Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-05-13

ney three feet square Of their two-storv
house.
Dr. Clifton D. Howe Of Toronto uni
versity is engaged to do some forestry
work for the Canadian government in
Nova Scotia during. his summer vaca-
ton. He will spend a few days at the
Howe homestead in Newfane.
Howard Sprague came On horseback
Saturday afternoon to visit his grand
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. c. f. skinner
He started for his home in Turner's Falls
Sunday morning at 9 o'clock and reach
ed there at in the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. a. Bush of Spring
field, Mr. and Mrs Eugene Field Of Nc
lndoes Falls and Frank Cushman of Hart
ford, who came to attend the funeral of
Mrs. II. b. Crane were guests at George
Bush's Monday. They returned to their
homes Wednesday. Mrs. Crane was %
years old and had lived % years at L. w.
Bush's in Brooklinc, where her death
occurred.
a fire was started Saturday morning
by spark from the engine of the mixed
train going up near George Wilcox's. Mr.
Wilcox telephoned to his neighbors for
assistance and it was thought the fire
had been eXtingushed, but it started IN
again so that help was summoned sec
ond time. This time the Italians who
were employed on the railroad came and
after considerable damage had been done
the fire was put out
Herman \. Howe, son Of NJ. o. Howe Of
this place, who is engaged by his broth
err Supervisor c. d. Howe, in forestry
work at Essex Junction, is now setting
trees in Sharon and other places in that
locality for the state forester, who was
pleased with Mr., Howe's method of set
ting trees in Essex Junction. Mrs Howe
and children left their home with Mr.
Howe and continued to Saxtons River
to visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Land
phear.
Mrs w. +. Wheeler and Mrs Washer
of the Williamsville union and Mrs Nc
Allister of Londonderry, wife of a Jury
man, were visitors at the recent w. c. 7.
L. meeting at Mrs. Davidson's. The
business of the meeting was in prepa-
ration for the county convention to be
held here Thursday and Friday, June .
and 3. \ committee of three to solicit
food for dinners and suppers was appoint
ed ana other necessary committees were
elected. The convention will be held in
the Congregational church and meals will
be served in the dining rooms An inter-
esting program is expected, which will
be given at another time.
Mrs. G. E. Davidson, state president of
lle W. y. 1. O't went Wednesday morn
ing to Rutland to speak at the Rutland
county convention Wednesday and yes
terday. She will go from there to Monk
ton to attend the Addison county con-
Vention today. She will attend other
conventions as follows: Hinesburg in
Chittenden county May II and IS; East
Franklin in Franklin county May 10 and
70; Waterbury in Washington county
May 10 and 20 Danville in Caledonia
county May "a and 25; Irasburgh in Or
leans county May 26; Vershire in Orange
county May 27; in Windsor county May
81 and June l, returning home in time to
attend the Windham county convention
IN Newfane June 2 and 3.
niece of the Misses Newton wrote
from Cincinnati that she heard President
Iait at large open house gathering in
mat city at the 10Th annual exercises of
the mercantile library. The President
particularly mentioned the valuable ser
vices OF John Newton as librarian in that
institute 20 years and OF Mr. Newton's
great influence among men. Mr.. Newton
dled suddenly at his post in this work
He was the third son OF Rev. Ephraim
Holland Newton, whose first pastorate
was In Marlboro, dating from about 1918
and continuing 20 years, to 1888. After
Dr. Newton retired from the ministry
and teaching in Cambridge, N. Y, he
returned to Marlboro to preach a year
or two and was chosen to represent that
town in the Vermont legislature during
the Civil war.