Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-10


week.
r. NJ. Pratt has had a bad hand fol-
more than week, the result of cold set
ting in slight wound.
Henry Bennett, formerly a Newfane
boy and now a resident of Baldwinville,
Mass, has recently buried his wife.
The service of last Friday evenings
meeting was turned into observance of
Fast day by an appropriate address from
Rev. S. Norton.
Mrs. Ada Wight of West Midway,
Mass, is spending the week with her
mother, Mrs. Burnham, and her sister,
Mrs. Batchelder
Mrs. Warren Cushing of Vernon has
been at the home of her brother, H. Well
man, to visit her aged mother, who has
been seriously i'll.
Frank Lang has gone to Danbury, n.
H., as night operator in telegraphy. He
is near his brother Fred, who is telegraph
operator and assistant station agent at Ca
naan.
1t seems as if the tendency of Hermon
A. Howe's mind to invention had struck
upon practical thing in the saw springs
which he has put upon the market. BY
the aid of this spring one man can use
cross cut saw easily and do the former
work of two.
Respect was shown to the memory of
Mrs. Roxanna Harris by an attendance of
several from this place at her funeral in
Townshend on Tuesday. Before the death
of her husband she lived in this town
about 20 years. She was a consistent
member of the Congregational church here,
also of the Woman's Relief corps and the
w. e. I. U. She was open-handed AMI
her love of giving was limited only by her
means.
The Forest Times, Oregon, of March 26
contains an obituary notice of Mrs. s. H.
Parmalee, native of Newfane, whose an
cestry left strong impress upon the town.
Her father was Luke Knowlton, a LAWYER,
who went from here to Canada. In his
family were 10 sons and daughters. The
grandfather, Luke Knowlton, was called
saint Luke" because of the gravity and
humility of his appearance. He was a
Loyalist and on account of his great sacri-
fees for the British government he received
a valuable grant of land in Canada. He
chose to live a citizen of Vermont, to
whose government he gave his adherence
previous to 1884. He was one of the first
supreme judges of the state. His descend
ants filled many positions of political and
importance. Mrs. Parmalee
was a woman of courage, sagacity and in
culture. Among her cousins are
ex-Gov. Holbrook of Brattleboro and Mrs.
L. G. Gushing of this place. The late
Mrs. Sophia Holland and Mrs. Sarah Hol-
land, also, were her cousins, from which
list OF names it will be seen that longevity
Is common to the family.
News comes this week of the death of
another former resident, and again it is fit |
ling to consider what we love to remember |
in those who have passed on. Mrs. Han. |
nah Aldrich died in Somervile, Mass, and |
was buried in Acton, where her husband
lied few years ago. She was well known
lere, first as Hannah Fitch and later as
Mrs. John Aldrich. Her natural courage
md independence were her good friends
rom early youth, when she had her living
o earn. For years she lived in the family
If the late A. Birchard. While she served
'thers faithfully she managed to cultivate
lifts of mind by sheer perseverance, and
hone as bright scholar in her few terms
If schooling. After brief period of teach
ng in the district school she married and
ettled down upon a farm near Williams
.llle for several years. OF late she had
lyed with her daughter, who married a
Harvard graduate. Her son John came to
5rattleboro to live last fall. Mrs Aldrich,
spite OF continued hard work in the