Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-07-11
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Ward Eager of New York city recently
spent a few days at the Eager home
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Whitaker have re-
sumed housekeeping in District No. 4.
n. w. Kimball, who has been here
about MONTH returned to Dubuque, Ia.
last week
Mrs Noble Pratt is employed at the
Crawford House in the White Mountains
for the season.
Miss A. L. Kenney is spending week
at Cottage City with her cousin, Mrs.
Grace Plat Smith.
The strawberry season is opportunely
prolonged by the late variety which NJ o.
Howe is cultivatng.
Mrs. Ella Blodgett Houghton of Brat
tleboro has engaged the Lawrence cot
tage for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sweeting of Iowa, both
native Westerners. have been guests at
G.. b. Johnson's this week.
G. X. Davis is experimenting the hay
ing for NJ. j. Hapgood of Peru, who has
large business interests in that section.
Miss Mary Davis of Mamaroneck, n. Y,
granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. X.
Davis, is at II. j. Batchelder's for a few
weeks.
Arthur o. Howe, who holds an i'm
portant position in the New England
Telephone company, with headquarters in
| week for a vacation.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
| Union will meet on Wednesday at 8 p m,
with Mrs. Amasa Grout One of the
June meetings of this society closed with
social hour, during which ice cream and
| cake were served.
In addition to guests at the Newfane
House mentioned last week are Mr.. and
| Mrs. Daniel Fisher and Mrs. a. T.. Rodg
ers, sister of Mrs Fisher. who arrived on
Saturday with the intention of remain
ing through the summer.
Mrs. c. f.. Davidson is gaining con-
siderable experience in being quarantined,
this being the second occasion of this
year at DR., Osgood's in Townshend, where
her grandson, Fred is having light at
tack of scarlet fever according to the
| present bulletin.
E. C. Chase is very busily engaged in
the haying business. Having just finished
cutting on w. 7. Bruce's farm, he is
now making preparations to move with
| his family to South Wardsboro for this
month to take charge of the haying on
the Aldrich and Kidder farms
Mr.. and Mrs. p. S. Games of Brattle-
boro, accompanied by Mrs Smith and
! Mrs. Moody of Greenfield, were guests at
Wednesday. Mrs Moody's grandparents,
named Lothrop, once lived on Newfane
hill, leaving there about the year 1907.
Engineer Gates of the morning narrow
gauge passenger train and his wife are
having an outing at Lake Champlain.
They are in camp with friends at the
place where Mrs. Gates's father Dr..
Weston and family, formerly of this
place, have been accustomed to join
| them.
Recent guests at II. ]. Batchelder's
were Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Batchelder from
the island of st. Helena, S. c., in which
vicinity Mr.. Batchelder is one of the
owners of seven or eight stores which
have for many years been under the man
agement of men from this section of YER
mont.
The Republican county convention of
| Tuesday was largely attended, 102 dele
gates being present, and more visitors
than usual. 1t was estimated that $50
dined at the two hotels, where the menus
must have been very satisfactory, judging
from the list of good things, including
soups, roasts of turkey, beef, pork,
chicken pie, vegetables, strawberry short
cake, puddings pies, ice cream, oranges,
bananas, etc. A large flag hung in the
park. and many private houses displayed
the national colors. The village gener-
ally looked attractive.