Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-28
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fecbleness.
Miss NJ. L. Platt will return to Con-
cord. Mass, next week
The w. c. Y. l.. will meet on Wednes-
day at Mrs. Davidson's.
The largest number of books drawn in
any one day from Moore free library was
50 on a recent date.
Mrs. Bert G. Ellis of Boston, formerly
Miss Mabel Taylor, has spent the week
with relatives here.
Mrs ELLA Bodgett I1oughton of Brattle-
boro is boarding at the County hotel
while recovering from Illness
Edward Joseph Danforth is the fun
name of the little minister, as he is call
ed, at the parsonage, who is not a week
old
The marriage of Miss Brennan to Mr..
Goodalc of Springfield, Mass. took place
i'm Albany. y. Y, instead of Greenfield,
as we mentioned last week.
Lunch will be served in the basement of
Union hail on town meeting day, the
proceeds to be appropriated for benefit of
the hall in some way that is needed.
Mr. and Mrs II. G. Warren of Putney
spent day this week with Mrs. Sophia
Warren, who is confined to her room by
a spintered bone. the result of a fan.
Daniel Fisher of Boston who was a
guest of his sister, Mrs. G.. b. Johnson,
last week. engaged rooms at the New
fame House for himself and wife for a
part of the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs G. Nichols of Luncnburg
are boarding at q. w. Parsonss and may
later occupy the tenement at the cream
cry, Mr.. Nichols being the buttermaker in
place of Park Holland who resigned
Mrs. Gertrude Benedict is stnl i'll at
| Mrs Moores other cases of sickness
are mostly due to hard colds. Four
doctors from adjoining towns, beside the
| local physician, were in attendance on a
recent day. Vet Newfane is a healthy
place on the whole.
Mrs. c. 7. DeWitU accompanied by
Mrs. Hunt. left Southern Pines ~ c.,
| for St Augustine Fla. last week In
the former region. there was some snow.
| They celebrated Washingtons birthday
| by ride to Ponce de Leon Spring and
vicinity. Though they found no orange
| life in the region. frosts having cut off
| that growth around the old fort city, they
luXuriate in summer sights generally and
grand views of the southern Atlantic
Miss Alice White, one of the principals
of the Montgomery. Ala. industrial
schools for girls, who has aroused some
! local interest in the institution while
| spending part of three summers in town,
| states in the February number of the
| Little Cleaner that the school buildings
have been improved and the library has
| reached the number of 300 books by gen
| crosby of northern friends. a skip of the
mercury down to IL degrees above zero is
| recorded by the same paper
Relatives here have just been informed
| of the death of James Ferguson of Vicks-
| burg, Miss, son-in-law of the late Gen.
=. T. Kimball of this place. and brother
| in-law of y. w. Klmball of Dubuque la Nh
Ferguson first married Miss Mary Kim
| ball, who went South as governess in a
| private family, and who left a daughter
| Several years after the first wifes death
| Mr. Ferguson married her sister Frances
| who died a few years ago. Three of their
children. it is thought, survive the par
| ents.
State Superintendent Ranger, in his re-
cent educational lecture, disclamed the
| charge of niggardliness on the part OF
Vermont in school expenses. He said our
| state pays 81 cents on hundred dollars
for its schools. and he knew of no other
| state that exceeded 50 cents on the same
| amount. He claimed that Vermont is
now wide awake and progressing In edu-
| cational affairs. At the last class meet
| ing of Tufts College. five out of six of the
| speakers were Nermonters. and all OF
| them fitted for college in Vermont The
| speaker counseed voters to stand for
| good schools at the coming town meet
ing.
DR.. Joseph Holland, whose youth was
| spent in this town, and who was the sor
| of Samuel and Polly Phillips Holland
| died recently in Boston. where he was
undergoing medical treatment. His home
was in Galesburg, H., in which place his
| widow and sons reside He was col
lege graduate and man of unusually fine
| scholarly tastes. For some years hC
taught in the academy at Monson Mass
noted for its strong instructors. His cou.
| sin, Miss NJ b. Phillips of Chicago, for.
merly of this town, who was in attend
ance at the funeral, pays him the tribute
| of having been the first to arouse in hel
and others whom she knew the desire foi
| progressive education.
Resident friends and Newfane traveller.
in the sunny southlands have told us OF
the unusually cold spells and no prepare
ton for such weather and now let then
hear how February has dealt with us
There have been here ten mornings out o
the 2S when sunrise was ushered in to tn.
tune of below zero, with an average o
six degrees. Coolest places in the villag,
have averaged three degrees above ger,
mornings for three consecutive weeks o
the month, and the whole month abou
nine degrees above, but middays warme,
up generally, and have been mostly VERY
clear and bracng. Thrifty provision fo
Keeping warm brought a good measure o
content, and even actual enjoyment o
the weather.