Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-08-16
NEWFANE,

The w. G. T. U. will meet at Miss
Newton's on Wednesday p. m.
| Mrs. Estwick and daughter of New
York city are boarding at j. NJ. Mil
ler's.
Miss Florence Batchelder Of Fitch
burg, Mass, is guest at Mrs. But
| terfleld's.
Mrs. G. P. Dewitt, while away on her
recent varied trip, attended some of
the Mortified meetings.
Miss M. B. Phillips of Chicago is
expected on Saturday to spend a week
or more with friends here.
H. M. Hescock drove a four-horse
load of young people to the ball game
at Townshend on Thursday.
N. M. Pierce and family of North
boro, Mass, are visiting at the home of
the formers brother, ]. D. Pierce.
G. K Davis left for Peru on Monday
with the expectation of sharing in the
Bennington celebration of the 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Boyd of Whining
ton were guests at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Arthur Farnham, this
week.
The Newfane House has a good
number of boarders, several of whom
are children who have the gayest Of
good times.
Rollin c. Dewitt, who has been at
the university in Strasburg, Germany
the past two years, is at present trav-
cling about that country.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Batchelder were
in attendance at the funeral of Mr..
Batcheder's aunt, Mrs. G. l.. Howe,
at Brattleboro on Sunday.
Miss NJ. L. Plat and ]. N. Platt for
merly of this place, spent the past
week with their sister Mrs. E. R..
Smith, of Cottage City, Mass,
Andes Convey of Danville, ILL.,, has re-
Gently visited his sister, Mrs. Ellery
C. Chase, who has also recently enter
tanned her friend, Mrs. ellison.
Mrs. H. j. Batchelder and her niece,
Miss Mary Davis, went to Peru on
Tuesday to be present at the annual
Batchelder picnic of Wednesday.
The boys and girls homeland army,
a juvenile missionary society, were en-
tertained, to the number of 81, at Ben
casson by Mrs. Caswell Broad on We'd
nesday.
Guests at Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Hig-
gins's are their children, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin Higgins and daughter, Maud, Of
Waterford, Maine, and Ira z. Higgins
of Howard, r. l.
Rev. Newton Glazier Of Greenfield
has been at G. w. Knapp's most OF
this week, en- route to the Stratton
log-cabin celebration, where he was
one of the speakers.
Rev. F. NJ. Wiswall conducted the
Sunday evening service in the absence
of Rev. R. E. Danforth, who is taking
his vacation at the summer home OF
his father, Rev. DR.. Danforth, at SPUR
rel Island, Maine.
Veteran Albert Patch of Boston took
the opportunity of the soldiers reunion
at Brattleboro to make a few days
visit with his sisters. Mrs. E. c. Stiles
and Mrs. ]. NJ. Miller, and his brother,
Alfred Patch, of this place.
} Among recent boarders at the
County Hotel have been Mrs. M.
! Houghton, Miss Barrett and Miss Mel
lie Pettee of Brattleboro. Landlord
Spencer expects more boarders this
week.
Mrs. |. N. Thorn of Seattle, Wash,
sister of Mrs. ]. D. Pierce, and her
niece, Miss Bullock, of Plainfield, N. j.,
arrived here Saturday evening after
visiting the Pan-American exposition.
Brattleboro is their present point of
, interest.
At the morning service of Sunday
conducted by Rev. and Mrs. l.. P.
; Broad about 100 were present. 1t was
: made the occasion of taking the an
nual collection for the Vermont Home
Missionary society, and was an in
teresting service.
Miss Henrietta Carpenter returned
from the Pan-American exposition on
Tuesday. She and her sister, Angie
were in Buffalo from last Wednesday
until Monday, and, although it was
Vermont week at the fair, they did not
meet one familiar face in those four
days.
In the list of books given last week
? as the latest addition by Mrs. Moore
t to Moore free library the title of one
book, THE Ways of the Service" was
incorrectly rendered, and the name OF
another. The Sea Beach at Ebb Tide u
was accidentally omitted. The full list
=; numbered %.
Mrs. j. NJ. Kenney, DR.. and Mrs
Roberts, NJ. r. Pratt and family, L. H
Higgins, Mr.. Meyer, Mr.. and Mrs.
I NJ. o. Howe, Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt, Rob,
5 ert Lincoln, and others were in at.
|
! evening or some part of Thursdays ex-
: ercises at Townshend.
Mrs. Davidson, state secretary of the
w. c. T. u, returned on Tuesday from
an organizing trip in Rutland county
in season to participate in the Old
Home Week exercises at Townshend.
Mrs. Davidson succeeded the late Mel.
son Davidson, her husband, as trustee
of Leland & Gray Seminary, and be-
fore her residence here was a teacher
in the seminary.
William B. Ballou of Alaska is with
his parents. His visit will be brief,
as he wishes to return while the Yu-
kon is open for steamer navigation.
Last year in September he found him
self too late for that kind of trans
portation and was obliged to row about
1000 miles in a canoe with two com
panions. His interesting relations of
Alaskan experience make life in that
northern land seem especially vivid.
Estimates of the number in attend
ance at the Sunday afternoon meeting
of Aug. 4, on Newfane Hill, varied.
While the general estimate was about
400 1t is said that DR.. Field of Lowell,
Mass, a guest at Bencasson, made an
; actual count of $50, and there were
] more to follow" Howavar that NOV