Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-02-12
NEWFANE.

George Batchelder has been III this
week. with a physician in attendance two
days.
Miss Grace Eddy, who is teaching
school In Windham, spent Saturday and
Sunday with her parents
The community regrets to lose Mr.. and
Mrs. Sumner Wilson, who have removed
to Brattleboro, where Mr. Wilson and
son are employed.
G. NJ Newton OF Orlando Fla, has
shipped 100 boxes of oranges. his own
raising, to New York and Connections
netting satisfactory prices
Six odd Fellows drove to Brattleboro
Monday evening to attend meeting of
Wantastiquet lodge. The local society
had supper with Landlord Tifts after
a recent meeting.
Rev. l.. p and Mrs. Caswell- Broad who
were in Southern Illinois a part of IAN
uary arc in portions of North Carolina.
Alabama and Florida this month giving
missionary addresses.
Melvin Wood and son, Henry, being
unable to continue chopping on account
of the great depth of snow in the woods
went to Marlboro to work in a mill Mrs.
Wood and Ada also are away and their
house is closed for time
A tan colored dog with white breast
of medium size and 1.-THE form, evidently
lost or a runaway, has been about the
place off and on this winter, ACCOMMODATING
various teams and appearing to enjoy n
diversity of homes and answering with a
joyful bark any friendly salutation
Tho village school, taught by Miss Hor-
tense Switzer of West Townshend closed
a profitable term on Saturday afternoon
with sleighrde to Townshend. provided
by the teacher Miss Switzer's methods
are good, her discipline firm and effective
and her interest in giving instruction
faithful.
Mrs. Charles Booth formerly Npf this
place writes of spending the winter in
Mulberry Arkansas, at the home of her
brothei Cephas Holden, who went from
Brookline in his youth. Mrs Booth stop
PED en- route with her sister who was
Sarah Gray Holden, now of Terra Haute
Ind. Curtis Holden. son of Cephas. tends
"A steam ferry in Indiana The coolest
record in Mulberry is 1G degrees above
zero, but most of the winter DAYS at
noon have been like our September
Horatio w. Newton who died in Eureka.
Utah, Jan. 2S, was born in Newfane, Aug
30. 1922. third of ten children of Isaac and
Patty Bartlett Newton and grandson Of
Marshall, one of the towns early settlers
He married in 1851. Miss Ann Saunders
sister of Mrs. Henry Eager of Ncwfanc
and in 1882 joined the pioneer movement
IN California where he was fairly sue
cesstuL Atterward he returned for his
wife and reared family there and among
the silver mines of Nevada. The Eureka
reporter says, He was strong i'm mind
and body and a pioneer in every sense of
the word He had a love of adventure
and was resolute man, meeting his va
rious Vicissitddes aud losses with cheer
fulness. He lived in Eureka ten years
with his children. Mr.. and Mrs Newton
spent part of the year in Ncwfane shortly
h"for" removing to Utah. There are sur
vivng in his fafnily Mrs Martha Irwin
OF Nevada. Mrs Emma Moore and Mar
shall l. Newton of FELTON,. Del and Mrs
Marrictte Gcrow of Cambridge ~ Y. The
two latter We're shipwrecked en- route to
California and suhsiSted for some DAYS on
a rocky island As a family they were
considerably subject to adventure and
love of seeing something of the world. and
they had inspiring courage to meet
changes or suffering. Mr.. Newton left a
widow, a son. Frank. two daughters. Mrs
Hicks ana Mrs. VI. +. Gear. all OF Eureka
Windham County Central SUNDAY school
association held its third meeting of the
year at the CONGREGATIONAL church on
Thursday Of last week. While the con-
venton WAS without very striking fea-
lures. it maintained a good degree of in
terest. Six schools were represented
Several on the program for papers or ad-
dresses were absent. President Randall
OF Townshend presided. Mrs. c. l.. Hes
cock, secretary. reported. The moderator
and superintendent, c. l.. Hescock. con-
Quoted praise services. Rev. w. T. Jack
son of Dummerston spoke in an off-hand
way on What to do when attendance
wanes and was progressive in his ideas
lie lamcnted the poor character of quar-
terry lesson papers in general use and
gave the word for more Bible classes He
presided with life over the question box
and in answer to How shall the ice he
broken in an attempt to do away with
the international lesson papers" said
Take an axe and chop the ice" Some
OF the superintendent and teachers in
clined to wait for more gradual thawing to
be done by time and tide. Mention was
made of adoption of the Blakeslee series
in one Sunday school of the county Rev.
Mr. Baker of ToWnshcnd. by request
stepped into the breach caused by an alb
sentee, and gave logical reasons why n
business man should be in Sunday
school. The Sunday school needs bust
ness methods. The business man needs
the school for himself and to help others.
Rev. /. -. Davies of Ncwfane gave a
vivid address on the Bible Rev. F. \.
Royal was earnest III presenting the ideal
sunday school teacher at the close of the
afternoon service. Young Miss Charlotte
Davies was the organist after the intro
ductory praise service, when Church Or
ganst Batcheldcr presided The noon
basket lunch ceremony appeared to be
enjoyed. The next meeting was an
nounced to be held in the last week of
Aprll, regardless of roads and weather