Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-08-23
JACKSONVILLE.

Mrs. Clara Waite is visiting her
brothers.
y large party is spending this week az
Laurel Beach.
Lewis a. Cutting has sold his farm to
Forrest d. Pike.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harris of Keene are
visiting in town.
DR.. Thomas took a short vacation from
last Saturday to Tuesday.
Several families are taking a summer
outing at Landlord Canedy's.
The ice cream supper at the Methodist
church last week netted S12.75.
Fred A. Canedy and wife and Mrs.
Caroline L. Chase We're at Lake Pleas
ant Mass, last week.
y party of young people from this
place went up Haystack mountain IN
Wilmington last week Thursday.
O. r. Butterfield and Allie Taintor
came out from Brattleboro to attend the
wooden wedding at c. a. Faulkner's last
Friday.
There will be a town meeting next
Tuesday to see if the town will buy the
academy and sell the schoolhouse in the
village.
The next meeting of the Methodist la
dies will be held with Mrs. w. II. II.
Parker Wednesday afternoon and even
ing, Aug. 2S.
Several people from this place went to
Bennington the 10th to attend the cele-
bIation there. Among them were Mr.
and Mrs. c. II. Waste, Mr. and Mrs.
Murray Pierce, Mrs. Beaudry and daugh-
tiers, George II. Coleman and Foster
Grousbeck.
A. j. Warren seems to be of use yet
He went over TO the station Monday
night for DR.. Thorn and, not knowing
that the doctor had telephoned that he
would not come until morning, waited
for the train which was delayed until
8 or 10 O'Clock. Though the doctor did
not come, there was a passenger who was
very anxious for a ride over, and as the
stage had not waited Ansemus was of
service both as stage driver and mail
carrier.
Friday morning a spark of lightning
went down the ground wire of the tele-
phone in the house of A. j. Faulkner
The instrument itself was worth little
after that, and a chain hanging at the
corner of the house was a great at
traction to this spark which split open
the door rock, entered the house at the
other end of the chimney, doing dam.
age to the house, especially to the parlor
floor and carpet, before leaving at the
cellar window. Another spark seems to
have struck an apple tree on the other
side of the garden. Mr.. Faulkner has
been i'll since, and he thinks the shock
was the cause. Children sleeping near
the open parlor door were not awakened.
About 100 friends and neighbors of Mr..
and Mrs, Charles A. Faulkner paid them
visit Friday, the 10th, for a picnic
party good time, to celebrate Old
Home Week, and, though a little late,
to remind them that it was their wooden
wedding Visiting, storytelling, ball
playing, quoits and croquet occupied the
afternoon. Supper was served on long
tables, GO sitting at the first table. In
the evening the grounds were lighted
with Japanese lanterns. At the appoint
ed hour, Mrs. Marcia Butterfield, mother
of Mrs. Faulkner, acted as master Of
ceremonies. Remarks were made by
Rev. r. A. Nichols, Hon. o. E. Butter
field of Wilmington, Hon. A. A. Butter
field, reading was given by Miss Grace
Butterfeld of Wilmington, a recitation
by Miss Marcia A. Butterheld, solos by
Mrs Clara L. Coleman and Fred B.
Cheney, organ selections by Miss Bertha
Faulkner and Willis Burnett of Spring
field, Mass. four hand selection by
Misses Lottie e. Stetson and Estella E.
Butteraeld, During the exercises the