Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-23
TOW SHEND.
May Garfield is at Fred loves.
c. c. Harris spent Sunday in town.

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c. c. Harris spent Sunday in town
Russell Blood has been at home on a
visit.
Mrs. Ford and daughter have returned
home.
Miss Emma Welch has returned from
Boston.
Miss Cora Mason has returned from
Bernardston, Mass.
Mrs. Harry Adams visited at Henry
Twitchell's last week.
Don Thayer has been in town doing
work In the cemetery.
+. b. Batchelder has had a furnace put
into his house this week.
Fred Derry continues to be feeble Mrs
Hardy is somewhat better.
Don't forget the Merchant Of Venice"
at Seminary han this evening.
Prof. Edgecomb led the Christian En-
deavor meeting Sunday evening.
Carrie Allen has been caring for Mrs
w S. Holland who has been i'll.
p. II. Rutter is travelling in the West
in the interest of the bank at Newfane.
Mrs. Gichrist and children of Hart
ford. Conn, spent las: week at d. w.
buttons.
Mrs. L. S Watson is at home after an
absence of several weeks as nurse in
Wardsboro.
Walter Wheeler and family have been
visiting at Mrs. b. G.. Underwood's for
a few days.
Mrs. ]. II. Ware and daughter, Mary.
returned Friday morning from their visit
to Bernardston.
Rev. Mr.. Nickerson of Brookline and
wife attended services at the Baptist
church Sunday evening.
Mrs. Clara Blanchard has returned to
her home in Binghamton. n. Y, after
visiting her mother, Mrs. Celia Cutler.
Clinton Franklin left Monday morning
for Brattleboro, where he will work
the Bradley farm, driving the milk wagon
We call attention to J. II. Wares article
in another column. expressing his views
upon the removal OF the county buildings
from Newfane.
Posters are out announcing an auction
at the house of the late Miss Emily
Burnap, where the house and contents
will be sold June II.
Mrs. C. C. Taft and Josie went TO Bel
lows Falls TO attend the organ recital
given by George Blakeley. This was the
NTH in a series of recitals.
The Truesdale family are in town to
stay. They came from Zoar. Mass. and
bought the farm a half mile west of the
village known the Col. Twitchell farm.
A very ingenious notice of the perfor-
nance of the Merchant of Venice"
written by Mr. Miller of Newfane has
been placed in the postofice. Many who
have heard of Mr.. Miller a fine penman
will think this one of his best specimens.
David Smythe, a former principal of
Leland & Gray Seminary, with his wife
and daughter, has been at the Towns
bend Inn. Mr.. Smythe is professor of
mathematics in one of the graded schools
In the city of Hartford, Conn, a posi-
ton he has occupied for II years.
The relatives here Of Charles Twitchell
of Saxtons River, who has recently moved
to Los Angeles, Calf, have heard by
letter that the family are much pleased
with their new home. The scenery on
the way was grand and delightful. En-
closed in the letter was the state flower
California poppy called here escholtzia,
yellow in color.
An interesting base ball game was
played on Reeds field Saturday afternoon
between the local team and a team from
GRAFTON. The game was close through
out, and the result was in doubt until the
last ball was pitched The score was
10 to in favor of the visitors. They
mad the assistance of three men from the
Vermont Academy team, who did practi-
cally all the work for their side,
Those who have had occasion to pass
a house three miles north of the village
nave wondered why there should be two
mail boxes out, and as there is a pleas
ant little story "Onnected We are glad
to tell II. A blue bird built a nest in
the first one and a second mail box
was built and now there is a nest fun
or young birds. The man who owns the
place is not member of an Audubon
society but we think he ought to be
made an honorary member for this good
deed. If we were all more thoughtful in
this way we whould have more birds.
We notice in the Easthampton, Mass,
Enterprise very complimentary notice
or A. II. ingalls, of Southampton, our
FORMER townsmen in relation to his duties |
as Janitor of the Congregational church.
which says: 1.-THE lawn in front of the
church is looking finely, which Is due |
TO the Industrious care and painstaking |
OF the sexton, and everything about the |
building bears the evidence of great care |
ana neatness." Mr.. ingalls, was sexton |
OF the Baptist church in this place n |
number of years, where his labors were |
much appreciated for the same reasons |
given above.
All are glad to Sc the fountain playing |
on the common and lit remains to be seen |
whether the children will be allowed to |
make cesspool of 1t by throwing things |
into the basin until 1t becomes a menace |
10 the health of the village, or whether |
II VIII be kept as II should be. We |
think little parental authority would be |
wholesome thing When Mr. Call was |