Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-03-07
TOWN SHEND.

Carrie Allen has been here. calling
upon friends.
Mrs. Fred Watson is visiting in
Swanzey, N. II.
Miss Eta Gage of Fitchburg. Mass,
is a visitor at j. II. Wares.
Mr.. Bathrick, the clerk in w. S. Hol-
lands store, is on the sick list
Miss Ellen Ware of Springfield,
Mass, has been spending a week at
her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eddy of Drews-
vile, N. H., have been visitors at FL
win Eddy's.
Mr.. Mosher, agent for the Glen
wood nursery, Rochester, N. Y, has
been in town.
A number of the tax payers among
the women went in to town meeting
Tuesday.
z. B. Batchelder has sold his
handsome gray horse to George Phil
lips of Putney.
The Christian Endeavor society has
contributed $40 to the Kurn-Hattin
Home in Westminster.
Mr. Parker of Grafton is driving the
northern stage for George Shine while
he is getting settled in his new home.
Miss Moor has returned from her
visit to her home in Waltham Mass.
w. S. Holland has recently been to
Springfield, Mass.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Townshend Hotel COM
pany will be held at the Townshend
inn on March at 100 p. m.
When the elements conspire with
the poor, old, WORKOUT machinery on
the narrow gauge to prevent the re-
ceiving of the mails on time we realize
we have pretty formidable obstacle
to contend with,
P. H. Rutter has recently sold to the
Mortified Seminary, Mortified, Mass.
the registered Shorthorn calf, Baron
Thorndale Sd, out of Cambridge Prin-
cess 5th, by Thorndale Duke Of Lu-
zerne I'd, 1854.
The officers of the Blazing Star
lodge, No. %, were duly installed
Thursday evening, Feb. 20, by NJ. W.,
George B. Wheeler d. d. G. NJ. of
Bellows Falls. Ten of the Masons
from this lodge attended the district
meeting at Brattleboro.
Guy Bardwell, who has had a good
home in the family of Irving Watson
from his childhood days, left last Mon
day on becoming of age, going to Ber-
nardston, Mass. He will assist his I'M
Gle in the post office. Mr.. Bardwell is
worthy Christian young man with in
dustrious habits. which will be worth
more to him than riches would be
without them, and we are sorry to lose
such an one from our town. He has
the kind wishes of friends here for his
future.
The Baptist ladies' aid society held
their annual meeting on Tuesday of
this week and the following officers
were elected: President, Mrs. H.
Twitchell; vice president, Mrs. n.
Miles; secretary; Miss H. A. Fletcher;
treasurer, Mrs. E. Mason; directors,
Mrs. L. Reed. Mrs. L. Dutton. Mrs.
C. Cutler, Mrs. S. Wilson. Mrs. NJ. Wat
son, Mrs. E. Kenyon. The oyster din
ner was well patronized and a good
sum realized. Much praise is due to
Frank and Stella Gray for the help
they rendered and to the young girls,
Flossie ODER, Bessie Dutton and Ethel
Sparks, who were so helpful in waiting
on the table.
The water made sad havoc here on
Sunday, coming into cellars. overflow
ing the roads and washing up cakes of
ice into the highway so they were i'm
passable on the road to the West vii
lage by the Herbert Kidder place.
Forty men worked several hours get
ting out the ice, and it was thought
the bridge at this point would go.
Some living near the river, when they
saw the water was surrounding them
left their homes Sunday night. We
understand the water came into the
road down by the Phillip Rutter place,
so it was dangerous for teams to pass
At Mrs. Metcalfs home the occupants
were surrounded by water and they
left, thinking the house might 60
The handsome shade trees in front of
the house were washed away and the
land much damaged. 1t is thought by
some that the river bed is changed
now to some of the nice meadows
along its borders.