Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-12
NEWE ANE.

DR.. and Mrs George Roberts are again
located at the County House for the
present
The Flynn farm was bought at the
auction sale of Tuesday by Rev. and
Mrs +. NJ. Wiswall.
j. IL. Underwood has shipped several
hundred barrels of apples to Montpelier
this season and other hundreds to lie
west.
f. a. Roadway appears to be making
good recovery from the recent surgical
operation performed by Drs. Roberts
and Conland.
Miss s. Sage of the summer colony on
Bencasson grounds, Newfane hill, will
leave her home in Ware Mass, this
week for winter in Florida.
Landlord Spencer drove to st. Adams
with his horses. Mrs. Spencer was ac-
companied by her household helper, Miss
Winnie Weeks of Laconia, N. II.
Mr.. and Mrs. James II. Underwood
plan to spend the remainder Of the win
ter after Jan. l in Southern Pines, N. c.
Batchelder. with their assistants, are
Rev. John Coffin of East Braintree.
this state, to whom the Congregational
church extended call in November, has
accepted n passionate I'm Berlin, near
Montpelier
The Mrs. l.. c. Cushing place has been
sold to Walter c. Ballou, who will make
repairs upon II and occupy II for the
family home. Mr.. Ballou went to Bur-
lington this week to accompany Mrs
Ballou and daughter home.
The girl baby born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Osgood OF West Derry, N H..
Is granddaughter of Ephraim Osgood
and great granddaughter of Mrs. Eliza
beth Osgood of Brookline, who belongs
| to the Park family so well connected
with Newfane's early history.
Plans for Christmas observance were
| taken well in hand by the Sunday school
on the 9TH and the committee, Miss Fish,
| Mrs. F.. A. Dewitt and Mrs. George
preparing for a concert program on Sun
day evening preceding the 25th. with
| brief exercises on Christmas eve. when a
| Christmas tree will be the central attrac-
| ton.
The correct list of officers elected at
| the recent annual meeting of the Con-
| gregational society is as follows: Com
mittee, c. l.. Hescock, w. T. Bruce, jr.,
| II. j. Batcheder: clerk. Miss A. e.
| Fish treasurer, J. ID. Pierce; auditor,
Mrs. C. i. Hescock; solicitor Deacon
| Grout: Collectors, II. J. Batchelder and
Arthur Redway.
| From 30 TO 40 comprised the stormy da y
| attendance at the Congregational church
| Sunday, and all were favorably i'm
pressed by the preaching of Rev. John
|
| formerly from the west. The storm
buster did not prevent an evening meet
ing. Mr.. Henderson is a young man
and in his ministerial prepare ion
| preached a season or two I'm Roxbury.
this state
Elroy Kent a prisoner who escaped
| from the county jail in August. was
| brought back Saturday night. He was
on the narrow gauge train en- route 10
West Townshend and hearing himself
| spoken OF jumped from the car plat
| form. receiving a very severe scalp
wound. but he managed to walk par,
lsway to Willamsvile and hire a man
to take him to DIR. White. who dressed
the wound temporarily and brought him
To the jail quarters where. on the next
day he was left in charge of DR. Roberts
as surgeon and Hermon Howe as nurse
| The report that 800 reward had been
offered for the capture Of Kent is said
| Ia he unfounded.