Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-29

Edward BatChelder was on the sick list /
last week.
Orrie Dale is here for the summer from |
Beaufort, 5. G..
Mrs. Lawrence is visiting her daughter, |
Mrs. William Perry.
O. f. Coombs had new potatoes Of his |
own raising the 18th
Mrs Lydia NJ Kingsbury is away visit |
ing friends in Jamaica
Mrs. Stafford of Boston is in town at her
mothers, Mrs McIay's.
Mrs Blanche B. Tate spent Sunday at
Edwin II. Fessendens.
Mrs Benson aud son have visited recent
~ at Mrs. Abby Wizards.
Frank Durham has gone to Westminster
to work for Fred Kimball
Clifford Hobrook has been in town do
ing work in one Of the cemeteries.
We hope the sick ones will be kindly re
membered the night before the 4th.
w Turner, wife and child ,reut sunday
at Mr.. Turner's old home in Weston
Mrs. Norcross and children are visiting
at her fathers, Mr.. Corser., the new land
lord.
Albert Mason, wife and daughter O.
Gardner, Mass, are visiting at \. A. Ma
sons
\ number from this place attended the
graduating exercises at SuNtous River last
week.
Mr.. Hodk ion has returned to his duties
in the Boston post Office after visit at his
home here.
The cautata which was TO be given at
Jamaica next Friday evening, is unavoida-
| blv p9stuonel till a later date
| Eliot Wetherbee, who has been i'll. is able
| 20 be out. Fred Lowe is on the sick list,
also Mrs Curtis 3 Batchelder is bet
| ter, also Mrs. Eliza Thayer.
| The Hadassah league served straw berry
! short cake and ice cream and cake on Dr.
| Parkers lawn Tuesday evening. The ia
| ble5 were prettily decorated with flowers
! The league returns thanks for the liberal
! patronage -.
Fred I.audmau, who has been professor
Of Latin and sciences in the Maine Central
institute at Pttsfeld, Ne, for the past two
years, has recently been elected principal
of that institution
Henry Dutton, student at Yale and
his friend, Mr.. Sterling, were in town
briefly last week. Mr.. Dutton graduates
from Yale this week, and will leave for
Europe next week. His mother will ac-
company him.
The village schools closed for the sum-
mer last week Friday and proii,a-
ble term of school has been enjoyed. The
teachers, Misses Hobart, Palmer and Per
ry, have done excellent work. The primary
department enjoyed a picnic the last after
noon.
At the Republican caucus delegates were
elected fer the county convention at New
fame as follows: J. II. Ware, X 9. Hol-
brook, S. O. Garfield, c. H. Willard, f. H.
Willard H. Q. Franklin, S O. Garfield
and H. f. Franklin we're chosen Repub-
lican town committee.
Pupils in the intermediate school having
no marks against their names: Ethel
Sparks, Lawrence Hardy, Hugh Phillips
Alfred Spence. Those having no absent
marks: Flossie Ober, Alice Ware, Rose
Whitney, Hugh Phillips. Over 100 varie-
ties of wild flowers have been brought in
by the children this term.
The scholars of the grammar school
without marks for the term were: Eva
Hescock, Olive Pierce Guy Austin,
Ernest Cudworth, Robert Fuller, Will
Spence and Raymond Starr. Scholar.
present every day were Nirgie Edison,
Ethel Follett, Mary Gage, Roxana
Gage, Harold Bailey and Fred Osgood,
The Fortnigttly club will meet on Tues
day evening, July 3, with Mrs. c. H. Will
lard The program is a review of some of
the topics which the club has studied. The
subject is: yourselves as Others See Us ~
with this program: The Yankee, Mrs.
Curtis; From a Post-oflice Window,
Mrs. Cutler; Rudvard Kipling, Miss
Fletcher, Mrs, Parker; Some Impressions
of America, Mrs Hardy; Eugene Field,
Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Follett; song, Miss Mar
tin.
The Townshend Inn opens to the public
on the evening of the 4th of July, when
/ dinner will be served at S O'Clock. We
hope the townspeople will come together in
large numbers, and we are sure it will be
a joyful occasion from the fact that we
, have so good a hotel after being without sc
long. Out of town guests will be welcome
but we would ask them to send their name,
to Mr. Corser, the landlord that he may
the better know how many to prepare for
| Those who expect to attend in this place
are giving in their names.
The Bucyrus, Ohio, Evening Telegram
D of June 16 contained notice of the dealt
+. of James d. Davenport, 50, which occur
red at the home of his brother in that city
. after an illness of six months or more will
l Bright's disease. Mr.. Davenport was borI
in Milton, Mass, and most OF his life wa
+ spent in that state. Mr.. Davenport's wife
{ who was Miss Clara Holmes, died three
years ago. They had no children. Mr.
h Davenport is survived by two sisters ant
three brothers. Mr. Davenport was a
= one time resident of this town, and wa
. member of the Masonic lodge here,
!. 1t is many years since there have beer
|. so many birds about our homes as this sea
Al son. The writer has noticed that most O
e them are robin redbreasts, while other
e more observing speak of the great variet
i they notice. They are a great blessing t
A. us, and let us do all in our power to max
- them welcome, and if people would max
q bird life study there would be much NOR
n interest in that line than there now is, an
t, while we like to know the names of plant
we cultivate, we should be able to know
., the names of the beautiful feathered trib
N that come about our home with their pleas
ant music
7; Children's day was observed at the Bar
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