Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-12-22
NEWFANE.


Mrs. Davidson is expected to return
next month from Burlington.
The odd Fellows will give a masquerade
ball about the middle of January.
Mrs. Adams of White River Junction is
with her sister, Mrs. Amasa Grout.
Rev. N. S. Moore will preach Sunday
morning on THE Star of Bethlehem"
Mrs. w. r. Fay and son of Worcester
are at f. S. Whitaker's for Christmas
West river trains are now running with
regularity, with one extra freight train.
Lewis II. Higgins is supplying a few
days for the station agent at South Lon
donderry.
Mrs. Lottie Coburn of Weston has re-
turned to the County House after being
away on account Of illness.
The name Of Hugh Mack was accidently
omitted from the list Of Newfane pupils
at Leland & Gray seminary.
Mrs. Abbott has returned from North
Londonderry to her daughters, Mrs.
Frank Davis's, for the winter
Mrs. Rosamond Whitney was called TO
Woodstock yesterday by the critical ILL
ness OF her aged brother. Mr.. Bridge.
The Christmas gifts at w. p. Eames's
and Batchelder & Sons stores are in un-
usually profuse and attractive arrange
ment
The frail bit of humanity born Mt the
West river colony last week weighing only
pound and half, breathed its life away
within two days.
Lawyers Martin and Gibson of Brat
tleboro, with Stagedriver White OF Hins-
| dale. were automobile arrivals and guests
at Newfane Inn this week.
Miss Lizzie, Edwards, who was para
lyzed by blow on her spine from a ham
mock post In the early fail. appears to be
showing symptoms not as favorable as II
was hoped that time would bring.
Rev. L. p. and Mrs Caswelf- Broad
have spent December giving missionary
| addresses in Massachusetts,, especially
visiting the foreign congregations in the
large cities and speaking by interpreters
Bert Wright, lately employed at the
Bradley farm in Brattleboro, has come
/ home with his wife and child to live
| through the winter with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs Wright, who are ehfeebled by
| former illnesses
Pastor N. S. Moore said in his thought
| full sermon Of Sunday morning on Sunday
| school work that II cost something to dc
IT, but cost more not TO do 1t. II seems
probable that home department in this
line will be organized in the new year.
The case Of poisoning over the river al
the lumber camps, from which n girl OF
eight years died, was not caused by eatinp
cedar berries as some supposed but was
decided by the autopsy to be ptomaine
poisoning. The boy, younger, recovered
Former residents, now OF New York
city, speak OF eager interest for home
news, which Is commendable remembrance
OF the old hills and valleys Let the
| friends pass on to the correspondent all
| items of interest about themselves and
| others.
| An otter has been tracked from Salmon
| Hole bridge down the stream to Brook
| line road and once II was seen holding a
dog by his tail. giving 1t lively chase
| Trappers who think II has lived in this
region for years are after 1t for the fun
| value, which is said to be about $50.
Christmas tree exercises, which will be
| observed at Union hall Monday evening
will be in charge OF the general commit
| tee-Mrs. n. $. Moore. Mrs. Il. c. Eager and
| Mrs. II. J. Batchelder They will appoint
| their chairman and subcommittee The
| children are drilled in speaking at the
| parsonage.
| The official election Of the Homeland
| circle, as now completed, is: Honorary
| president, Mrs. Caswell- Broad; president
Mrs. n. S. Moore; vice presidents. Mrs
b. c. Eager, Miss NJ. Newton: secretary
Mrs. b. c. Knapp; treasurer, Mrs Amasa
Grout The next meeting will be held
| at the parsonage Wednesday afternoon al
O'clock
| Letters of recommendation to Rev. and
| Mrs. r. Z. Danforth for uniting with the
| Congregational church in Newtown, Conn
/ were voted this week. Mr.. Danforth's
/ congregation will be largely increased In
summer by summer guests from nearby
| and Bridgeport. Newtown is a small place
but has the environment OF cities and
manufacturing interests common to Con-
necticut.
Invitations to the 5Oth wedding an
| niversary OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cole OF
| Wallingford. this state, at the Hote
/ Wallingford, have been received. Mrs
| Cole was known here in her girlhood as
| Miss Eliza, daughter OF Jones Merrifield
| She has in later years invariably kept
| up an interest in her native town. &C.
casionally returning for a brief visit, and
has been a close reader of The Phoenix.
Men who were in West Cheshire Conn
| last summer, working on trolley lines
| with their teams observed the sign Or
]. DeVore," and one of them, an old
| neghbor of Mrs. DeVore who was Miss
| Mary Bolles, called and found the doctor
to be the same physician who located here
several years in his early practice. The
| present place of residence, though small
| is something of summer resort, and the
| DeVores have an attractive home.
More improvements recently have beer
made in Newfane Inn, which now has a
| large furnace working well. The poo
| room is converted into a winter sitting
| room, painted in white and papered in
light shades. The pool table has taken
a move to westward of the office. The
barn has been thoroughly repaired and a
| careful hand is in charge OF the horses
| Altogether the public can be assured that
the Inn is a good place for man and
| beast
Mrs Sarah Bruce of Pittsfield, Mass
was the second daughter whom Mrs
Seraph N. Stevenson OF the same place
has buried in about one year. Mrs
| Stevenson is a native of Marlboro, where
| her father, Rev. DIR. e. H. Newton, held
| the first pastorate OF 20 years, from 1913
and granddaughter of one of Newfane S
| early settlers, on what is known as the
| Sibley place. Mrs. Stevenson reared ten
| children, seven Of whom survive, several
/ of them living in Pittsfield.
The pedestrian habit, numerous modern
ways of locomotion to the contrary, has
| not died out. Winter guests in this place
take long tramps and Miss Amelia Mes
ser, teacher in No 8, two miles distant,
| walks to her school mornings, returning
by team. Miss Messer, who has been
with her sister, Mrs. w. b. Millard, sew
eral months, will return to Great Bar
rington, Mass, in the spring to graduate
from the high school. She has a sister
in college and a brother in the dental
department of Tufts college
In connection with the reports in sew
eral papers that wolves have heen seen