Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02

Mrs. Newell Jenison has been very i'll
this week.
Willard Fisher Of Guilford has been in
town this week
Merle Randall of Riverdale had a
birthday party JAN rs.
Mrs. H. H. Chamberlin has returned
from a visit in Grafton
Mrs. Arthur l.. Rand of Fitchburg is
visiting Mrs. Ralph Snyder.
Charles H. Willard has been in Bos-
ton on business this week.
Edison Chamberlin of Worcester
Mass, Is visiting his parents.
F. S. Fuller is installing a new fur
mace in the Congregational parsonage.
Almon R. Marsh has bought a pair of
Morgan horses of a Westminster man.
Alton Holden has filled the Stebbins ice
house with 16-inch Ice from West river.
Miss Hazel Jones has gone to Jamaica
to accept a position in the glove factory.
Mrs. Edwin O'Brien of somerville,
Mass, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Emma
Persons.
Miss Elizabeth Cudworth of San Fran
cisco is visiting her cousin, Principal
Guy w. Powers.
Mrs. Rydell has returned from the
has been i'll this week.
The Dorcas guild will hold a sugar So
cial Friday evening, Feb. 9. A cordial
invitation is extended to all.
l. E. Bills and j. Haskins have finish
ed their work in the woods and are at
work in the mill for C. H. Willard.
Rev. A. Grant Lewis will preach in
the Congregational church, as a can
didate, next Sunday morning and even
ing.
Daniel Willard gave a party to nine
of his young Harmonyviile friends Jan.
10, the occasion being his ninth birth
| day anniversary.
In the Baptist church next Sunday
| morning the pastor will preach on the
| topic Some things about the Fathers
house and the many mansions
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Austin at
| tended the burial of Mrs. Austin's moth
| er, Mrs. A. White, in Wardsboro Fri
| day. Mrs. White died in Bennington.
G. Warner Townsend, who died Mon
| day in Saxtons River, was well known
in business circles here. having done
business with Townshend people more oil
less many years.
| The ladies' aid society of the Baptist
church met in their vestry Thursday af'
| ternoon to tie quilts and make arrange
ments for the roll call dinner which oc-
ours Monday. Feb. 10.
| The next meeting of the woman's Re.
lief corps will be held with Mrs. w. H
Miles on the afternoon of Feb. 10. Biz.
chard post, G. A. r., will meet In Ma
sonic hall at the same time.
| The Evans Brothers won the following
| prizes recently at the North Adams
poultry show on their White Plymouth
Rocks: LIST cock, I'd and 4th hen, b,
| LAT LAT aiph
| specials for shape and color, male and
female. club ribbons and cash.
Charles Cheney OF Hoosick Falls, N
Y. who has been a reader OF The Ph9.
nix many years. has ever a live interes
| in Townshend. He recently sent a pres.
ent OF two fine pullets and a cock t.
the Willard children, Nellie and Daniel
to enter az the poultry show.
| The junior class OF Leland and Ora!
seminary took the senior class and fac
| ulty on the annual sleighride Friday
they attended the play, 1.-THE Rivals.
after which they had supper in tn,
Grange hall, returning in the small
hours Of the night.
Allen Y. Bigelow received a letter re
Gently from his father, Horace Bigelov
of Canaan, giving the record for colt
weather for Vermont 81 degrees below
zero. He has been thrown out of EN-
ployment by the destruction by fire o
the principal manufacturing establish
ment. Mr.. Bigelow formerly lived Il
Townshend.
Newell Jenison had not finished cuttin
over his small Ice pond when the ic
became so thick as to make II unde
sirable He then turned to the plac
he had cut over the last two weeks an
| found the Ice there ~ inches thick. Tina