Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-18
NEwEANE.

NENFANEs
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Micott have moved
into r. S. Wizards house.
Rev. F. NJ wiswall will supply the pull
pit for Rev. T. d. Davies Sunday.
Miss Daisy Harding, a summer guest,
will return from Guilford, Conn, Satur-
day.
An ice cream sale is likely to be an
nounced next week by the ladies' aid So
ciety.
MIR. and Mrs. e. C. Benedict of New
York are expected Saturday for their
usual vacation.
The Misses Richmond, Miss Benedict
and Miss Alva Petrillo will return to New
York this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Willard are in Great
harrington, Mass, at the home Of Mrs.
Millard's parents.
Mrs whitney of West Brattleboro was
the guest of her cousin, Mrs. l.. NJ. Car
penter, last week.
Mrs Hamlin of the Wellman farm takes
the place of Mrs. ]. ID. Pierce in the maxi
ing of bread, pastry, etc.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fisher of Wor-
cester are at the home of Mr.. Fishers
sister, Mrs. G. 3. johnson.
Mrs. Fidela Corbn of Everett Mass,
| formerly a Kidder of Wardsboro, is with
her cousin, Mrs. II. S. Kenny.
Hall returned Monday from a visit Of
several days in various places.
Miss Hanna Holoren, a Finlander from
| the Wardsboro branch, is substituting
| for W. b. Willard at the Windham County
creamery
The ladies' aid society will serve ice
cream and cake at the church rooms on
Friday, Aug. 25, TO be followed, it is ex-
pected, by another sale early in Septem-
| Der.
Claude Maher came from Wilmington
to join the young company of campers at
Sunset lake during the past week. Others
there from this place were Misses Sadie
Underwood and Ida Maher, Alfred Under
wood and Lewis Higgins.
H. NJ. Hall. who went to Cheshire,
Conn, to work on a trolley road, has
finished work there and has gone to East
| Hartford Meadows, where he will be busy
until cold weather. He will not be at
home to fill silos this fall
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Newton of Wal
lingford, Conn, are expected at the New
ton homestead next week. Their daugh-
ter, Miss Elsie Newton, is with party
of friends at Moscow, this state, said to
be an ideal place for summer visitors.
Assistant Treasurer w. II. Goodnow OF
the North Avenue Savings bank, North
| Cambridge, Mass, is at Elmhall and is
| overseeing repairs on the home place,
which always has been in the families OF
Gen. Field, its builder, and later S. p.
Morse, father of Mrs Goodnow. 1t is
a well kept, delightful place.
DR.. Edward Fisher, director of Toronto
Canada, musical conservatory, recently
was a guest at G. b. Johnson's. Mr.
Fisher received his degree from an edu-
cational institution in Toronto. The con-
servatory of which he is the head has Il
teachers and is the third largest In
America, having 1900 pupils. Mr.. Fisher
was Newfane boy.
A new carpet recently has been PLACED
in the aises and choir OF the Congrega-
tional church. Friends from outside, for.
merly in membership for years. contri.
buted generously at the start, expressing
thanks for the opportunity, and liberia
gifts from the community in general ac'
complished not only this good work. bu
| cleaned all the rooms and made over tn,
old carpet for a suitable Vestry floor COW
ering.
Some Of the people near the covered
bridge say that they will help in making
q sidewalk from II. NJ Hescock's to con
meet with upper Main street walk. Thi.
would also be not only great convenience
to the outskirts mentioned but to villager
who have occasion to go that way. From
the amount of business transacted 70
the public by Mr.. Hescock II would seen
that a good walk as far as his place !!
a work that would be so appreciated al
! to make it one of the necessities.
In reporting the annual open-air meet
ing on Bencasson grounds, Newfane hill
last week mention of the part graceful!
rendered by Miss Harriet Broad was ac
cidentally omitted. This was expression
of the deaf mute Nearer, My God, L
Thee" by swaying and uplifted motion o
hands, arms and eyes, accompanied b!
Rev. L. p. Broad, who stood opposite hi
daughter as he sang the hymn In tn
evening of the same Sunday both house
. holds OF Bencasson grounds gathered II
: Rest Cottage, and in addition to singing
several hymns and solo by Miss Broad
Gen. o. o. Howard, the distinguish,
guest of the day, gave personal remin
iscences of Lincoln. General Howar
is interested heart and SOUL" as h
said, in the Lincoln memorial edu
e cational institution for Mountain White
e in the South, for which our Con
= gregational local Sunday school has regu
larly made an Offering.