Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-09-16
Mrs. Sarah CordeIIa moughton.


the death of one so universally mourned as
in the removal of Mrs. Sarah Cordelia
Houghton. Born and educated here she
has been prominently identified with every
good work all her life and now that she
has gone very many will feel great per-
sonal loss, and the family in particular are
greatly afflicted. Mrs. Houghton was the
daughter of Edward S. Bellamy, one of the
noted Bellamy family, who survives her
and has for many tyears made his home
with his daughter Besides her father and
husband, George ii. Houghton, there are
four children-Henry W., now in the
West, Charles +. of Orange, Mass, and
George A. and Alice s., still at home.
Mrs. HOughton became member of the
Baptist church in 1854 and has been one
of its most consistent members all these
years. For her family, for her church and
for all who needed her services she was
abundant in labor, and in all manner of
benevolences. We cannot speak in too
high terms of praise of her quiet, conse-
Grated life, or of her usefulness in the
church and in the community. The greatly
stricken family will have the sympathy of
the whole community, who with them
mourn our common bereavement.
Leland and Gray students ON Their
MettIe.
In order to raise money for the book
fund, ice cream and cake were served last
Friday evening in the lower hall at Le-
land Il Gray seminary, after which musi-
cal and literary program was given. Every
number was well rendered and also well
applauded by an apprecia,ive audience.
The tables were in charge of the 100, 90,
'01 classes, and the classes We'd with one
another in seeing which would have the
| prettiest table. The 80 table was very
artisticaly decorated in red and yellow,
the class colors. In the glasses were yel-
| low napkins and on the table were two
! large banquet lamps with yellow shades,
| and three large bouquets of red and yell
| low flowers. Narrow red and yellow rib
bons were fastened in zig gag manner
acros the table, and from the ends of the
table large ropes of golden rod were fast
ened overhead, forming an arch from
which was suspended yellow cone-shaped
transparency on the sides of which were
engraved in red the figures 90.
Next was the 1900 table which was beat
tifully decorated in the class colors, pink
and green. On the table were two ban
quets lamps with pink and green shades
and five beautiful pink and green bou-
quets. In the centre bouquet was large
three-sided green figure on which was in
scribed in pink, 81. G. S. 1900" In the
glasses were pink and green napkins, and
Just inside the glasses and extending
around the table was a wreath of aspar,
agus and pink asters, and at each plate
was pink and green boutonniere.
The 1901 table was very prettily decor
ated in lavender and white, the class
colors. Both ends of the table were bank
ed in lavender and white flowers. On the
table were five bouquets and on the cen
tire bouquet was four-sided figure bear
ing the figures 1901. There were also two
banquet lamps with shades corresponding
to the class eolors, and lavender and whit
napkins. All of the tables were exceed
ingly pretty and it would be difficult to sa,
which eXcelled.