Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30

Miss May Macdonald has returned to
Providence L. l.
/ Miss Ellen Ware is home from SPRING
/ cid, Mass.
Miss Alta Morse spent Sunday at the
! West village.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. \. Mason have return
ed from visit in Fitchburg and Winch
endon, Mass.
Miss Mabel Stoddard has returned to
Framingham, Mass.
Miss Mary Whitney has been a visitor
recently at Mrs. Il. G. Underwoods.
Harry cobb will go to Westminster the
first of March to work for Mr. Bond
Florence Follett has gone to Weston
to be with her sister. Abby who is i'll.
Bert Pierce has returned from Mchi-
gan, where he has been employed in the
lumber business.
on account of the storm Rev. H. A.
Goodhue of Westminster did not lee
ture Wednesday evening as expected.
The entertainment given in Seminary
hail Monday evening by the seniors was
well attended and much enjoyed.
Resolutions of sympathy adopted by
the Baptist church and Sunday school
have been sent to Rev. c. II. r. Meach-
am of Passumpsic.
The roll call at the Baptist church will
take place Saturday, Feb. :, instead Of
the last Saturday in January, as was
mentioned in this column.
The Dorcas Guild will meet with Mrs.
j. c. Taft Wednesday afternoon, Feb 4.
. This society will hold a valentine social
at the town hail Feb. H.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Holden left We'd
, nesday for New York city to visit Mrs.
Holdens sister Mrs. w H. Brooks.
and will stop in Turner's Falls and Mil
lers Falls to visit friends.
Should not the board Of health see that
there is some other way of ventilating
our town han than the present means.
The air was sitting there Thursday
evening. and when Dr. Holton said the
> ventilation was bad. it was what many
had realized for some time. We hope
the fault will be remdied before the
hail is filled again.
News has reached town of the death
of DIR. Elliot Sweet of Hartford Mich
DR.. Sweet was formerly resident OF
this town, his parents owning the farm
o near that of the late V. II. Gray. which
goes by the name of the Sweet farm
V today. DIR. Sweet left here in his younl
= days for Michigan, where he studied
for his profession at the Michigan
V University. He was a prominent mem
: Der of the Congregational church
where he was deacon many years, an,
I honored his profession by a consisten
- life lie was a Mason of high degree
The Derby correspondence of the New
, port, Vt, Express and Standard con
!, tanned the following: "On Thursday o
- last week there a fire alarm givel
- about four o'clock, the fire being in Prof
Edgecomb's barn, which was extinguish
ed. Another alarm was given the mex
day for fire in the same barn. Al
though IL was combated valiently, tn
III wind being against tremen the house
lie ell and barn We're burned. Building
said to be well insured. Mr.. Edgecomb'
II ! hti
id lost about $500 in books and wood. Othe
'e parties lost about $3.50 in books store
in la!u.
The agricultural meeting was well at
tended on Thursday of last week. A
the evening session the town hall wa
filled to overfowing. Mr.. Hitchcock q
he Pittsford spoke on corn and silos, an
re- Mr.. Aitken of Woodstock gave an in
+ teresting account of the manner /
which agriculture is conducted in som
of the foreign countries, where he ha
been. DR.. Holton of Brattleboro CAV
E. a health talk that was interesting an
er instructive. The farmers turned out
good numbers, but we missed some tina
ne should have been there, and who W
he think, might be able to raise bette
crops the coming season had they hear
49, the suggestions of the speakers.
Last Sunday morning Mrs. c. c. Ia
received the sad news of the death
her sister, Mrs. j. w. Brown. Mr.
Brown was i'll with pneumonia about
week. She was born in Townshend an
received her education here, and taugl
many terms in the public schools in tn
ana surrounding towns. At the age
81 she, with others, went to Iowa Cit,
Iowa, to teach. While there she ma
ried j. w. Brown. After a time the
moved to Leavenworth, Kans, whel
most of their married life was spen
Mr.. Brown died five years ago. Mr.
Brown then moved to Kansas City,
be with her only daughter, Haiti
About three years ago, on account of II
serious illness of the daughter, and /
advice of physicians. Mrs. Brown an
her daughter went to Denver, Colo, f
the benefit of the climate. Mrs. Brown
body will be taken to Leavenworth fl
burial She was a loving and faithfl
wife and mother. Her many frienC
here who loved her for her amiab
Christian character extend their hear
felt sympathy to the daughter an
step-son, Charles Brown, and to tn
sisters, Mrs. Olive Holmes of Saratogi
n. Y, and Mrs. c. c. Taft of this plaC