Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-10-06
WEST BRATTLEB0R0

Mrs. Jennie Whitney of Halifax Is
visiting at Charles Miners.
Gains Barrett of Mount Hermon was
a visitor recently at II. G.. Smiths.
The Needlecraft will meet this, Friday,
afternoon with Mrs. Walter Bartlett.
Miss Gertrude Stockwell is in Boston
and vicinity on a two weeks vacation.
e. l.. Bass of Bethel was a guest at E.
NJ. Goodenough's Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Minnie Hamilton has returned
from a visit of a few days in New York.
James Durocher of North Adams was
a guest recently of his uncle, James Lee
Ray.
Mrs. Sarah Morse of Newfane is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Fred Smith, n
week.
Samuel Yeaw and Charles Bemls of
Dover were visitors recently at w. a.
Yeaw's.
Mrs. w. S. Underwood of Holyoke Wis.,
tied at w. L. Walkers from Friday to
Tuesday.
H.. o. Leonard and Mrs. Tracy Leon
ard attended the Bellows Falls street fair
Tuesday.
Mrs. Janet Stone of Halifax has been
a guest this week of her granddaughter,
Mrs. II. H.. Barber.
Mrs. Harry Miller of Dummerston is
spending the week with her daughter,
Mrs. A. c.. Walker.
j. D.. Whittier was called to Farming
ton, Maine, Saturday on account of the
illness of his mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crossman of Manches-
ter, this state, were at w. j. Hawkins's
several days recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Wheeler of
Townshend are spending the week with
their SON., e. II. Wheeler.
Roger Reed of Springfield, this state,
visited his grandmother, Mrs. Emily Gro
sier, Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Sarah Jillson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Linus Jillson of Stuart, Neb., were visit
ors at Charles Miners recently.
Mrs. +. NJ. Whitney, who was in
Mortified two weeks caring for Mrs. Ed.
Bellows, returned home Thursday.
F. f. Leonard of North Pomfret and
Miss Louise Brigham of Walpole were
guests at Tracy Leonard's recently.
Mrs. l.. II. Turner has closed her sum-
mer cottage on Ames hill. She returned
Tuesday to her home in Montclair, n. j.
Miss Katherine Macdonald of the Mu-
tual Aid society is caring for Mrs. A. j.
Waldron, who is still confined to her bed.
The Twentieth Century club had a
very pleasant afternoon Wednesday in
the home of Miss Emerette Weather.
head.
Mrs. j. F. Edgely of Newtonville.
Mass, and Mrs. NJ. f. Hancock of North
ampton are visiting at Mrs. C. r.
Evans's.
Hoyt II. Barber is in Wilmington
working for Frank Bellows in his cider
mill. He expects to remain there sew
eral weeks.
Mrs. A. w. Stowe entertained a few
friends at a dinner party Wednesday
evening in honor Of Mr.. Stoves 72d
birthday anniversary.
Miss Minnie Stockwell returDed Tues
day from a vacation trip of two weeks
in Milford, N. H., Boston. Northampton,
and birmingham, Mass.
Road Commissioner D.. T. Perry is
laying a cement sidewalk from the east
end of the cement bridge up as far as
Mrs. II. S. Miller's place. -
Delegates We're chosen Sunday from
the Congregational Sunday school to at
tend the state Sunday school convention
in Burlington oct. Is, 10 and 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Howe of Whining
ton returned home Saturday after a stay
Of several days with Mrs. Howe's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. H., G. Smith.
Carl A. Brown, who was in the employ
of w. L. Walker through the summer
closed his engagement there Tuesday
and returned to his home in East Dover
George Fadden moved to DR.. w. F.
Cages place Monday. Some Of the Gage
family will remain here until the crops
are harvested, before going to Hardwick
Mass.
Charles Pettee, who had been at A.. F.
HIS several days, returned to Dor.
chester, Mass, Wednesday. Mrs. Pettet
will remain at her fathers a few davs
before returning home.
Mrs. Julia Fay, 50, of Hinsdale, n. II.
has made her annual visit to her niece
Mrs. Thomas Betterley. After a week.
stay she went Thursday to Greenfield t.
visit her nephews, Charles and Scot
Dunklee.
Mr., and Mrs, George E. Mather o
East Orange, N. j., were guests of thei
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cotton Mather
from Tuesday to Friday. They wen
from here to Readsboro. where Mrs
Mather and children have been som
time.
In the Congregational church praye
meeting Tuesday evening the study o
the gospel of st, John was begun. /
will be continued from week to week. !
is hoped that a large number may atten'
these meetings, which promise to be O
much interest.
Edward X. Jewell, so, died in Reads
boro Sept %. The funeral was he'll
Saturday. Mr.. Jewell leaves a wife an
three children, four sisters and a broth
er. One sister, Mrs. C. A. Brown, live
in this place. Two sisters have reache
| the advanced age of "a and Sc year.
Their great grandmother lived to be 10
years old.
While some of the village boys wer
playing football on the sidewalk, whic
they should not have done. the ba
= struck Grace Burt, 10 years old, an
threw her down, injuring one knee an
breaking one bone in her left arm,
surgeon was called and the bones PIT
in place. Her arm is now in a plaste
cast and doing as well as could be eN
pected.
Rev. f. j. Lewis, pastor of the Cor
gregational church. has been asked
consider a call to the pastorate of
Congregational church in Chicago, INT
the call was received he had no know
ledge of the existence of such a churcl
and he has no idea of how his nan
came to be presented. 1t is a church
recent organization in the vicinity of II
University of Chicago, near Jacksc
park.
Ralph Hescock planted early i'm Il
Is season one seed potato of the Farm'
variety in three hills. When he ha
vested his potato crop he found Il
yield to be AZ potatoes and they weigh'
26 pounds. The largest one weighed 2
a pounds and the four largest weighed I
}" pounds, Now If he had planted an ac
of ground with this variety of potato
n and the yield had been as good accor