Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-04-28
IoNT PHOENIX, BRATrIEBoRo, FRIDAY, APRIL 2s 1905.
NEWFANE.

to Newfane
Mrs Edward Morse Of West Wardsboro
| spent two days this week with her mother,
Mrs. Sarah Fish.
Miss Alcestis Wheeler Of Jamaica
| succeeded Mrs. Davis as teacher in the
Riverside district.
Mrs. c. e. Davidson has returned from
Richmond, this state, and is planning
some repairs on her house.
Mrs. c. p Dewitt, after a few days
| in Washington en- route from Southern
Pines, is with friend in New Jersey.
Interesting particulars, which have just
been learned in regard to the late Rev.
Sedgwick Porter Wilder. will be given
next week.
A bee on the common materlalzed on
| Friday and Saturday by the foresight of
a few public-spirited men. They needed
more helpers.
Frank Hathaway Of Massachusetts is
making his sister, Mrs. Fred Smith, an
| unexpected visit. Mr.. Hathaway lost
| part of his left arm in railway accident.
The annual meeting of the Christian
and Liberal society, now known as Union
hall society, for election of officers and
other business will be held this, Friday,
| evening at the hall.
Harold Holbrook, the alleged savings
| bank burglar here August 5, pleaded not
guilty in court on Wednesday. The trial
of today, Thursday, will attract much
| local and outside interest
G. X. Cherry, whose family occupy their
farm in district No. g. known in early
years as the Burnap and later as Lowe
place, is in South America on a collecting
trip for the natural history department
| of Brooklyn museum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Porter Field of Chicopee
Falls were recent guests of F. A. De
| Witt, looking at his place called The
Tor md n1C 9TH ,.ln a..
line with view to buying home in the
| country.
G. A. Ripley of bingham, Mass, was
here again the past week on the business
| of securing F. A. Wellman's steam mill
for manufacturing skewers, and it is
| understood that he has leased the prop
erty for four years.
In spite of the cold April the real article
in wild dandelion greens was served at
the Newton homestead on the 25th
Perhaps it isn't generally known that
early in the season the whole dandelion
root makes a succulent and tender addi-
ton to the leaves without the later
| bitter taste.
Judge Pier, one of the associate judges
| of the county court, had a large ac-
quaintance with Vermont towns earlier
in life through pastorates of his father
now deceased, who preached in Burling-
ton, st. Adams and other places in north
ern and central counties, also in this
county, and was at one time presiding
elder in the Troy conference.
The odd Fellows service last Sunday
was well conducted by Rev. T. ID. Davies,
pastor of the Congregational church, and
a member of the order His sermon was
based on the power of friendship. Incl
dentally the speaker brought out reflec-
tions upon profanity and tobacco chewing
and he closed with an appeal to recognize
Gods claims as mems friend and Savior
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Davis will go next
week to assume positions in a county ms
titution in Westmoreland, N H., in which
Mr.. Davis will be night Waterman and
Mrs. Davis will be in charge of a ward. On
this account Mrs Davis resigned as
teacher in Riverside district, where she
| has given excellent satisfaction two years
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Davis are young and
they will be missed in the various circles
with which they have been connected.
On w. c. Walkers farm, Mr.. and Mrs
| Hutchins, cousins of the former, from
vicinity of Boston. are staying for the
present. The family comprises, besides
the above mentioned. Mrs. johnson and
Miss Cottell sister and cousin of Mr..
Walker, who is retired police officer OF
% years service in Boston, on half pay
He is greatly enjoying the change to
country life. The place was once known
as the Gen. p. T. Kimball farm. All the
to country life and their location.
Mrs. Joel Grout accompanied her son,
DR.. A. j. Grout, to New York Saturday
On her return she will visit her son, Leon
who is station agent at Three Rivers,
Mass. DR.. Grout spent his Easter vaca-
ton here botanizing in part. He has
bought a part of the old Merrifield place
on Newfane hill with the idea OF build
ing a summer cottage on site overlook
ing the Grout pond and a beautiful view
in general. DR.. and Mrs. Grout are
planning to conduct a summer school at
Hyannis Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Shepardson will
move soon to their newly acquired prop
erty, The Hermitage, at North London
derry. They have lived here two years
and the community regrets their de-
parture. Mr.. Shepardson is a retired
penal institution officer, on half salary,
from vicinity of Boston. The Hermitage
is fine property built IL years ago at
expense of many thousand dollars by a
wealthy couple. DR.. and Mrs. Paine, with
an idea Of converting 1t into a sanitarium
The house has 20 rooms and is situated
on an eminence amidst 40 or more acres
OF land.
Lawyer Schwenk's wife and daughter
and Lawyer Gibson's wife and two sons
spent a few days here this week, room
ing at the Martin house and boarding at
Newfane Inn. Lawyer Martin bought
the Whitney house last year. spent a few
thousand dollars in thorough repairs, re-
tanning largely the old-fashioned features
and 1t is a markedly pleasant place, with
IT rooms, most of them sunny, of good
size, and with commanding views Sew
eral lawyers have rooms and offices there.
Lawyer Martin has seemed to make a
recreation of repairing the place, and oc-
cupies ii often for a night or day with
evident enjoyment. Mrs. Martin is here
again this week.
1t was a novelty to some of the wit
nesses in the case State VS.. Holbrook to
be sent into the jury room of the court
house on Thursday with sheriffs and other
witnesses, among whom were two Boston
detectives, local sheriff. merchant and
two local women, at whose homes a
seemingly crippled beggar called shortly
before the savings bank burglary. j.
F. Mccarthy also was one of the wit
nesses, brought down from state prison
While in the room awaiting the witness
chair, Mccarthy talked proudly and in
cessantly about his trial and conviction
and his travels about the country to
identify other prisoners. He said he
should go to Richmond next week on
similar summons Howard, the man who
was shot by Merchant George Batchelder
while watching outside the bank for his
pals, was brought here from state prison
Thursday morning. The case seems likely
to run into Friday. Treasurer DeWitt's
testimony occupied half of the forenoon.
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