Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-11-20

TOWNSHEND.

ToWNsHEND.
Miss Amelia Hobart is home from Bos-
| ton.
There are many cases of mumps in
town
The fall term of the seminary closes
this week.
Frank Lawrence has handsome new
driving horse
Jane Derry has moved to the Henry
| Bailey house..
Mr. Shaw has gone to Miss Ladds
| farm to live.
The Hadassah League met Wednesday
| with Mrs. Roscoe Marsh.
Everett Phillips had furnace put into
| his new house last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Edwards of Grafton spent
| Sunday at Edgar Allbees.
Please hand in your THANKSGIVING items
| in good season week after next
Mildred Phillips visited Mildred Hardy
at the west village last week.
e. II. and A. l.. Fessenden have sold
their farm to George w. Shepardson of
Newfane.
| The Snyder family Of wardsboro NOV
| ed to town recently, and are settled I'm
Mrs. Sarah Underwood's tenement.
Rev. Mr.. McEwen of Jamaica gave an
| interesting lecture on Burmah, illustrated
| with stereopticon views, Tuesday even
ing.
Miss Kingsbury of Jamaica spent sever
al days recently with her sister and
brother, who are students at the semi
nary.
| Mrs, Helen Wetherbee picked a dande-
lion blossom the 18th of this month. and
Eugene Wetherbee found a strawberry
| blossom.
Haynes Sanders has charge OF the i'm
| provements being made on the Whiting
| place in Newfane bought recently by ].
| L. Martin.
Frank Jones and family have moved to
! the Albert Stearns farm in Windham,
! which the Vanderhoff family of New York
used for a summer home
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Reed went to winhall
| recently to visit Mrs Reeds parents
Mrs Reed was taken sick while there, and
has not yet been able to return.
Many from this place attended the
Hooper auction at the west village. Mr.
! Shepardson of Newfane bought the farm
which is known as the Norman Wood
| farm. Mr.. Hooper has owned it but
! short time.
Mrs. Mary Spencer Morgan OF Whining
! ton will give a temperance address at the
! Congregational church next Sunday eve
! ming Worlds Temperance Sunday. Mrs
]
| Womans Christian Temperance Union
! convention held at Geneva, Switzerland,
! last June, which she attended as the Yer
mont delegate. collection will be TAX
en- for the temperance work.
| Friends OF Mr.. and Mrs Frank +. Head
| have received invitations to the wedding
| Of their daughter. Ethyl to Robert Nc
| Casline, NJ. D., on Wednesday evening.
! Nov. 25, at o'clock, at the home on
] iFh 4 net Nor fold Noe
! The couple will be at home after Jan. l
at los East Slst street. New York city.
| Mrs. Head was formerly a resident of
this place and will be remembered by her
maiden name, Della Howard.
The village schools began Monday with
| the same teachers that taught In the fall.
This will insure us good schools, Miss
| Cook, who has taught the same school
some time, has already established a good
reputation. and Mr.. Pierce. who taught
his first term IL town this fall, is much
liked as n teacher. and we hope his
vices can be retained here, for we
thoroughly believe in good schools and
we bespeak the cooperation of both par
ents and scholars az "A teacher cannot do
his best work without this help. We hope
that every parent whose child attends
school will not fail to show his or her
interest by visiting the schools and en-
couraging the teachers in their work.
Placer Gold, or How Uncle Nathan
Lost His Farm will be presented this
Friday evening at Seminary hall, with
the following cast OF characters: Nathan
Bardwell, farmer. Harold Sprague;
Quincy Bardwell and Ned Bardwell. his
sons. John Adams and Oren Smith;
James Monroe. chum OF Ned. Raymond
Starr; Joseph Murphy, Bardwells hired
man, Jerry Lowe: Squire Crosby. a mis-
erly farmer Bardwells neighbor. Albert
Kimball: Mike OConnor. Crosby's hired
man, Charley Palmer; Charles Mayhem
Richard Bynn, gold mine swindlers. Ray
mond Starr and Frank Smith; Sheriff
John Adams: Maria Bardwell, Nathan
Bardwell's wife Eta Cobb! Belle Bard
well, the orphan, Alice Derry; Nellie Cros-
by, Crosbys daughter. Helen Adams;
Matilda, Crosby's hired girl Hope Chase;
Gypsy, the waif living at Squire Crosbys,
Jessie Johnson