Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-29
TOWNSEND.

Walter Austin was in town last week.
DR.. SWEET has returned from his travels
the past summer
Mr.. Allston of Springfield, Mass, was
in town last week.
Russell Aldrlch and wife have returned
from their visit in Londonderry.
Arthur Bernus has gone to Iron Mount
ain, Mich, where his father lives.
Harry Adams called on friends here
while on his way home from New Ysrk
city.
Mrs. Ora Ober has been called to Lud-
low by the illness of her son-in-law, Mr..
Taylor.
Mrs. George wilkins and two daughters
of Beaufort, S. c., have been visiting at
Mrs. Dales.
Mrs. William Ingalls, was called to Bel
lows Falls last week by the serious illness
of her mother.
Henry w. Miles left Monday morning
for Philadelphia, Pa, where he has gone
on business trip.
Mrs. Sanderson has been spending some
time at the old Sanderson homestead at
West Townshend.
Mrs. Stetson and son Willie are here
| been most of the summer.
George Shine, our northern stage driver,
has moved from the Sage tenement to the
O'Brien cottage in Harmonyville.
Both the Congregatonalists and Baptists
deferred the usual weekly Thursday even
ing to Friday evening meetings this week.
Mrs. Marcia Cathan was seriously i'll last
week. Charles Cutler has been on the
sick list. Mrs. Homer King is confntd to
the house with rheumatism and is under
the doctors care. Edwin has been i'll.
Capt. Clarke Stone of Springfield Mass,
has visited at Fayette Cookies and with
other relatives in town. Capt. Stone is a
former resident of this town and in the old
stage times owned the stage route between
here and Brattleboro.
Miss Harriet Fletcher has received the
pleasant intelligence that her sister and
husband, Prof. and Mrs. Palmer, who have
been travelling in Europe the past summer,
have reached New Y ork safely in the steam
er st. Paul of the American line, and are
now at their home in Fredenia, New
York.
The seminary students held their first
social and carried out the following pro-
gram: Grand march; recitation, Era Aus
! tin; recitation, Mamie Ware; initial char
acteristics; recitation, Hortense Switzer
1 grand march; recitation, Abbie Starr /;
school boys march, after which ice cream
and cake were served, and pleasant time
was enjoyed, not only by the students, but
by many others who came in and joined
them.
Evans Brothers exhibited four of their
English settlers at the Vermont Kennels
clubs show held at Rutland, Sept. 10, 20,
21, %, and won first, second and third
novice class, second and third limit class,
and second open class, reserve winner
class and the "Ripley cup'' for best exhib-
II of pointers or settlers. The dogs were
handled by C.. Holland Evans. Mr.. Evans
also had Highland Fleet" of the "War-
wick Kennels" Bridgeport, Conn, who
won first, winners first limit and first open
class.
The review lesson of the last quarter
was made very interesting at the Baptist
Sunday school last Sunday by carrying out
the order of questions as given in the Sun
day School Times. The primary class
took up the first part of the exercises, re.
citing the golden texts of the quarter and
answering many difficult questions. They
also gave recitations and sang. There was
a blackboard exercise by Mrs. Kenyon,
and there were appropriate readings and
singing and the answering of questions by
the older members. All felt it was a pro.
ftable session.