Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-11

Pheasant parsonage.
H. A. Carpenter was housed part of
the week by old infirmities.
The w. C. T. U. will meet with the
Misses Newton on Wednesday at 8
p. m.
Mrs. Arthur Farnham has returned
from a visit to her parents in Will
mington.
Orchard post will meet at Town
shend on Saturday afternoon for in
stallation of officers.
Mrs. Paris Rawson is visiting at the
home of Mrs. Hunt, granddaughter of
the late Mr.. Rawson, in Brookside.
The week of prayer is observed
here by meetings on some of the eve
nings with Rev. F. NJ. Wiswall in
charge.
N. F. Wheeler of Springfield, Mass,
summer boarder here for several
years, visited his sister, Mrs. Hildreth,
last week.
Henry Codding and family, re-
Gently of Marlboro, N. H., are TEN
porarily occupying the house on the
Hildreth farm in district No. 4.
Mrs. Louise Gibbs, who is spending
the winter at c. NJ. Goodenough's, was
formerly a compositor on a Greenfield
paper, and is now in a crippled condi-
ton, though able to get about with
aid of chair.
Mrs. Luther Osgood. of Brookline,
whose arm was broken last week by
the overturning of team on her way
to this village, is with her grand
daughter, Mrs. ]. NJ. Kenney. who is
also the adopted daughter of Mrs. Os-
good.
Hugh Wellman, one of the village
school pupils and son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Wellman, underwent on Satur-
day, a surgical operation for removal
of dentigenous cyst, or tooth encysted
tumor, at the hands of Drs. Holton of
Brattleboro and Roberts of this place.
Mrs. Grout. wife of the late W. w.
Grout of Cavendish, was recently the
guest at Merchant CIRCUITS en- route
to New Jersey. Miss Gussie Grout
of Brattleboro, well known here. was
summoned home this winter by her
fathers sudden illness and his death
soon followed.
Mrs. Million Davidson is in Burling-
ton in attendance at a meeting of the
plan of work committee of the Yer
mont w. c. T. U. of which she is cor
responding secretary; and also the
annual meeting of Home for Friend
less Women, she being a member of
the board of management.
Several from this place were in at
tendance at the auction of the Cap
tain VIM. Gould estate in Townshend,
and captured a few ancient relics.
They mention as a curiosity in the old
house a "chest of drawers" as the
old-fashioned name styled it, built
into the walls of a chamber.
Mrs. L. c. Cushing, with more cour-
age than that of many half a century
younger, made her own arrangements
for leaving home for the winter, and
is now at her sons, Warren Cushing's,
in Vernon, with a view to extending
her trip to Groton, Mass, to spend a
few months with her daughter, Mrs.
Joel Page.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of James Holland Newton of Middle.
town, Conn, and Miss Edith Blanche
Dickinson of Essex, on the 22nd. Mr..
Newton is the son of c. M. Newton of
Orlando, Florida, Newfane boy, and
also namesake of the late j. H. New
ton of this place, member of the 9Th
and 18th Vermont regiments in the
civil war.
A recent Boston daily, in its account
of the reception and banquet of the
Daughters of Vermont at the Ven
dome mentions, as presenting guests,
"a coterie of young women, all in
dainty gowns, and in the list is the
name of Mrs. A. w. Pratt, a Newfane
girl, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl.
GoodnOw, all of whom are here sum-
mers at Elmhall, the old Field home
stead and present home of Mrs. S.
Morse.