Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-05-26
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Mr.. and Mrs Seymour Howard spent |
Sunday in Bellows Falls
Samuel Ewings, an old resident of the |
place, is in feeble health.
Eugene Wetherbee is a new hand at
the steam mill at Harmonyville.
Rev. Il. A. Royal will preach the bac-
calaureate sermon next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Phillips of Millers !
Falls are visiting Mrs. Mary Phillips.
Henry Forest from Massachusetts is
the new hired man at c. Q. Stebbins's.
Mrs. Nellie Parker and son, Edwin, of
Fitchburg, are visitors at A. A. Masons
Mr.. Stratton and daughter of South
Newfane were in town on business Mon
day.
Fred ODER is working for Mr.. Ballou at
Newfane laying tin roofing for his new
veranda.
We hope there will be a full house Me-
mortal day. Congressman Haskns will
be the speaker.
Mrs. Everett Phillips is visiting her
daughter in Boston. She will visit in
Providence, r. l., before she returns.
Mrs. Celia Cutler has returned from a
visit Of several weeks at her daughters,
Mrs. Walter Blanchards, in Maiden,
Mass.
Mrs. L. o. Reed. who has been visiting
in Boston and vicinity has returned and
will make her home in Newfane with Mrs.
Moore.
Rev Mr.. Dawson, state missionary of
the Baptist convention, spoke earnestly
and impressively at the Baptist church
Friday evening.
Lyman Gale is moving to the house he
bought sometime ago near the b. b.
Brigham place, three miles north of the
village on the road to Grafton.
William Mccoy, Of this town, who has
been Of Stphhing a
| building contractor in Fitchburg, Mass
is I'll in that city with measles.
The ball game between the Bellows
| Falls team and the Leland and Gray
| seminary boys last Saturday stood at the
close 10 to in favor of the Leland and
Gray team.
| Congratulations from friends here are
| extended TO Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Landman
| of Pittsfeld, Maine, on the birth OF a
son, on May IS, grandson of Mr.. and
Mrs \. a. Blood of this place. Mr.
| Landman Is principal of Maine Central
institute in Pittshed.
DR.. A d. Nash has a pair Of shears
| which were handed down from his great
grandfather. They were made by a
! blacksmith and used i'm the war of 1912
to cut the hair of the soldiers. They are
/ unlike the shears used at the present
| time, being much larger and heavier.
Linn Howe of the West village came
| down to Wizards mill on business this
week and while there his horse was taken
sick and Mr. Snyder. one Of the mill
| hands, pronounced the trouble paralysis
and the animal was shot to end its suf-
| fering 1t was a valuable horse % years
| old, and was raised from a colt and had
always been in the Howe family.
Miss Hayden, the Christian worker who
has been helping Rev. f. 4. Royal the
past week, held meeting in district No.
! Sunday afternoon at $50 o'clock II
| is long time since a meeting was held
| there. We think much good might be
| done II meetings could be held in different
! parts of the town. We can not think of
any better way to get those out to church
who do not now attend.
The recital given by Miss Cressy's
music class was well attended and much
enjoyed and the pupils not only did credit
to themselves but to their teacher. Some
| OF the pieces were encored as was the
| recitation by Miss Page, the elocution
| teacher. Seminary hall was prettily
| decorated with potted plants and the
| seniors sold ice cream al the close OF the
recital and realized IS from the sale.
The Daily Argus Leader says Mr. and
Mrs. Park Davis have just returned
| from Rochester, Mimi. where Mr. Davis
| underwent an operation for a stomach
! trouble of long standing. He has re-
| turned greatly improved and with the
| assurance he VIII nave no turtner
| trouble The paper says hundreds of
! friends throughout the state are extend
| ing congratulations. Many friends in
| Vermont would like TO extend them also.
The Memorial Sunday exercise will be
! held at Newfane followed by a short SER
vice at the cemetery. The exercise Me-
mortal day will be here in the Congre-
| gational church at IL o'clock a. m. with
! Col Kittredge Haskins as speaker. The
! singing will be by a male quartet. The
| post is requested to meet at Masonic
hall. The graves will be decorated after
| the address, and then will come dinner
at the town hall, and everyone is invited
to furnish and to come and partake with
the veterans. A general invitation is
| given to all old soldiers, to citizens and
| school children to join in the procession.
| The carpenters have begun work on
Mr.. tensions new house which is to be
modern and well built. 1t will be heated
| by furnace and the ditch is being dug
| to bring running water from spring not
far off. The foundation is said to be one
| of the best. The location is certainly
very pleasant and rural, on what is called
the fiat at the base of peaked mountain
with delightful scenery from every point
| OF view. The lumber was gotten out
| this winter and everything was in readi-
ness to begin work this spring Haynes
| Sanders has charge of the work. Daniel
| Unwin of Grafton laid the foundation
and Wesley Ellis of Cambridgeport. Har-
risen Eddy and Don Boutelle of this place
are working as carpenters. We under
! stand the house will be for sale when
| completed
We have read of the French lawyer
| who recently left $4,000 in his will TO
establish a fund the income OF which
| shall be given annually to the school
| teacher who does the most toward teach
| ing pupils to be kind to animals. We
think it is the law in Massachusetts that
this branch shall be taught in the public
| schools, and we think il would be a
! wholesome law in any state. Cruelty
comes oftener from thoughtlessness and
the want of early instruction, and while
parents can best instruct their children
| in this branch, teachers can do much
| good in this line for we know what is
learned in childhood is never forgotten.
Every child should read The Twelve
! Lessons on Kindness to Animals" by
| George l.. Angel of Boston, president of
| the Massachusetts, p. c. A. S., and an
editor of the paper "Our Dumb Animals"
a paper we wish might come to every
home in the land. 1t is pitiful that any
one can have 1t in their heart to be cruel
| to animals who serve their owners so
| faithfully. Some writer has said and we
| think truthfully that all who cause suf-
! fering in any way to dumb animals not