Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-01-20


her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. Il. Prentiss,
from Friday till Monday night.
Mrs. j. w. Dix of West Springfield.
Mass, who was called to r. II. Briggs s
on account of the illness of her son, JUS
tin Dix, returned to her home Monday.
d. II. Perry started his steam saw mill
on the Meadow Brook road this week. A
large number of logs are in the yard
ready to be sawed and more are being
drawn.
Grace, older daughter of Mrs Jennie
Burt, who was recently taken to the tu-
berculosis camp for treatment, has re-
turned to her home and will have special
treatment there.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. J. Clark left this
morning for Yonkers, N. Y, where they
will visit Before returning home they
plan to visit their daughter, Mrs Hayes
Bgelow, in Florida.
John Atkinson has been confined to his
bed two weeks with a badly swollen limb,
the result of typhoid fever, and his ply
scan thinks he ought not to be on his
feet for several weeks.
Rev. Alfred Cornell held meeting
Tuesday evening at j. S. Woods. Mr..
Cornell gave a very interesting talk
from John Is. Another meeting will be
held there next Tuesday evening.
Mrs. ]. S. Bigelow has returned from
Mrs Clisbee in the home of Mrs. Alice
Richmond. Mary Bigelow, who has been
i'll with pneumonia, is slowly recovering.
Charles LaDuke, who fell from ladder
In his barn last week disocating and
breaking his left arm at the elbow, is
doing as well as could be expected. He
is attended by DR.. p. Z. White of Will
Evansville.
Miss Florence Thurber, who spent sew
/ tAI, = Al Afrs
j. w. Thurber, left Saturday on her re-
turn trip to Chicago. She will stop in
| Dunkrk, N. Y, a few days to visit her
brother, A. e. Thurber.
Miss Helen Weatherhead. Misses Alta
| and Elizabeth Dennison, Miss Nora ia
quith, Miss Mabel Briggs, Miss Morey
Miss Clark and Miss Ida Phelps attended
the teachers convention in Bellows Falls
last Friday and Saturday.
This supper will be free to the church
chicken pie supper next Friday evening
in the Congregational church parlors
| Their supper will be free to the church
and congregation and all are invited tC
| be present and to have a social time.
The many friends of Mrs S. II. Sawyer
will be glad to know that she is very
pleasantly situated in the home of hel
daughter, Mrs. Moritz Capen, in Jackson
vile, Fla, and, as she writes, lis wei
and has everything for her comfort"
4 card received from Mrs. c. b. ForC
tells of her safe arrival in New Orleans
of summer weather and of a desire t
be relieved of heavy wraps She vii
remain there a few days and then con
tinue on her journey to Los Angeles
Calf.
How to become a Christian" will b.
the subject of Rev. f.. S. Harrison's ser
mon Sunday morning in the Baptis
! m, IDsl,
Baraca class will meet at u clock; even
ing service at o'clock Friday evening
| prayer meeting, resolution night, 7.3
| o'clock.
The Womens association of the Con
gregational church held a sewing meeting
| yesterday afternoon with Mrs. f. j
Lewis. The work was for the Kurl
Hattin Homes. Eighteen women wer
present. A vote was taken to work, 70
the present, for DR.. c. f. Clarks hospi
tai in Sivas, Turkey
Mrs. Ann NJ. Warmer, who has bee
cared for in the family of E A. Knigh
several years, was taken to the Home 70
the Aged Monday. Her nephew, Cliffor
H. Smith of Pttsford came to assist /
moving her and to see that she was we
located in her new home. Mr.. Smith re
turned to Pittsford the same day.
Mrs Samuel Betterley met with los
of 25 young fowls Sunday night, whe
one of her henhouses was entered. TIL
thieves hitched their team in the edg
of the woods nearby while they locke
after the poultry 1t is thought from tn
tracks that the team was driven away o
the Wiiamsville road.
More than 90 young friends of Puzzle I
Covey called upon him Friday evening |
honor of his 18th birthday annversar
which fell on Saturday. The young pee
pie presented Purle with a handsome gol
stick pin. The evening was spent pleas
antly with music and games. Refresh
ments of sandwiches, cake and coco
were served.
The news of Mrs Lucy Bundy's deaf
came as a shock to people here. She wa
i'll with pneumonia, and as she live
alone, was taken to the Memorial hospit;
Tuesday her death occurring there Fri
day after an Illness of only a week Mr.!
Bundy had occupied a tenement in b.
Miller's house about IS months and ha
worked at the dressmaker's trade.
Waldo Wells. one of the drivers to thi
place from Warmers bakery, met with a
accident on the Brook road Saturda
morning. The load was heavy and in as
cendng an icy hill the horse lost its foot
ing and slid down the bank. The hors
received some injuries and the harnes
had to be cut in order to release tn
horse from the wagon. The wagon wa
badly damaged and the food scattered
Mr.. Wells says the boys" were plentifl
al that time and when he returned afte
making his trip they called to know
he had any more cookies for them.
The Mems league met last evening /
the parlors of the Congregational churcl
d. T, Perry gave the members the bene
fit Of his wide experience in road buildin
and an opportunity to discuss the prob
lens of good roads with him at length
He gave an intensely interesting an
profitable talk of the good roads move
ment and the members showed their in
terest by following it up with many ques
tions, which served to bring out the mos
practical side of this subject The rela
tive merits of stone and gravel roads fo
Vermont and the suppression OF the dus
nuisance were discussed fully. Durin
the social hour refreshments were serve
and the work OF the league was presente
for the year.
Lucy Jane Bundy, so. died in the Me
mortal hospital Saturday morning afte
few days illness with pneumonia. Mr.!
Bundy was born in Jay. N. Y, and wa
daughter OF John and Mary Coyel