Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-02-03

two terms Of school in the union dis
trct about n year ago. was tho guest OF
Mrs. A. II. Farnum over Sunday. she
returned Monday morning to West Dunn
merston, where she is now teaching.
The people of the Christian Endeavor
society will hold poverty social In the
church vestry this evening Everyone
is cordially invited to go and to join In
the fun. Fines will be imposed on peo-
pie not costumed in poverty dress or
something equally appropriate.
Miss Bertha Palmer, who has been
helping Mrs r. d. Newton several weeks,
went Monday morning to her new home
in Gill, Mass. Miss Mildred Palmer has
finished teaching the winter term of
school and is staying for week with
Mrs. e. b. Batchelder before joining the
family in Gill.
An accident occurred in the home of
Guy Grout Tuesday morning. When their
little son. Leo about seven years old,
went to nut a stick of wood in the stove
he swung it back little, striking his lit
tie sister, Amy, four years old, in the
| right eve She has been taken to Brat
! tleboro for treatment.
| Miss Mabel Winchester and her broth
| err Gerald winchester. were guests over
! Sunday of their grandmother, Mrs. d. s.
| Ballou. Miss Winchester will finish the
winter term of school where she has
|
week Friday, and will spend some time
here before going to her home In Gull
ford.
A regular meeting of the Windham
| Union of the Congregational ministers
| will be held in the parlors of the Centre
church, Brattleboro, Tuesday, Feb. IA.
In the evening Rev. DR.. Nehemiah Boyn-
ton, moderator of the recent national
council of Congregational churches, will
| speak Our church will be represented
| by our pastor, Rev. N. S. Moore and by
| two delegates, r. ID. Newton and Charles
| L. Hescock.
A small party from Brattleboro came
| Sunday and were served a bountiu
dinner by Landlord Smiley. o. J. Smith
| of Hardwck was a guest at the 1nr
| Tuesday. From a post card view taken
on his farm there it would seem that
farming in Vermont was a very success
full and profitable occupation. The ears
of corn shown, which were grown on his
farm, were of unusual size and wer,
being cut up by a saving apparatus and
his hogs were of mammoth size.
The Christian Endeavor meeting Tues
day evening was the first in a series o
"A missionary journey around the world,
and was especially interesting. Arthur
Railway was the leader. Mrs G. l.. Hes
cock spoke of missionary work done b!
the Homeland circle. Several testimonies
to the power of missionary efforts wer,
given by the members. Mrs. n S. Moor
spoke about the wonderful missionar.
activities stirring this country now, a
well as the world, in a degree never be
fore known in the history Of the world
She mentioned some of the efforts bein
made beginning with the worlds mis-
sionary conference in Edinburgh las
September, then the great missonar
meetings in Boston last October tn
jubilee campaign by the women sweep
? ing over the country to finish in tn
city of New York in April, "The world +
= Boston" in April and May, the laymcn'
missionary movement and latest, tn
committee of 81 whose aim is to Civ
e. every youth and boy in the country op
portunitY to aVow his allegiance
Christ. There was a large and intereste
audience.