Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-18
TOWNSHEND.

MISS Dora Quigley OF southampton
is working for Miss Fletcher
Miss Batchelder of Arlington is a
visitor at Judge Batchelder's.
Mrs. Edward Batchelder has return
ed from her visit to Hinsdale.
Mrs. Waldo Edison of New London,
Conn, is visiting at VIM. Ingalls,.
viii Sanderson of Savannah, Ga,
is in town at Royal Sanderson's.
Mrs. Nancy Plimpton of Green
field was a visitor in town last week.
The Dorcas Guild met Wednesday
afternoon with Miss Bertha Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Willard have re-
turned from the Pan-American expo
sition.
Henry Twitchell picked a handful
of ripe raspberries in his dooryard
last week.
/ Edwin Sawyer of Hyde Park, Mass,
! is here for few weeks, a boaTder at
! A. A. Mason's.
Newell Jennison left Monday for
Woonsocket, II. l.. to visit his uncle,
| Ormando Jennison.
Miss Whitney, a nurse by profess
sion from Putney, is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Underwood.
Mrs David Howard and son of
Orange, Mass, are among the board
ers at the Townshend Inn.
The Dorcas Guild will hold their an
nual harvest supper and social on Fri
day, oct. 25, from $50 to p. m.
The weather was propitious the day
of the Sage auction and a large num-
Der of people attended, and things
sold well.
The repairs on the Congregational
church are progressing finely. Mr..
Cox has nearly completed putting in
the furnace.
Mr.. Earle. whose death took place
in Grafton last week. formerly lived
in this town and drove the stage to
Saxtons River.
viii Boutelle has gone to New York
city. Arthur Boutelle, recent grad
uate of Tufts College, is teaching in
Massachusetts.
Mrs. VIM ingalls, has returned from
Bellows Falls. where she has been
two months caring for her mother,
who is critically i'll.
Mr. and Mrs. George Shine have
been on visit to Sandy Hill, n. Y.
Mr.. Parker of Grafton drove the
northern stage in his absence.
Mrs. w. S. Hollands millinery shop
is more attractive than usual this fall
from the variety and excellence of
taste displayed in her purchases.
The Ware children. who have been
ill., are now comfortable. Mrs. Sparks
has not been as well the past week.
Mr.. Rand and Mrs. Sanderson remain
about the same.
Mrs. Edwin Persons one of our
dressmakers, is in Boston to assist
her sister, Mrs. O'Brien. who has a
dress and cloakmaking establishment
on Washington street.
At the regular meeting of Blazing
Star lodge. F. & A. NJ, Oct. "a the
history of the lodge from its organiza-
ton in 1871 to the present time was
given by s. L. Hescock, p. NJ.
There were union services at the
Baptist church Sunday. Rev. II. V.
Baker of West Brattleboro occupied
the pulpit and preached a practical
sermon from Matthew xxi: 10.
Mrs. Brainerd formerly Miss Jessie
Edminster) of Petulama, Cal. was in
town this week calling upon friends.
ter and granddaughter of the late
Judge VIM. Shaftcr of this place.
Rev. f. \. ROYAL of New Hampshire
will preach at the Baptist church next
Sunday. The same invitation is eX-
tended to the church and society to be
present as was given last week when
he was expected to have been here.
Windham County Pomona Grange
will meet with West River Grange
Thursday, Oct. "a. 10 a. m. The meet
ing will be public in the afternoon.
We hope the members of this Grange
will come and take dinner with them
and we also hope the town hall may
be well filled in the afternoon.
In the ancient burying ground near
the Jefferson Holland place on one of
the tomb stones over 100 years old,
erected Sept 4. 1900. to the memory
of lilly Wilder is the following cpl
taph:
Death is a debt by nature due
| have paid mine and so must you"
Mr.. Hughes, who takes the place of
Miss Dexter as assistant teacher in
the seminary. is a graduate of Yer
mont Academy and Brown University.
ne NdS an nOllOl man anu l6NOlNCu
the first honor in his English studies.
Last year he was sub-master of the
Easthampton High school, Mr..
Hughes comes highly recommended
from Brown University as a scholar
of rare ability and young man of
strong Christian character.
Badges were distributed at the Bap-
fist Sunday school last Sunday accord |
ing to the grade of attendance. Ethel |
Sparks received the three-years
badge, and Raymond Starr and Ruth |
Watson received the handsome four |
years badge. The latter is a little |
girl seven years old, who lives more |
than four miles from church and who |
has within the year taken a prize for |
committing to memory the most |
Scripture verses, which we think is a |
pretty good record for one so young. |
Many other badges were distributed |
for attendance in a less given time |
than those mentioned.