Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-11-17
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Mrs. w. N. Chase, Miss Benson, G.. b.
johnson and s. N. Kenny took advantage
of this weeks excursion TO Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holyoke of Boston, recent
ly spending part of belated vacation at
the County hotel, seemed to extract pleas
ure from balmy November days in the
country, not dismayed by the purple shad-
ows, perhaps, of cloudy interval.
The Homeland circle will meet on We'd
nesday at 2:30 p. NJ. with Mrs. H. NJ. Hes
cock. Subject, "Work of the Amercant
Missionary Association" The day ante
dates Thanksgiving so closely that it has
been proposed to make the occasion reflect
thankfulness by bringing in sentiments of
that kind.
Somewhat low prices were in order
N. NJ. Batchelder's auction sale of personal
property on his farm i'm district No. 7.
The farm was previously sold to Wallace
Pierson of Watertown, Mass, who is ex-
pected TO occupy it next spring. E. l..
Grape, the present tenant, will move to
Nashua, N. II.
r. ID. Powers of Springfield, Mass, lately
took a flock of ITO sheep and lambs from
his Elliot White farm in Wardsboro to II.
G.. Clark of Brattleboro. Weighing them on
Batchelder's scales, penned by Ingenious
management into companies of about %
each, the average per head was 81 pounds
and odd ounces.
The plump boy, weighing 1-2 pounds,
who came TO Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. d. Newton's
last week, is the first grandson of Mr.. and
Mrs G. M. GOodenough and is great
grandson of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Hidreth.
The latter, only few years ago, formed
one of an interesting Photographic group of
five generations in one family, all in direct
line from Mrs. Wheeler, mother of Mrs.
| Hildreth.
Auctions in the locality were not without
| apeculiar interest Of their own. DR.. Primes
"Along New England Roads" added TO
| Moore free library of late, has a chapter Of
| pathos and humor concerning New Eng
land auctions which many have read with
much zest. The book is charming in de-
| scriptiOn. Its author, in a carriage trip
| through these states, spent a night in
Newfane and wove extracts from our old
cemetery epitaphs into his letters.
Again the county jail is tenantless at
present writing, Harry Welch, arrested in
| Vernon, having helped himself to freedom
on Wednesday. The jailer was away with
a sheriff expecting TO get on the trail of
former escapers. His son carried breakfast
and left II in the large room, supposing
Welch to be in his cell. On looking later
and finding the food untouched he investi-
gated, when it appeared that prisoner
Welch had absconded through an opening
made by removing bricks under the sink,
which would allow him access into the
cellar. He had ingenlously hidden traces
Of his work from the casual observer.
BY contrast with the expected Indian
summer quite respectable blizzard was
nipped in the bud by the freezing hard to
the ground of Saturdays snow storm.
Fierce gusts Of wind Sunday morning
drove some of the church goers into pace
that was akin to running. Mercury went
down to l60 in the easy places and probab-
ly two to five degrees lower in near locali-
ties where they pride themselves on beat
ing the record. About 70 comprised the
mornings congregation, fully onefourth
coming in late. Temperature of Monday
morning was slightly lower but old Sol was
gloriously genial and the evenings bright
ness was of the cearest The few watchers
for meteors reported nothing pheno menal
Miss Goulds second dramatic recital
came at stormy time, as was the case
with her first one here in a February of
deep SHOWS. However, the attendance was
| bthlCl IMAM was cA peNltu carrier III tue Jay
and the audience seemed to enjoy the even
iDg's entertainment. Miss Gould's forte
lies rather in the humorous line, though
some Of her most effective work is in Sc
lections combining pathos and humor.
Tennyson's buge song well rendered was
her closing number. Miss Gertrude Wright
assisted by giving two organ marches. c.
l.. Hescock and viii Micott sang respect
lively, "The Storm King" and "Our Faith
erland." Miss Ruby Howe rendered the
solo of Father, oh Hear U.s." and the
chorus was given by Mrs. Knapp, Misses
Miller, Howe and Wright, and Messrs.
Hescock and Micott, Miss Wright being
piano accompanist for all the singing.