Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-24

required by a statute. An impressive
program has been prepared. On
Thursday, Memorial day, the post and
Relief Corps will go to Dummerston
to decorate the graves of soldiers
buried lnere and to listen to an adj
dress in the church at o'clock by
Rev. r. X. Marvin, pastor of the Uni.
versalst church of Brattleboro. In
the afternoon at 2 o'clock Rev. Efie
X. NJ. Jones of Barre will deliver the
Memorial day address in the town
hall A chorus of school children.
drilled by Miss Lizzie Arnold and
Mrs. b. NJ. Switzer will sing in the
hall and at the services of decoration
in Mount Pleasant and Maple Grove
cemeteries, and a drum corps from
Brattleboro will play in the line of
march.
Mrs. Ephraim Bonvouloir is spend
ing three weeks in Ware, Mass.
f. E. Blood has sold a valuable
driving mare to Miss S. E. White.
J. W. Shelley, who has been in
Barre several weeks, came to Putney
the first of the week to spend a few
days before returning to that city.
The ladies aid society of the Meth
odst church will sell ice cream and
cake on the church lawn on the after
noon and evening of Memorial day.
w. c. Crawford has engaged the
nurse who cared for his mother, the
late Mrs. James Crawford, to remain
until winter to care for his children.
V. A. Doty of Bradford came Sat
urday for a few days visit at Mrs.
rllen Patterson's, returning with Mrs.
Doty and daughter, who were there
several weeks.
DR.. and Mrs. E. A. Burnham of Bos-
ton came this week to spend a few
days at the Kendrick House. DR..
Burnham is a son of the Iate Henry
Burnham of this town.
viii Johnson bought Tuesday Mrs.
Norris Puffer's house south of the
Puffer farm recently bought by Sheriff
A. w. j. Wilkins. Mr. Johnson is
employed by Mr.. Wilkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Dawson spent
Sunday with DR.. Dionne in Spofford,
n. H. DR.. Dionne was at the head of
the company who represented the Ger
man Medicine company in the town
hall here for a week recently.
On account of the severe storm last
Saturday no attempt was made to
organize a branch of the w. c. T. U.
Mrs. w. F. Mixer, president of the
Brattleboro Union, was not present,
and Mrs. w. A. Davidson of Newfane
had but a small audience.
Harry w. Cobb has been engaged
by George T. Aplin of East Putney
to search the Connecticut river be-
tween East Putney and Holyoke,
20 he AF I
Blanchard, who was drowned March
Is. Mr.. Cobb began the search Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Bragg returned
the first of the week from week S
visit with their daughter, Mrs. F. NJ.
Chaplin of Keene, N. H.. who with
her husband, went through the siege
OF Pellin and were at one time thought
to have been killed. Rev. Mr. Chaplin
has booked sc engagements for telling
the story of the siege.
The Twentieth Century club met
with Miss Jennie E. Pierce Monday
evening when a paper by Miss Maud
NJ. Munger on our New Possessions
was read. The next meeting will be
held in two weeks at the home of
Miss Munger, when Edgar Sanders
will read paper on THE Life and
Work of Count Leo Tolstoi.
Arthur Sanders returned Tuesday
from Brattleboro, where he was en-
plOyed in Charles Miners hosiery fac
tory previous to the burning of the
factory last Saturday. Mr.. Sanders
lost some clothes and tools. Mr. Miner
contemplates building a new factory
and when it is completed Mr.. Sanders
will return to work for him.
Miss Edna Terry, M. D., a medical
missionary from China, will speak in
the Methodist church next Friday eve
ming on her thrilling experiences dur
ing the siege of Pekin and represent
the interests of the Womans Foreign
Missionary society. All are invited
to avail themselves of this oppor
tunity to hear true account of the
siege by one who was a personal wit
ness
Rev w. M. Newton, presiding elder
OF the Montpelier district, will hold
the first quarterly conference for
TINS year Saturday, June l, at the
church at o'clock. All members OF
the official board are requested to be
present Mr.. Newton will preach il
the Methodist church Sunday at 2.30
1t is hoped that a good house will be
given him as it will be his first visit
TO the town and church as presiding
elder.
The suit between N. C. Newcoml
and the Langleys, in which both were
plaintiffs and defendants, was settled
out Of court Friday by the payment O.
the money for which Mr.. Newcoml
SUED the Langleys, and the return o.
the harness which Mr.. Newcomb helt
Tor the Langleys' debt. The amoun
paid was 1872 for hay and 1915 fol
money expended by Mr.. NewcOmb il
repairs on harness. r. c. Bacon o
the firm of Bacon & Hooker appeared
Tor Mr.. Newcomb and A. F. Schwenl
OF Haskins & Schwenk for the Lang
leys.
A fellowship meeting of churches il
Ihis section was held in the COngre
gational church tuesday. Th'
churches in the following named
towns We're represented: SaXton'
hiVer Newfane, Westminster, West
Minister West, Cambridgeport, Brook
me and Dummerston. At the after
noon session these topics were dis
tosSed: What has the church a RICH
10 ask of those who come before it,?
what is the duty of the church II