Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-07-11
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mill.
Henry Abbott caught a fine string of
trout July 4th.
j. w. Gilbert made business trip to
Wardsboro last week
Miss Luela Williams is visiting friends
In Boston and vicinity.
Louise Merrifeld spent the Fourth with
friends in Mortified. Mass.
Rinaldo Hescock of Brattleboro is visit
ing his relatives in this place.
DR.. p. p. White has attended the health
officers school at Burlington this week.
The Bird club will meet with Mrs. Frank
Fisher next Monday evening at O'clock
Mrs. l.. b. Powers is in Halifax this
week, caring for her daughter, who is
i'll.
Mrs. Geo II. Herrick is visiting the
family of her son, George, at London
derry.
Miss Lula Pierce of walpole, n. H.. re-
Gently visited her cousin, Miss Mabel
Morse.
Fred Chase of Revere, Mass. was an
over-Sunday guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George
b. Williams.
state, was a visitor last week at e. II.
Richardson's
Mary f. Stratton is at home from the
Springfield Business College for the sum-
mer vacation.
Mrs. Luther r. Plummer and daughter
of Brattleboro are visitors this week at
c. X. Stedmans.
Six new members were taken into the
Junior Young Peoples Christian Union
| last Sunday evening.
Porter Thayer, Amos Stratton and
Charles Freyenhagen attended the Stu
dents conference at Mortified July 4th.
Charles II. George has gone to his home
| at Wells River for his annual vacation.
| Porter Thayer of this place accompanied
| him.
| Mrs S. e. Barker and Mrs. E. A. Bark
| err and children of Providence. r. T.. are
| the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Rob
| bins.
William j. Mum. the Holyoke, Mass
shoe dealer, is the guest of Perley b.
Sparks while on his annual fishing ex-
| cursion.
| c. e. Tyler is harvesting a very heavy
| hay crop on the old Sabin farm, much of
which is producing two tons or more to
the acre.
D. A Benson. Amasa Grout b. C.
| Eager and George b. Johnson attended
| the county convention as delegates from
| Newfane.
Misses Margaret Ward and Margaret
| Mcdonald of Mortified Seminary are
| the guests of Misses Louise and Florence
| Merriield.
Rev. L. II. Elliott of Waterbury. secre-
| tary of the Vermont Bible society, will
preach at the Methodist church next Sun
| day morning.
| The Wiliamsville and West Dummers-
| ton base ball teams will play a matched
| game at the latter place Saturday after
| noon of this week.
| Mr.. and Mrs Gilbert B. Lamb have re
| turned, to their home after a visit of
several weeks to relatives at Keene.
| Greenfield and Hoosac Tunnel.
Rev. Elizabeth II. Godthwaite is at
tending the national Young People s
Christian Union convention az Portland,
| Maine, delegate from the local society.
The ladies of the Methodist society
| reaped substantial results from their sale
| of ice cream and strawberries on their
| church grounds on the evening of the
| Fourth.
Duane White of Boston, who has
charge of the real estate holdings of
the large JOY estate in Boston and vicini-
ty recently visited his brother, DR.. p.
P. White.
Miss Emily Guild of Brattleboro. a
former teacher in our village school,
who has just completed her first year at
Tufts college, was the guest last week
of Miss Bertha Dodge.
In the absence of the pastor, there
church next Sunday. Sunday school at
II a, m. Young Peoples Christian I'm
ion service at in the evening.
Louis Higgins, c. X. Stedman and w
p. Games, listers, have just deposited In
the town clerks office the quadrennia
appraisal of Newfane real estate. The
total valuation is $25S524, as against S25S,
ia for the previous four years. The
farming and timber lands, consisting OF
|
an average of $725 per acre.
The Epworth League offers for tn,
present half year are as follows: Pres
dent, George T. Manchester; first vic,
president, j. II. Merrifield; second vice
president, II. e. Freyenhagen; third vice
president, Porter c. Thayer; fourth vic'
president, Bertha Manchester; secretary
} C. r. Freyenhagen; treasurer, Minnie
Moore; organist Mrs. A NJ. Merrifield
Junior League superintendent, Mrs. A
NJ. Merrifeld.
The Fourth passed off very quietl,
with us. The usual attempt to awakei
the midnight slumbers by ringing thu
church bells was fairly successful, anC
other noise producing devices which illus
i trate the inventive spirit of the ag
aided to keep every one in a state o
semi consciousnes for two or thre
hours. During the day there was moth
ing in evidence except the small boy ant
the firecracker to indicate that grea
national event was being commemorated
The following officers were chosen a
the last meeting of Excelsior division
Sons of Temperance: w. p, Dana Sted
man; w. A, Mrs. Dana Stedman; r
s., Carrie Stedman; A. r. s., Henry Alb
bolt; r. S. Hastings Williams; treasurer
Florence Dickinson; chaplain, Rev. f. II
Goldthwaite; Con-, w. f. Wheeler;
s., John W. Williams; o. S.. Amos STRAIT
: ton; P. w. p, Luella Williams. The in
stallation of officers will occur at tn
/. next meeting, and a full attendance
desired.
Our village school closed a successful
| term July Sd. The teacher, Miss Elsi
: | Dickinson, who is expected to return 70
another term, left Saturday for her HON
at Cambridge this state Twenty -eigh
i scholars were enrolled, the average dali
9 attendance for the term being % T-2
: | The following names are on the honor 70
of attendance and punctuality: Mar
Adams, James Goodrich, Lulu Goodrich
: Florence Lazelle, Stella Morse, Samut