Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-08-18

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was no one on the premises at the time, as
| Mr.. Boutelle sometimes has some one
keeping house for him and at other times
does his own work. Nothing was saved as
the fire was not discovered until too late.
! This is sad loss to Mr.. Boutelle, who is
an honest, industrious young man, and
much sympathy is felt for him.
Henry Miles is home from Pennsylvania.
Clifford Holbrook has recently been in
home.
Grace Bailey is visiting at Mr.. Haigh's
in Brattleboro
Prof. Call and wife are in town at DR..
Osgood's.
A. j. White, daughter and son have Wis
tied friends in town.
The Christian Endeavorers held picnic
In Athens Wednesday.
Mrs. Chas. Willard has gone to visit
relatives in Beloit, Wis.
number from here attended the serv-
ices Sunday on Newfane hill.
Mrs. Ephraim Fuller has gone West TO
visit her brother, James Bemus.
Mr.. and Mrs II. b. Austin of Hartford,
Conn, are visiting at the Baptist parson-
age.
Cora Mason has returned from North
field, where she has been to attend the meet
ings.
Mrs. ARA Benson has returned from
her trip over the mountain TO visit rela-
tives.
Arthur Livermore of Boston is spending
some time with his grandmother, Mrs.
Susan Lawrence.
Carrie Mason came Wednesday to spend
her vacation at home, after first visiting
friends in Fairlee.
Miss Eliza Burnap has been visiting the
past week in Windham, which place was
formerly her home.
Miss Selma Derby has returned home
from Orange, Mass, where she has been
for more than year.
Haynes Sanders and a force Of young
men from this town are building a house
for Fred Sergeant of Newfane.
We learn from member of the Phillips
family that Wesley Phillips and Mrs. Pettee
were married recently in Holyoke, Mass.
Mrs. C. NJ. Ware and daughter Ellen
have returned from 10 days visit TO
Springfield, Melrose and Crescent Beach.
Homer King is still i'll. George Water
house has been on the sick list at his
brothers.. Grace Bemis has been quite
i'll.
Ella Howard entertained very delight
fully on her birthday anniversary party
of her young friends at her home Monday
afternoon.
Mrs. Henry Goodhue of Westminster
and son, Everett, who is in Dartmouth
college, called upon old parishioners on
Thursday of last week
There we're union services at the Baptist
church Sunday. In the absence of Mr..
Hardy, Mr.. Curtis supplied the pulpit al
West Townshend in the afternoon.
Mrs. Myra Doane of Indianapolis and
two children have been in town the past
week. Mrs. Doane and her sister, Mis-:
Sybil Holbrook, who is with her, are for
t mer residents of this place.
: In printing the program last week o.
Miss Martins entertainment the names
+ of Gladys Covey and Addie Twitchell were
e left out in the first number on the program
piano duet.
: Rev. L. B. Curtis was called by Telegram
to Suffield, Conn, to officiate at the funer
al of Judge Ford last week Oh Tuesday
7 On his return he attended the Moody meet
5 ings at Mortified.
Harry Adams of Windham, of the elias
; of 80, held class party with others of hi
q friends at his home on Wednesday in hon
i or of his 21st birthday anniversary. Sever
r, al from this place attended. A very plea:
y ant time was enjoyed.
: c. E. Starr, brother of Mrs. Hastings
and his wife from Elyria, Ohio, and Eoui
u Starr Cragin, nephew from Seattle, WASH
/ ington, also Mrs. Betsey Pierce and Mr.
:, Mary Ballou of Chester, were guests at I
II Z. Hastings during the past week.
a Hazel Taft celebrated her birthday al
% niversary last week on Wednesday aftel
4 noon with a party. We think the litt
re- folk are for out doing the older ones
re the way of social gatherings, as this is th
,e third party they have had within sho
re time.
s, Miss Daisy Upham, so well known her
De has finished her medical studies in Ge
re many and is practicing medicine in j
maica Plain. Miss Upham is gradua
T. of Smith college, and had studied medicil
lg and had hospital practice before goil
at abroad.
ne Mr.. Sanderson of this place tells the fl
~ lowing of a butternut tree that grows {
~ the old home farm in West Townshen
a de This farm, formerly owned by his fath'
~ John Sanderson, situated one-fourth IN
~ from the village on the road to Windha
a. is now owned by his sister, Miss Lesti
a. Sanderson. This tree he remembers VIII
Gu boy more than go odd years ago, as be-
"a ing bountifully. One year 80 bushels
% butternuts were sold of this one tr
~. ~ Its circumference is Is feet and four inch
Its diameter is five feet. The top
large and wide-spreading branches a
covers a large area. Much more might
written about this farm and its first oc
pants.