Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-25
5RATTLEeoRo PERSONAL.

days.
Miss Catherine Carmody Of Bennington
is visiting her uncle, Rev. Father NJ. j.
Carmodv.
Mrs c. w. Brooks has returned from
New York where she spent week during
the millinery opening.
Mrs Lila Tmson and daughter, Rather
inc, returned Tuesday to Claremont after
a visit Of several days IN town
Mrs. II. b. Newton and little son Of
Holyoke visited over Sunday with Mrs.
Newton's sister, Mrs. J. :. Smith of High
street
Miss Beatrice and Miss Annette
LEcuyer returned to st. Adams the last
Of the week after visiting their brother,
Rev. Father George L'Ecuyer.
Warner H. Barrett has given up his
position in the w +. Richardson meat
market He went to Athol Monday to
take similar position in Johnson's
market.
The family Of Capt. r r Gleason OBJ
served his 10th birthday anniversary Sat
urday. Capt. Gleason thinks that II
the wishes Of his friends are made good
he will live on forever.
Mrs Jennie 7. Warren will go today
to New York, and tomorrow she will
leave New York. accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs Helen NJ. Anger, to spend
10 days in Washington.
l. d. Bailey. Ferris Il. Vaughan, James
r. Randoll and Christie b. Crowel at
tended in Athol Friday night a special
meeting OF Connecticut Valley council,
r. & :. NJ. OF Greenfield.
Fred Cressy who was at home over
Sunday, is now making his headquarters
in Lowell, Mass. in his work in securing
right OF way for the transmission lines
Of the Connecticut River Power company.
Ira Davenport has finished work FOR the
II. c. Jaquith company at Weston, and
IS with his brother. Fred. Later he will
go TO Brattleboro, Where he has employ
ment.-l Tarbellville correspondence in
Ludlow Mirror.
IT, Z. Wellman's brother. Jerry p
Wellman, retiring postmaster in Keene,
was presented handsome oak rocking
chair last week by the employees Of the
postoffice, Of which Mr. Welman mas
been at the head l. years.
Mrs. l.. X. Fuller returned on Monday
from Schenectady, y. Y, where She Wis
tied few weeks with Mr.. and Mrs
James Fisk Hooker. Abby Hooker. their
little daughter was taken by automobile
saturday from the hospital in Albany
to her home IN Schenectady. She Is
making good progress toward recovery
after surgical operation.
The enlargement Of the Clement Ma
tional hank rooms IN Rutland will compel
/ y
vaCate lis present quarters. but Mr.. Lilis
has leased for a long term Of years the
Putnam X Sawyer building, one door from
his present location. The Lillis company
Will occupy basement first and second
floors. making a store OF three connected
floors.
The commission recently appointed by
| Governor Draper OF Massachusetts on the
cost OF living, of which Robert Luce is
! q So "A "A nj
! chief investigator Prof. r. Spencer Bald
win OF Boston university. Professor
| Baldwin has the very unusual experience
| Of having been made secretary OF three
| special state commissions reporting at
| one session Of the legislature. He served
/ on the commissions on od-age pensions,
and on the tax laws, which made reports
/ in December and January. Professor
Baldwin was one Of the pitchers on the
/ crack Bratteboro baseball team Of 1890.
/ He is also well-known IN Montpelier as
| a reporter several years ago on the
/ Montpelier Journal
! Miss Marion Rice left Monday on
/ trip 10 Berkeley. California. where she
| will he the guest OF Mrs. Wcstenberg
/ who. a Miss Jessie peWoN. viii be re-
| memhered as a former teacher In the
/ ninth grade OF the Brattlcboro schools.
/ She was accompanied from Springfield,
! Mass. 10 Chicago 10y Miss Ruth Adams
! who has gone To Minneapolis to visit
/ her aunt. Mrs G. II. Smith. Miss Rice
/ Will return from California early I'm the
| summer by the Canadian Pacific route
/ and will then leave ou trip abroad
She finished several weeks ago her
course OF three years as "a nurse In the
/ Pennsylvania hospital in Philadelphia.
[ and since then has been visiting in the
home Of her brother Howard G. Rice.
Horatio :. Josselyn. formerly OF Brat
I tleboro writing in a personal letter from
! Baker. Montana. recently, said in part.
We have not had the snow in depth
YOU have had in Vermont. but We have
/ had a good deal for this part Of Montana
and the winter has been continuous.
Not 50 many mornings with the mercury
| below zero as in other states, but we
saw il 40 below one morning in February.
In spite OF all this it has not been bad
year for stock. one Of our leading stock
men entertained me two days recently
and ! must say his stock are looking fine.
He has $50 steers, 1000 sheep and so
horses. He has lost only 400 sheep. He
says il is customary to figure on a loss
Of 10 per cent, and II half was lost then
one could come out even. This is a
/ great contrast as TO what the result
would he in the East. Snow is pretty
well gone, and around Baker ii has dis
appeared without any material damage
| Both east and west Of us the high water
has caused serious trouble. The ice and
/ water carried OUT al the pfluBes ana
| trusses for 20 miles on Fallon creek
west OF us, and some OF the bridges or
Beaver creek and the little Missouri were
pretty well shaken, so we had no train
service for a week. This was on our
railroad. the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound. Today, however, there is trouble
on the Northern Pacific. Some OF the
towns in North Dakota are under water
as well as the bridges on the big anC
little Missouri rivers being doubtful, anC
: they are passing the n. =. passenger
trains over this road Our town is grow
ing all the time, all Of the lots beini
sold in the original. plot.
, W. X. Ware writing from Los Angeles
Cal. under date of March IL says h,
and Mrs. Ware plan to leave for the Eas
Apr 10. In his letter he says in part
we shall be glad to see home an,
, friends, but we are sorry TO leave South
: ern California This is our third winte
in Los Angeles and we have liked /
better than ever. Our lake business i
: | what calls us East. We expect to be a
the old stand, the Lakeside House 70
4 our 25th season the coming summer
where we hope TO meet our old friend
and make new ones. Mrs. Ware and my
self are both in good health and we EMO
every moment Of il here. This city is il
| its infancy now compared with what II
growth will be ten years from now. Tn
growth Of Southern California from yea
to year is wonderful. At the presen
time there are about 20 buildings of l
to "A stories, fire. proof, modern and up
to-ddte in every respect, going up rign
| around us. some costing over a million
| Building permits for houses range iron
! 80 TO so each week. That is CROWN