Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-07
WESTMINSTER.


Florence Leach has gone to Walpole /
Inn for the summer.
Francis Jefts Of Windham visited his I
sister, Katie, last week at 5. NJ. Nuttings. |
Mr. and Mrs. L. c. Richardson went |
Monday to Springfield for a stay of sew
eral weeks.
Miss Ida Leonard of Bellows Falls was
guest of Miss Carrie Warren Wednesday
and Thursday.
Mrs /. c. Cox has advertised her real
estate for sale. Different people are ne
gotiating for the purchase of it,
Harry X. Willard. son of Henry VIII
lard Of Washington, d. c., was a guest at
Judge Kolloggs the first Of the week.
The nine sons Of Mr. and Mrs George
Metcalf were all present at their fathers
funeral, the six older sons acting as
bearers.
Miss Florence Nutting and school
friends, Julia Hitchcock, Bessie Jackway
and Clare Beach were at Miss Nuttings
over sunday
Thomas Powers, who went TO Hanover
three weeks ago for an operation for
appendicitis, returned Monday. His pro-
gress has been wonderful.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bennett of Spring
field ana Mr., and Mrs. Earl Dawson of
RoNbury. Mass, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. o. /, Fisher over Sunday.
DR.. Asa Davis and two children and at
tendants of New York city came Wednes-
day to o. L. Fishers Dr. Davis will re-
turn shortly. His family will remain
/ through the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Watkins and chill
dren came Saturday from their home in
Felchvile to Mrs. Watkinss former home.
Mr.. Watkins returned Monday, leaving
| Mrs. Watkins and children for a visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
| Banks.
! Farmers who have large broods of
! chickens will do well to guard them close
| ~, as they may meet with a fate similar
! to that which befell those owned by Da-
vid Person of East Putney, who recently
! had 100 stolen. As he lives just across
the border line the loss puts Westminster
| neighbors to thinking.
John S. Farrell of New York city came
| Saturday for a visit at KuTn Hattin, call
ing Monday and Tuesday on former
| friends. John is one of the many boys
who has proved credit to the manage
| ment of kurn Hatttn as well as TO MIN
self. He has been engaged in market
gardening the past four years and is doing
well,
One of the smallest instances of thievery
reported was perpetrated recently at the
brick house owned by Mrs. L. c, Cox. 1t
was discovered Wednesday that some I'M
known person had broken INTO the mouse
and with the aid of a sled stake destroyed
the sink in order to get the waste pipe
which was worth not over $3.50. This left
the water running over the kitchen floor
making an unpleasant condition of things
to say the least. 1t is presumable that
the pipe was stolen for junk. The case
will be made interesting if the thief i;
found
The closing exercises of the Kurn Hat
tin school will take place in the town
hall at Westminster Wednesday, June u
at 7.45 p. m. The exercises will consis
of an address by Supt. B. e. Merriam o
Bellows Falls; instrumental music, banjo
and piano by Messrs. Griswold and Ben
nett of Bellows Falls; songs and recita
tons by the Kurn Hattin boys, including
an essay on THE History of Medicine,
by Royal p Dinsmore, who will graduat
and receive the Kurn Hattin diploma
p Master Dnsmore will enter Mt. Hermoi
! school in September, and he intends t
study medicine. A hearty invitation i