Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-09
WESTMINSTER WEST,

Mrs. Harlan Goodhue and Miss Florence
went to Brattlcboro Thursday morning
to spend the remainder of the week.
Russell r. Cutting was up from Green
River a few days last week He was "A
guest at the meeting of the Grange on
Thursday evening.
on account Of the illness Of her pa
rents. which confines her at home. Miss
Mary Cutting has resigned her office of
school superintendent for the town. The
directors are in search of some one to
MI the vacancy.
William h. Cutting was taken violently
III sunday afternoon with an attack of
Inflammation OF the stomach. similar to
such as he experienced about year ago.
He * attended by Or Blodgett, and is
now somewhat better. 1t will be "A con-
siderable time. doubtless. before he re-
covers fully
The church meeting on saturday was
well attended. though some of the aged
aud feeble did not venture out on ac-
count OF the storm About two-thirds of
the members. which number 80. respond
ed The occasion was one OF interest to
All present. II was reported that there
are four persons connected with the
church who have held membership for
- years or over. Only one of them
was able To appear. They are George c.
Harlow Miss Gracia Goodell. Mrs. Jane
Gorham. and Miss Wealthy Miller. An
excellent letter Of Christian fellowship
was received from Mrs Malviua Gorham.
now living with her son. Or q. II. Cor
ham. i'm Bellows Falls Five of tine mem
beers of this church are at present in Bel
lows Fails and five i'm Maiden Mass.
The only one at very great distance is
Arthur T. Wilcox. who left here about
three years ago. and who Is understood
to he now in the state of Washington.
after having been In various parts of the
Nt4 hta iiGt
has been in town within short time.
our roll is not encumbered by absent
members whose location is unknown. and
from whom nothing has been heard for
years.
The usual Grange supper on the even
ing of New Years day passed off in the
usual pleasant manner. An hour was
spent in the hall in singing, music. ad-
dresses. a recitation and the reading of
the Grange paper, The Maple Leaf I'M
der the direction Of the master. J. II.
Clark. and the lecturer Mrs Mary J.
Gooden Everything was well done,
especially the song by Clifford Goodhue
and the mandolin solo by Roland Chap
man. and was greeted with applause.
Upon adjourning to the yestrN. the COM
pany enjoyed the supper provided by the
Grange after its well known abundance
of supply. The attendance was general
on the part of the members of the order
and their families. with invited guests.
A good delegation was present from Brat
| tleboro. who enjoyed the festivities of the
occasion and added much by their words
| of greeting and the good cheer with which
| they came Evidently our Bratteboro
| friends enjoy their meetings throughout
the county. Since they seem inclined
! either to come or go by the long route
| which We never think of travelling in our
visits to the city, no doubt they enjoyed
| their ride to Westminster. where they
were two miles further from home than
when they started from our hall. but we
certainly do not envy them the trip taken
in the fall by way of Windmill hill to
| reach our village.