Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-11
TOWNSHEND.

Mrs. 1nez Snow is at home.
John Greenwood visited his parents last
week
Deacon stebblns is visiting in Nashua,
~ II.
Mr. and Mrs Blood spent Sunday in
Chester.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rand spent Sunday
in town.
Mrs. Hays is visiting her daughter Mrs.
Ambrose.
Mr. Truesdale of Zoar, Mass, spent
Sunday In town.
Mrs. Miller from Oklahoma is a visitor
at Wesley Phillips.
a large number of people attended the
Sage auction Tuesday.
Ruby Stebbins returned from a visit to
relatives in Nashua, n. II.
Mrs l.. o. Reed accompanied her sis
ter, Mrs. Congdon, to Boston.
Ernest Gould and wife of Bellows Falls
are visitors at Charles Goulds.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Taft have decided
not to attend the Pan-American
Mr.. and Mrs Howell of Schenectady,
n. Y, are visitors al Mr.. Beebee's.
Some from here attended the play Of the
old Homestead Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Taylor of Ludlow have
been recent visitors at Mrs. Helen Ober's.
Mrs Sarah Underwood has slated her
buildings, the Phillips brothers doing the
work.
Emery Jones has bought the Watson
place situated nearly three miles north
of the village
Miss Grace Thayer attended the Boy
den-Waterman wedding at Brattleboro
| Tuesday evening.
Royal Sanderson reports the rainfall
| during the month of September to have
| been three inches
The students enjoyed a pleasant social
at seminary hall last Friday evening. Re
freshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs VIII Sparks and Harry
and Ethel Sparks attended the funeral
of Irene Stowel of Grafton
Mr. and Mrs. Adams have returned
| from their trip to Buffalo and have gone
to their home in Brattleboro.
Charles Houghton and wife and David
Howard and wife of Orange. Mass. were
visitors in town over Sunday.
Edward Batchelder is putting 9-foot
veranda onto the north side of his house.
Haynes Sanders has taken the job.
Miss Carrie Mason, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs Ferguson and Miss Fheld Of
Bellows Falls, spent Sunday at a. a.
Mason's.
Mrs Byard. a former resident. now of
Tarben. of Nebraska are visitors in town
this week.
Alton Holding will move from the ODER
house to the Byard place, a mile from the
village. and will work the coming year
for Walter Eddy.
Mr. and Mrs Russell Aldrich have re-
turned from Langdon, y. H. where they
have been to visit an uncle of Mr..
Aldrich who is 80 years old.
Tor. 10 a.at
able, on account of i'll health, to resume
the duties this term as assistant teacher
in Leland q Gray Seminary.
Some persons here We're disappointed
that the rain last week on Wednesday
evening prevented them from going TO
Newfaue to hear VIII Carlton.
There will be preaching at the Baptist
church next Sunday and all the members
Of the church and society are asked to
make an effort to be present.
Arthur Greenwood has been under the
Doctors care. Alice Ware has been criu-
cally ill., Miss Augusta Fessenden has
been suffering from a severe attack of
influenza.
Rev. w. A. Dawson occupied the Bap-
fist pulpit and preached in the morning
an interesting and able sermon from
James II: s. In the evening he gave
talk to the young people.
is just now running on schedule time,
but the train has been coming so late
that people have retired for the night
without receiving their mail, many living
at distance coming for IT and going
home without it. II we are entitled TO
better mail service. and l think we are
by law. why not have II?
The question has been asked, what II
the accident that happened two weeks
ago on the narrow guage had taken place
on the Salmon-hole bridge? We should
think II would be more satisfactory to the
railroad company to furnish better ma
chinery and render better service. The
patience of the people in this town is
exhausted. and the question of having an
electric road is being discussed.
Rally day was observed at the Baptist
Sunday school last Sunday with the fol-
lowing program: Words OF welcome were
spoken by Prof. Edgecomb reading by
Miss Annie Cooke; Value of the Word of
Cod Miss Moore; pieces spoken by the
younger portion of the school We're
Rally Round the Home Life" Clara
Bailey; Thank Cod" Cecil Snow sing
ing; Passages of Scripture, by the school,
Little Home Helpers Ruth Watson:
Gather the Wheat" Lucy Davis; Sun
day school," Charlie Williamson; Pray
er Meeting" Flossie Ober; young Peo-
pies Society" Ethel Sparks; Boys Bril-
gade,' Bessie Phillips; our Country"
Raymond Starr; Missionary Society"
Mildred Phillips: "The Cross" Bessie
Button; singing thangs by the supern-
tendent to all who assisted in the eXer-
cises; remarks by w \. Dawson. Mrs.
Kenyon's class gave an interesting eXer-
else at the opening. There was n large
number present and all performed their
parts well and this our first rally day,
was much enjoyed by ALL The room
was prettiy decorated and there were
bouquets of asters.