Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-01
WlllIAMSVILLE.


James McCarty has entered the en-
ploy of c. f. Tyler.
Cyrus Miner of Springfield, Mass,
is the guest of l.. f. Stratton.
\. c. Fellows has employment with
the S. A. Smith company at Brattle-
boro for the present.
DR.. p. p. White is i'll with grip.
Among other victims are Mrs. Gilbert
b. Lamb and George b. Williams.
There will be a donation party
for the benefit of the Methodist church
pastor at the church vestry on Fri
day evening of next week.
John NJ Moore has sold his farm
near South Newfane to Mrs. Matte
Williams of marlboro. Mr.. Moore
will remain in town for the present
as he still has large tract of timber
land to dispose of.
d. \. Benson has in charge the cree
ton of large two story building on
the top OF Newfane Hill near Bencas-
son cottage. the new building to be oc-
cupied by Massachusetts parties the
coming summer. F. Il. Wellman has
the contract for the lumber and f. p.
Wheeler of this village will have
charge of the carpentery work
The Newfane March meeting will
be held at school house hall in this
village. Surface indications favor a
quite time. Oliver p. Morse, who has
so acceptably served the town as first
selectman many years, announces that
owing to i'll heath he will not be a
candidate for reelection. and il is pre-
sumed that there will be no opposi-
ton TO the promotion of H. f. Sparks.
the present second selectman. c. X.
Stedman. who was unanimously elect
ed road commissioner a year ago. has
performed faithful service and we hear
no objection to his reelection.
+. NJ. and c. l.. Dexter of Philadel-
phia have bought of l.. w. Bingham
the cardng machine property at South
Newfane and will put in an electric
light plant for their own use, also
supplying the South Newfane summer
residents. John +. Morse. who has
become an expert electrician, will in
stall the plant. Mr.. Bingham re-
serves the carding machinery and has
moved it to the mill of w. E. Bling
ham & Sons, where he will be ready
to do wool carding next season as
usual.
At the recent annual meeting of the
Moore Free Library association of
Newfane +. c. Benedict, NJ. O. Howe.
Miss Mary Newton, Mrs. Alice A.
Morse and j. H. Merrifeld were elect
ed trustees. From this board E. c..
Benedict was elected president. ]. H.
Merrifield vice president, NJ. o. Howe
secretary and Miss Alice A. Morse
treasurer. 1t is probable that no
similar board of trustees ever had
smoother sailing in matters of finance
and ways and means, for it was found
that Mrs. p c. Moore. who founded
the library, endowed it with $4,000 and
erected a building for its home at a
total expense exceeding $4,000. was
still continuing her benefaction to the
extent of acting as librarian. furnish
ing fuel and light, supplying the read.
ing room with newspapers and maya
zines and adding some 200 new books
to the shelves, all free of charge to
the association. This enabled the
treasurer to perform the agreeable
duty of drawing the interest on the
endowment fund and adding ii to the
principal. 1t was voted to grant the
use of the books to residents of adj
joining towns on the payment of a
small annual fee. The library now
contains nearly $500 volumes of
choice books, including nearly all of
the latest standard works of gener-
al interest. All attendants upon the
Windham County court which opens
next week are cordially invited to
spend their spare time in the library
reading room.