Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-12
NEWFANE,


Mrs. A. S. Codding has been in Jamaica
for several days.
Miss Richmond leaves for New York on
Saturday to spend the summer.
Mrs Mary H. Burditt is spending most
of the month in Putney and Grafton.
Mrs. S. B. Higgins has been seriously i'll
in Augusta with tonsilitis and erysipelas.
The exercises of children's day will take
place next Sunday at the Congregational
church.
NJ. r. Pratt's week in the sway of pair
of crutches was due to the giving way of a
step ladder.
VIM. Cunningham, who returned from
Boston and vicinity on Wednesday, report
ed pleasant trip.
Hermon Eddy is out again after a week
on crutches at home in consequence of a
severe cut with an axe.
Will P. Eager of New York, financial
broker, is spending ten days at the Eager
homestead in this village.
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Norton were in at
tendance at the state conference of
churches at Bradford this week.
Harrison Chamberlain of Townshend
has begun repairs on Mr.. Benson's house
which will largely improve the place.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. NJ. Batchelder were in
attendance at BrattleboIo High school
graduating exercises. Their son Gilbert
graduated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parsons, Mrs. Stebbins
and Mrs. Davidson of this place were in
attendance at the Baptist Sunday school
convention in Townshend on Wednesday.
Judges Walker and Titus have been
here recently in conference over continued
Improvements in the County house. Eight
sleeping rooms are to be finished off in the
attic and more dormer windows will be
added
Miss Morse of the village school takes a
class in fractions to the educational meet
ing in Williamsville Friday afternoon, and
is also to present a paper on school disci-
pline. In last weeks paper the date was
by mistake given as Saturday.
By request Rev. Mrs. Norton will give
her paper on the medical use of alcohol
at the w. G. T. U. meeting to be held at
Mrs. Morse's next Wednesday at 3 O. clock.
All interested are invited to be present.
The paper was read before the county tenn
perance convention held in Brattleboro
last week.
Prof. A. J. Grout will spend part of his
vacation in laboratory work at Burlington
university. He will return to complete
post graduate course at Columbia college
another year. 1t was his expectation to
join botanical party from Columbia to
the Pacific coast this summer, but only
the scientific party was completed.
"The combat deepens,-on ye braves !"
That old drilling exercise in the reading
books comes to mind as the caucus cleo
tions from various parts are reported.
Somehow it had seemed foregone conclu-
sion that Major Grout would receive the
nomination for governor, though nothing
could be said against Speaker Stickney's
candidacy. Men in this town and vicinity
who have been in the Legislature with Mr..
Stickney are not to be shaken in their adj
miration of his remarkable qualities for
dispatch of business and their trust in him
as the kind of man whom the mass of Yer
monters have delighted to honor. j. II.
Merrifeld's opportunity to thoroughly
know Mr.. Stickney and his earnest and
straightforward endorsement of his ability
and character may well help to give conf
dence to our voters that the man from our
neighboring county will do credit to the
state if elected.