Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-09-12
TOWNSHEND.

Alice Franklin spent Sunday at
home recently.
DR.. Parker has returned to his home
in Fitchburg, Mass.
Miss Josie Taft has returned from
Northfeld Mass.
DR.. Hamlin preached at the Congre-
| gational church Sunday.
Several new scholars have come to
the seminary this week.
A heavy rain Tuesday evening was
accompanied by high wind.
DR.. and Mrs. Bruce of New York city
are visitors at A. A. Blood's.
Frank Hescock of Dover was q re-
cent visitor at Fayette Cooks.
Herbert Barber is raising 1000 cab.
! bages on his farm this season.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Miles left Mon
day for visit in Hartford Conn.
Mr. Haynes of Wilmington has been
a guest OF Judge Ira X. Batchelder.
/ Dana Howard of Guilford was a re-
/ cent visitor at Mrs. Abby Wizards
Mr. and Mrs Sherman Willard visit
ed at Mrs. Abby Wizards last week
/ The Baptist aid society served ice
| cream in the church parlors Tuesday
| evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose have returned
! from carriage drive to Middlebury,
/ this state.
Mrs. c. C. Taft is in Saratoga
| Springs. She witnessed the floral
| fete there.
Mrs. George Harris and child of Mel
/ rose. Mass, have been guests at Ed
win Harris's.
The Dorcas Guild will meet with
Mrs P. II. Holland Saturday after
noon, Sept 90
Mrs. Call is one of the teachers in
/ the Maine Central Institute, Maine.
where Fred Landman is principal.
| Willard Fisher has been in town
Bessie Hardy is teaching in Grafton
Earl Davis is teaching in Wardsboro
Luther Whitcomb and daughter and
Mr. and Mrs. Cummings and child
visited Mrs. Lizzie Barber last week
Rev. Dr. Hamlin and family re-
/ turned Thursday morning to Tougaloo.
Miss, after spending the summer in
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Derry of
Worcester, Mass, were recent visit
ors at Judson Derry's in Harmony
vile.
Admiral Hichborn and wife of Wash
4 ington, d. c., were recent visitors
with Col. A. B. Franklin, Mrs. HIGH
born's brother.
Arthur Greenwood is in Putney
working for ]. o. Follett, who has TAX.
] en- the contract for putting in a stone
| bridge there.
Mrs. Ella Walker, former resident
OF this town. and her daughter. from
Detroit, Mich, are boarding at the
/ Townshend Inn.
DR.. Rice went to Boston Monday
| with Leslie Lowe to consult an ocu.
/ list for Mr.. loves eyes. which have
! been troubling him.
! The Austin family recently gathered
for family picnic at the farm which
was there home years ago, and now
! owned by Fred Watson.
Mr. Tolman of Providence, r. l..
and Mr.. Thomas OF Meriden. Conn.
/ nave been enjoying the hunting sea.
son at the Evans Brothers.
| Miss Orrie Dale is spending some
time IN the Adirondacks. the guest of
friends from Beaufort, s. c., who are
spending the summer there.
! Mrs. Austin of Weston was a visitor
recently at ]. o. Follett's. and her
sister Abby. returned with her to wes-
ton, where she will teach this fall.
We hear that Mrs. Whitman of
| South Londonderry has rented the
| Spaulding house, now owned by C. II.
| Willard of Harmonyville, and will move
here with her family of five children.
Orison Follett has gone to North
Craftsbury, where his wife has been
several weeks enjoying camp life with
a party of friends. He will remain
a week and she will then return home
with him.
Mr. and Mrs. c. H. Willard invited
their neighbors to corn roast before
| the departure of their friends, Miss
Bushnell of Chicago and Miss Emer-
son OF Hartford, Conn. merry even
ing was enjoyed by all.
Peaked Mountain is getting to be
a resort for summer boarders. Mon
day the teachers in the seminary and
a few friends spent the day on its
summit, taking their lunches with
them They report fine time.
The relatives of Mr.. and Mrs. Oren
Davis gathered at their home Sunday
to extend congratulations to them on
the 41st anniversary of their mar
! riage, and also the anniversary of Mr..
Davis's birth. The guests present
were Mrs. Lindsey and son of Nashua,
| N. N; Mrs. Maynard of Keene, N.
| H.; Mrs. Elzina Davis of Romano, South
Dakota; Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Davis and
Mr. and Mrs. e. Persons of Brattle-
boro; Will Davis and family of this
| town. A fine dinner was served
Among the gifts was a handsome easy
chair. II it is not too late there
are many others in this town who
would like to extend congratulations.
Mr.. Davis Is one of our most prosper
Gus farmers and is now enjoying the
fruits of his thrift and industry on
his farm some four or more miles from
the village in the commodious house
he built some years ago.