Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-19
TOWNSHEND,

Mr.. and Mrs Aldrich visited in Dover
last week.
Miss Alice Eddy of Boston is at Harri-
son Eddy's.
James Gray has returned to Morris
Plains, N. ].
Mr. and Mrs. spalding and son are at
Mr.. Cartons.
Guy Bardwel is at his old home at
Irving Watsons.
Miss Mabel Stoddard is at home from
birmingham, Mass.
Charlie Patterson of New York city has
been visiting in town.
The Evans brothers are getting settled
in their new home this week.
Arthur Cutler is visiting his grand
parents Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Miles.
A number from here attended the Re
publican rally in Brattleboro Friday.
Mrs Royal Sanderson is visiting at the
Sanderson homestead in the west village.
Prof and Mrs. Perkins have come, and
are staying at a. A. Mason's at present
Mrs. Henry Blakey and. son of North
boro, Mass, are visiting at ARA Ben
sons.
Mrs. Eloise Perrin and two children of
Springfield, Mass, are visitors at Haynes
Sanders's
Miss Bertha Gage of Fitchburg Is Wis
tives in town.
Mrs. Parsons and two daughters of
Newton Mass, visited last week at Il. b.
Batchelder's.
Mrs. Temple of Cambridge, Mass, who
has spent some time at Edwin Persons's
has returned home.
Ephraim Fuller met with a serious ac-
cident last week Thursday, in which his
shoulder was broken.
the seminary. is here to attend to the
teachers examinations.
Mrs. Tyler and daughter, who have
been at the Townshend Inn, left Monday
morning for their home in Brattleboro.
The Baptist ladies' aid society will fur
nish ice cream for the first time this sea-
son on the common election day.
Newell Jenison has gone to Hoyoke to
sell 100 bushels of potatoes which he has
raised. He and his father have raised $50
bushels.
Rev. f. a. Royal and family returned
Friday from a visit in Manchester, n. II.
Miss Edith Sanders is at home from
Chester.
Miss Newell. teacher from Merlden,
Conn. is boarding at A. A. Masons
! where she has spent her vacation several
summers
Five new boarders from New York city
/
bins's. These people have been here sew
| eral times before.
a Republican caucus will be held at
! the town hall next Monday afternoon at
/ 3 o'clock to place in nomination can
didate for town representative.
Miss Puchaber one OF the artists who
has boarded at Mrs Lottie buttons this
! summer. has returned to her home in New
! York, after visiting the Catskill mount
aims.
News has been received of the death Of
! Frank Ober Of Garnet, Kans. Mr.. Ober
was n former resident of this town. and
is son Of Mrs Helen Ober. He was As
years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hobart Of Mime
apolis are visiting their sisters, Misses
Myra and Eta Hobart. The latter has
! just returned from a visit with her sis
ter in Dakota. Miss Amelia Hobart went
| to Boston this week
Mrs. Mary Grout Of Arlington Is visit
ing her brother, Charles Austin. at Har-
monyville. Last week they visited in
| Brookline and attended n family gather
ing there OF members OF the Austin fam
lily, who had not been together for IS
years.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Howard of Maiden.
| Mass, who are spending the summer in
! Putney. and Mr. and Mrs Nutter and
daughter Of Maiden have been recent
EutSiS AZ the lONnSntTu Inn. Brot. Nut
ter is principal Of the Centre grammar
school of 700 pupils.
The Grand Army men who went to the
! encampment in Boston are Col Franklin.
Melvin Austin, Hugh Holbrook. Harrison
Chamberlain and Emery Jones' Those
who took advantage of the low railroad
rates are Mrs. John Ware and daughter
Alice, and Esther Macdonald.
The body of Mrs, Porter. wife of the
late George Porter. formerly pastor of
the Congregational church. was brought
here for burial Monday. a daughter and
her husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer of
New Haven. Conn. with whom Mrs. Por-
ter had made her home, came with the
body.
Mrs Mary Phillips returned home last
week from Millers Falls. where she has
/ has spent several weeks with her sons.
Wright and Wesley Phillips Miss Fran
ces Phillips, a graduate of the Moody
school at Mortified, now student at
Oberlin college, is visiting her grand
mother, Mrs. Mary Phillips.
The Grange picnic last week, which
was held on the park, was very enjoyable.
The day was fine and n good number
were present from Newfane, Dummerston.
/ Windham and Wardsboro Oranges. Graf
ton Grange also was represented A good
program was well carried out. All who
took part did so willingly and very ac-
/ ceptably.
I Townshend friends will be interested to
know that Miss Esther Dale, who has
been studying year with b. ]. Kenyon
Of Brantford. Ont. will give a song re-
cital in the Congregational church Tues
day, August 30. Miss Dale will be as
sisted by Mrs. Cyrus Hamlin, pianist OF
| Tougaloo, Miss. and Miss Mabel Stod-
dard, pianist, of Townshend.
The local friends of Mrs. Newton
Batchelder of Fitchburg were saddened
to learn of her death. Her parents, Rev.
and Mrs Burnham, lived in this town
several years, and Mrs. Batchelder re-
ceived her education at Leland and Gray
seminary. She became acquainted with
her husband here, while he was a clerk
in S. D. Winslows store. She is survived
by brother, who graduated from Yale
university and from the medical college
n few years ago with highest honors
Hiram F. Noyes, who was a sena tor
from Rutland county two years ago, has
been nominated as the Republican candi-
date for representative from Rutland. He
has been allied with the Clement faction
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