Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-06

VI nan aIter April lO.
Signs Of spring: Base ball, and trailing
arbutus.
Mrs. A. Brown is the recipient Of a
piano from Boston.
Miss Harriet Fletcher has been i'll with
grip the past week.
Mrs. A. A. Blood is making slow re-
covery from recent illness.
1t is expected there will be services
at the Baptist church next Sunday.
Clarke Aldrich of WestmoreIand spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. VIII Sparks
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Stratton and chill
dren spent Sunday with Mrs. II. Wins
low.
Royal Sanderson reports the snowfall
for March as Slh inches. rainfall one
inch.
Fred Willard transports the scholars
from the Follett district to the village
school.
Miss Belle Phillips Of Orange, Mass,
Is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Mary
Phillips.
Miss Eta Marsh returned to Newfane
this week after two weeks visit at her
home here.
A small party of young people we're
entertained at Rolla Phillips's last Mon
day evening.
Plans are maturing for the Easter con-
cert to be given by the Congregational
Sunday school.
Hollie Wilson of the Dewitt Grocery
company, Brattleboro, came home to
stay over Sunday.
Merle Willis. who has been engaged to
teach the grammar school, will board
with Mrs. Sarah Wilson.
Miss d. F. Grout will return to town
about April 10 and again open her mil
linery rooms at Miss Hobart's.
Mrs E. B. Batchelder who seemed to
be making good improvement from grip,
has not been as well the past week.
The Baptist ladies' aid society meeting
appointed for Thursday was postponed
on account of so many Of it's members
being sick.
Mrs. George Cheney. who spent the
winter with her brother in Schenectady,
N. Y, has Joined her husband here. He
has spent the winter at c. H. Wizards.
S. E. Macdonald, who is seriously i'll,
received last Thursday a large box OF
jonquils from friends in New Haven,
Conn.,, it being his birthday anniversary
Miss Cora Brown of Athens, who has
been, spending several weeks in Brat
tleboro, included Townshend on her way
home and called on several friends here.
Mr.. Spencer Of Jamaica, who has been
engaged to work in the new market, will
soon move here with his family Mr..
Spencer is an experienced meat cutter
and formerly ran a cart through town.
Wilbur Cushman OF New York city and
daughter, Lucille, were at j. c. Taft's
THIS week. Miss Lucille will remain
through the week. Mr.. Cushman's son,
Robert, is student at the seminary here
Guy Austin, who has been employed
sometime as engineer at Wizards mill
has situation with the Vermont Farm
Machine Co. OF Bellows Falls. He went
there the first of the week to begin work
The rehearsals for THE Rivals" are
going merrily on and busy is no word for
the work among the seniors at the
seminary. They are determined that this
play shall be in no way inferior to any
before given here and will strive to excel
Mrs. H. w. Lewis has the direction of It
all ana everything moves along easily and
successfully.
The woman's missionary society of the
congregational church will hold their
thank Offering meeting, Friday. April 10,
with Mrs. j. c. TaftS The meeting will
be opened at $50 o'clock instead of 8,
as formerly. In addition to the devo-
tional service Mrs. o. w. Follett will give
an illustrated talk upon the Madonna, and
Mrs Plumb will review her visit to
Oberammergau, including the Passion
play"
1t seems that those In town who are
i'll or just recovering are in the majority,
and 1t is almost impossible to name all.
Those grip-colds are of a serious nature
and very severe, and If neglected develop
into pneumonia and other dangerous
diseases. The doctors are kept busy and
though no epidemic is prevalent, as is the
case in many towns and was here a year
60 when there were one or more cases OF
measles In nearly every house, a great
deal of inconvenience is endured as a re-
suit.
The new market promises to be very
attractive. AS the saying is, everything
is as meat as wax" and Townshend peo-
pie will do well to patronize nome industry
and make II possible for a man to live
and carry on at a fair profit a business
which is need to the community and
great convenience to the housewives. Our
former market during the last few weeks
or Its existence was scarcely anything
more than Longing place and smoking i
ROOM, and women going there on errands
would walk by, and prefer to go without,
eating canned goods or any makeshift |
rather than enter such place.
Union services were held in the Baptist |
church last Sunday and large audience
listened to Rev. G. ID. r. Meacham as |
he preached to his people for the last |
time before leaving town. The text was |
the old familiar Bible verse which fingers |
IN the memory, and Is nearly the nrst a |
child learns 1.-THE Lord is my shepherd, |
shall not want" Mr.. Meacham will go |
soon to Newport. Vt, where he has two |
sisters and a brother. After visiting with |
them he will go to Chicago. where he will |
remain for time with his son. who has |
a home there. The klndest regards and
best wishes OF the PEOPLE attend him.