Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-06-04
wILLIAMsvILLE.
The Memorial Observance.


The union Memorial service last Sunday
morning drew out an audience that filled
the spacious Unversalist church. A large
number were present from South Newfane
and DummeTston Hill. The house was
very tastefully decorated with ported plants
and flowers. The music was of high or
der, very agreeable feature being the
cornet playing of Ira Higgins of Newfane
village. The sermon by Rev. Mr.. Estabrook
of the Methodist church was an endeavor
to point out the duties suggested by the
occasion in the line of good citizenship
and Christian living.
In the evening II very good audience as
sembed at the Methodist church and par
ticipated in a service having for its subject,
"Some of the Reasons Why l Love My
Country"
Memorial exercises were observed at the
village school on Monday afternoon. The
room was prettily decorated with flags,
wreaths and flowers. II. A. Carpenter
and James Reed, members of Burchard
post, we're present, with a good number
of the village people. An interesting pro-
gram was given by the pupils, embracing
patriotic Rotations, and concert exercises.
"Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg and
"Barbara Freitchie" were recited by the
school, The "Star Spangled Banner and
RED, White and Blue with other selec-
tions were heartily sung by the pupils.
Interesting remarks were then made by
Mr. Carpenter, and a closing address
was given by Rev. a. A. Estabrook. The
pupils then formed in line and marched
to the village cemetery where the floral Of
ferings were laid on the graves, and a
short Memorial service was held.
S. II. Morse finished putting in his -
acres of corn Wednesday and started
Thursday morning on a business and
pleasure trip to Springfield, Mass.
w. j. Dunn, who has had employment
here for the past six years as an expert
basket maker, left Tuesday for his mother S
home at Dalton, Mass, on account of i'll
health
Rev. L. f. Williams of Westmoreland,
y. H., will preach at the Universalist
church next Sunday morning. Rev, \. A.
Estabrook will preach on Dummerston
Hill in the morning, and at the Methodist
church in the evening
Rev. and Mrs. w. A. Estabrook of Will
mington are visiting their brother, Rev.
A. A. Estabrook at the parsonage The
two preachers attended the Windham
county Sunday school convention held at
Putney on Wednesday.
Dorr Derby and Frank Dickinson of
this place have leased for one year the
saw mill and other machinery of II. +.
Morton of Halifax, and will engage in the
manufacture of chair stock. The young
men have been residents of this place for
six or seven years, and are highly skilled
woIkmen and good citizens, and our peo-
pie are all sorry that they feel it for their
interest to leave town.
Gilbert c. Brown of Wilmington, Conn,
is visiting his relatives in this village and
vicinity. He is one of the five children OF
Samuel Brown, one OF the earlier settlers
of Newfane. Four Of the members Of the
family are now living: Samuel G.. Brown,
81, Gilbert c. Brown, So, Mrs. Charles p.
Lamb, So, and Mrs. Gertrude Williams,
-. They were all born in house which
stood near Rand's crossing one of the
earliest built in town.
\ resident OF this place recently called
on Haywood Brothers of Gardner, Mass,
the largest chair manufacturers in the
world, and was told by them that the pre-
vious two weeks had been the best in the
history of the firm in the matter of sales.
II seems a favorable sign of improving
business that the chair manufacturers are
beginning to return the calls that so many
disconsolate Vermont lumbermen have
made them the past year in vain efforts to
sell stock. The local basket shop has late
" received orders sufficient TO test its ca
pacity for several weeks ahead.
\ valuable yearling colt, which II. c.
Sparks was pasturing for W. O. Powers OF
Brattleboro, got tangled up in wire fence
one day last week and was so badly injured
that when Mr.. Powers came 10 see it he
ordered it shot. The colt had family
record of 2:36 on one side and PHI on the
other, and was so highly priced by the
| owner that a recent offer of 500 had nc
effect on him. On his way home Mr.
Powers bought a valuable young horse OF
| D. A. Dickinson at a price which vii
/ enable him to recoup portion of his loss.
Our base ball season opened auspiciously
last Saturday afternoon with a closely con
| tested game between the "Mill Hands
and The Field, resulting in a victory fol
the former by a score of Is to Ii. As soor
as few joints and knee pans get reduced
to normal conditions our boys will be ready
to make dates with any nearby outside
clubs wishing to play them.