Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-06-27
The Newton-Brown Wedding

Frederick Newton of Holyoke. son of
James II. Newton. and Miss Lottie Brown
of this place, sister of Martin A. Brown,
were married at the residence of Mr..
Brown on Wednesday.
The weather was all that could be
desired and the affair was one of the
pleasantest of the season.
Only the relatives of the contracting
parties and few immediate friends were
present. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. II. X. Riegel of the Universalist
church. The house was beautifully dec
GRATED with ferns and cut flowers. The
bridal couple stood under an arch taste
fully arranged. The wedding march was
played by Mrs. Clara Dodge. The bride
was gowned in white null and carried
a shower bouquet of pinks The bride
was given away by her father, Mervn
Brown of Jacksonville. The best man
was Bert Newton. brother Of the groom.
The bridesmaid was Miss Alice Newton.
cousin of the groom.
The presents were beautiful and valu-
able. The present of the groom to his
bride was a beautiful sunburst of
diamonds.
The welded pair Immediately left for
New York and will go from thence to
Block Island where they will spend the
remainder of their honeymoon. num-
Der accompanied them to the train where
the usual salutations were conferred in
GLIDING the explosion of many torpedoes
placed on the track. Mr.. and Mrs. New
ton are very generally known and have
hosts of friends who all join in best wish
es and hope their years of married life
will be many and full of happiness.
Mr.. Whipple is building an addition to
the hotel barn.
Mrs Joseph Chase Is suffering from
erysipelas in the face.
Mrs. Mary Reed, who has been confined
to the bed a week. is better.
Mrs. Frank G. Chafin has leased the
photograph gallery of Frank Croser.
C. S. Chase left Monday to attend the
adjourned term of court at Manchester.
Mrs. Carrie Bartlett and daughter WIS.,
tied her mother and other relatives last
week.
Frank Pike and wife and Maud Patter-
son returned Saturday from their west
ern trip.
d. X. Simonds, postmaster at Man
chester was in town Friday returning
Saturday.
Caucus for the nomination of delegates
to the county convention occurs on Satur-
day evening.
Some of the village farmers have begun
haying. 1t is so cold and wet the grass
dries slowly
Mrs. Sarah Faulkner was chosen treas
urer of the Sunday school June %, in
place of Allen Howard, resigned.
Among other recent visitors we mention
Mrs. Elliott Harris of Brattleboro, Elliott
Adams of Gloucester, Mass, and Henry
Parmelee of Boston
Cake. ice cream and stra wberries will be
served at the church parlors next. Tues
day evening, and after the refreshments
an entertainment will be given. All are
cordially invited,
Ground has been broken for the New
Hotel and Assembly Hall by H. c. Wood
& Co. OF North Adams. the contractors.
and it is expected that work will be
pushed forward rapidly.
Mrs Leola Caffrey went to the hospital
in North Adams last week. She under
went a successful operation. She will
return as soon as she is able to do So
Mrs. H. A Wheeler accompanied her. re-
turning Thursday.
Allen Howard left Tuesday for Monta-
que. Mass. where he has secured work as
car inspector for the Greenfield & Tur-
ners Falls street railway company. Mrs.
Howard accompanied him. She will visit
relatives in Providence. r. l., until they
can secure a suitable tenement
We are glad to learn that a new in
dustry wiz come to town provided eX-
emption from taxation is made for a
term of five years. The Readsboro Chair
company propose to establish a branch
here in the mills heretofore run by the
Wilmington Grain and Lumber company
They would employ from 50 to 40 hands.
We have every reason to believe that
the town will make the concession asked
for.