Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-08-30


nearly $50 dollars was realized. Home
made rugs, balsam pillows, fancy articles
buttercd popcorn, candies and ice cream
were staple articles and they found ready
purchasers. Mrs. Gregg presided over the
mystery" table and by buying a bou-
quet and pulling the string the mystery
was solved Mr. Browns monograph in
the evening pleased the crowd
Visitors in town the past week are or
have been Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Batchel-
der of Fitchburg at G. y. Batchelders
DR.. and Mrs. Parker and son of Fitch
burg at A. A. Mason's Mrs r. II. Rob
erts of Orange at Arthur Rand's; Miss
Alberta Edison Of Bellows Falls at j. II.
Wares; Mrs Davis and granddaughter
of Nottingham at Rockwell Davis's; Mrs.
Putnam Of Guilford at Mr.. Stones; Misses
Evelyn Aletson and Eunice Adams of
Springfield, Mass, at Lyman Gales.
The Hadassah league held the first
food sale in the early spring, i'm fear and
trembling, but with successful results,
and since then they have been of almost
weekly occurrence and have proved a
welcome boon to the tired nousekeeper.
The Ladies' Home club set their tables
last Friday afternoon under the shade of
the maple trees in the park, and In about
an hour had disposed or a good amount
of their excellent cookery. Five dollars
and more were taken in exchange for
beans. bread. cookies, cakes and pies of
many excellent kinds.
The young people will present the play
"The Cricket on the Hearth at the town
han next Monday evening, and the pro-
ceeds will be devoted to the town library.
The cast of characters and synopsis of
the play are as follows: John Perrybingle,
Bert ODER; Gruff Tackleton, Will Sander
son; Edward Plummer, Claude Vincent;
Spirit Of Christmas. John Dale; Caleb
Plummer, Luther Stone Mary Perry
binglo, Alice Ware; Tilly Slowboy. Nellie
Dale; Bertha Plummer, Hazel Taft; May
Fielding, Flossie ODER; Mrs Fielding,
Grace Chase. Synopsis--Act /. John
Pcrrybiugle's home I'm DevOnshire, Eng
land; act ?, Caleb Plummers toy snop in
same vicinity; act 3, same as act !.
Items OF news that seem of small i'm
port to some may be fun of interest to
others. a short item that appeared in
the Townshend column last week was
noted by a reader in Newfane: cor
respondence ensued and the result was
that two sisters were reunited after a
separation of nearly 20 years Mrs
Solandt Of Newfane and Mrs Fanny
Livermore Soule OF Hartford. Conn, were
members Of "A family living in Enosburg
and after the fathers death the chill
dren were scattered. Fanny finding a
home with the late Jonas I.ivermore of
this town, while the other children re-
NAMED in the northern part Of the state
All efforts to trace the absent sister
were unavaillng until the mention Of her
visit here last week. and a happy meet
ing followed.
Picnics seem the prevailing fashion the
past few days. 4 party Of eight Of Miss
Ethel Folletts friends from Weston spent
one day here last week, enjoying picnic
on Peaked mountain and supper at the
Folletts' hospitable home. our young
.s.1.
mountain and corn roast in Maple
grove. The union Sunday school picnic
on Wednesday in r. y. Phillips's sugar
orchard was attended by about 100 and
all had fine time. Tables and chairs
added to the comfort Of all and ice
cream was served in abundance. one
address was given. the speaker being Will
liam W Fish Of Somervlle, Mass a
guest at the hotel. who gave a thrilling
account of the four months spent in
AndersonVille prison pen. following the
battle Of the Wilderness in 1864 ANA
teur games of baseball, both feminine and
masculine, added TO the general good
time.
II. D. Ryder Of Bellows Falls was in
town Tuesday and conducted the auction
sale Of the blacksmith shop. The shop
was sold To Harry Howard Of West
Townshend for S765 and the tools to the
same purchaser for $40. The shop has
been In the ingalls, family ever since 1894
In that year Ezra Ingalls, came from An
dover, Mass. and bought the small shop
standing near the site of the present one
Of Ebenezer Kimball. Mr.. ingalls, died in
1873, and his sons, William and Allurus
carried on the business together or
separately until the removal of the latter
to Michigan. William Ingalls, moved to
Bellows Falls in 1902 and since then the
business has been carried on by Mr.
yRhn Ia
near his home. The ell OF the present
snop, the old shop having been burned.
was originally the United States armory
and stood near and north of Mr. Benson's
house. The front part was built on in
later years. Although not so noted as
lOngfellOw's Village smithy." vet a
thriving business has been carried on
here, and people come for miles around
with work to be done by the Village
blacksmith"
At the Congregational church Sunday
evening Mr.. Prescott gave an interesting
talk on Isaac. Mr.. Trescott for many
years has been interested In Y. NJ. c. 4.
work and formerly was employed in the
interests of that organization. At the
Baptist church Miss Lane gave a history
of Leland university in New Orleans La
The school for negroes was founded in 1870
being endowed in 1869 by Hon Holbrook
Chamberlain of New York city. wno
Ililll'l lllt university after his Mlfe'S
maiden name. Its objeH is to train COL
ored teachers and preachers. and nine
departments are carried on, namely col
lege. normal English, preparatory, music
manual training, night schools for boys
and men, Woman's Christian Workers
theological and ministers course Eleven
outside academies constitute affiliated
schools The last year registered 1871
pupils, of whom 500 We're in the univer-
sity About 80 teachers are employed.
The pupils pay about 800 yearly for tut
tion and are required to work one hour
each day. Miss Lanes work was-divided
between the college, normal and English
preparatory courses and she will return
for another year
The new catalogues of Leland and Gray
seminary are ready for distribution and
its 30 pages give good idea of the
work being done by this time-honored
institution of learning, The faculty con-
ststs of Harris Ward Lewis, A. b. prin-
cipal, mathematics and pedagogy; Edith
Mcknight, modern and ancient languages
and English; Mary l.. Plumb, A. B., his
tory and sciences; Harriet NJ. Holden,
music; F, l.. Osgood. NJ. D., physiology.
OF the Il members of the board of trus-
tees two are women, Mrs. G. +. Davidson
and Miss Harriet A. Fletcher. The class
of 1908 consists of ten members, the Junior
class of 10, the sophomore class of 10,
and a large preparatory class is expected.
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