The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09
TOWNSHEND.
Death Of Joseph 5. cumming.

family an ideal home, IN the very tilih'
Of his Young manhood he was cut dow
by pulmonary hemorfhage which hailie'
the skin III the hest medical talent, III
leaves in his immediate family besides hl'
widow three children, liz parents an,
his brothers and sisters also survive,
Mr., Cummings was worthy citizen
with an honorable record, The very higl
esteem in which he was held was niteslet
by The large number of people fiun
Townshend aud surrounding towns whc
Gathered al his late residence Sunday AZ
ternoon 10 attend the funeral services
which were conducted hy Rev. .losepl
Mexican 81 the Townshcnd Baptist
churh of which Mr., Cummings l. q
member. Fred Gilbert sang very sweet
IN a favoriie HYMN of the dead man
Win Then. Re ANY STAR in Nv Crown
and MIR. Gilbert and Mr., Miles rendered
with deep feeling In the Sweet liy and
BY. The body was laid At rest in Oak
wood cemetery in the presence ot large
company Of relatives and friends. rs the
people turned away from his last resting
place the feeling prevailed that in his
death Townshcnd had lost a citizen of
integrity and genuine worth.
Mrs. o. W. Folctt spen, Monday in
Bmttlehoro.
Byron Thomson spent day in l'ra,tlc'
boro this week.
Miss Abhie Starr returned TO Brattle'
boro last Saturday.
Miss Cora Mason is spending some
time in Westminster.
Mrs. Earl Knapp visited her parents
in Westminster last week.
viii Burwell Of Providence, Il. l., Wis.
tied his brothers this week.
Henry Dutton has been visiting his
mother. Mrs. H. T. Button.
Miss Mildred Palmer is spending a few
DAYS at her home in Newiane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lawrence spent
two days in Saxtons River this week.
The Ladies' Home club will meet with
Mrs. Plumb next "Wednesday afternoon.
LYLE Batchelder went to Peru last Sat
urday TO spend Sunday with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Ogilvie visited the lat.
ter's sister, Mrs. b. $. Brown, over sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Pierce returned
last Saturday to their home in Suiiield,
Conn.
Jerry Lowe is home from Boston for
a visit with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leslie Lowe.
Miss Bertha Phillips is home from
Newfane during the adjournment of the
county court.
Representative Z. b. Batchelder went
to Montneler Tuesday for the opening of
the legislature.
Mrs. Moses Grout and Mrs. Dale drove
to Brattleboro Wednesday on brief
shopping excursion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Blood have gone
to Pittsfeld. Me-. to visit their daughter,
Mrs F. w. Landman.
Miss Neil. who has been spending sew.
eral weeks at Mrs. Don Boutelle's, has
returned to her work in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Austin and children
were visitors at his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Austin's, this week.
j. II. Ware, who has presided so eff
GENTLY at auctions in this and nearby |
towns, is now licensed auctioneer
L. d. Garfield of Londonderry, on his
way home from the county court at New
fame, called in this village last Saturday.
Mrs. G. H. Willard, Mrs. Fred R. Ford
and Miss Dale attended the arts and
crafts exhibition and sale in Brattleboro
Thursday.
News comes that Frank Stevens is
much better and it is hoped that he can
return home in week. Alton Stevens
remains about the same.
Mrs. Fred Ober and her daughter Miss
Flossie. spent several days with Mrs. w.
s. Holland last week, returning Monday
morning to their home in Brattleboro
Charles Shattuck of Staten Island and
his sister, Miss Addie Shattuck, drove up
from Brattleboro last Saturday and made
a short stay with their relatives here.
Mrs. Clara Blanchard has gone to Sun
derland, Mass, on business. She has
also made brief visit to Chicopee to at
tend the funeral of a cousin, Mrs. Hoag.
Times may be hard and business slack
in most parts of the country, but c. Fl.
saw-mill has to run y hours
out of the "a in order that he may be
able to meet his orders.
Mrs. Fream called in this village recently.
Mrs. Fream found but one of her old {
Mrs. Fred Willard, still liv- I
ing in this town.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid society will {
serve its annual harvest supper from to
o'clock p. m. in its rooms next week
Wednesday Oct. "A. An invitation is ex
tended to all to come and partake.
The many friends of Miss Alice Norton,
who has spent several summers in Towns
bend, will be interested to know of her &
marriage to Prof G.. c. Adams of the
University of Illinois, at Lake Forest, n
ILL.,, Oct. 3.
Mrs. Fred R. Ford, her little daughter,
)rinda. and Miss Nellie Dale drove to '
Brookline Sunday to spend the day with
Mr.. and Mrs. Almon Marsh. On the way
,ver they saw three deer on or near Mr..
Austin's farm. o
Mr. and Mrs. Darius Young of Conway,
Mass, are spending few days with t
Mrs. Young's sister, Mrs. Milton Thayer.
Other guests at Mr.. and Mrs. Thayer's V
his week were William Underwood and
on of Shelburne Falls, Mass. T.
Hugh Phillips and Carl Bruce. who
we're graduated from Leland and Gray S
seminary last spring came home last Y
week for a short visit The young men
re now employed in The Highlands, a ;,
private retreat in Winchendon, Mass. \
A. E. Park gave dinner party Oct.
n honor of his fathers sSth birthday an T
iversary. The guests present were Mrs. r.
emily Fessenden. Miss Augusta Fessen- O.
en- f. H. Fessenden. Mrs. Kingsley and
Hiss Maude Howe The average of five
resent was so 2-5 years.
Townshend exhibitors at the Valley
air were very successful this year. R. l. v
iolbrook's. pointer Betty drew several "
rizes, and the settlers from the Maple
urst kennels were equally successful as lo
rize winners. Our poultrymen, too,
rev many premiums in department al
there the exhibit was unusually large
me of our townswomen. Miss Blanche .,
brigham, was awarded three premiums p
Or fine embroiderY including shirt n