Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-02-22
NEMEANE.

Mr. ana Mrs. ID. a. Benson are spend
ing several days in South Londonderry.
1t is open house with Miss Hosfords
dancing class this evening at Union hall.
Daniel Fisher of Boston, brother Of
Mrs. G. b. Johnson, has recently been
! i'll at the home of his cousin, Mrs. Howe,
! in Bratleboro.
Park Winslow. formerly Of this place,
| who was a newspaper reporter in San
Francisco at the time Of the earthquake,
| substituted for a short time on the New
| York Herald.
Preparations were made on Thursday at
the county hotel for reception of two
! seghriding parties from Bratteboro, one
I of 20 to have supper at and the other
of % at 9 o'clock
Mrs. Winifred Chaplin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Carpenter, expects to
return soon to her home in Chicopee
Falls after successful treatment at the
| Rutland, Mass, sanitarium for tubercu-
losis.
Frank +. Davis, having bought a wood
lot of Lawyer Davenport of Greenfield,
on what is known as the G. b. Johnson
| farm, occupied by w, Knowlton, has
several choppers getting out lumber and
wood
Engineer Gates, who was at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Gates.
month"; disabled from his usual activity
| by the effects of a severe cold, has re-
sumed his duties on the trains from South
Londonderry to New London.
The mother of young Master Robert.
the child born to Mr. and Mrs (Annie)
| Bryant Of Gardner, Mass, this winter
was formerly Of Newfane, and is the
daughter Of the late Lemuel l., for sew
eral years a merchant here, and Mrs
Mary r. Winslow, who is now residing
with the Bryants.
II. A. Carpenter who visited his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Dickman Ryder of Bellows
Falls, after his term of teaching in
Marlboro, has returned and will be at
his office, not only for transaction of
local pension business, but he is ex-
pectinE to qualify as successor to the
late Col Hunt as pension attorney.
Among guests this week at Newfane Inn
were Judge j. l.. Martin, LAWYER A. E.
Cudworth of this county and Photogra-
pher Eddy of Claremont, y. II. The lat
ter's summer photographs of the inn
have been reproduced in colors and made
attractive by clearly dstinguishable sum
mer guests around the fountain and trees
of the common.
G. X. Cherrie, a collector of BROOKLYN
museum, whose family lives in district
No. 4, Newfane, has recently sailed for
South America with special intention of
finding a specimen Of the red-eyed ibis
which is a large wading bird that preys
upon small reptiles. Mr.. and Mrs Cher
rie lived for year in South America as
collectors for an English scientist, and
their Oldest child Inez, was born in that
part of the continent.
The w. c. T. L. annual Willard me-
mortal program was carried out at the
Congregational church Sunday evening.
If the service was rather lengthy it was
so varied by special music rendered in
solo, duet and quartet by Rev. F. NJ
Wiswall Mr.. and Mrs c. l. Hescock
Miss Hammond, Miss Hamlin and +. E.
Gilbert, and by talks from Rev and Mrs.
y. 5. Moore. Mrs Davidson, Mr.. Wiswan
and brief readings from others that 1t
was called an interesting meeting.
DR.. Marshall a. Howe's letter from
Jamaica, written to his parents here on
the day following the earthquake, came to
light after about months seclusion and
wandering. Particulars in 1t correspond
to the New York Post article interviewed
from him on landing in New York. He
compared the earthquake to history of
the great Port Royal CONFUSION of June
I, 1892, which sank that important city
far beneath the waves. While rowing
for sea weeds over the old Port ROYAL
scene of disaster Or. Howe tried in
vain to see the church spires which they
say are visible on the bottom when the
water is clear" The stamp on this letter
mailed at Montego Bay is light blue and
marked two pence half penny. ia" is
the abbreviation for January on the
Kingston postmark.
The funeral of Jonathan Eddy. a much
respected resident of Newfane for a long
life, will be held at the Congregational
church on Saturday at l p. m. In the
fall of 1904 Mr. and Mrs. Eddy moved to
Brookine for the winter and then lived
a year with their daughter, Mrs Charles
Grout, in West Townshend They were
with son. Hermon Eddy in Brookline.
some months previous to Mr.. Eddy's
death Besides the daughter and son
mentioned there are the daughters, Mrs
William Hescock of West Brattleboro
Mrs. George Williams. and the youngest
daughter Grace married the past year.
Mr. Eddy's lifelong character was hon
est, straightforward, sensible, and he was
a man of marked originality of char
acter Boston papers once wanted his
picture as a man of intelligence who had
never voted for president, but that story
had no foundation in fact. He was a
strong Democrat and cast his last presi-
Dental vote for Cleveland, but at other
times had voted for his choice as chief
magistrate, and sometimes said he want
ed the best man irrespective of party.
The agricultural meeting Tuesday was
considered of practical interest. In the
main speakers as announced last week
responded. DR.. j. l.. Hills of Vermont
experiment station missed his train
DR.. Holton's talk on sanitation was, as
usual suggestive Of important precau-
tions which enlarged facilities for inteni-
gence OF the day would seem to make
the way plain for necessary action in
more preventive measures in the inter-
ests Of public health. In the evening,
though storm prevented a large attend
ance, the interest was maintained The
speaker from Maine, secretary of state
board Of agriculture, brought out what
seemed like kind of magic yield of
potatoes in that state. at as high figures
as 500 bushels to the acre through ex-
pertinent. These meetings are becoming
more and more welcome to communities |
and winter is a good time for them
though the elements may seem to be |
antagonistic sometimes 1t was noticeable
that the women manifested so much in
terest' Several from the West river farms |
came out in the snow SQUALLS both after
noon and evening.