Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22
NEWE ANE,

Psalm hrst is the present selection
for repeating in concert at the Con
gregational Sunday school.
Forty divorce cases on the spring
docket of Windham county court re-
ceived brief comment on the Sunday
morning of march 10.
Rev. Mr. Curtis of the Baptist
church in Townshend is expected to
exchange with Rev. II. e. Danforth on
Sunday morning
Mrs. c. l.. Hescock, who is grad
uate of Boston University, declines
serving another year as town super
intendent of schools.
Mrs. Lucy A. Cushing, who is spend
ing the winter in Groton, Mass, re-
Gently accompanied her daughter,
Mrs. Page, on a visit to her son, W.
c. Cushing of Vernon, whose illness
has continued since fall.
Thanks due to Mrs. Aldrich OF
Somerville, Mass. mentioned in last
weeks column, should have included
the copy of the portrait of Rev. DR..
Ebenezer Morse which she secured for
a February Phoenix. 1t is safe to say
that it will be transferred into many
a town history with the accompanying
narrative by a daughter of Newfane.
Three adjoining houses on the
south part of Main street will be
wrestling with the phases of moving
as days go on to April. The Good
enoughs look towards the Hildreth
farm G. w. Knapps family to their
house formerly owned by Charles
Worcester and Henry Codding's fam
lily will move from district No. to
the house vacated by Mr.. Knapp.
Welcome to the bonny robins and
blue birds that have come to stay!
The boy from Connecticut includes
the blackbird among early Corners. 1t
was in black birds nest that a
present Newfaner tried the experiment
of placing a hens egg, which the bird
promptly repudiated by fOrsaking its
nest. Next was tried the Phoebe's
nest and the patient bird even allowed
human hand to turn over the fowls
egg every day. on about the 22d day
only the shell was found in the nest,
but search on the grounu directly I'M
derneath revealed chick cold and
stiff, which being removed to a moth
erly kitchen stove oven, was lively
within two hours
Books recently added to Moore free
library: The statesman year book
for 1900; Mrs. Clyde Julia Gordon;
Two Blddecut Boys, Trowbridge;
House of Egremont, Elliott; The
Cardinals Snuff Box, Harland; The
Darlingtons, Peake; Dr. North and
his friends, DR.. Mitchell The Eagles
Heart. Hamlin Garland; The circuit
Girls, Chariotte NalIe; sue circuit
ChariouI NalIe, CIIIuenuou' JoIn foA'
~ Maoel Mlshap' Amy biahcnarG'
EccehtricltIes OF GENUS Mayor Fohd'
luIh Oh me ROAD Eugene froIhlnS-
nam IN lhe Name OF Woman AT
thur Marchmoht' ahSled rags, Ar
chlpaIu uuhter' Slrlhsto"h on the
flNe' Johh OIl l-IoHu' Llihel
Until a better report is made. +. c.
Stiles holds the blue ribbon for winter
LAYERS. having received from "a hens
in January $40 eggs: in February ass.
total of 1858 for the two cold
months largest number in one day.
2S. Six hens were incubating in Feb
mary. which accounts for decrease in
that month. 1t is curious coinci-
dence that in this report the number
of hens corresponds exactly with the
number reported in South Wardsboro
column of last week; also with the re
port from another town in the pre-
vious week. There is a Minorca hen
not far from the Batchelder store. six
of whose eggs weigh pound. select
ing them at random. but the owner