Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-01-14

! Walter Major is i'll with pneumonia.
| Mrs c. S. Smith has been in Worces-
| ter a few days.
Mrs John OBrien of Bernardston
! visited at james O'Brcn's Sunday
Frank Horton of Providence, r. l., is in
! town looking after his interests here.
! Miss Edith Hail has gone to Pinehurs,,
n c., where she has employment in a
hotel
| 4 list OF new books is being catalogued
and placed upon the shelves of the public
library.
Mrs. Mary and Ellen Fitzgerald are at
| home again after visit with Boston
| relatives
Miss Nellie Dempsey went Wednesday
to Dalton. Mass. where she has en-
ployment.
Miss Eva Robertson has been enter
tanning Miss Mary Dodge of Manchester
| by the Sea.
Miss Lizzie Purcell is able to be out
| after a long and extremely painful Illness
with rheumatism
George Abbott has moved his family
| into one OF the tenements in the Parks
building on Canal street.
The primary school which is held in
the I,ebert building reopened Monday
| after a three weeks vacation
A. G. Sargent has been confined this
week with lame back Frank Pifer
took his place on the milk delivery team.
George W Lewis went Monday to
| Boston. where he is visiting his daugh-
tiers, Mrs. + f. Mason and Miss Bertha
Lewis
Mrs. Edward Mcdonald and Mrs VII
liam Coughlin Of Greenfield spent Sunday
with their parents, MIR and Mrs Daniel
Duggan
Miss Eva c. Robertson. Miss Minnie
Todd. Henry II. Dole and Harold c. Hol
hand attended the Case Boyce wedding in
| Keene Jan. s.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. f. Keyou are enter
tanning the formers mother and sister,
Mrs. George Keyou and Mrs. Estabrooks
OF Lexington. Mass.
Miss Madlyn Stearns began her duties
Monday teacher Of class in steno-
graphy in the Brockton, Mass. Y NJ.
c. a. evening school
Mrs l.. II. Roberts returned saturday
from a six weeks vacation. a part OF
which she spent in Nashua with her
husband and part in Maine.
II. II. Dole has been entertaining his
mother. Mrs r. Hubbard OF Arlington.
Mass. and Miss Louise Merrill OF Dor
chester. Mass. at his Maplewood farm.
Miss A. NJ Barrows. Mrs. f W. Tilden,
Miss Charlotte s Slate and John Smith
went to Brattleboro Wednesday evening
I
Rev. Mnot 5 Hartwel. who has been
III the past few days, is improving and
expects to be able to occupy his pulpit
AT the Congregational church next sun
day.
+ +. Fiheld and Mrs. II. II. Russell
went Saturday to Bellows Falls to at
tend the funeral Of Mrs. FiheldS father.
Mrs. Fiheld has been with her parents
several weeks.
installation OF the following officers
took place Dat the odd Fellows meeting
last week: J. Sprague. y. C., Daniel Bell,
V c.: J, II. Watson, sec. VIM f. Wat
son treas; VIM. NJ Hall. financial sec;
+. II. Buckley William NJ. Han and w. T..
Watson, trustees.
The Avery Strong repertoire company
appeared at the opera house the three
last evenings of last week. and gave a
matinee performance Saturday afternoon
The audiences were rather small but the
entertainments were above the average
of travelling companies.
Sheridan Woman's Relief corps Will hold
it's annual installation Of officers at Grand
Army hall Tuesday evening at 100 o'clock
They have invited the kindred patriotic
! orga niZatons to be present. The officers
of Sheridan post already have been in
stalled, but the officers Of Sheridan camp
Sons of Veterans, will be Installed Tues
day evening. The families Of the three
, | organizations are invited to be present
Because of the illness of the pastor,
Rev. NJ. $. Hartwell, there was no ser
vice at the Congregational church sun
day morning. A large number of the
people attended the service at the Method
list church. In the evening Rev. George
r. Locke, the Methodist pastor, took
charge of a union service at the Con-
gregational church. The union evening
% services are being continued this week
E as the had weather and much Illness
! l. saxtsay
I the week of prayer.
The w. c. T. U. met Tuesday afternoon
with the president. Mrs. G. r. Locke, with
: an unusually large number present After
j a profitable and interesting session the
= meeting took the form Of surprise party
I to Mrs. Locke, the occasion being her
! birthday anniversary. The union pre-
scented her handsome berry set. Mrs. c.
r.. Savage making the presentation in a
very pleasing ana fitting original poem.
$ Mrs. Locke was much affected and briefly
8 expressed her thanks. Refreshments OF
sandwiches, cake and cocoa We're served.
r The AFFAIR was utterly devoid OF lorna
, lily and was thoroughly enjoyable.
Mrs. Ellen O'Brien, 70, who died in
|, Everett, Mass, Dec. 81, was the widow OF
: John O'Brien and was for many years
a resident of Hinsdale. She was born In
ireland but lived in this town about 45
y years leaving here about 10 years age
LOT BtllnBndult MASS anu ldAtl tanning
q | up her home in Everett. Mrs O'Brier
had many friends and relatives in this
q town, who greve to hear of her death
. | She is survived by two daughters Mrs
Thomas Mullen of Franklin Falls, and
; Miss Ellen O'Brien of Everett Mass.
!, | also one son, James O'Brien of Everett
The body was brought to BTattleborC
; and placed In the receiving vault.
d The first of a proposed series Of con
e | ferences between parents and schOO
2, officials was held in the high schoo
n building Monday afternoon. The meeting
was in charge of Supervisor Fl, IL. Pratt
who gave an informal talk along lines o
advanceme which he was considering
e and hoped to see in force in the nea,
II future An able talk on the Influence
e of the physical condition of the pupi
n over his intellectual ability was of muCl
l. interest and could not fall to arouse
l. serious thought on the subject in tn
is minds of the parents Mr.. Pratt intend
" to continue these meetings on the frs
n Monday of each month that the school
l. are in session. Parents will thus hav
an opportunity to ask any questions the
wish, to discuss freely and fully an
problem in which the schools are con
cerned and to offer any suggestion
which may help the authorities to dea
e. more inteligently with their children
as These meetings will be open to all VIII
ne are interested in the betterment OF on
DR. schools, whether parents or not.
ID II takes about two bushels of olives I