Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-14
WEST .BRATTLEB0R0.

past week.
W. L. Walkers telephone has been
changed to 309-M.
Mrs. Luman Clark is i'll and is attend
ed by DR.. A. l. Miller.
j. c. Gibson began work this week for
j. b. Dunton on Flat street
Denton J. Smith of Norwich university
Is taking a vacation at home.
Miss Grace Miner is i'll with pneumonia.
Dr. e. r. Lynch is attending her
II. w. Barber has a fine Durham helfer
20 months old Weighing 100 pounds.
Mrs. Addie Roberts of Northampton will
visit Mrs. W. f. Mixer over Sunday.
Peter Plant recently bought the Austin
Pratt place and is making extensive re-
pairs.
II. G. Smith has sold the so-called AL
exander pasture in Gulford to Harland
Howe.
Mrs. John Peck of Greenfield was a
visitor at H. C, Squires's saturday ana
Sunday.
Mrs. John Manley and Miss Minnie
Stockwell were in Springfield, Mass,
Monday.
The Near and Farther Lights society
met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. E. >.
Harrison.
Mrs. Bull of Springfield, Mass, is a
Houghton, for a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Robb have been
i'll a week Their daughter, Mrs. c. "
Grant has been caring for them.
Mrs A. e. Anderson has packed her
household goods and expects to move 10
Canterbury, Conn, the last of the week.
The Twentieth Century club held
sewing meeting Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. ]. s. Morse. Refreshments
were served
Miss Olive Weatherhead was at home
a week on account of acute trouble with
her ewes. She did not return to Monta-
que until Monday.
A letter has been received announcing
the safe arrival of Mr.. and Mrs Adm
Jillson in Kirbey, Saskatchewan, where
they recently moved.
Mrs. John Thrower and two children
and Mrs. George A. Wheeler of Worces-
ter, Mass, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
George Wheeler from Thursday to sun
day.
The Guilford Street Equality club met
Saturday with Mrs. G. A Allen. social
afternoon was enjoyed and refreshments
of ice cream and cake were served by
the hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hunter of lion
n Y. are guests of their son, DR.. G. b.
Hunter They expect to remain mere
some time. DR.. Hunter is planning TO
build house this spring on the lot
which he recently bought of Miss Susan
Clark.
Rev. Alfred Cornell held very sue
cessful meeting at A. L. Miller's TUESDAY
evening. The service included appropri-
ate remarks for Easter time. The next
meeting will be held Tuesday evening at
]. S. Woods.
Con-
gregational church held a sewing meet
ing with Mrs f. j. Lewis Thursday
afternoon. Another meeting will be held
the last week of the month in order TO
hasten the completion of work for the
Sivas hospital.
Philo Simmons, who is so years old and
lives in Easthampton, spent saturday
with his sister. Mrs. Sarah Morse, IN
Newfane. the occasion being Mrs. Morse's
nth birthday anniversary. Before return
ing home Mr.. Simmons visited his niece,
Mrs. Fred Smith, Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. f. +. Fisher has given to the
Westinghouse Hill cemetery association
the remainder of the unsold burial lots,
about so, which were owned by the late
f. +. Fisher. John Nourse of Orchard
street has been engaged to superntend
the work at the cemetery.
The body of Mrs. Rufus Houghton, a
former resident here, who died Wednes-
day in New Haven, Conn, was brought
here today for burial in the West Brat
tleboro cemetery. Mrs Houghton' s
maiden name was Sarah Winchester and
her family lived in Marlboro.
Baptist church. f. Stacy Harrison, pas
tor. Sunday morning services at 1890
sermon by pastor, subject. IAN Easter
message" A children's program will be
given. Bible school at H. Sunday even
ing service at o'clock. This. Friday
evening an Easter prayer service will be
held.
The family of Henry Stockwell were
much alarmed Thursday morning on aris-
ing to find the house filed with smoke
They soon discovered that the chimney
was on fire. The fire was soon extin-
guished and aside from the fright and
running the wall paper no damage was
done.
Mrs. w. F. Mixer, who has been III
some time, Is improving, but is still al
home. Mrs. F. A. Brown of Worcester
who is a heavy investor in the three
mines owned by the Calizona Mining
company. is taking charge of the Worces-
ter office during Mrs. Mixers illness, the
secretary of the company, being in the
west at one of the mines.
First Congregational church. Rev. F.
j. Lewis, pastor. Sunday morning al
1890, sermon by the pastor, subject
1.-THE Easter hope" A cantata. 1.-THE
Easter Angels" will be given by the
church choir. The Christian Endeavor
meeting with Easter service will be held
at 6 o'clock. The leader will be Miss
Helen Weatherhead Church prayer
meeting Tuesday evening at 100
Leland Covey. 10, has fed and enter
tanned the birds all winter Early in the
season he arranged a plate outside the
dining room window and placed there food
suet. butternut meats, etc. The chick
adees came first. and were followed by
the nuthatch, sparrows and bluebirds
Sometimes as many as a dozen birds
would be waiting for their breakfast OF
dinner. standing on the plate and always
coming at meal time If a stranger hap
pened to be present they would take a
crumb and fly away to some tree and eat
their lunch.