Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-18

| VINO HlIenO.
The meat market will be closed Tues
| day and Thursday evenings.
Mrs. Fred Lawrence has received word
that her father is seriously i'll.
Miss Orrie Dale of Beaufort S. c.. is
expected home the first Of June.
Ormando Jennison Of woonsocket r.
l., visited his brother here this week
Mrs. Ed Derry of Putney and grand
| child are visitors at Mrs Lottie Dut-
! toms.
| The Windham County Central Sunday
| School association will meet in Jamaica
June 5.
| Perley Dutton spent Sunday at Mt
| Hermon school. where he was formerly
! student.
Miss Cora Mason, who has been absent
in Bellows Falls several weeks, returned
| home Tuesday.
Mr.. Morse of the University of Yer
| mont has been in town this week in the
| interests of the college.
| Rev Mr.. Vincent was in town recently
| looking about for a suitable place, as he
wishes to buy a home here.
The seminary base ball team went to
Saxtons River Wednesday and played the
second team of Vermont Academy.
II. j. Wilson of Brattleboro has been
| on the sick list and at home a few days.
He returned to his work Tuesday.
Walter Mooney OF Putney was in town
| Monday on business. His sister, Mrs.
Sherman Willard, accompanied him.
Miss Bertha Phillips went this week
| to Jamaica Plain, Mass, for a stay of
several weeks with her sister, Mrs.
Prince.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Phillips of Sea
Breeze, Fla. have come north for the
| summer. They are visiting Mrs Mary
! Phillips.
NJ. p. Grout of Newfane was I'm town
| Tuesday with his valuable Morgan horse.
! Green Mountain Beauty" which he re-
| Gently bought in Burlington.
Russell Blood was very successful while
on a fishing trip last Saturday. return
| ing with a full basket of trout beauties
which weighed over four pounds.
Mrs. Lyman Gale attended the Pomona
| Grange meeting held in Brattleboro last
| Wednesday. She reports the meeting to
have been one Of considerable interest
Mrs. L. o. Reed of this town, who has
| been in Burlington the past winter has
been i'll some time but is much better and
| expects to remain there during the sum-
mer.
Miss d. F. Grout has so far recovered
from her unfortunate accident of sprain-
ing her ankle as to be able to be about
| again. She will have a memorial sale
next week.
What is the matter with our Vermont
| laws when a person is guilty of offense II
he goes hunting on Sunday or pleasure
riding, but no restraint is placed upon
the fisherman?
Miss Esther Macdonald very pleasantly
observed her 18th birthday anniversary
by entertaining her classmates of Lee
land Gray seminary class of 1905. at
her home Saturday.
Miss Esther Dale. who has been study
ing music in Chicago during the winter,
writes home that she is planning to be
| in Townshend in a few weeks and prob
ably will be here for commencement
Rev. j. Milton Harris, a recent gradu-
ate of the Rochester Theological SEM
mary, who comes here highly commended,
will preach in the Baptist church Sun
day, May 20. All are cordially invited.
The woman's missionary meeting of
the Congregational church will be held
with Mrs. Arthur Rand next Wednesday
| afternoon. The subject will be General
conditions of Vermont and mission
work"
A letter recently received from Rev.
| c. d. r. Meacham states that he is
about the same as when with us. He is
now in Newport Centre. but expects soon
10 go to Oak Park, Chicago, to be with
his son.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Miles attended the
meeting of the Grand Army and Womans
Relief corps at Newfane, where arrange
ments were made for the observance of
| Memorial day. The full program will be
printed next week.
Mrs. Henry Twitchell, Miss Anna, Mrs.
Harry Adams and young son, all of Brat
tleboro, came last week for a stay of
few days at the old home. Mrs. Twitch-
ell has rented the land for the summer
to Z. B. Batchelder.
The friends of Mrs. Evelyn Call, for
merly of this town, will be glad to hear
of the good fortune of her father, who
has recently sold his farm in Houlton,
| Me-, for $4,000. Mrs. Call remembers
when the place was only valued at 81, 500.
He has now bought a home with two
acres Of land In Lewiston, Me.
Townshend church goers had their full
share of good things last Sunday, when
Rev. DR.. Dawson OF Burlington occupied
the pulpit at the Baptist church and Rev
Mr.. Sparhawk of Randolph at the Con-
gregational. The evening service was
union one, Rev. Mr.. Sparhawk speaking
of the Silver Bay evangelical missionary
conference
Mrs. Annie Stoddard Mckay of Brook
line, Mass, is expected here soon. Her
many friends will be glad to welcome
her and to know of her musical work.
Mrs. Mckay has been under the instruc-
ton of Mr.. Canterbury the past four
years and her wonderfully sweet con-
tralto voice has improved greatly in that
time. The public will look forward to
an opportunity of hearing her in the
near future.
Rev. L. B. Curtis, formerly pastor of
the Baptist church of this town. now of
Clinton Conn.,, finding an operation nee
essary for a weakness of several years
standing. went on Thursday for the
purpose to the Presbyterian hospital, New
York city. He hopes soon to return,
completely recovered. Mrs. Curtis and
Miss Marie, after spending the winter in
Los Angeles, will return as soon as pos
sible after the close of the schools in
that city.
Miss Laura G. Lewis niece Of Charles
Gray of this town, who was in the San
Francisco disaster, having been heard
from, writes that she reached Los An
geles April 20, weary and heartsick, think
ing Of her comfortable home at the
Cecil and the beautiful city so re-
Gently destroyed. She saved only a suit
case Of choice articles. Edward Winslow
now is in Oakland and has been i'll as
result Of the exposure he endured at the
time He saved only few Of his effects
and lost nearly all those while trying to
help others.
The spring term at Leland & Gray SEM
mary has been extended one week on ac-
count of week lost during the winter
term and commencement week will be
one week later than the time given in
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