Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-01

Amasa Grout was at home three days
this week.
Mrs E C. Benedict returned to her
city home Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. ]. M Miller of Brattle-
boro were among Memorial day guests.
Hugh Wellman of Springfield, this
state, spent Wednesday with his mother,
Mrs j. d. Pierce.
Locating S. G. Browns family in West
Brattleboro last week was a little in adj
vance of fact. They were at the river
home on Tuesday, but their goods were
mostly moved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Eager returned to
New York Wednesday, expecting to
spend their midsummer vacation here.
Mr.. Eager and A. r. Underwood went
on a fishing excursion to Marlboro last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Hescock were
chosen delegates to the district Sunday
school convention of June in Jamaica,
the program for which promises an in
teresting session. Seven towns are in
cluded in the convention.
Albert Mason of Gardner, Mass, joined
veteran comrades here Wednesday. He
was the first man to enlist in Newfane
for the civil war. He was accompanied
here by Mrs Mason and they drove from
Gardner with their team.
A pathetic incident of Memorial day
was the marching of Birchard post by
martial music to their comrades, David s.
Ballou's, home where the invalid was
wheeled to the piazza and from his chair
took the hand of each comrade.
Mabel Hazelton, daughter of William
Hazelton, was taken with sore throat
last week. Analysis of a culture sent to
Burlington by Dr. White proved that she
was i'll with diphtherla and the house
has been quarantined by order of the
health officer
Among the out of town people present
at the funeral of Lizzie Edwards were
Mr.. and Mrs. Merton Wright of Man
chester, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Adams of
Brattleboro, Mrs. Myra Howard and two
daughters of Putney and Claude Adams
of Hartford.
II. M. Hall has taken his team of work
horses to upper -Brookline to begin his
logging job for c. A. Blodgett at Pierce's
mill. Mr., Hall also drove his matched
pair of bay colts to the lumber quarters,
where they can be seen. They have at
tracted attention for their comeliness.
recent copy of the Oberlin, Ohio,
News spoke of the death of Judge F. II.
Macarthur of Geneseo ILL.,, 1.-The only and
well-beloved brother of Mrs. Mary e.
Drake, wife of Rev. Smith Norton of
Oberlin." Mr., and Mrs. Norton were as
ISOLATED here five years in pastoral work.
IN laSt week nSt or representatives
from the local w. c. T. U. to the county
convention in Williamsville the name of
Mrs II. M. Hescock instead of C. L..
should have been given. Add names of
Mrs Parsons and l.. w. Bush the latter
an honorary member, of Brookline, and
we have the full list, a round bakers
, dozen. All spoke in high terms of the
Williamsville hospitality.
Sundays steady rain prevented the at
| tendance of several from Birchard post
and Relief corps at the union service in
| Townshend. Rev. N. s. Moore's sermon
here was from the text in jeremiah,
| 20: T. I'm the peace thereof shall We have
peace" from which was deduced his sub
| ject, THE victories of peace more glorious
than the victories of war" The speaker
paid tribute to the soldiers of the civil
war.
Veterans present at Memorial exercises
were Dutton, Franklin, Holbrook, Miles,
| Cook, Kidder, Livermore, Crane of Town
shend, Pratt, Edwards, Rand, Miles,
Wright, Howard, Parsons, Kilburn, Bur
lingame, Pierce, Carpenter of Newfane,
and Bush of Brookline. Besides these,