Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-12-20
NEWFANE.


Clark Skinner suffered a stroke of
paralysis on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. Benson have re-
turned from their western trip.
Mrs. l.. c. Gushing has returned from
two weeks visit at her sons, b. c.
Cushing's.
DR.. Marshall a. Howe of Columbia Uni
versity will be with his parents for a part
of the holiday week.
Mrs. George Roberts expects to join
her husband, DR.. Roberts, in New York
city for the holiday season.
Mrs. S. Fish and daughter Miss Fish,
will go next week to Vergennes to spend
the winter with their son and brother,
+. L. Fish.
Miss Florence Fream of Montevideo
Mimi. a student at Wells College,
Aurora, n. Y, is a guest at G.. b. John
sons. Her mother was a Newfane girl
The United States postal department
has raised the rent of post-office boxes
to 10 cents per quarter, hence local
patrons may be prepared for double the
old rent Jan. l.
Merchant Grout has just put in new
counter with Christmas selections sur
passing his usual display Merchant
Batchelder also has a front counter with
a holiday display.
Rev F. NJ. Wiswall again supplied in
the Congregational church last Sunday
owing to the continued absence of Rev
r. +. Danforth in New Jersey. The pas
tor is expected to resume his work next
Sunday.
The 12-pound youngster, James Holland
Newton, jr., who lately arrived in Middle
town, Conn, is grandson to Charles NJ
Newton a Newfane boy, and great
grandson to the late Marshall and Nancy
Newton The boy is also a namesake
of James II. Newton. a soldier who was
killed at the battle of Spottsylvania.
Rev. r. e. Danforth will give a special
Christmas sermon for the Sunday morn
ing service, and in the evening an address
on Fiction as an Agent in Character
Building During the pastors recent
absence he attended service on Sunday
at the Broadway Tabernacle church.
Madison Avenue Baptist church. in New
York; and Plymouth church in Brooklyn.
A Toronto paper contains an account
of huge tea given by Mrs. Edward
Fisher, whose home is the most artistic
and interesting in Toronto, says the same
authority Five hundred guests attended
the affair. and several beautiful young
ladies assisted. Mrs. Fisher is the wife
of Dr. Edward Fisher, a Newfane boy
who is at the head of the conservatory
of music in Toronto.
Mrs. Joel Grout took note of the re-
| Sunday morning by sending to the
! Phoenix correspondent bouquet of
pansies gathered in her garden. Most
people did open their eyes with astonish-
ment that morning on beholding not only
| the ground entirely bare. but surprisingly
green. A nights rain and wind very sell
dom work so complete a change.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Wood are planning
for a houseful of Christmas guests-sons,
! l,,, rfl,l,t eka.-g
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Manning and Miss
Mabel Wood and Mr.. Clay of Manchester.
| N. H; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wood of
| Wardsboro; Eddy Wood and Miss Nellie
| Parsons of Stratton; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
! Codding and children of this place: Mr..
Woods mother and sister, Mrs. e. d.
Norris and Mrs. c. Fisher of Brattleboro.
The children in the boys and girls
| homeland missionary army have recently
received an interesting letter from Rev.
Burton Jones of Smith Centre. Kan, who
described to some extent a trip that he
| would make this month as a travelling
Santa Claus, distributing presents to
children in the missions, and a part of
the army" here have been busy in pro-
viding a doll and varied outfit for the
| Christmas journey. Mr.. Burton will he
remembered as a young preacher, from
| the Nebraska experiment of combining in
| one building a church. parsonage and
reading room in a mining community,
who gave an address at the open air
Sunday afternoon meeting on Newfane
| Hill about four years ago.
A recent number of the Osceola, Wis,
! Sun contains portraits of Capt and Mrs.
| William Kent. Capt. Kent is a native of
| New Brunswick who located in Wisconsin
81 years ago, and has been thrivingly con-
nected with the prosperity of that sec
! ton. He won his title in steam boating
on the st. CroiX, where he was a popu-
lar commander. He afterward built sew
eral boats which were placed on the up
per Mississippi He has been a promi-
nent official in his county and an influen-
tial Mason. In politics he is a Democrat.
He married a Newfane girl, Miss Ellen
Kidder, one of the large family of Mr..
and Mrs Timothy Kidder, who were well
known here so many years. Mr.. and Mrs.
I<idder visited here about four years ago.
Mrs. Judge Walker of Grafton is a sister
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