Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-11

sunday school convention recently held
in Rome The allotted hour passed all
too quickly ana all felt 1t had been profit
ably spent. Thanks are due to Mr.
Gushee aud Frank Bickford for the good
taste displayed in the floral decorations.
Mrs. Edwin Persons is spending a few
days in Boston
Miss Eliza Burnap Is slowly recover
ing from an attack Of grip
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Martin visited a
sister in Westminster last week
John cobb of Winchcndon, Mass. Wis
tied his uncle, H. O. Cobb. last week
ormando Derry of Putney Is visiting
at J. II. Wares and with other friends
Edwin Sawyer has returned from Bos-
ton ana Is again boarding at 4. a. Ma
sons.
The harvest supper given by the Bap-
list ladies' aid added nearly $l4 to their
treasury.
Miss Sadie Whitney has finished work
at G. H. Wizards and is now working
in Putney.
Rev. Mr.. Gushee will meet at the par
sonage this Friday. evening. all inter
ested In the study of missions.
Mrs. Rice and daughter Of Brattle-
boro visited Mrs Rice's parents Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie Lowe, last week
John \. Grout Of Athol was in town
last week making inquiries as to GER
tain residences that might be for sale.
Mrs. r. A. Nichols Of Waterbury and
her grandson. who have been sick all
summer. are visiting with Mr. and Mrs
i. r. Davis
News from Miss Esther Dale indicate
that she Is comfortable with the fever
not running very high Miss Orrie Dale
IS sull in Brantford.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Miles. II. H. Hol-
brook and William Perry attended the
funeral OF Comrade W. @. Wright in
Newfane last Sunday
Mrs c. a. Loomis and daughter Mildred.
Of Springfield. Mass, returned home on
Saturday after short visit with their
aunt. Miss f. L. Ware.
Mrs. w. II. Blanchard takes the place
Of leader Of the home department of
the Baptist Sunday school during the alb
sence of Miss Stella Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. c. II. Willard left this
Friday, morning for a few days stay in
Boston. Mrs. Wizards sister. Mrs. Ella,
left at the same time for Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Ware drove to
Putney last week and Mr.. Ware went
from there to White River Junction.
spending one day at the state fair.
Miss Booth left suddenly for her home
in New York city this week. having re-
ceiVed telegram informing her OF the
illness Of her sister with typhoid fever.
The present correspondent OF The
Phoenix, Mrs f. A. Kenyon, will be very
glad TO receive items of news from all
who are interested in the success OF this
column.
Misses Bertha Phillips and Eta Marsh
went Monday to Newfane to work dur
ing the session OF court, the former at
the County House and the latter at New
fame Inn.
F. II. Ober left this week for Brattle-
boro, where he will work for Mr. Flem-
ing He will be at his home Saturday
night and the barber shop will be open
as usual.
Invitations are out for the golden we'd
ding celebration of Mr.. and Mrs Moses
Randall, the event to take place next
Monday evening at their home below
HaTmonyville.
a company OF gypsies. three teams in
all. passed through the village Saturday.
During their short stay the women piled
their arts in fortune telling, making some
astounding revelations
Miss Pearl Thayer has returned to her
home after a visit of some weeks in
Massachusetts,. she is in very poor
health and will be unable for the present
to resume her duties at Miss Fletcher's.
DR.. and Mrs. Osgood left the first Of
the week for Derby, where they will
visit Prof. and Mrs. Edgecombe. The
doctor will also attend the meetings OF
the Vermont state Medical society in st.
Johnsbury
Mrs. Lucius Carpenter spent a day or
two In town last week and called on
friends here. She visited lakewood Gem
etery, She is planning to raise a per-
manent fund among relatives for care
OF the Carpenter lot
West River Grange will hold a regular
meeting Friday evening, Oct. is. Each
member is requested to come prepared
to take part in ways most agreeable to
himself or herself The question for dis
cussion will be What is the greatest
drawback to the farmer?"
Nelson Johnson sc. who died Monday
at his home In Pownal, was a native of
this town. He went early in life to Pow
nal and enlisted from that town in Com
pany X Of the Fourteenth Vermont
Volunteers. He is survived by his sec
ond wife and three children by his first
marriage.
Members of the Hadassah league were
pleasantly entertained by Misses Ella and
Ruby Stebbins on Friday, IL being pres
emit 1t was voted to have a chicken-p pie
supper on the evening of the S0th, the
proceeds to be applied toward the eX-
penses incurred in providing water for
the parsonage, estimated to be about
500.
Irving Watson's auction passed off very
successfully Oct. l Notwithstanding the
rain. ]. II. Ware, auctioneer at this
sale, will conduct three sales next week,
as follows: The Sratton auction at West
Townshend Wednesday, the Cutler auc-
ton In Brookline Thursday and Fair
banks & Sons auction in the West viii
lage Friday.
Mr. Stebbins returned home last week
after four weeks visit i'm Nashua, N.
Fl. He speaks of often seeing the two
Townshend young men, Harry Cobb and
Raymond Starr, VINO are employed in the
store of Goodnow, Pearson & Hunt I'm
that city and of the highly satisfactory
way in which they are filling the positions
assigned to them.
Mrs. Kenyon returned from Brandon
on Thursday night During her attend
ance on the w. c. T. u. state convention
she met Mrs Florence Holland, who ex-
poets to return to her Townshend home
in few weeks after a four years alb
sence spent in caring for her aged
mother; also Mrs. Mary Allen Dawes, a
graduate OF Leland & Gray seminary
under the principalship of Prof c. c.
Boynton. Mrs. Dawes is planning to