Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-30

| spent the DAY with ner son, j. G..
Dewitt, in Brattleboro. Mrs. L. c.
Cushing and Mr.. and Mrs. b. G.
Cushing were guests of Mrs. Tuthill.
Daniel Fisher of Boston came to Mr..
and Mrs. G.. b. Johnson's who will ac-
company him to Willlamsville for a
family gathering on Sunday at De-
Witt Fishers. d. s. Ballou spent the
day with his daughter, Mrs. Marcy of
Brattleboro. Ralph Cushing went to
Boston Thursday to stay two days
with his mother.
The meeting of Birchard Post for in
| spection and election of officers will
be held Dec. 8.
The schools in Newfane village, in
district No. 4 and in the River district,
The name of the family in posses
sion Of the Stedman farm is Maher in
stead of Martin, as the type said last
week.
Mrs. David Ballou returned from
Wilmington on Monday accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs. Winchester of
Dover
A singing school with Mr.. Blood of
Townshend as instructor will open on
| Thursday evening. Dec. 6. at the
school house.
On account of Sunday evenings
storm the Thanksgiving and praise
program planned by the Christian En-
deavor society was postponed till
next Sunday evening.
Principal Carlton Howe of McIndoes
academy is a guest during Thanks
giving vacation of his brother. DR..
Marshall A. Howe. of Columbia uni
versity, New York city.
Two deer, strayed from their woody
haunts, took refuge in w. T. Bruce's
shed over night during a snowfall.
affording several villagers an oppor-
tunity for close examination.
Due notice. of the annual meeting
of the Congregational Church society
has been posted, announcing the hour
of on Tuesday afternoon next at the
vestry and requesting good attendance
for transaction of the usual business
in the interests of the society.
Last weeks entertainments by the
Indian Medicine company furnished
varied program of amusement. In
as far as New York city.
terest grew in the votes cast for chill
dren under five years of age and the
cup was awarded to little Rickhard
| W ilAAAdNtl hA a lAl 81 AAtJhiAAss
Mrs. A Grout has kindly consented
to hold the Loyal Temperance legion
meetings Of Saturday afternoons at her
house during the absence OF Miss
Benedict. The little band of loyal
| legioners has voted to give $3.50 to
the children's room of the temper.
ance hospital in Chicago.
Rev. F. NJ Wiswall is in New York
H..
where he will spend a week. Mrs.
G. T.. Davidson and Miss Lucy Bene-
dict will join others from this county
Programs are out for the Interde-
nominational Christian conference of
the county to meet here Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday of next
week. Particulars are given in
another column.
c. Z. Skinner recently returned from
sight seeing at the nations capital
Mrs. c. II. Eager and Miss F. Rich
mond expect to accompany the party
on Friday for attendance at the Ma
Iional w. c. T. u. in Washington. and
a trim through the north part of this
county, and Mrs. Skinner from a Wis.
1t to her daughter Mrs. w. J. Sprague.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sprague are now resi-
dents of Brattleboro.
The wife of Or. Bixby of Poultney
was formerly Miss Matte Sabin who
attended our village school about four
years ago. Her father had been a
mail carrier in Akron. Ohio. for sew
eral years who gratiied his cherished
desire to settle upon a Vermont farm
which he accomplished in Andover,
enjoying the surroundings very much.
but circumstances took him back to
Ohio with his family where he holds
good position. The number of
states represented of late years on
our farms in this part of the state
would doubtless surprise many.
The remarkable wind storm of last
week Wednesday which uprooted so
many trees in nearby localities is re-
called by the account of a Newfane
girl who took passage from Boston
to Cottage City on that day. The
boat BOOKINGS were so perilous as to
cause fears of an all nights delay near
Woods Holl. but the trip was finally
weathered. Two years ago, almost
to day, there were awful wrecks on
the same coast. In Cottage City
there had been no frost this fall till
the previous week and beautiful
chrysanthemums were gathered as
late as the 21st.
Naturally the prohibitory law SEN
timent of this community was highly
gratified by the defeat of a license
and local option bill. This section
of the town furnished to the legisla-
ture 1870 petitioners about one-third of
whom were voters, for maintenance
of prohibition, to say nothing of sig
natures from other villages and dis
tricts in town. Commentator of ex-
cellent editorials in The Phoenix on
the subject of unfolding the law have
been expressed. and the tone of the
Montpelier journals which have been
sent here is enjoyed for outspoken
fearlessness and ability in defense OF
law which only needs better enforce,
ment to be the exponent of good or.
der and morals. as the vote shows af
ter persevering fight for license
The first November meeting of the
w. G. T. u. held with Mrs. Morse and
Mrs. Goodnow shortly before their de,
partuIe for North Cambridge for the
, winter was marked by an unusually