Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-03-27

p. II. Rutter has been i'll with grip.
Mrs. Royal has returned from her visit
in Providence, r. /.
Holland Wilson will go to Westminster
to work for Mr. Bond
Thomas Patterson of Wardsboro is
working at ]. II. Wares.
S. L. Williams of Orange Mass, was a
visitor this week at c. Cutters.
Mrs. Lydia Fullerton has returned af-
ter spending the winter in Keene
The Dorcas Guild will meet with Mrs
G. II. Baker Thursday afternoon, April g
George Eager is at work as sawyer for
al. j. Hapgood In his steam mill in Peru.
Ira Cone and son of Manchester were
recent visitors at his sisters Mrs. ARA
Bensons
veranda is being extended along the
front and sides of the Kathan house
in Harmonyville.
The steam mill is closed this week for
repairs. An addition has been made to
the mill recently.
S. c. Bowley of Massachusetts was in
town recently looking after the interests
of his farm, known as the David Bemis
farm
+. II. Fessenden, town clerk who has
been suffering from bronchitis some
time, is still on the sick list, and is max
Z.
Very little maple sugar has been made
so far and some of the discouraged ones
have gathered their buckets. while 9TH
ers are hoping for more sugar weather
The young ladies of the Congregational
/ church will have a society of their own
which will be an auxiliary OF the Dor cas-
Guild. 1t will be called the Daughters
of the Guild
child, eight months old, of Prentice
Carr of Westminster West, died at his
mothers. Mrs. Ann Cars Funeral
services We're held at the Congregational
church and the burial was in Oakwood
cemetery.
Royal Sanderson reports the snow fall
from Nov. &c, 1902 to March, 1903, as 7
feet eight inches, and the rain fall dur
ing the same period ia foot and in the
last rain of March % and % the fall was
2si inches.
The friends here Of {. C Boynton of
Los Angeles, Cal, a former principal
of Leland * Gray Seminary. are sorry
TO learn of his illness at a hospital.
where he has gone for treatment. They
hope for his speedy recovery.
Another pleasant gathering of the
townspeople took place on Friday even
ing at the Townshend Inn, when 60 sat
down to an excellent supper after which
ping pong furnished amusement and a
pleasant time was enjoyed.
At the meeting of the w c. T. u. held
at Mrs. Kenyon's last Wednesday the
subject of non-alcholic medication was
presented. The presence of Mrs. G. f..
Davidson. state secretary, added much
to the interest of the occasion.
Col. Franklin has bought the Hiram
Porter place. Mrs. Porter will come
from New Hampshire, where she mas
spent the winter with her daughter, to
remove her household goods She will
then return to New Hampshire, where
she will make her home.
The death of d. w. Dutton occurred
Tuesday evening at his home a mile
south of the village after an operation
for appendicitis which took place Mon
day afternoon, Dr. HaZelton of Bellows
Falls acting as surgeon. assisted by our
residents physicians, Drs. Osgood and
Rice. From the first after the operation
the symptoms were all unfavorable to
his recovery. Mr.. Dutton came here
as a young man from Massachusetts.
He married here and followed the occu-
patton of farming, and his industry, pru-
dence and good management brought
y him a competency. He was a member
of the Baptist church and also of the
West River Grange, where he will be
much missed Mr. Dutton leaves a wife
and four children to mourn his loss.
Much sympathy is felt in the community
| for the family, so suddenly bereft of a
kind husband and father.