Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-16

ne annual lnetllB OF the creamery
association will bc held at Union hall
tomorrow afternoon.
The annual meeting of the Windham
County Savings bank. and dinner at the
Ncwfane House comes Tuesday.
Hugh Wclman. who has been work
ing in machine shop in Londonderry,
has had trouble recently with one eye,
/ caused 10y unfolding a bit Of steel in
it.
Noble Pratt slipped upon icy steps in
Brattleboro last week, but was not
aware that he had thereby broken some
ribs until Tuesdays severe pain and DR..
/ cole revealed it to him.
Mr.. and Mrs II. \. Carpenter left
Wednesday for a drive to Chicopee,
, Mass, expecting to take two days for
/ the sleighrde and to spend some time in
the family Of their daughter.
The Womans Christian Temperance
Union will meet at Mrs. Davidson's at
go y. m. on Wednesday. Members
should bear in mind the change of hour
for the remainder of the winter.
The Christian Endeavor society will
give an apple social at the church yes
try Friday evening. Jan. 90 Come to
get "A b. \. p. or a /. \. =. or an n.
\. +. \ small admission fee will be
charged.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Pratt We're called
to South Wardsboro on Wednesday by
the death Of Mrs. Pratt's father. Josiah
Gleason. who formerly lived in the west
part of this town, and afterwards near
i the village.
Gilbert y. Batchelder, a Newfane boy,
more lately Of Fitchburg. a graduate
OF Brown University. with post gradu-
ate course a Columbia, has gone from
California, where he was night chemist
in one of the largest beet sugar factor
les Of the world to Kohala Hawaii, to
make cane sugar.
Lonely Raymond Pratt misses his pet
dog, Jake, which has succumbed to the
shaking Of a big dog. Jake" had been
almost the sole playfcllow of his little
master for two years or more, and had
lorded 1t over the boys devotion and
given in return his own kind Of allegi-
ance.
Mrs. AInlicept Fisher Walker mother
of +. j. Johnson, died of pneumonia
Wednesday night after five days ILL
ness. which from the first seemed crlti-
cal She had been almost a lifelong
resident of Newfane, and something in
regard to her life will be given next
week. She had passed the three score
and ten limit.
c. y. Nichols, butter maker for the
: Windham County Creamery association
! sent a sample to the Vermont Dairy
mans Association meeting held recent
were Go entries in the same class, and
! only five scored higher, the highest be
| ing 9Slh. Mr.. Nichols will receive a gold
{ watch and a small amount in cash as
i a premium
\ temperance rally will be held in dis.
trict No schoolhouse Wednesday even.
U ing, Jan. p. at 100. An important part
1 of the program is an address by Rev. Il
n \. Royal of Townshend. Pupils will
d give songs and recitations. Let there
X be a large attendance. If stormy the
+ meeting will be on the following Friday
I evening, the 23d Teams can be cared
d for comfortably in neighboring barns
: At the last Homeland Circle meeting
! held in the vestry. Rev. +. II. Bartlett
= spoke briefly upon some dangers to thi:
. country from inpourings of foreigners
u which was on the program of Home
Il Missions VS.. Anarchy" Other inter
esting material was given. At the pre-
vious meeting, which was public, at thu
Congregational church on Sunday
evening. the hour was said to be wei
: filled from the topic. Work Among
! the Coored People
5 G. NJ. Newton of Orlando, Florida, il
spite of luNuries from his fail garden
s which are casually mentioned, has thu
most to say about a variety of Newfan,
# apples recently received. The COM
z. panion of freight having strayed by thu
# apples recently received. The companion
@ barrel of freight having strayed by tn
o way was missed chiefly for the loss o
Irish potatoes which are so expensive II
# the Southland and n great treat to tn
g Northerners. Mr.. Newton was oblige'
: to light the fuel piles of his pine appl
field in December when mercury wen
down to rs degrees an unusual cicrcum
l. stance for the month.
y 1t will be observed that Newfane 4
a up and doing, having public addresse
" in the referendum campaign. Sec
rotary Durfee of the Anti-Saloon leagu
:. made some practical points against Ii
y cense in connection with his stereopti
'e con pictures, one of which was a viey
= of the house of correction at Rutland
8 an institution which is so ntimatel
connected with the liquor traffic, an
another, the insane asylum at Water
bury. Carroll ID, Wright, statistical
was quoted as tracing four per cent
n of insanity in Massachusetts TO I n
drink habit The word compact apple
a specifically to the address of Mrs. l.. 1
Stevenson of Boston on Tuesday even
ing, it was so fully packed with logica
u argument against some of the mai
y claims for license. Mrs. Stevenson spok
D. for an hour in a most practical style
She had made Investigations, not onl
re in Massachusetts, but in other licens
v states, as a former secretary of the ma
lie tional W. C. II. u, and knows whereo
n, she atirms. In the good sized audi
ence present were probably 30 men,
n hopeful sign of interest in this critica
:, time. Next comes the temperance rail-
! in district No. A on Wednesday even
ing.