Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-08
NEWFANE.

Childrens day is postponed to Sunday
morning, June II.
r. Il. Davis was in Boston and Lon
donderry last week
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson of Natick, Mass,
are at the Inn this week
Darwin Howard is established as nurse
for Rev. G. w. Lawrence.
f. e. Wellman has sold his house, barn
and lot to Mr.. Wright for 5000.
Mrs. Sarah Fish is in Vergennes for
! month at the home of her son, f. l..
Fish.
Mrs. Edward Morse Of West Wards
boro was a recent guest at her mothers,
Mrs. Fshs.
Newfane Grange will confer the first
and second degrees at Union hall We'd
nesday evening.
Miss Jennie Underwood is assisting at
Townshend Inn during commencement
week at the seminary.
Dickman Ryder of Marlboro spent Sun
day with his wife and children, who are
at Mr.. and Mrs. Carpenters.
Rollin C. Dewitt sailed from Europe
Monday and will come to Newfane after
a few days stay in New York.
Miss Ida Havens of New Jersey, cook
at the Inn, is disabled by a sprained knee,
received in jumping from a carriage.
Mrs. w. H. Goodnow went to North
Cambridge, Mass Thursday to accompany
her grandson to the summer home in this
place.
j. f. Sattersthwaite. whose winter home
is in New Jersey, spent several days here
en- route to North Hatley, p. O., for the
summer.
Rev. and Mrs. L. p. Broad and daugh-
ter, Miss Harriet Broad, are expected at
Bencasson in about two weeks for the
summer.
r. d. Newton of Ware, Mass, is pre-
pairing Rest cottage and grounds on New
fame hill for summer occupancy by Miss
Sage of Boston.
Rev. and Mrs N S. Moore will repre-
sent the Congregational church az the
state conference to be held in Wood
stock June u to H.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hazelton, who
were taken i'll with diphtheria since their
daughters case. are in quarantine yet,
but the disease appears to be in light
form.
W. G. Wright has bought the F. E.
Wellman house adjoining the latters
saw mill property. Mr.. Wright having
sold his farm to Edward Morse of West
Wardsboro.
j. NJ. Miller is spending the week here
with relatives. BY his well known in
genuity he has made improvement in the
use of a gramophone which adds clearness
and naturalness to its expression.
Amasa Grout, after spending last week
here with his family. was accompanied
on his return commercial trip to Bur-
lington by Mrs. Grout and little Mar
garet. who will spend a few weeks with
a cousin, Mrs. Durkee, Of Rutland.
News Of the death of Mrs. Emma Hard
ing Fisher, wife of Daniel Fisher of Bos-
ton, came as a shock to her friends here
who knew her as the wife of former
townsman. Her death took place on
Tuesday at the City hospital. She fire.
quently visited in town and spent several
summers here. She was of a cordial and
winning manner and will be missed by a
large circle of friends In Boston and else
where. Her sister, Mrs. Rogers of Bos-
ton, was here three summers. Mr.. and
Mrs Fisher We're active in securing the
Mary Howe concert in Newfane and were
otherwise helpful in the community by
their entertaining habits. Mr.. Fisher is
brother of Mrs. G. 3. Johnson of this
place. The funeral viii be held this af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock at the Phillips church.
Broadway, South Boston.
Mrs Mary r. Winslow formerly Of
this place. came from California to the
home of her daughter, Annie. In Gard
ner, Mass. about the middle of May
accompanied by her sons wife, Mrs
Park Winslow of San Francisco. Mrs
Winslow has been for more than a year
with her daughter. Clara, wife OF
Congregational pastor in Portland Ore,
previous to February when she went to
her sons in that doomed city of the
Pacific coast. She writes to friends
about the terrible earthquake and fire
| from which they escaped. Her sons
family lived in a large apartment house
and as the fire did not reach 1t for some
hours they had time to pick up what
could be carried or dragged along the
walks in trunks. II being impossible to
| get a team. On the next day baggage
was removed at an exhorbitant price to
the wharf. A party of II including the two
Mesdames Winslow took boat to Stock
ton, from there went by train to Sonora
where they were met by teams and
| driven six miles to a ranch in the Sierras
by man who had been working for
Park WInslow. Mr.. Winslow remained
in the city, as his paper was made up
there and sent to Oakland for printing.
He has fitted up a temporary office In
the Call building.