Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-07-14

ing made upwards of 100 pastoral calls
in the past few weeks. He has received
seven new members into church fellow
ship.
Mrs. Joseph Boucher has left the hos
pltal in Springfield where she under
went an operation, and Is recuperating
in the home of her sister, Mrs. George
Purcell in Ashuelot.
Miss Rest Metcalf was the delegate
from the Christian Endeavor society, to
the international convention at Atlantic
City, instead OF Miss Florence Wright,
az reported last week.
Mrs. Hamilton and daughter, Miss
Hamilton Of Westbrook, Me, are guests
of Rev. and Mrs. Hill at the Congrega-
tonal parsonage. The women are Mrs
HIS mother and sister
Mrs. John Conway of Winchester Is
caring for Mrs. Elizabeth Marley, who
is slowly recovering from her severe ILL
ness. Her many friends hope she will
soon be In her usual health.
Mrs Lamb of Leominster left Satur-
day after a few weeks visit at her
sons, j. NJ. Lambs. She was accom-
panied to East Jaffrey by her daughter
in-law, who returned home Monday.
Mrs. Addie Brown of Hartford, Conn,
was in town from Saturday to Tuesday.
She is the widow of Rev. Gardner s.
Brown. who was pastor of the Hinsdale
Congregational church from 1888 to 1874.
District Deputy Grand Master o. L.
Smith and District Deputy Grand Mar
shall W. e. Watson have been busy re-
Gently installing the officers of the diff
ferent Odd Fellows lodges in the dis
| trict
| Miss Winnie Reading returned home
Monday from the Farren hospital in
! Montague, where she had been six
weeks recovering from a severe surgi
| cal operation. She is making a good re
covery, though still weak.
Mr. and Mrs F. E. Field and Miss
Florence Field left Saturday evening fol
a trip which will include Niagara Falls
and other points of interest in New
! York state. They were accompanied by
Robert w. Field of Springfield.
THE King of Tramps" as played al
the opera house Saturday evening drew
a fair-sized audience and was general.
| ly pronounced good. The band gave a
street parade at noon and a concert ir
front of the opera house in the evening
producing some excellent music.
The Hinsdale friends of Miss Harriet
3. Knapp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
! Norman Knapp of this village, who un.
derwent an operation for appendicitis a
few weeks ago at n hospital in Mont
pelier, Vt, will be glad to know that
she has so far recovered as to be re.
| moved to the home of her friend, Miss
Sawyer in Moretown VT.
The annual picnic of the Congrega.
! tional Sunday school was held in Han.
rahan's grove Wednesday and in spite
of the intense and prolonged heat there
was good attendance The committee
IN charge had arranged for games ant
contests among the young people. ant
those who did not care to enter into the
| sports spent the time socially making II
a pleasant occasion for all
Rev. A. L. Hill spoke out of door al
Mrs. Ella Upham's Sunday evening
transferring the service from the church
vestry to that place, Mrs Upham beine
unable to go away from her home The
Sunday previous the meeting was helt
on Mr.. Wellington's lawn. 1t Is the pur.
pose of Mr.. Hill, during the heated sea.
son to hold the Sunday evening meet
ings at the home of the shut-ins. wher
they so desire.
News was received July of the deati
in Lowell. Ind. OF Mrs. Mary (Owen
Quincy after a long and painful illness
Mrs. Quincy was the daughter O
Charles Owen of this village. Beside
her father she leaves her husband, DR.
w. c. Quincy, and one son, Donald. ais,
three sisters, Mrs G. II. Bailey and Mis-
Myra Owen of this town and Mrs w
d. Tricky of Tilton. and or brother
David A. Owen, of this town
The news OF the death OF Mrs Susa1
F. (Ellis) Fogg. at her home in Keen
Sunday, was received with sadness by he
friends in Hinsdale. Mrs. Fogg. WIN
was sister of Mrs. Jason Holman, be
fore her marriage spent much of he
time with Mrs. Holman and made man
warm friends here. She became a mem
Der of the local Universalist church an
was interested in all it's activities Sh
was a woman of sterling character an
pleasing personality whose death woul
be loss to any community.
As L. w. Goss and his men were re
turning Monday afternoon from thei
work in Ashuelot an automobile contain
ing man, two boys and several wome
came around a curve and to all. bot
In team and car, a collision seemed In
eVitable. There was no time to get tn
carriage out of the road, but the drive
OF the car by quick work, threw tn
machine to one side, just escaping &c
ing over the bank, by the aid of tn
railing Such experiences should be
} warning to automobilists to drive slowl
and give warning when turning tn
curves in this road where in sever;
places no distance ahead can be see-
r An hour and a half of work was RI
qured, with chain falls and several me
to get the car back into the road.