Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-04-15
TOWNSAEND.

IOWNSHEND
Alice Franklin is at home for short
time.
Fred Lawrence is working for j. c.
Taft
Merle Willis has been town this
week
Martin Sparks is i'll with chronic bron-
chitis.
Miss Irene Gleason was in town re-
Gently.
Tho listers are making their annual
rounds.
Belle Simpson is visiting her sister,
Bculah.
Lawrence Hardy has visited Hugh Phil
lips the past week
Florence Sanders is seriously i'll and
under the doctors care.
Prentice Carr has recently visited his
mother Mrs. Ann Carr.
Mrs. Abby Taft is visiting in Saxtons
River and Bellows Falls
Miss Irene Gleason will be at her mil
linery shop after the goth.
Rev. Mr. Mills preached Sunday at the
Congregational church.
Rev. and Mrs. Mills have returned to
their home in Limerick. Me.
Miss Helen Fisher has spent week in
town with friends and relatives.
Miss Addie and Grace Morse have Wis
tied in Harmonyville this week.
Alonzo Stone and sons are carrying on
Mrs, Harriet Bradley's sugar place.
Mr. and Mrs. VIII Boutelle have re-
turned to their home in Springfield.
1t begins to seem like spring when
front dooryards are being cleaned up.
Harry Martin of Jamaica has bought
the Harris place, a mile north of the vii
laEe.
Edwin Harris has sold land, called
the Rice lot, the past week to DR.. Os-
good.
The village school building is being
painted inside, Everett Phillips doing the
work.
e. II. Allbee's house is being thoroughly
renovated inside with papering and
and painting.
DR.. Rice has returned from Boston and
it is expected Mr.. Lowe will be able to
come in two weeks.
Frank Clarke has returned from West
moreland, where he has been at work
a number of months.
The Baptist ladies' aid society met in
their rooms last week on Thursday and
furnished their usual supper
Mrs Greanleaf. teacher Of elocution in
the seminary. came Monday evening.
This is Mrs. Greeneaf's third term here.
Edwin S johnson has sold the Metcalf
place, so called. to Mrs. Amelia h. Met
calf, who will occupy It as a homestead.
Mrs Margaret Watson has returned
home after acting as nurse tor several
weeks at Henry STATIONS in the west
village.
Miss Abby Follett is home from her
school in Weston where she has taught
many terms. She will return there this
summer
Clarke Aldrich Of Westmoreland. y. II,
who has just returned from California.
has visited his sister, Mrs. VIII Sparks,
recently
Dr. Rice went last week with Fred
Lowe to Boston to the city hospital
where it is hoped he has been success
fully treated.
Prof. and Mrs. Newton of Andover,
Mass, are spending short vacation
with Mrs. Newton's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
/ Hugh Holbrook.
Rev. and Mrs Hardy were in the vii
lage Tuesday, calling upon old friends
before leaving for their new home in
/ East Jaffrey, y. II.
I Mrs Alice Brown and children of
/ Greenfield Mass. recently visited at lar-
~ Franklins in Harmonyvile and at
Mrs Mary Phillips. and with other
/ friends in town.
/ George Shine hos sold his stage route
/ from this place to SaNtons River
/ to a Mr.. Carrolton on account of poor
health. Mr.. Shine has been liked as an
accommodating driver.
/ Mrs Mills who is visiting here from
/ Limerick Maine gave a very interesting
and instructive talk on her travels in
/ foreign lands to the seminary students
! last week on Wednesday evening.
/ There will be a Republican caucus in
/ the town hail ON saturday evening this
week Mt $50 o'clock to elect delegates to
the state and district conventions to be
4 I.1I mol f4r burlington
/ week
/ Mrs Bruce died the 18TH from paralysis.
/ She was the widow of Harvey Bruce and
/ sister Of the late Warren Willard of this
! town. Rev. NJ. F. Hardy onciated at the
/ funeral. which took place at the home in
/ Wardsboro.
Ernest Franklin and family were at
| his fathers. Henry Franklins last week,
/ he having finished work for Mr.. Aplin of
/ Putnoy, where he has been a number of
/ years. He will 90 soon to work on the
/ Kiphng place in Brattleboro.
I The funeral of Mrs. Alkaline Ingalls,
/ took place at the Baptist church Tues
| day forenoon at II O'clock Mr.. Royal
/ officiating Relatives from Wardsboro.
/ and Brattlehoro and William ingalls, and
Vrgie Edison Of Bellows Falls were here
/ to attend the funeral.
The friends of Mrs Henry Bailey were
| panied to learn of her death. which took
/ place in Rrookhcd, Mass, last week on
/ Wednesday. Much sympathy is felt for
the family in their great afniction. Mrs.
/ Bailey was most estimahle woman who
/ had the love and respect of all who knew
/ her and her loss To her family is ir
reparable. 1t is nearly a year since the
/ family moved from this place to Brook
/ field. The funeral and burial was at
South Newfane, the early home of Mr..
| and Mrs. Bailey. Mrs. j. II. Ware and
| daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. ARA Benson
/ attended the funeral. ana others who
would have gone were prevented from so
] doing by illness