Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-15
NEWFANE
William Wiswall Is i'll.


The school children are attending re-
hearsals this week of the Christmas mu-
sic.
Mrs Lila Ingram is gaining She was
able to attend the Grange meeting last
week.
Mrs. William Nido went Tuesday to
stay few days with relatives in Brat
tleboro.
Mrs. Wilcox has returned from saxtons
River and is caring for W. B. Park,
who Is i'll,
Miss Mildred Boyd of Brattleboro was
a guest over Sunday of her sister, Mrs.
A. II. Farnum.
Little Mae Hammond Rhoades seems
to be making a good recovery from her
burns of last week.
Arthur Railway is working with his
portable saving machine for o. r.
Wright and w. H. Knowlton.
Walter Park is having erysipelas in his
eye and face. He was in Brattleboro the
first of the week for medical advice.
Miss Jennie l.. Underwood went
Thursday to visit her brother, A. S. I'm
derwood, and his wife in Hinsdale.
Miss Nellie Underwood of East ia
maica spent Tuesday at the home of her
grandmother, Mrs. Charlotte L. Under
wood
Miss Ethel Sparks is helping at the
Windham County House while Miss Rena
Allen is visiting at her home in Will
mington.
Frank Rose lost Wednesday a good
horse, which he had owned but short
time 1t was injured while at work in
the woods.
Miss Florence Whitaker is i'll with
chicken-poX. A good number of the pu-
pills in our village school have been eX-
posed to the disease.
. Mrs. Frank Lowe is very much i'm
proved in health and has returned from
the home of Mr. loves sister, Mrs. f.
NJ. Wiswall, to her own home.
The bargain reported last week for
the sale of the Burditt house below the
village, belonging to George Knapp, to
Frank Rowe was not carried out.
Mr.. Wakeman, a representative of
True e Blanchard, is working Newfane
and vicinity with o. R. Wright, local
agent, in the interest of their sugaring
outfit.
Mrs. Minnie Mountain, NJ. D., after
speaking in Bennington county and the
northern part of Windham couty, re-
turned to Newfane Tuesday afternoon to
spend few days with Mrs. Davidson
before going to Essex county.
Mrs. Charles Grout and Mrs Charles
Dunbar and little daughter of West
Townshend visited Friday at Herman
A. Eddy's. Mrs Eddys brother, Seth
also were guests there last week.
Walter Wright has received letters
from the Lyndonville school that the
smallpox scare there is not considered
serious, although the schools and church
services have been suspended in order
that the disease may not become cpl
demic.
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Howe of Brook
line are in Montpelier as alternate dele
gates to the meeting of the state Grange
this week. Mr.. and Mrs Wilson Win
chester also are attending the meetings.
Arthur Railway, master of the Newfane
Grange, was unable to be present.
The regular meeting of the Christian
Endeavor society Tuesday evening was
in charge of Miss Maud Railway. The
subject was Source of power" Each
one present was furnished with a can
die, which, when lighted, illustrated
Christian living.
The Christian Endeavor society will
hold their annual sale of fancy and
useful articles, homemade candy, etc,
in the vestry Wednesday evening.
hash supper will be served from $50 to
7.30. Ice cream also will be for sale. A
musical social will take plate at s
o'clock.
Extensive repairs are being made on
n. NJ. Batchelder's barn by F. w. I'm
derwood and L. H. Whitney. Merchant
r. D. Newton will use it when COM
pleted for a storehouse. Repairs also
have been made at the Fish place now
occupied by William Rand, and repairs
have been begun on the horse sheds.
Mrs Charles NJ. Goodenough went to
Springfield Saturday to attend the
funeral of her uncle, NJ. Wells Bridges,
that day. Mr.. Bridges was county
treasurer and register of deeds in
Hampden county 40 years, but for the
past five years he had been unable to
work. He married Anna Wheeler, sister
of Mrs Goodenough's mother and of the
late United States Circuit Judge Hoyt
H. Wheeler.
There was an unusually large attend
ance at the morning and evening services
Sunday Five members of the Mount
Hermon school were present and assist
ed in the music. At the close of the
Saturday evening concert Mr. Upton and
three others went to Townshend, where
he preached Sunday. The Mount Her
service Sunday evening. The speaking
was very earnest and the music was in
spring
The nine members of the musical club
of Mount HermOn gave a very enjoyable
concert in Union hall Saturday evening.
The program consisted of readings, So
los, male quartets and selections by an
orchestra of five pieces. Professor Blake,
teacher of vocal music in the school,
proved himself not only a first-class
leader, but a good actor as was shown
in the seven pantomimes which he gave.
Professor Burt's playing a tin whistle
was remarkable and reminded one of a
flute. Thanks are due II. S. Upton for
this musical treat, which the large and
enthusiastic audience pronounced the
best given here in long time.