Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1914-08-14

EiwOod, arc visiting in Dorchester.
Miss Edith Pratt Of Greenfield, Mass, !
has been visiting relatives in town.
Mrs. l.. II. Davenport is entertaining
Mrs. Burt Manuel of Pottsvilc, Pa.
Mrs w. n. Pike and Miss Mollie Pike
were Mt The Wcirs during last week.
J. S. Scott has been suffering from
blood poisoning in one of his hands.
Mrs. William Howe and two children
of Chicago are visiting at G. >. Howe S.
Miss Carrie Booth has gone to Hol
yoke, Mass, for visit of two weeks.
Miss Kathleen o 'Brien of Hyde Park,
Mass, is visiting at William 'Brien S.
Octave Bollivcau has been confined toI
the house by illness for the past week.
Mrs. W. G. Booth and daughter, Mil
|dred, were in Greenfield one day recent
ly.
Miss Ruth Quigley is at home from
Greenfield, Mass, for vacation of two
weeks.
Several from this town attended the
lawn party held in Ashueiot Wednesday
night.
Miss Josephine Dauphcnais of Hart
ford, Conn, is visiting her sister, Mrs
T.. j. Hart.
Miss Abbie La Chance is enjoying a
vacation from her duties at +. IL. Full
Ter S store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Spaulding Wis
tied Saturday and Sunday in Baldwins-
vile, Mass
Miss Mildred Clarke has returned
| from two weeks vacation spent at
her home in Alstead.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Holton, who spent
several weeks in Thompsonvile, Conn,
have returned home.
Ira c. Hyde Of Poultney, VT, was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. +. V. Aldrich
Sunday and Monday.
Frank j. Leach of South Charlcstown
was Il guest of Mrs. May Leach from
Saturday to Monday.
The drought is being felt by some of
the best springs in town and already
many have gone dry.
Dennis Duggan and family of Boston
are visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Duggan two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Chamberlain are
visiting in the home of the former S
sister, Mrs. Wallace Bailey.
Miss Nellie Redding returned to
Brattlcboro Monday after spending Il
week with her parents here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Jarvis of Chic
opee, Mass, came Tuesday for brief
visit with Mrs. Nellie Wordcn.
Miss Myra Il. Owen returned home
Friday, after an absence of three
months in Tilton and Orleans, Vt.
| lightning struck the barn at the
Bclliveau farm Saturday, but fortunate
| ly did not set the building on fire.
Mrs. Kennedy, who has been i'll the
past few weeks, has gone to Il hospital
in Springfield, Mass, for treatment.
Ray Fletcher is spending 10 days VA
cation at Lake Wnnipcsaukee. Mrs
Fletcher and daughter, Sylvia, are Wis
itins in Kecre.
N. o. Blouin has a contract to build
a stone house on the Taft Smith place
for a New York person who recently
bought the farm
Miss Isabelle Hannon of Wcstfield,
Mass, spent Tuesday and Wednesday
with her sisters, Mrs. Maurice Purcell
and Mrs. Mary Smith
The work of laying the macadam
roadway on the new Depot street bridge
is progressing rapidly. A steam roller
is being used in the work.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Lamb, Miss
Charlotte Slate and Adclia Barrows
motorcd to South Decrield sunday and
| "a St,ua,Jnaf ,,,ninta ain
| Daniel Purcell returned TO Boston
Friday, after spending Il vacation of
two weeks at the home of her parents,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Purcell.
Mrs. Charles Pike who recently
moved here from Worcester, Mass, has
had wide piazza built on tho front
of her house on Brattleboro street.
The foliage of the elm trees is being
ruined by the elm tree beetle and Of
forts are being made to prevent fur
thcr damage to the shade trees in the
village
| Charles Tcrril returned to town Wed.
ncsday night after spending two weeks
with his parents in Stanstead Plains,
Que. He made the trip by automobile
aud made the run back in one day.
| A baseball team comprised of players
picked from the Fort hummer and Brat,
| tlcboro Athletic mines will meet the
locals at Riverside park Saturday af-
ternoOn. An interesting game is autici-
pated
Friends here learned with regret of
the death of Mrs. Fred Coombs former
ly of this town, in Guilford Tuesday.
| Mr.. Coombs also had the misfortune to
have his buildings destroyed by fire last
Friday.
Prof and Mrs. Samuel Derby and
daughter of Columbus, Ohio, are visit
ing with Mrs. Derby's brother, f. S
Leonard, The party has been in Eu
rope during the past year and arrived
in Boston only last Thursday, having
left for home before the war broke out
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Boldt of Bingham
ton, N. Y, and for many years residents
of this town, were visiting in Germany
when the war was declared and as Mr.