Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-07-26
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George Matteson of Boston is spending
his vacation at e. r. Wizards.
Mrs II. A. Williams of New York city
IS visitor at George r. Wheeler's.
Edgar Fisher of Shrewsbury, Mass, is
visiting his father, Dewitt Fisher
Willie Corbett was called to Boston
Tuesday by the illness of his father
Mrs. Lena Hall Ward and child of Lon
donderry are visiting at George p. Halls
Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson of Springfield
Mass are visitors at Chester L. Perry s.
Miss Ruth Crane of Mortified. Mass.
is visiting Misses Louise and Florence
Merrihed.
Misses Sadie and Minnie Taylor of
Springfield Mass, are visitors at Asa H
STATIONS.
Misses Louise and Florence Merrifeld
attended the meetings at Mortified,
Mass, last week.
L. II. Church of Bellows Falls, a former
resident of this village, called on his
friends here this week
George Kidder, wife and children of
Bellows Falls are visiting Mrs. Kidders
sister, Mrs. Frank b. Washer.
Rev. w. A. Evans of South London
derry preached an interesting sermon at
the Methodist church last Sunday.
Miss Eta Stebbins of Vernon and Mr..
and Mrs. James Houghton and children of
Saxtons River are visitors at e. II. Rich
ardson's.
The auction sale of the Bowker personal
property Will be held at the hotel on
Saturday of this week, beginning at 10
o'clock a. m.
G. NJ. Holbrook, the Brattleboro marble
dealer, has been busy the past week in
lettering several monuments in our viii
lage cemetery.
Many of our farmers have completed
haying and report a crop from 25 to 80
per cent larger than that of last year and
of excellent quality.
Miss White. head of an Alabama in
dustrial school and member of the New
fame Hill summer colony, will speak in
the Methodist church next Sunday morn
ing.
Rev. Elizabeth II. Goldthwaite has re-
turned from her vacation and will &C.
cupy her pulpit next Sunday. The Young
Peoples Christian Union meeting in the
evening will be conducted by Mrs p. P.
White.
Clarence Allen and wife of Boston came
up last week for a visit with their moth
er, Mrs. Abbie p. Allen. Mrs. Allen will
remain a few weeks. Mr.. Allen. who is
cashier and buyer for large Boston res
taurant, was obliged to return to his du-
ties Monday morning.
Mrs. Leslie Stratton met with a painful
accident this week in trying to hang up
a quarter of beef in the market refriger-
ator Failing to reach the hook intended,
the burden caused her to stumble against
another large hook which nearly cut
through her left hand
Several young people from this village.
including Misses Luela Williams, Bertha
Dodge, Nellie and Florence Dickinson,
and Edna Marcy and John w. and Has
tings Williams and Ernest Sparks, with
n will no
by Mrs. Albert Sherman, have gone into
camp for ten days at Sunset lake.
The town of Newfane issued it's six per
cent bonds in the sum of $24, 500 to aid in
the construction of the Brattleboro and
Whitehall railroad After a few years
these bonds were replaced by five per cent
bonds which were called in six years ago
and replaced by a Az per cent issue. Our
selectmen have recently made an agree
ment with the holders of the bonds now
outstanding. the amount being $4,000, to
accept interest from July LIST of this year
at the rate of per cent. This agreement
obviates the expense and trouble of re-
| funding by a new issue of bonds and the
new rate is as low as any of the smaller
| towns in Vermont are able 10 obtain.
The ninety-second birthday anniversary
of Mrs. Polly NJ. Stratton was celebrated
at the home of her daughter. Mrs. ]. H.
Merrifeld last Monday by the quiet gath
| erinE or chlldren ana grandchildren. MIS-.
| Stratton is remarkably active in body and
mind for a person of her age. She is
able to do more or less light work around
| the house and divides the rest of her time
| between reading and silk patchwork. She
| is able to ride out, and to go from the
| lower part of the house, from ten to
| twenty times a day, to her room on the
| second floor, which location she prefers
| on account of its being less accessible TO
| burglars. Besides Mrs. Stratton, we have
| two other ladies in town Of the same age,
| Mrs. Elihu Park and Mrs Lucy c. Cush-
| ing of Newfane village both in a good
| state of health. and clear in intellect.
Soon after the celebration of the CEN
| tennial anniversary of Newfane, the town
| authorized the publication of a volume
| containing the proceedings of the centen-
| nial celebration and so much of the his
| tory of the town as was then obtainable.
The book of 256 pages was published in
| 1871 in an edition of 700, one copy of which
was distributed to each family in town
| and the balance placed on sale at the cost
price of 81, or Sis postpaid The books
I have been scattered far and wide, espec-
| tally so since the great revival of venera-
| ton for long forgotten ancestry. and the
edition will apparently soon become eX-
| hausted. A prominent book man has sug-
| gested his willingness to purchase the
| balance with an evident speculative pur-
| pose. His proposition will probably not
| be entertained but II might be well for
| any of the sons or daughters of Newfane
| not supplied with the book to send an
| early order to d. a. Dickinson, of this
| village, town clerk