Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-19
NEWFANE,
Annual Bank Meeting.

| w saving DanK COrpOfaJOTS JOOk place Ou
! Tuesday at the bank rooms The law al
! lows a maximum of so and minimum of
| rs corporators. In this bank the number
| is 33 at present. There were present "a
corporators, some of the more distant ones
being detained by a snow storm. Mem
bers from Athens had the longest drive.
The old board of trustees was reelected,
and general officers chosen as follows:
President, p. II. Rutter, Townshend; vice
president, b. G. Eager treasurer, f. A.
| Dewitt; investment board, b. g. Eager of
Newfane, p. II. Rutter and K. b. Batchel-
der of TowDshend, r. A. Dewitt; audi
tors, w. G. Halliday of Dover, II. II. Hol-
brook of Townshend, j. NJ. Powers of
Athens; assistant treasurer, Lewis Ii. Hig-
gins retains his position.
After business meeting there was adj
journment to the County Hotel where
Landlord Davis served a dinner whose
menu consisted Of roast turkey, beef and
pork, vegetables galore, savOry sauces, OIL
ives, pickles, etc, as relishes, pies, pud-
dngs, coffee jelly, tea, coffee, oranges and
bananas, and perhaps some other tooth
some article forgotten by the reporter.
Judge Lewis Walker of Grafton, oldest
member of the corporation, was absent
for the first time in many years. Judge
! Walker is the only living charter member
of the institution. The savings bank is
! considered to be in prosperous condition.
Three prisoners confined in jail on short
sentences for intoXication departed last
Monday on expiration of time, leaving the
| jail without an occupant.
Landlord Burke entertained on Friday
evening party Of about 40 seighriders
/ ha n "
secured use of Union hall and made merry
with games, music and dancing.
S. G.. Brown, jr., recently lost a good
horse, pet friend and useful to all his
family from the children to their aged
grandfather. The faithful animal caught
its foot which caused breaking of the leg,
and rife shot put it beyond pain.
The Windham County creamery's an
nual meeting will be held at Union hall on
Saturday at / p. N. Secretary n. Al. Batch.
elder, whose residence is now in Fitch
burg, Mass, is here this week for the pur
pose of attending to that and other bust
ness.
w. 7. Bruce was seen on the street with
his son in the family team on Tuesday.
1t being the day of annual bank meeting
there were greetings for him from his sew
eral associates in bank business. Mr.
Bruce has been on the board of invest
ment for many years.
The article in the Willamsville column
last week on protection against fires was
timely and suggestive to this place and
others as well as Wlliamsvile. The fire
extinguishers which did such good service
at the Newfane House in the early morn
ing of Jan. l, cost only Slj each.
Thursday evening of this week is the
time set for complimentary and benefit
dinner to Landlord Davis and family of
the County Hotel. Eighty plates have
been engaged. 1t is many years since
there has been social gathering of the
kind in the place so large as this promises
to be.
The recuperative power of old age is sell
dom as good as that manifested in Nathan
lei johnson of Wardsboro, who has just
come into his Goth year, and who spent the
summer and fall here with his niece, Mrs.
Ii. s. Kenny. After his severe injury, as
was supposed, by falling last month, he has
lately been able to sit up all day.
Mrs. j. X. Barney of Providence, well
known here by her several interesting tenn
perance lectures and attendance upon
county W. G. T. L. meetings, in her ca
paclty as lecturer and national and world
superintendent Of prison and jail work in
the society mentioned, expects TO sail for
England in March in the interests of her
work
The Christian Endeavor society will give
a social to the public on Thursday evening,
the 18th, which will include for entertain
ment bundle contest, marching and
games. Sandwiches, coffee and cake will
| a in ~ Co. a.
coin which in English possessions and
America is stamped with a wreath on one
side and on the reverse, respectively, the
likeness of their majestes, Queen Victoria
and Goddess of Liberty.
Eight men and u teams from this place
and the south part of the town are engag-
ed in drawing logs from the Attrdge wood
lot known in the early history of the town
as the Knowlton place. on Newfane Hill
to Williamsville station, whose steam mill
power will convert the timber into lumber
and chair material TO be shipped elsewhere.
j. ii. Merriteld of Williamsville is the
promoter of this enterprise. The wood
hauling is likely to last all winter.
1t was discovered in the Congregational
vestry recently that the weight OF a small
chandelier had pulled out the ceiling hook,
causing fall TO the floor and breaking of
lamps. 1t was a matter for congratulation
that the accident did not occur on the pre-
vious evening, when there was a meeting
and these two lamps were lighted, in
which case serious panic and more OF
less danger might have ensued. The in
cident is a warning which would well be
followed by investment in a FIRE extin.
guisher, or more than one.
A little fire incident occurred here OF
late which it may be well to report to put
people on their guard. A lady having a
celluloid comb attached to raveled rope
comb holder, hurriedly struck a match al
dusk and the lighted end flew off, striking
the rope or comb. Which material started
the other seemed uncertain, but it was no,
ticeable that the celluloid article burned
with sort of explosive terceness, and be.
fore its owner could reach the sink tC
which she hurried the comb was almost
wholly consumed and the rope, as might
be expected, fashily burned. Celluloid il
a dainty thing, but if subject to explosive
ness under faint prOvocation, all its virtues
are dross compared to its dangerous quail