Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03

d. a. Benson is repairing his barn.
Raymond Pratt was Ill several days Of
the past week.
Fred Smith and son, Harry, will take
business trip to Springfield, this state, on
Monday
Mrs +. c. stiles has returned from
few weeks stay at Dr. Whites in Will
Evansville.
Several Newfane young people will at
tend the May dance in Williamsvile this
evening.
Seminary classes Of Townshend repeated
i'm Union hall one Of their recent enter
tainments.
J. D. Pierce has exchanged his first
second hand automobile and otherwise
traded for another machine.
Wallace Person of district No. has
been having his house repaired by Rus
sell Blood of TOwnshend and F. II. I'm
derwood.
Albert Howard of East Jamaica has
been in town looking at the Sargent
houses, more especially the so called Tut
Hill place, remodelled by the Sargents.
Mrs. F. j. Micott and daughter. Miss
Stella Micott, the latter trained nurse,
who were at Mrs. Benson's three weeks,
returned to their home this week.
The body of Jonathan Eddy. who died
during the winter was taken from the
vault and buried in Woodlawn cemetery
Wednesday, when the widow and chill
dren were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Hamln and SON.
Ernest, have returned from their sugar
ing season on their farm in Wardsboro,
reporting a large yield Of the maple
product.
To hear a judges charge to the jury &C.
caslonally is a good thing in non-legal
sense, to calm the judgment and posi-
bly, lessen partisan feeling by considera-
ton of a fair balance of evidence"
Fred Burlingame, who went to visit his
niece. Mrs. Cora Burnett of Erving Mass
not being able to continue taking care Of
horses at the Inn, returned this week and
is temporarily staying at Mr.. Hamin's.
Mrs. Edward Morse and Mrs Fits Of
| West Wardsboro recently spent a day or
two in this place and opened the Fish
homestead house, which had been closed
! since last fall owing to the death Of Mrs
Sarah Fish.
a physician who at one time lived in
Putney is said to have looked over the
larger Sargent place on West street with
possible interest in locating here. A
good physician would be welcomed as a
resident of Newfane.
Rev. n. 5. Moore superintendent, and
Mrs. c. L. Hescock and E. A. Chase rep
resented Ilt congregational sunday SCnOOl
in the district convention of Tuesday in
South Newfane, of which they speak as a
session of varied interest
Mrs. Willard Smith returned to her
home in East Putney last week on account
of a visit from her sister, Mrs. Aver Of
Grafton. Mr.. Smith, who remains at his
| sons, F. a. Smiths, is able to visit court
daily at the age of so years or more
Mrs. p. A. Davis, although somewhat
Il hot DO CIT eli Il -
and under the care of Mrs. Carpenter.
Mrs. d. A. Benson's convalescence from
| pneumonia progresses favorabley. Mrs.
w. ~ Chase gains slowly after a two
weeks illness.
The halt this week in the midst of the
criminal trial, state VS.. Ryder, by neces-
sity of calling away the expert chemists
| for another terrible criminal case was a
| very unusual circumstance in the county
court. On Sunday the II jurymen who
were kept together attended church in a
body.
Rev. T. d. Davies, predecessor of Pastor
Moore. arrived Monday to accompany his
wife and their two younger girls to their
new home in Cornish, N H., on the
following Wednesday. Mr.. Davies greet
| ed friends at the Christian Endeavor
meeting Tuesday evening and spoke in his
former familiar way.
Odd Fellows anniversary was well OBJ
served here on Sunday with a large audi
ence filling the Congregational church, 80
of the order and 16 Rebekahs being pres
ent. The acting chaplain, Rev. Daniel
Mcintyre, gave an interesting address
from 2 Peter /: Z, and the service was en-
joyed by all present.
The speakers in the silver medal con-
test in Union hall last week were Nellie
Hamlin, Ruth Gray, Lucy Davis, Winifred
Maher Arthur Railway, Walter Wright,
Marcus Wellman, Charlie and Walter
Rowe. While all spoke well, several par
ticularly so, the medal prize was won by
Winifred Maher, the smallest but not the
youngest member of the class Each Of
the eight remaining speakers was pre-
sented with a souvenir in the form OF
pretty booklet of verse tied with a white
ribbon The class showed good drilling
by Mrs Kenyon, state superintendent of
Loyal Temperance Legion work in the
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