Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-01-17
TOWNSHEND.

Bessie Hardy is the music teacher
in the seminary.
Mrs Rachel Twitchell is a visitor
at Martin Sparks's.
Mr.. and Mrs David Aldrich were
visitors the past week at Russell
Aldrich's.
James Church has been spending
some time with his daughter, Mrs.
j. II. Ware.
Miss Celia Cutler has returned to
her home after some months in Bing-
hamton, n. Y.
The week of prayer meetings is be-
ing continued, and the meetings are
very interesting.
Rev. Mr.. Sparhawk of Putney
preached at the Congregational
church Sunday in exchange with Rev.
NJ. f. Hardy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Livermore attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Livermore's
aunt, Mrs. George Barnard, in Bond
Vile last week.
Mrs. Mary Phillips is visiting her
son, Wright, in Millers Falls. She will
go from there to Orange to visit
another son before her return home.
A large tobacco barn on the farm
formerly owned by Col. Franklin, now
owned and occupied by John Bartlett,
was blown down in the last high wind.
Mr.. Truesdale of Zoar, Mass, was
in town last week to visit his sons,
who are here at school, and to look
after the interest of the farm he has
bought in town.
Madame and Mrs. Evelyn Call, we
| learn from letters. are in Burlington
breaking up their home there prepare
tory to going to Pittsfeld, Me, for
their future home.
The friends of Fred Meacham regret
to learn of his recent illness which
prevented him from attending his
brothers wedding, where he was to
| have been best man.
Mrs. Dale invited in a few friends
to a musicale Monday evening. Miss
Bessie Hardy presided at the piano.
Refreshments were served and
| pleasant time was enjoyed.
A meeting of the Congregational
church and society will be held Mon
| day evening, Jan. 20. A full attend
ance is desired as important business
will come before the meeting.
The Junior Endeavor society met
Monday afternoon with Miss Bessie
Hardy to plan work for the coming
year. After the completion of bust
| ness a pleasant time was enjoyed with
games.
We noticed in The Phoenix last week
different cores ondcnts spoke of the
ice as of unusual thickness. and the
most we noticed was - inches. That
taken from the Jennison pond in this
place was 10 inches thick.
The rhetorical exercises at the sem
mary were much enjoyed by visitors
who attended and we think there
would be more visitors to these ex-
ercises if the time of holding them
was more widely known outside of
the school.
William ingalls,. the village black
smith, was badly injured in his shop
last week by kick on his head from
an OK he was shooting. The wound
bled profusely and was dressed by DR..
Rice. Mr.. ingalls, seems to be doing
well at the present writing.
a number took advantage of the
sleighride Saturday afternoon under
the management of Frank Holden.
Others accompanied the basket ball
team to SaXtons River. In the even
ing a supper and social were held at
the town hall. The program for the
social was in charge of Prof and Mrs
Edgecomb. All the participants re-
port most pleasant time from the
events of the day.
An interesting meeting of the Tau
Delta Phi society was held at the
seminary Monday evening. Following
is the program: Prayer, Prof Edge
comb; song, Miss Dale; debate. Re
solved. That giving the negro the right
to vote was wise, affirmative. Mrs.
Hardy. Mr.. Palmer; negative, Mr..
Sprague, Mr.. Harvey; paper, Miss
Jessie Johnson. Miss Sage reading,
Miss Moore. The question was de-
cided in favor of the negative.
The Dorcas Guild held their annual
meeting for the election of officers
last week Thursday, when the follow
ing were elected: President. Mrs. J.
c. Taft; vice president, Mrs. Fred
Lowe; secretary and treasurer, Miss
Bertha Phillips; directors. Mrs. C. H.
Willard, Mrs. Fred Randall. Mrs
Orison Follett Mrs. P. II. Holland
During the year 1901 the society clear
ed $50 This society connected with
tHc COHSItSdJlOHdl CHuTcH is uOl0S
good work and is a helpful auxiliary
to the church.
The seminary boys were defeated at
Vermont Academy Saturday by the
score of % to IS. The large floor
on which they played put them at
disadvantage at first, but in the second
half Leland & Gray clearly had the
best of the contest Sprague and
Smith each scored twice from the
field, and Sprague six times from
fouls. Leland & Gray played as fol-
lows: Smith RI, Sprague IT, Dexter c..
Barnes (capt) rg., Hardy lg. Follow
ing are the next games to be played
by the team, as at present arranged
Bellows Falls High school, Friday
evening. Jan. II; Brattleboro Y. NJ.
c. A., Saturday evening, Jan. %; V. A.
End, Monday afternoon, Feb 3, all at
Townshend.
The following news item, we think,
will be of much interest in this vicin-
ity, where one of the persons is so we'll
and favorably known: Married, in
Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 81, by Rev c. d. r.
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