Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-06-30
NEwEANE.

The village school will close on Friday
Mrs. f. A. Dewitt Is entertaining her
cousin from Keene.
Mrs. Binn of Passaic, N. j., is with her
cousin, Mrs. w. Wright
Kinson Taylor Of the Boston Globe
arrived Wednesday morning for a brief
visit
Mrs. L. X. Fuller Of Brattleboro spent
Tuesday and the night with Mrs Henry
Downs.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Eager Of New York
city arrived Saturday to spend their va
cation here.
Mrs. Harding of New York and her
daughter, Miss Harding OF Boston, are
guests at Newfane Inn.
Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Newton Of Walling-
ford, Conn, spent part of a day recently
OF the Newton homestead.
Miss Daisy Harding, a church singer
from Boston, has promised to sing at a
Sunday service during her sojourn here.
At the present writing there are three
short term men for intoxication and one
man awaiting trial in the county court.
The w, c. T. U. will meet under the
wide-spreading tree on the church lawn
on wednesday, July 5. All Interested are
invited to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. George o. Davis and
daughter, lately of the hotel in South
Londonderry, were guests two days this
week at II. j. Batchelder's.
Next Sunday being very near the Fourth
of July Rev. T. d. Davies will deliver a
sermon having a special relation to the
patriotic significance OF the day.
Rev. and Mrs Chapman Of Birming-
ham, Ala, are expected this week as
guests at Mrs. F. J. Micotts. Mr.. Chap
man formerly was principal of Chester
academy.
Wednesday was a typical fair day for
the B. c. Cushing auction Things were
pretty well cleaned out and in general
brought good price. Mr.. Anterior of
Bernardston was auctioneer.
Mr.. and Mrs w. C. Cushing of Vernon
and Mr.. and Mrs MARY Cushing) Page
of Groton, Mass, were present at the
Gushing auction. A bountiful and well
prepared lunch was provided for the &C.
casion
Newfane Grange conferred the third
and fourth degrees on nine candidates
Wednesday evening. Visitors were pres
ent from Townshend, Wardsboro, Keene
and Bellows Falls After the work all
| partook of Strawberries.
A snow sauall in the northwest part
of the town attended to the local share
OF falling into step with the cold June
| through New England on Monday, but no
damage was done and the drop in mercury
was only from so to 80 degrees.
Mr.. Beusch of New York brother Of
Herman Beusch, who built the log cabin
on the James Howe farm known in old
times as the cider distillery place, has
recently been a guest at the County
House. The brother enlisted in the navy.
Plans for Old Home Week should
arouse interest. Many sons and daugh-
ters of the town will respond with alacri-
ty to such call Few towns in the state
have a more beautiful place for a gather
ing Of the kind than our village common.
Miss Bessie Poland of Springfield, Mass,
is spending a week or two with her
cousin, Mrs. Fisk The formers sister,
Miss Mary Poland, was once a supervisor
of the schools in Brattleboro and is now
similarly engaged in vicinity OF SPRING
field
Selectman Kenny and a corps of as
sistants from both Williamsville and
Newfane have done good work in the old
Newfane cemetery trimming out insight
ly weeds, briars, etc, and cutting the
grass May the example be emulated in
all the old burial grounds of the town.
The occasional games OF base ball played
on the common Saturday afternoons by
the boys are picturesque in locality and
draw spectators. In the first one of June
the Newfane boys beat Townshend, next
the latter came off victorious on their
OWn BTOuuuS Dy Il BOOO score, ana IOllOW-
ing came the victory OF Newfane over
Wardsboro.
The school in Riverside district closed
June 23 after n very successful term with
Miss A. w. Wheeler teacher. Pupils
having neither absent nor tardy marks
are Shirley Thayer and Mabel Haselton;
no absent marks, Melvina Bills; no tardy
marks, Lena Randall and Marion White.
On Friday afternoon the school held an
enjoyable picnic in a pine grove on the
Dutton farm.
Attorney Ward Theron of Washington
was in town this week looking after the
farm bought by Mrs. Ellen Warder last
year, which was originally the home
stead of her Higgins ancestors. Mrs
Warder bought with the intention of max
ing repairs on the house for one OF her
summer places, but she and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Theron, are yet in Europe,
where they have been since December.
A young golden robin picked up by Mr..
Benson in a chilled condition after the
rains and hung in a cage under the
veranda roof attracted interested atten-
ton. The parent birds soon found the
fiedgling. and they continue to come joy
fully with many tender twitterings a
dozen times daily to feed it, and one of
the birds stations itself nights in tree
closely at hand to keep the little one
company. 1t will be given it's freedom
when fit to make its own living.
The lecture Of Rev. NJ w. Farman, the
blind chaplain, on Phil Sheridan at Union
hall Monday evening was thrilling and
inspiring, the subject being one to draw
out the speakers best powers and SYM
pathetic attention of an audience. Sheri-
dams Ride was recited by VIII Harvey,
a graduate Of Derby academy, a song was
rendered by Mr.. Micott, and Mrs. G. M.
Ripley was the pianist. 1t seemed a
NJ ~ he
interested by the evenings entertainment
SOUTH NEWFANE.