Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-07-20
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week.
The w. c. T. U. adjourned on We'd
nesday until September.
There will be no meeting of the Home
land circle during July.
N. w. Kimball has returned to Dubuque,
Ia, after two weeks visit here.
Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Wilson will re-
turn to Bellows Falls on Saturday.
Miss Florence Batcheder of Fitchburg
is at her uncle's, II. j. Batchelders.
w. p. Eager, banker, has been spend
ing few days at the Eager homestead.
Messrs Wood, two brothers from Meri-
den, Conn, are boarding at the Newfane
House.
Miss c. NJ. Bramhal of Boston is ex-
pected on Saturday at Bencasson for a
week or two
Mr.. and Mrs. n. f. Wheeler and Miss
Wheeler, their daughter, are guests at the
Newfane House.
Rev. NJ. +. Wiswall is expected to have
charge of next Sunday mornings service
in the Congregational church.
The Christian Endeavor society will
serve ice cream, cake and cocoa on the
common next Wednesday evening.
G. Shines of Maiden, Mass, recently
joined his family at their summer home
here, the farm bought of S. n. Kenny.
Mrs. Elizabeth Abbott, who died in An
dover Mass, recently, was sister of the
late Mrs Mary Burnham Of this place.
Mrs Albert Pratt and son Robert of
North Cambridge, Mass, arrived on Sat
urday to spend the summer at Elm hall.
Gilbert n. Batchelder, recent grad
uate of Brown university, formerly of
Newfane, is spending his vacation at
Block Island.
Mrs. G. X. Davis accompanied her
grandson on his return trip TO Mamaro-
neck, y. Y, and will remain in her sons
family until September.
Felix Micott has sold his Londonderry
farm, on the Andover line, to c. NJ. Good
enough, whose village house and land here
are transferred to Mr.. Micott, Mr.. Good
enough retaining use of the house for
three months.
The dignified letter of Senator Ross in
last weeks Phoenix interested this COM
munity where the senator has been known
as a presiding judge. When Judge Ross
was appointed as Senator Morrilrs sue
cessor this column expressed satisfaction
at his clean-cut incisive character, and the
correspondent believed that he would
prove an honor to the state in his national
capacity.
A well filed church Sunday morning
testified to interest in the service conduct
ed by Mrs. II. S Caswel and Miss A. l..
White. Miss White spoke of the influence
which goes out from the Montgomery,
Ala, industrial school TO improve the
homes of the colored people, of the salts
faction and pride felt by parents in the
progress of the girl students, and other en-
couragements in the work. The speaker
was assisted by Mrs. Caswell in singing
several touching negro melodies. A gen
erous collection was taken.
Mr.. Harvey, who is a great bird lover by
nature and well informed by observation
concerning habits and pecularites of their
kind, relates that a pair of rose-breasted
grosbeaks has kept his patch of potatoes
clear of the devastating potato bug. Here
tofore Mr.. Harvey and his boys have call
ed this particular species the potato. bug
bird, but this year it promises to do away
entirely with the use of paris green in at
least one village garden. Interrogating as
to the doings of the bold, saucy and hand
some blue jay since we have failed to OBJ.
serve his impudent though interesting
winter and spring maneuvers, we are
told that he is nesting in nearby for
ests, secure from prying eyes, and that he
initiates even the call of the red-breasted
hawk so closely as to deceive the very
elect, his majesty, the awk-mate, him
self
A. j. GrOut, Phi. D., instructor of bot
any in the boys High school OF Brooklyn,
and Mrs. Grout are at Deacon CIRCUITS.
DR.. Grout, who was a Newfane boy, has
for years been an ardent student and in
vestigator in the botanical line, sometimes
in its interests camping out in various sec
tions of the state, and doubtless he will
return triumphanlly with some rare speci
men from the cool depths of the forest or
even the open, where he who runs may
read. Charles Nichols's pasture, half a
mile away, brought to view in the keen
eyes Of Prof. Francis Lloyd and DR.. Mar
shall A. Howe, both of Columbia univer-
sity, bit of ground pine" so called by
the untutored, which resulted in whole
pamphlet being devoted by the botanical
department of Columbia to 1.-TWO hitherto
confused species of lycopodium," edited
and clearly illustrated by Prof. Lloyd.
In the light of facts ascertained by him in
consequence of the visit to former New
fame boy it seems strange, the pamphlet
says, that these two plants have been re-
garded by several botanists as not deserv-
ing of separate specific rank.
Ice cream and cake will deserved at the Wind
ham County House Thursdays and Saturdays.