Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-03-22
NEWFANE

l.. II. Whitney picked some pansies
| this week.
Elery Chase is putting in a new
| evaporator
Mrs. A. H. Farnum, who has been Ill
the past week, is better
The I.arkin club of ten met Wednesday
evening with Miss Nellie Pratt
Mrs. Phoebe Davis, formerly of this
place and now of Brookline is Ill.
There will be big amateur wrestling
bouts in Union hall tomorrow evening.
CHARLOTTE, infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Daniels, has been very sick a week.
The Homeland circle will meet next
Wednesday afternoon at the parsonage.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. Wakefield OF
| Wardsboro were recent guests of Mrs. p
G. Moore.
Leon Pike is helping Arthur Howe
who is making sugar this spring at the
| Warder place.
Mrs. Alice Micott visited in the home
of her son, Merton Micott, in Brattleboro
| the first of the week.
Mrs. Earle Derry OF Townshend visited
in the home of her father, Fred Smith,
from Sunday to Thursday
Miss Elsie Newton of wallingford
called on relatives, the Misses Newton
and Miss Plat, the first of the week.
From the first chickens Matched this
| year by incubator Mrs. Cherrie had 10
| last week, which each weighed a pound
The sugar season has begun and many
| tapped their orchards the first OF the
week. New sugar is for sale in our stores
Mrs. Nellie Plumb and daughter of
| Townshend were guests over sunday OF
their cousin, Virgil Ranney, and Mrs
Ranney
Mrs. c. A. Nichols and son, Wayland,
and little Margaret left Wednesday TO
visit a few weeks with her parents in
their home in Dunenburg.
A regular meeting of the Grange will
be held Wednesday evening. The pro-
gram will be in charge of F. A. Dewitt
and Wilson Winchester.
Louis Gutenberg of Brooklyn. who
spent few days last week at o. r.
| Wright's. has returned home. Miss Ella
| Heath has also been a recent guest of
Mrs. Wright
Marcus Wellman returned to Brattle-
| boro Monday morning and Mrs. j. d.
Pierce went the first of the week to
spend some time with her daughter Mrs.
| Louis Breslin.
News has been received from w B.
Ballou that he has reached st. Louis,
Mo-, from which place he will go to st.
Joseph to stay several days before going
on to Rampant.
Fred Burlngame, with the other
heirs of Zeotes Burlingame, his father,
has received the bounty due him
amounting to a little over 5000, through
the Carpenter agency.
Miss Winnifred Maher will be at home
for vacation next week. Miss Fray
Ballou Will join the junior and senior
class of the Bratteboro high school in
their excursion to Washington.
Reports of five large eggs at ]. D.
Makers is received this week. The first
measured 62s by SIS, the last S1a by 6s,
laid by Rhode Island pullets Matched
about April last year.
John Covey went to Hill, N. H., Fri
day to attend to some business matters
relative to his real estate there. When
he returns he expects to carry on the
, sugaring at Rev. F. NJ. Wiswalls this
season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abbott Davis of North
Londonderry came Friday to visit her
brother, Earl F. Davis, having previous
" visited her sister, Mrs. George Batch
elder, in Westhampton. They returned
home Wednesday.
The continued cold weather has been
favorable to the lumbermen, who have
had an unusually good winter for their
business and here it has been remarked
as in other places that there have been
even more logs drawn into the mill yard
than usual The snow is fast melting
away and wagons were used here the
first of the week.
Newfane Congregational church, Sun
day, March "a Morning worship at IL,
subject for sermon, THE Three Crosses.
Sunday school at 1215. Evening service
at 100. Subject of sermon, spiritual
Riches" Christian Endeavor meeting
Tuesday evening, The saloon and it's
allies" Leader, Mrs. Davidson. Prayer
meeting Thursday evening at 7.3O.
On account of the storm last week the
st. Patrick social was postponed until
Saturday. The prayer room at the
church was very prettily trimmed with
green. The entertainment for the even
ing consisted of games appropriate for
the occasion. Guy Railway won the
prize in the hunt for Shamrock leaves
which was a green hat. Rev. G. X
Carter, who answered correctly the most
questions on Ireland, Mrs. L. II. Higgins
who guessed the most advertisements
and Ralph Dewitt, the most conundrums
were each awarded a prize Of a pipe
decorated with green ribbons. A good
number were present and a pleasing
literary program was rendered Refresh
ments of tea, potato chips and waters
| were served