Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-31
x, 'BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, MAY 81, 1901.
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Bertha Phillips is at work at Hugh
Holbrooks.
Albert Derry was here Sunday with
Edward Bailey
A number from this place improved
stockholders day.
Mrs. Gilchrist and son visited
friends here recently.
Frank Goes of Hyde Park, Mass is
a boarder at a. A. Masons
The schools in town observed Ne
mortal day exercises Wednesday.
Mrs. Henry Bailey is spending the
week with friends in Brattleboro.
Mrs. Ora ODER has gone to Mr..
Wright's in Grafton village to work.
Mrs. Edwin Harris continues to i'm
prove since her return from the hos
pital.
Mrs. Sidney Derry and daughter,
Mrs. John jenkins, were in town last
week
Mrs. Fred Cutler and children have
visited the past week at w. II.
Miles's.
Mrs, Achsah Franklin, who has
been very i'll, is at the present writ
ing more comfortable.
The famous Temple quartet of Bos-
ton will give a concert here June II
under the auspices Of Leland and
Gray seminary
The Thompson family left last week
for Summit H. J. Their goods are
stored at Fred Reeds and they will
board for the present
Blanche Phillips has returned to DR..
Clarks retreat in Burlington, whore
she is an attendant. after a vacation
of some weeks at home.
The friends here of Miss Amy
Perry formerly teacher in our vii
lagc school. are very sorry to hear of
her illness at her home in WardsborO.
Cards have been received announc-
ing the marriage of Wright Phillips
and Miss Leland of Millers Falls.
The wedding will take place June >.
The Baptist ladies' aid society will
hold meeting next week Wednesday
afternoon, and supper will be served
as usual from $50 to $50 o'clock.
All are cordially invited.
The steam mill is running evenings
now by its electric lights c. II. Viii
lard, the owner is going to build
tenement house near his mill. oppo-
site Judson Derry's house.
There were union services at the
CONGREGATIONAL church Sunday.
number from this place attended the
memorial services at the west village.
Rev NJ. F. Hardy preached the me
mortal sermon.
Mrs. Smyth and daughter of Hart
ford. Conn, and Mr.. Smyth a wealthy
inventor, and father-in-law of Mrs.
Smyth of Pasadena, Cal. have been
spending the past week at the hotel
The husband of Mrs. Smyth was prin-
cipal of the seminary some ten years
ago. and is remembered very pleas
antly by all his old pupils. He came
here Immediately after his graduation
from Dartmouth college. He now
has n position as instructor in mathe-
mates in one Of the public schools
in Hartford. which position he has oc-
cupied for nearly ten years.
Mrs. James Maynard. who died re-
Gently at Bellows Falls. was a native
of this town and one brother. George
Boutelle. still lives here and is the
last of a family of six children. Mrs
Maynard has spoken in both of the
churches here in the interest of the
kurn-Hattiu Home, where she and her
husband did such good work. Mrs.
Abby Taft and Miss Josie went to
Bellows Falls to be present at the
last rites before the removal Of the
body of Mrs Maynard to Worcester.
Mass. her former home, where fun
eral services We're to be held and her
burial was to be beside her son who
died in his young manhood some ten
years or more ago.
Roswell Whitcomb. whose death oc-
CURED May -. was born in Jamaica
in November. 1872 His father was
Jonas Whitcomb. His mothers
maiden name was Susan Puffer. He
married Miranda Boynton in Janaury.
1899. Eight children were born to
them. There are only two now liv-
ing John and lsadore, who lived at
home and carried on the farm and
kindly cared for their father, who was
great sufferer from rheumatism
and was cripple for II years. but
was patient during all his years of
helplessness. Mr.. Whitcomb united
with the Congregational church in ia
maica in 1919. In the spring of 1858
he moved to this place Mrs Whit
comb died Dec. ,, 1887. The funeral
of Mr.. Whtcomb was held at the
house on Friday at II o'clock. Rev.
NJ. F. Hardy officiating.
Frank Gray is busy taking views of
homes and scenery about town, and
We think our village never looked
better than now. a stranger who
came here recently, and who has tray
eled extensively through the state of
Vermont, said to the writer that the
neatness OF the homes, their good re-
pair and all the conditions of their
surroundings were very pleasant and
noticeable. Another stranger re-
Gently spoke OF it as an ideal village.
We wish there might have been more
trees set out through the village this
spring outside of the walks, and we
are glad and appreciative of all those
placed in front of the homes 1t
seems very strange that the village
has not seen to it before this late
day that the noble naples that were
destroyed by the fires that have raw
aged the village have not been re-
placed