Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-04
NORTHFIELD. MASS.


An impressive watch service was
held at the Congregational church on
Monday evening. The church bell
rang out the old and in the new cen
fury.
Mount Hermon opened for the win
ter session with 430 students all but
80 being old students. Prof. Cutler is
still in Europe, the school being man
aged by Prof. c. e. Dickerson.
On Tuesday evening, Mrs. d. l..
Moody gave a reception in the gymna-
stun Of the seminary to the students
of the Seminary and Mount Hermon
who remained through the vacation.
Refreshments were served and a very
pleasant evening passed.
Beginning next Sunday, Jan. 9Th, a
gospel service will be held in the Sons
of Veterans hall at 100 p. m. each
Sunday during the months of January,
February and March. These meetings
will be under the direction of Rev. G.
|. Scofeld and all are very cordially
invited to come.
The selectmen will be at their rooms
in the town han Saturday of this week
at o'clock and will be ready to meet
any citizens of the town who wish to
| discuss the matter of the old toll
bridge and consider the probable leg
| islation this winter, concerning the
matter.
| The Unitarian sewing society will
give a benefit supper to Charles w.
| Mattoon next Tuesday evening at six
o'clock. The Unity club will meet di-
rectly after the supper and will give
a program of book reviews, readings
and music. All who attend the sup
per will be admitted TO the club enter
| tainment
The vital statistics for the year just
| closed are as follows Deaths. 2G;
/ births %; marriages, 10. OF the
/ dead. one was past 90, six past so,
/ while Is were over so. The following
were past so: Mrs. Laura c. Pomeroy,
! 50. Susan Marsh, IS, Judah Nash. "a.
! Marshal n. Day, ST. John /. Nation.
| 81, Mrs. Martha Billings, ST.
The wedding of Haskell Holton,
! lately returned from California. and
| Miss Jennie May Mann occurred Tues
! day at 3 p. m. at the house Of Mr.. and
| Mrs j. Wesley Mann, the brides par
| ents. Only the immediate relatives
We're present. Rev. DR.. c. l. Scofield
/ was the clergyman. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Holton left in the evening for Califor-
mia. which is to be their home.
Mrs Augusta l.. Day gave dinner
party last Saturday in honor of her
aunt. Mrs. Julia Lyman, who reached
! her S0th anniversary on Dec. 90 Al
! though several of the guests had
passed threcscore years. and some the
! allotted throesCore and ten. so merry
was the company that it seemed more
! like a party Of young people that sat
down TO enjoy the excellent dinner and
to indulge in amusing "reminiscences OF
! Northfeld 80 or more years ago. The
| guests assembled were Mr.. and Mrs
| John Fisher. Mrs. Addie Alexander
and her friend, Mrs. Webster. Mrs. Ne
dad Moody. Mrs, Cornelia Walker
| Mrs. NJ. 5. Manning, Miss Mary Dut
ton. Herbert s. Stone and Henry
| Natsch. Mrs. Lyman would pass fol
much younger woman, and is still
very active. She went to Mortified
to attend school when 10 years of age
and has spent the greater part of heI
life there. During this time through
the efforts of the late ID. l.. Moody
Mortified has become known all over
this and other countries as a great re
| ligious centre.