Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-12

Mrs. C. E. Ingram has been Ill sew
eral days.
Leon Mixer has been i'll several days,
but is now improving.
James Stark expects to fill several ice
houses for people on Ames hill
Rev. ]. E. Berry of Putney was a
guest Thursday of Mrs. C. r. Evans.
Leo Miner has finished work for F. D.
Marsh and has returned to Mortified.
George Allen and family recently Wis
tied his father, Elijah Allen, in Jackson
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Harris are gaining
slowly. Mrs. Amy Haley is caring for
them.
Mrs. r. P. Hamilton was in New York
several days recently, returning home
Monday.
Mrs C. T. Reed and Mrs. E. H.
Brown of East Dummerston were re-
cent guests at G. H. Houghton's.
Mrs. w. Starr Cutting came Tuesday
from Chicago to spend several weeks
with Professor Cuttings father, H. M.
Cutting.
The wind and weather was very Sc
we're on the hills the first of the week.
preventing some of the scholars from at
| tending school.
Leslie Whitney, who underwent an op-
Grafton in the Farren hospital in ,Monta-
| que recently, expects to be able to re-
| turn home Saturday.
L. II. Stellman Is still at work putting
machinery into the Fisk paper mills in
| Hinsdale He has been at work there
| about three months.
E. E. Mather is filling his ice house
| this week. The ice was II inches thick
Wednesday and has increased in thick
ness each day of this zero weather.
Austin Nichols went to Bennington
Tuesday to install the officers of the
| Walloomsac lodge of which he is deputy
grand warden. He returned Tuesday.
Roscoe Fisher is confined to the house
with lumbago. Mrs. Fisher, who has
been spending some time with her son.
| Arthur Fisher, has been called home.
F. L. Houghton has just installed in
his sugar house a Monarch evaporator
and all other equipments for making
good sugar. The evaporator was bought
! of True & Blanchard of Newport, this
| state
Miss Hattie N Clark recently enter
tanned her Sunday school class of girls.
The afternoon was spent pleasantly in
playing games. Refreshments were
served and the children had a very hap
Ply time.
The choppers began Wednesday to cut
the timber from the Dunkee woodlot,
which recently was sold to Mosher &
Cobb. 1t is expected that the logs will
be drawn to Holden & Martins mill to
be sawed.
Mrs Mary Clisbee 49, was able to at
tend the funeral of her sister. Mrs.
Lydia Willcutt, of Clark street, Monday.
Mrs. Clisbee is the only remaining one
of her fathers family. She is cared for
In the home of Mr. and Mrs. w. H.
Alexander
The Near and Farther Lights held an
interesting meeting Tuesday afternoon in
the home of Mrs. b. s. Miller. Plans
were made to hold social in the chapel
of the Baptist church next Friday even
Ing, Jan. 10, to which everybody is in
vited. A small fee will be charged.
Thirteen women enjoyed a delightful
covered dish dinner Wednesday with
Miss Mary Stearns, The menu was
elaborate and varied. The place cards
were unique and the quotations to be
read by each guest were very apt, and
in some cases rather personal. After
two hours spent at the table guessing
the contents of the dishes and partakine
of every one the rest of the afternoon
was spent socially in discussing several
! subjects of general interest.
, The William Fisher house on the Marl-
boro North pond road narrowly escaped
, destruction by fire Wednesday after
noon, Mr.. Fisher was away at the time
"heh Nlrs' rlsher ana the chiiuren dis-
!, covered smoke coming UP through the
, hoor. They called the help of the near
, est neighbors, W. C. Bryant and George
. Johnson, who hurried to the scene. Mr.
. Johnson, although an elderly man, rar
like boy in his haste to be of service
=, The two men tore up the floor and fount
: a rats nest which had caught fire. A
partly burned match was found nearby
Several pieces of lath were nearly burn
? ed through. By the free use of wate
the blaze was extingushed but the plas
tering and paper were damaged some
2 what.