'M
paid bills and accounts due the estate
In the hands Of Attorney A. " ID. Piper
for collection.
There was an alarm OF fire at o'clock
one morning last week The blaze proved
to be at Mrs. Milton Aliens. 1t was soon
eXtinguished, although there was a narrow
he l., Na
ing filled, caught fire, and burned until the
heat set the wood work on fire.
bridge has been built on the ice
across the river at the Holden & Martin
mill TO take the place Of the one which
was carried away by the high water last
summer, and A. B. Stark has a gang of
men and teams at work drawing bark
across to the railroad.
The saw mill of the jamaica Lumber
company has been shut down several
days the past week owing to the break
ing of a wooden pulley, the bolts of
which became caught in such a manner
as to bend two pieces of shafting badly,
so that they had to be sent to ma
chine shop in Brattleboro to be straight
ened.
There was a large attendance at the
Lincoln memorial concert in the Congrega-
tional church Sunday evening. A full
choir helped in the service. Mable Sage
read Lincoln's favorite poem, why should
the spirit Of mortal be proud" Mrs. J..
E. Bowman was the speaker of the even
ing, and was listened to with interest. A
recitation, THE starless crown" by
Mary Robinson, and the song, THE kings
business" by Dr. Brigham, were some-
thing to hold in memory. The Offering
amounted to about $11. The Baptist
church held a preaching service Sunday
evening.