Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-07-05
TOWNSHEND.


crop of hay.
Rev. Mr.. Leach and wife are boarders
at Walter Eddy's.
Burt Chellis of Claremont. N. H., was
in town last week.
Miss Helen Fisher visited her brother,
William Fisher, last week
Mrs. Edwin Harris is spending some
time with Miss Emily Burnap.
Royal Sanderson reports the rainfall
~ inches for the month of June.
Arthur Batchelder has charge of the
depot in the absence of Mr. Hastings.
Miss Annie Whitcomb has been a recent
visitor at her sisters, Mrs. l.. BARRIERS.
The village school house has been paint
ed, the Phillips brothers doing the work.
Mr. and Mrs Earl Underwood of Card
ner Mass, are visiting at ARA Ben
sons
Nina Landman, who has just graduated
at Bates college, is staying here with her
| father.
Prof Newton and wife and daughter
] of Andover, Mass, are at Hugh Hol-
| brooks
Miss Orre Dale has returned from
| Beaufort s. c., where she has been since
last fall.
Mrs. Van Ness and Miss Curlew of
| Springfield, Mass, were in town briefly
| last week.
Prof. Hamlin and family of Mississippi
have settled the past week in their sum
| mer home.
Frances Phillips. who has so recently
| graduated from Northtield Seminary, is
| here at her father s.
r. II. Phillips mas bought the Swan lot
| next to his own home and will grass it
over, adding beauty to the village.
Ella Smith is home from her school in
| Bondville, and Blanche Brigham is also
home from her school in Cambrdgeport.
| Rev NJ. f. Hardy has returned from
| Nelson. y. H., where he has been to per-
| form the marriage ceremony at the we'd
| ding of a niece.
| Mrs. Lizzie Rand will paint and slate
| her tenement. Everett Phillips will do
| the work He has recently painted Wal
| ter Eddy's house.
| Mrs. Divoll and Mrs Harris of Clinton,
| Mass, and Rev. MIR. Watt and daugh-
ter of Barre have been guests the past
week of Mrs Sage.
| Anna Twitchell left Monday morning
for Haverhil. n. H., wnere she is en-
| ployed in the family of Mr.. Merrill
| merchant in ,hat place.
The heat here last week was almost
| uncomfortable and we learn from the pa
| pers that last week Friday was the hot
| test June day in % years.
| The ice cream served by the Dorcas
| Guild last Saturday evening was of the
best quality and all who partook wish
| they would serve some more soon. The
tables looked very pretty as they were
set in the park.
| The store and dwelling of our merchant,
| W. 5. Holland, Is being painted by Henry
IkBailey. There are few villages that are
ESQ neatly kept as ours. And this is often
| remarked upon by strangers who come
| here. and even by those who merely pass
| through the place
| The Dorcas Guild held its semi-annual
| business meeting June 22d, and the fol-
| lowing officers were elected: President,
| Mrs. c. III. Willard; vice-president, Mrs.
| +. L. Lowe: secretary and treasurer, Miss
| Grace Morse; directors, Mrs. j. c. Taft.
| Mrs. +. II. Holland. Miss Florence San
| ders.
Henry Dutten of Gainesville, Florida.
| a recent graduate of Yale college, who
| has been the past year attending a COM
| mercial law school in Virginia, has re-
| Gently visited his mother, who is at the
| Cathan homestead for the summer.
/ -oung Dutten will start soon for a trip
| around the world.
The committee on invitations to Old
| Home week met with Miss Fletcher on
| Tuesday evening. Charles Robbins of the
| West village, who is out of health, sent
| in his stead Mr.. George Wood of that
| place. The invitations sent out include
| the alumni of Leland & Gray Seminary
| as well former residents of the town.
V. II. Gray died Wednesday morning
after long and suffering Illness of heart
| trouble. Mr.. Gray was a native of this
| town and occupied the nome farm that
| had been in the family many years about
| two miles from the village. He was held
in esteem and respect and will be much
missed by all, particularly in his own
neighborhood, where his kindly and
| neighborly acts will long be remembered.
He was unmarried and his age 81.
A meeting of the committee of the Old
| Home week association was held Mon
| day evening in the town hall for the pur-
| pose of coming to some understanding
| of the duties before them and to get
| into working order. One of the things
| fully decided upon was to have the cee-
| bration here on Thursday of Old Home
week, Aug. 10. Next week on Monday
| evening there will be another meeting of
| the committee at the town hall at
o'clock, where all are requested to come
promptly at the hour named and we wish
those who are on the committee at the
West village might be present at this
time. In naming the committee last week
the name of a. a. Mason was omitted as
treasurer.
Miss Bertha Gage closed a successful
term or school In district No. g. as the
following record will show: The school
closed June rs, with a picnic which was
well attended. The exercises began with
recitation by the school, "Woodman
Spare That Tree" which was followed
by Rotations and songs. The program
was followed by the usual picnic goodies
which were passed by Miss Susie Watson
and Master Hurdis Smith. Those having
no absent marks during the term We're:
Alice and Ray Bemis, Nettie Johnson
Ruth Watson and Harry Ambrose. Those
having no tardy marks: Hurdis Smith and
Harry Ambrose. The wild flower list
numbered 24S different blossoms. Those
having the greatest number were Hurdis
Smith lO2; Ruth Watson Il; Susie Wat
son IS.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Hastings left
Wednesday for an extended trip
through the West and to the Pacific
coast. They will stop at the Pan
American exposition in Buffalo, and
go thence by the lake steamers to
Marquette, Mich. and thence by rail
to st. Paul and Minneapolis. From
there they will go by the Union Pa
cific railroad to Seattle, Wash. They
viii probably return by the Union Pa
cific route, visiting Kansas City and
Chicago on the way They will be alb.
sent until September.
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