Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-12-28
I'M THE LOCAL FIELD.
roWNsHEND.
The Years work.

The Years Work
-, ., ,be fire swept our town last April
1v Ii DC If it would take long while
y1eorer from the severe shock, but al
y, much has been done to restore the
.n to better condition. 49,
S vi, " frst TO get up his new buildings was
i,V G,,y,bs He now has a fine block
f. lie former store and residence stood,
5's now harm. together costing about
r. y next building to be in use was Le-
and GRAY seminary, a fine, modern
.,.,r, with GOOD stone basement and
ra,f This building in its appoint
,ots and finish is just suited to the wants
,Gs school. There probably is not
..,r finished school building in the state.
inside finish is in ash, birch and cher
.mI Tho workmanship, which was un-
' NV, direction of Harrison Chamber
T., nvrepaonally fine. The cost of
y" h,ijdipr, with finishing, will be but
II, shoyt of 5000, a small part of which
.,, ~ he provided for. There is no bet
o'o that the friends of this time-hOnor-
n.ti,ution can make of their spare
1rI. than to remember this urgent de-
and made necessary by the loss of the
lbuilding .,, 49,.
Then comes the Baptist church, which is
~. finished outside and plastered inside,
,l, for tbe inside finish. 1t is built aft
/, rery GOOD design, with basement under
b. whole building and nicely appointed
n Sunday school uses. Above there is
. na auditorium with parlor at the front,
pqning into the main room, and gallery
YER the parlor. At the right of the pull
/, the singers gallery, on level with
h. jesk. and on the left is the pastors
oom with stairs to the basement. A
artistry is provided just back of the pull
I'M Four memorial windows are provided
/ m and others may yet be put in, so that
he interior will be very pleasant. The
[hole cost including bell and memorial
sripdows. will be about $4,000.
! Resides these buildings on the burnt dis
rict many other Improvements have been
(radp. among which the most notable is
.bat of Miss II. A. Fletcher, whose father,
Rev. Horace Fletcher, d. D., was for ~
! FEARS the honored pastor of the Baptist
Iburch in this place. At great cost she
las enlarged and beautified her house, so
| hat # is now one of the neatest and best
Spointed houses in this vicinity. Mr..
Hobart has also greatly improved his place
BY batting a slate roof on his house and
Adding new windows. The ODER block
Ind A. A. Mason's house have been newly
Mated. The house of Mr.. Farmer is near
as good as new, so complete was the
renovation. VIM. Ingalls, has built an add
lhon to his barn, and new barns have been
u. up at Alurus Ingalls's and at the Bap-
BIZ parsonage.
f While it has been a hard year for our
aopIe they have not stopped to murmur.
. ut have put all possible energy into the
nprOyemeut of their condition.
Grace Blood is home from her school in
(lrhiied,
John Dale of Beaufort, S. c., is with his
Emily here.
A good delegation went to the fellowship
Lreting at Jamaica last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Call were the recipients of
silver cake basket from their students.
Mr. and Mrs. David Howard and son
re with Mrs. Towards mother, Mrs. VIM.
Brooks
The address of Mrs. Mary Allen Dawes
lst Sunday morning was much enjoyed by
full house.
Clifford and Carlton Howe of Vermont
University have been visiting here, where
hey have many friends.
Miss Ellen Ware of Springfield, Mass,
|pends her holiday vacation with her pa
tents, Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Ware.
Mr. Johnson, contractor for building the
pew church, and his wife went to theil
home in Connecticut for the holidays.
Prof. Hamm of Lyndon spent Sunday
|lnd Monday in town with his wife, who is
teaching in Leland and Gray seminary.
The Crescent Comedy company will pre-
sent Patrick and Peter, or around the
Horn at the town hall Jan. l. The per
|ormance will be followed by dance.
The grange social and oyster supper al
the town hall last Friday evening was 6
Pleasant occasion and was attended by &
large number of the grangers and invited
guests.
The Christmas tree at No. was a grand
success. f. A. Convey represented Santa
Claus pleasingly. Miss Mary Underwood
the teacher, was handsomely remembered
by her school with numerous gifts.
The union Christmas festival was at
Tended by crowded house and the pro
gram was very appropriate and well car
red out. There were three Christina
Trees timely set off with gifts and aglow will
burning tapers.
M. NJ. Martin and w. II. Miles ARRESTED
Leroy Kent of Brookline on the charge o
stealing Henry Franklin's horse last Mon
day night. 1t seems the horse was aban
aoned after a short ride, but did not g
nome and put himself up as he should hav
done.
At the annual meeting of the Baptis
church society last Saturday night, tn
following officers were elected: President
f. IT, Hastings; vice president, Geo. II
lioughton; secretary and treasurer, E. ii
'essenden; prudential committee, A. A
Jason, Geo. II. Houghton, F. II. Willard
)llector, A. A. Mason.