Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-06-20
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Miss A. L. Kenney has returned for the
summer.
Mrs. c. II. Eager is visiting her sons in
New York.
Mrs f. A. Dewitt and children are in
Chester for several days
Mrs. r. Il. Danforth spent part of the
week in New York and Jersey city
Mrs. II. A. Carpenter is with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. w. Chaplin of ChicOpee Falls,
Mass.
The Misses Richmond will return to
New York early next week, accompanied
by Miss Benedict.
Flag day" was observed on Saturday
the beautiful public flag and many smaller
ones being flung to the breeze
DR.. Marshall A. Howe of Columbia Uni
versity, and his brother Clifton d. Howe
of the University of Chicago, are at the
home of their parents.
A meeting of the Good Templars is
called at G.. w. Parsonss tomorrow even
ing at 730. All members are requested to
attend as the business is important.
\ pension of $40 per month has been
granted to Henry Welman late of Co. c.
18th Vermont, payable to his widow
Congressman Haskins gave his assist
ance in the cause.
Sales of literature at the recent w. c.
T. Il. convention here were double those
OF any previous county convention and
indeed more. 1t was said than the amount
received in that line at any of our state
meetings.
A commendabe deed was that of We'd
neSday, when several men gave a day
work to the old cemetery on Newfane
Hill, a place which has long needed eff
fort of the kind. Some action should be
taken which will insure regularity of
work in this direction.
N. w. Kimball of Dubuque. Ia. son
of Newfane. is boarding at the Newfane
House Since he left this town in the
sixties he has led a busy and prosperous
life in the West, and he now takes time
to enjoy the mountains and other re-
minders of earlier days.
Mention was made last week of Rev
f. A Holden's remark upon the law in
Connecticut by which towns pay tut
ton of their pupils at neighboring High
schools and Academies. 1t should have
been added that the state refunds to
such towns two thirds of the yearly
tuition thus paid
The subject of Sunday morning sermon
will be Spiritual Struggles" and in the
evening Pastor Danforth will give a
report of the last part of the recent
state convention of Congregati onal
churches An interesting report of the
first day at the convention was given
by Principal Carlton Howe last Sunday
evening.
j. II. Underwood was delegate from
this part of the town to the district con-
vention in Montpelier Wednesday, and f.
A. Dewitt the Mccullough delegate from
this section to the state convention Of
Thursday. The other delegates to the
! respective gatherings were j. II. Merri-
field and Walter Wheeler; Chas Park and
Samuel Morse.
Fred Clarence Lang and Miss Mary
I Williams Noyes were married in Akin
son. n. H., June II. After spending
part of the week here with Mr. and Mrs.
c. b. Holland the bridal couple went to
Willsboro. n. Y. to visit Mr. Lang $
/ mother wife of Rev. q. w Lawrence.
All except the bride were formerly Of
this place. Mr.. Lang is the son of the
Bratteboro Academy. Mr.. and Mrs,
Lang will be at home in Washburne,
! Wisconsin. after Sept. !.
Chldren's day was observed last Sun
day, in place of the regular morning
/ service. by use of an interesting program.
composed of the professional song. res
| ponsive exercises. rectations OF consid-
cradle variety by the children. singing
arranged to bring out solo parts with
good impression by the younger pupils
/ and others, prayer and brief address by
| the pastor. The church was effectively
/ trimmed with ferns and wild flowers.
| the former being of such size and fresh
| ness. direct from the woods. as to sug-
| gest tropical righteousness. Millions
| thought, Meadows trim with daisies
/ pied" was recalled by a profusion of
| daises of different hues and sizes. But
| tercups revelled in the decoration. The
| solo by the baby in the old gallery seemed
not out of place. because it was not a
wailing song. but possibly its own kind
! of rejoicing in the scene of beauty Rev
/ r. f. Danforth gave a peculiarly appro-
/ pirate address on the text: Consider
| the lilies how they grow. Solomon in
! all his glory was not arrayed like one
/ of these" In the essential part of his
address, the speaker said 1t is right
that we should cultivate the beautiful
! in our forms of religious worship in our
/ bodies, in our minds and, most of all, in
! our spirits. 1t is the teaching of Scrip
/ ture that beauty. whether appealing to
! the senses of seeing. hearing or smelling
is to be cultivated. Still more is spiritual
| beauty to be cherished within the soul.
/ Evil is associated with ugliness and hor-
ror. As the kingdom of heaven APP
| proaches, life on earth becomes pleas
3 anter and more hpautifm