Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04
TOWNSHEND.

Otis Phillips of Orange, Mass, has been
In town.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Cumming spent Sun
day in town.
Miss Carpenter began her school in No.
10 on Monday.
Mrs. Florence Woodland is working few
weeks for Miss Fletcher.
Miss Florence Fits is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Henry Underwood.
Rexford Benson and children visited at
his fathers, ARA Benson's, last week.
Mrs. Annie Cutler, our postmaster, has
gone to jeffrey, y. H., to visit her aunt.
Work is going on in grading the hotel
grounds. Haynes Sanders took the job
Nellie Stoddard has returned to Fran
ingham with her sister, Miss Mabel Stod-
daFd.
Frank Durham is occupying the farm
formerly occupied by his father, George
Durham.
Mrs. VIM. Ingalls, has returned from
Bellows Falls, where she was called by her
mothers illness.
Mrs Richardson of Jamaica is helping
to care for Mrs. Abby Willard, who has
been i'll some weeks.
George Carlton and wife and Will Carl
ton and Beulah Briggs visited at NJ.
Sparks's over Sunday.
Ella Stebbns has returned to Spring
field, Mass, where she is employed in a
millinery establishment
The delegates to the w. c. 7. L. con-
vention at Grafton from this place are
Mrs. Hastings, Hardy, Greenwood, ODER
and Watson.
Flora Bemus of Athens, one Of the sem
mary students, has taken school in
Weston. She began her duties there as
teacher on Monday
Royal Sanderson reports a total snow
fall from Nov. y, 1892, to March y,
1900, Of 81 feet The rain fall during the
winter was ~ inches.
Hugh Hobrook has returned from An
dover, Mass, where his wife will remain
for the present and try to recuperate from
a recent severe illness.
J. H. Ware had a COW killed by Yeter-
mary Dutton last week that was diseased
with tuberculosis, also three were killed
in this village that were badly diseased.
w. H. Miles, after spending his vaca-
ton at home, has gone to Ohio to do bust
| ness for the Great Eastern Fertilizer com
| pany. Mr.. Miles has been agent for this
firm many years, as has Col. Franklin of
| this town.
The Baptist ladies' aid society will meet
! in their rooms next Wednesday, and on
that day the men will meet and make the
outside surroundings more tidy. Supper
will be served.
+. d. Harris and Mrs. Addie Sparks ar,
on the sick list this week Mrs. Harriet
Fisher, who has been confined 10 her home
most Of the winter from i'll health, is nov
very feeble. Sadie Whitney is sick in Put
ney. OF those who have been i'll, som,
are better, others are about the same.
At Mrs. Phillips's auction last SATURDAY
the land was sold as follows: Haynes San
ders bought the pasture on West Hill, DR.
Parker the Clark lot. Everett Phillips tn,
north part Of the Rand lot, Romance Jen
Dison the Rice lot. The land sold TO
prices much less than the late owner, Reu
ben Phillips, estimated this property to b,
worth.
The Tau Delta Phi society held a yer,
interesting meeting Monday evening will
the following program: Singing by tn,
school; prayer, Mr.. Hardy solo, Mis-
Marsh; debate, Resolved, That suffrag
should be extended to women: affirmative
Abbie Starr and Ethel Johnson negative
Esther Dale and Cecil Doane; recitation
Mamie Ware. Others than the regula
disputants took part and the debate wa
made very interesting.