Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-25
NEWFANE.


William Il. Ballou will go to Boston
again about Jan 1.
Mrs. Jaquith, cousin of Mrs. w. b.
Park, returned to Lebanon, N. H., Tues
day.
Miss Sadie Underwood of Goddard Sem
mary, Barre is spending the vacation at
home
The furnace now set up in Union hall
appears to have good capacity for heating
the house.
Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Rand are spend
ing week with their daughter, Mrs
Emory, in Orange, Mass.
\ secondhand furnace from Putney
has been bought for Union hall, and will
be placed in position later.
Mrs. Sarah Spofford of Worcester, for
merry of Wardsboro, is spending several
weeks with Mrs Sarah Fish.
Miss Richmond. Miss Benedict and Alva
Petrilo returned to New York this week,
after spending six months in town.
The w. c. T. U. will meet at 23O
o clock through the winter on the first
and third Wednesday afternoons of each
month.
Principal Carlton ID. Howe has returned
to his school in Essex Junction without
coming home for a week or two as he
anticipated
Or. NJ a. Howe Of New York Botanical
Gardens and Arthur O. Howe, electrician,
of Chicago. are expected here for the hol-
iday season.
The Homeland Circle will meet on We'd
nesday. the 3Oth. at go instead of p. m.
in observance of a missionary tea at Mrs
Fred Underwood's.
The services of II. \. Kilburn as iauitor
of church and hall are much missed this
winter, Mr. Eilburn has been more or
less housed with "A severe cold.
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! town, yet there is probably fair chance
! here with surrounding field for a good
! physician, If he could come to stay.
Miss Hattie Amsden of Andover, daugh-
ter of Mrs Amsden, formerly of this
place, is at Mrs w n. Chase's for the
winter and is attending the village school.
:. G. Brown. for the past year or more
employed by the American Bridge COM
pany, working in various parts Of New
England, is spending a number of weeks
at home.
Mrs G. p Dewitt and Mrs. Phoebe
| Knapp left on Monday for southern Pines
y. c. This is Mrs. DeWitts third season
| in North Carolina, besides several spent
| in Florida.
Union Hall Helpers" are requested to
meet at Mrs w y. Chase's on Monday
evening at 730 for meeting mostly on
business, but partly as a social hour.
when for entertainment there will be a
piece spoken" and some old-time read
ings from We ancient school reader. Mem
bers are invited to observe the occasion.
At the annual meeting of the Congre-
gational society these officers were elect
ed: Chairman. G. W. Parsons; committee.
Deacon Grout, II. J. Batchelder. w. II.
Rand; clerk, w. r. Bruce. jr.: treasurer.
George Batchelder; auditor, Mrs c. l..
Hescock solicitors, w. T. Bruce. jr, G. l..
Iescock, Arthur Roadway; collector, II. NJ.
HesCock.
\ daughter Of the late Jerry Davis,
brother OF c. X Davis. obtained a
scholarship at the Tarrytowu. y Y.
Academy last year furnished by Miss
Helen Gould of New York. Miss Davis 5
mother is Mrs. Ellen Amsden Davis, for
merly of Newfane. who lives on a
stock farm near the Hudson and has
carried on the business left 10y her hus-
band and is called a good buyer OF horses.
\ recent number OF the Nicksburg.
Miss, Herald contained a striking obitu-
airy on the passing away of a sweet and
frail young wife. Anabel Ferguson Roche.
daughter of the late Frances Kimball Fer
guson. well remembered here. and grand
daughter Of the late Gen. l.. r. and Mary
Fisher Kimball, also niece OF Nelson W.
Kimball of Dubuque Iowa. the only sur
VivinE member of the immediate Kim
bah family. Mrs. Roche was only ~
years old and left a baby besides her
young husband.
The odd Fellows entertainment Friday
evening was successful netting a fair sum
to the treasury in spite Of large expense
and extremely cold weather. Initiation OF
a Candidate" was we'll rendered in all its
amusing phases and the local society was
invited to repeat the play in a neighbor
ing town. Among many out OF town
guests was the veteran liveryman. Lewis
Higgins. OF BrattlebOro. who has safely
driven so many parties hther and thith-
cr. but who came on the train on this
occasion. for a change.
The weather Of sunday was curious
reproduction Of the previous Sunday, with
more rain and less snow to form per-
lous depths OF sush, but yielding larger
fields OF ice for Monday morning. Blcs-
sed he the man who took his team and
load Of sand and left safe sprinking OF
grit on sidewalks throughout the village
The village school teacher had half
mile to walk in West Townshend to the
station, down grade. at Z a m, but 10y
skirting skillfully through the fields man
aged to keep her poise