Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-10-20
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H. NJ. Kidder is busy buying lambs.
Mrs. Emerson of Londonderry is work.
ing for Fred Brown.
Mrs. Sara Pike is visiting her niece,
Mrs. Henry Lackey.
George Hamlin Of Newfane called on
friends here Tuesday.
j. II. Ware OF Townshend was in town
buying cattle Wednesday.
James Lackey. who has been i'll the
past two weeks, is gaining.
C. G. Leonard OF Springfield was in
town on business Wednesday.
Mr.. Prouty visited his daughter, Mrs.
George May, the first of the week.
Mrs. p. s. Knapp has gone to London
derry to visit relatives a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Eddy of Brook
line were at George Wiliams's Tuesday
Mrs. John Cobb and daughter, Mrs
Mary Dorst. went on the excursion to
New York city.
Lawyer Piper Of Jamaica were in town
on business recently.
Alfred Briggs and mother and Mr.. and
Mrs. Taylor of Manchester spent Sunday
at I. Gordon's and L. Axtells.
Annie Hyrkas, who was with Miss
Hanna Halonen some time, has returned
to her work in Webster, Mass
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Pierce Of Putney
are spending several days with Mrs.
Pierce's sister, Mrs. Fred Underwood.
Jerome Smith OF Gardner, Mass, visited
his sister at Norman Johnsons, also was
a guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Estabrook.
Mrs. Laura Blanchard and Mrs. Irene
Dexter who spent the summer here, have
returned to their winter home in Troy,
N. Y.
The corn husking at Carl Newcomb's
Thursday evening was well attended and
all report fine time, with plenty OF
red ears.
Arthur Munroe came Tuesday to see
his grandfather, James Lackey, who is
Ill. He returned to his home in Peru the
following day.
Mrs. Emma Patee has returned to her
home in Somerville, Mass, after visiting
her uncle, l.. A. Whitcomb, and cousin,
Mrs. George Briggs.
Wales Watson, formerly of this place.
who has run hotel in Savannah, Ga,
many years, has now leased the Hotel
Regent in Washington.
A. V. May OF Brattleboro and his daugh-
tiers, Miss Minnie May and Mrs. B. F.
Hoyt' the latter of Guelph, Ontario, are
visiting relatives in town.
Mr. and Mrs Clarence Morse and chill
dren and Mrs. Elmer Waite of Benning-
ton have returned home after visiting
their brother, Charles Kennon.
d. j. Gale went Tuesday to Northfield
Mass where he will visit his step-son
From there he will go to-spend the winter
with his son, George, near Boston
Edward Milton Jones, rs, who died
sunday in Hoosick Falls, N. Y, where
ne mad been one of the prominent citi-
zens many years, was born in this town,
son OF Thomas and Hannah Cushing
Jones. After attending the seminary In
Townshend he worked in Manchester and
Shaftsbury, but in 1856 went to Hoosick
FANS. For over 80 years he was a member
OF the mercantile firm of Wallace, Jones
d Ely, which conducted a large business
In 1895, when this concern went out of
business, he became associated with the
nrm OF Jones, Parsons e. Co. He was
twice married and is survived by his
second wife, who was Belinda Burtiss
PARSONS OF Hoosick Falls. There are
also two sons, William C. Jones of
aoosick Falls and Henry p. Jones of
Yonkers, N. Y; two daughters, Mrs.
Hiram Parsons and Miss Marion G.
Jones OF Hoosick Falls; two brothers.
Horace III. Jones, of Hartford, Conn, and
Dr. l.. T. Jones Of Greenwich, and two
sisters, Mrs. Myron Tinkham of Lewis
burg Pa, and Mrs. Charles Redeem of
Kingston, L. 1.