Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-06-27
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| boro to work in the needle factory.
Mr.. and Mrs McGibbon of Hartford
Conn, are visitors at Charles Gould's.
Mrs. Henry Bailey has returned from
| visiting in South Newfane and Brattle-
boro.
Clifton Howe of the University Of Chi
cago has been in town calling upon
friends.
Mrs. Fisher of West Brattleboro, a for
mer resident of this place, spent Sunday
in town.
Mr.. and Mrs Ryder of Brattleboro and
friends were guests at the Townshend Inn
| last week
The Hadassah league served ice cream
on the park Friday afternoon and were
| well patronized.
Childrens day was observed at the Con-
| gregational church Sunday with inter
estng exercises
Mrs. Hiram Cobb, who died last week
in Wardsboro, was the mother of zina
and Henry Cobb of this town.
Miss Abby Follett is home from her
| school in Weston and Blanche Brigham
| from her school in Cambridgeport.
]. C. Taft has returned from New York
| city where he went to attend the funeral
| of his sister-in-law Mrs Cushman.
Mrs. Whitney of Brattleboro has been
| a visitor at Mrs. Abbie Wizards and
at Mrs lnez Blodgetts the past week
p. Fleming of Brattleboro is in town to
put furnace into j. c. Taft's new house,
and also win put one in for f. b. Batch
elder.
Vegetation doesn't do much this cool
weather when fire is needed to be COM
Portable. There was a slight frost here
last Sunday night
! Mrs. Howard, the trained nurse who has
! been at Fred Reeds has returned to her
home in Athol. She will go at once from
there to Kentucky
Henry Cobb, who has been i'll sometime,
| is now improving and Miss Augusta Fess-
enden. who has been i'll so long. is gain
| ing slowly Mrs. Rice has been quite i'll.
DR.. Rice went last week to Burlington
with one Of his patients from jamaica to
| the Mary Fletcher hospital. He was
| gone most Of the week returning Satur-
| day evening
Hiram Porter of Harmonyville is very
| feeble from heart trouble and Miss Mabel
Hunter granddaughter, who is a teach
er at Bellows Falls. is spending her va
| cation with Mr.. and Mrs. Porter.
| Will Willard and wife left Tuesday
morning for their home in Burlington,
after weeks visit with Mrs Abbe Will
lard. They spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Sherman Willard in Putney.
The Republicans of Townshend are re-
| quested to meet in caucus at the town
| hall on Wednesday. July Q at 2 p. m. to
! elect five delegates to the county con-
vention to be held at Newfane July s.
Miss Alberta Moor. teacher of elocution
in the seminary the past year, has left
| for her home in Waltham. Mass. as
| sisting in the entertainment given at
| Brattleboro Thursday evening by the
Baptist ladies' aid society.
Albert Mason. wife and daughter came
in their own team from Gardner. Mass.
| They have been visiting at A. A. Mason's
| Wednesday morning they and Mr.. and
Mrs A. A. Mason started for a carriage
| drive to Fairlee, to visit relatives.
The meetings that have been appointed
| in the interest of Old Home Week have
been thinly attended and have been ad-
| formed from time to time. We wish the
| West village would take 1t In hand and
put us to shame for our lack of interest
in the matter.
| Miss Alice Perham OF Cambridgeport
| is here and has Mrs. Hollands millinery
| rooms. where she is displaying some very
| fine needle work. and where she is giving
| lessons In its various branches. Miss
Perham is an invalid from spinal troubles
and takes this way to earn a livelihood.
| Mrs Sarah Underwood is painting her
| house, Melvin Pratt of Newfane and r.
D. Phillips OF this place doing the work
Mrs. Sarah Wilson is painting her house
| Henry Bailey and Hollis Wilson doing the
work. The Truesdells. who have re-
Gently moved to town. are to make thor
ough repairs on their house and the new
house of J. G. Taft is being painted in
| side.
Holland p. Evans died Monday June
90 at his home. l63 Austin street. Worces-
| ter. Mass, aged 81 years and six months
| He was born in Townshend. son Of Waldo
A.. and Hanah II. DIoland) Evans. He
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was much affected by the death OF his
| only daughter, Mary. which occurred
| about two weeks ago. He spent the
| early part of his life in Townshend, but
! had lived in Worcester more than 40
years. He leaves widow. two sons. and
sister. Mrs d. b. Livermore.
Charles Austin Of Harmonyviue has
been at work some time on the bank
near his house, which extends nearly to
| the railroad station. 1t was stony and
! stones were gotten out by digging holes
| in the ground at the foot Of the bank and
| burying them. The brush was cut off.
! grass seed has been sown and grape
vines set out and an unsighty place has
| been made pleasant. Mr.. Austin Is fore
| man in c. IT. Wizards steam mill, a
| place he has occupied for many years.
and the work he has done he has taken
| nights and mornings. working last fall
| until late in the evening by lantern light
! ises under the same difficulties Mr. Austin
| has there would be no need of village
| Improvement societies
The friends of Prof and Mrs Edge
comb regret their decision to leave their
work here in Leland & Gray Seminary to
! accept position under the most favor
! able auspices in the Derby (Vt.,) Acad-
| envy. The going away of Mr.. and Mrs
| Edgecomb means a good deal to us for
| they have done much for the upbuilding
| of the seminary and the kindness and
| financial aid they have given scholars
who could not otherwise have come here
to school should not be forgotten, and
the many pleasant and instructive en-
tertainments they have brought to u.s. and
the assistance they have rendered in all
that pertained to the betterment of our
village life will always be a pleasant re-
membrance of their stay among us. We
can truly say their place will be a hard
one to fill and we shall he fortunate If
we secure other teachers in their place
who will enter into the work they have
laid down with the same zeal and energy
and feel the same interest in their pupils
that Prof and Mrs. Edgecomb have felt.