Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-03-08
SOUTH LONDONDERRY.

W w Head has finished work at
/. T. Landmarks store.
SIX new members were taken into
Kent Rebekah lodge last week.
Mrs W. c. Staples of Springfield is
visiting at Col. H. a. Dudleys.
Earl and Ben Bostwick of Worcester
are visiting their parents in town.
Joshua Martin has moved to the
place he recently bought Of Joseph Cum
mingS.
Mrs. Ella Howe returned to Rocking
ham ON Monday after spending most Of
the winter here.
The dramatic club is rehearsing the
comedy Happy Hollow" which will be
given on March a.
Town meeting passed off very quietly.
many of the same officers being re-elect-
ed. The vote Tor license was 20 yes, III
no.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Castle and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Churchill attended the
funeral OF Mrs. Nellie Prouty in ia
maica Friday.
\ new Estey organ has been placed in
the Baptist church and used now for
two Suuday~ Ii seems to give good
satisfaction TO all who hear it.
Mr. and Mrs L. o. Wilbur attended the
i1Stituuug of Grange in Weston last
Thursday with the following officers:
Master. W. b. Pratt, 0yerseer c. 9.
Bolster. lecturer. Mrs \. NJ Woodcock;
steward. W. q. Austin, assistant stew
ard. Ernest Peck. chaplain L. J. Wood
cock, treasurer. Frank LoyeJ0y; secre-
tary. J. +. Austin. gate keeper, Edward
White. Ceres. Mr.. W. b. Pratt: Po-
mona, Mrs Frank Loyejoy; Flora. Lula
Lovejoy, lady assistant steward. Leola
Pease.
This community was saddened TO hear
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wife OF Dr. Zeno 3. Rabbit. and daugh-
ter of the late Phillip r Chase of Ne
Chanicsville. which occurred March l in
New York The funeral was held in Ne
Chauicsvill, on Tuesday in the church her
father built, Rev. NJ H. Smith oficiat-
ing. and the body was laid beside her
+ father IN the little cemetery at her old
I home. For "a year or more she had been
declining. being unable to visit her old
home ia Vermont last summer. She was
iu "a private hospital three weeks under
. the care Of the leading specialists in
New York but all human efforts failed
and she simply went 10 sleep like a
child Oh Friday morning. She answered
iutellgenty five minutes before her last
breath. She had suffered so long she
WIS ready and willing TO go to rest.
Mrs. Bahbitt had endeared herself TO
many friends here during her summer
visits by her kind and gentle disposition
/ and lady-like demeanor and much sym
pathy t. felt for her Borrowing family.
She leaves a husband and one daughter,
I a mother and a brother. besides the doc
tors family here. by all Of whom she
will be sadly missed.
Pomona Grange met with Farmers
+ Grange In this place on Wednesday. The
+ business meeting was held in the fore
noon, after which an excellent and
bountifu dinner was served. The exer-
D af fr, b.. "a na
hall was well filled and an interesting
( program was rendered. \ paper was
read by Mrs. F. A. Woodwork Of Lud-
/ low, subject, Why should our children
receive a good education?" Then fol-
/ lowed: instrumental music. Leila Lamp
son; reading Mrs f. S. Davis; question
/ for discussion, Resolved, That the
board Of agriculture in the state Of Yer
mont should be abolished" affirmative
I l.. O. Wilbur, negative A NJ. Aldrich.
I After the principals had been heard sew
I eral took part in the general discission.
I The subject was treated in a mastery
manner by both sides, but the board
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be abolished at present. A paper by
, Mrs. L. o. Wilbur considered The
/ Grange as an aid 10 public speaking. "
There was a discussion on the best farm
/ paper, reading by Mrs. Martha Lampson
| song by the Grange. Discussion was
! opened by +. A Edison on the subject
! Should l speak a good word for my
town at every opportunity" The exer-
cises closed by song by all present. The
meeting was spicy and full OF interest
from beginning TO end. The Oranges
, from Chester, Grafton, Windham, An
| dover Landgrove and North London.
derry were represented. In fact, all the
Oranges in the district were represented
. except three or four Farmers Grange
was organized in 1874. Three of the
| charter members still belong and were
present at the meeting-Mr. and Mrs
c. D. Farnum and Mrs. Marcia Davis.