The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-14

ffeepOft. his last sickness OF pleuro
r pneumonia developed into inflammation o
the brain the immediate cause of hi
death. Mr.. Burdett was prominent il
Masonic circles, being Mason of the 32t
degree and the organist of his consistory
Frank Railway recently lost colt.
VIII Bruce was in town over Sunday.
DeWeise Dewitt has been on the sick
list.
Miss Nellie Kingsbury spent Saturday
and Sunday at her home in Grafton.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Carpenter spent
Saturday at their farm in Wardsboro.
Several from here attended the G. A
R. meeting held at Townshend Saturday
Mrs. Mary Piper and son. Frank. of
Brattleboro visited at Laura Rice's Sun
day.
Fred Rice went to Townshend the first
of the week and purchased a fine pair of
oxen.
Ruth Wheeler spent Saturday and Sun
day with her grandmother, Mrs. Under
wood
Mr. and Mrs J. N. Underwood of Put
nev visited at Fred Underwood's last
Sunday.
Miss Lucy Whitaker is keeping house
| for Mr.. Hescock while Mrs. Hescock is in
Boston.
| Mrs. Goodnow of Boston arrived We'd
nesday to occupy her summer home here,
Elm Hall
Frank Randall's family, who have been
working for Mr.. Walker of Newfane hill,
have moved away.
Mrs Alice Martin of Northampton,
Mass. is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. NJ Albee.
Ralph Gushing is having extensive re-
pairs made on his house which is occu-
pied by Mrs. Wilson.
Mrs. Kittie Lowe Upham of North
field, Mass, visited her aunt, Mrs. Car
RE Lowe Wiswal, this week.
The program for the next grange meet
| ing May 26, will be the same that will
be given at Putney May %.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Davis of South
Londonderry have spent several days with
their son, Earl, at the County House.
Miss Lorena Davis has been working
the past week at the Bruce place getting
the house ready for its new occupants
H. A. Carpenter was in Jamaica Mon
day and Tuesday of this week on pension
business and called on some old friends.
Misses Lila l. Pierce and Flora NJ Will
son are moving onto the Chamberlain
farm this week. Lewis Hall took up their
goods.
Miss Lucy Davis and Hazel Landman,
students at Leland and Grey seminary,
walked from Townshend to Newfane last
Thursday.
Arthur and Will Harvey have been i'm
proving the appearance of Woodlawn
cemetery by giving the fence new coat
of white paint.
On account of i'll health Helen Redfield
is staying with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fl. A. Carpenter. Her health has
improved since last week.
Mrs Eliza Stiles and Mrs. Viola Chase
have had fresh coats of paint put on
tehr houses which adds much to the APP
pearance of both places.
Randall Rhodes has moved his good
into the Abbott Edwards house in district
No. where he expects to reside with his
family the coming summer.
Mrs. Lynn Lawrence of Westminster
and baby and Ruth PIERCE accompanied
their grandfather, j. d. Pierce, home
Monday. Mr.. Pierce is gaining in health.
Mrs. F. A. Dewitt went to Spring
field, Mass, Wednesday where she met
Mr.. Dewitt, who has been in the west
on bank business for the past three
weeks.
Next Sunday morning at the Congrega-
tional church Col. Edward G. Osgood of
Bellows Falls will speak on the subject,
The Passing of the Saloon All are in
vited to come.
Everyone has been pleased to see Mr..
and Mrs. Shepardson again on our streets.
They are now living in South London
derry but were in town about week on
court business.
The school directors of this town are
complying with the new law by getting
new flags and flag poles for all schools in
town that have not heretofore been pro-
vided with one.
Miss Grace Hammond is assisting in the
household duties at Madam Eager's while
Mrs. B. c. Eager continues to take the
open air treatment on the pleasant piazza
of Mrs. Butterfeld.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Daniel, who have
been living in Townshend the past win
ter, have moved back into their house at
the south end of the village. Mr.. Dam
iels has gone to Athens to work.
Mrs E. A. Kenyon, who has been in
critical condition for long time at the
home of Mrs Davidson, has been much
better of late and able to receive her
friends who have called to see her.
Mrs. Alice Randall has returned to her
home in Boston accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. H. NJ. Hescock, who is in
very poor health. Mrs. Hescock will stay
there some time and take medical treat
ment.
The fishermen in this vicinity had great
luck trout fishing the first of the week.
Earl and Bert Davis caught l0l nice |
trout in one day. w. c. Ballou, A. H. |
Farnum and Dick Underwood each got a
handsome string.
Nearly all the schools in this vicinity |
spent Friday afternoon (Arbor day) in |
cleaning up their school yards and by |
setting out a tree which they will call |
their Champlain tree, it being 300 years |
since Lake Champlain was discovered.
At the annual meeting of the village |
corporation it was voted to raise 50 cents
on the dollar of the grand list, payable on
or before July /. It is estimated by Mr..
Batchelder that this with the money on /