Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-03-15
NEWFANE

Albert Phillips went to Boston on
business trip Monday.
Miss Ruth Gray has entered the Claw
SON. Hamilton business college.
Leroy Knapp who has been i'll the
past week or two, is improving.
Brchard woman's Relief corps met
Saturday afternoon with Mrs. d. S. Bal
lou.
Mrs. E. E. Phillips is staying at the
telephone exchange while her daughter
is away.
Mrs. w. c. Ballou and daughter, Miss
Fray, went to Springfield the latter part
of last week.
Marcus Wellman has finished work
for the Estey Organ company. He re-
turned home last week.
Mrs. Ward H. Eager of New York
city came Monday to spend a month
with her mother, Mrs. Rosetta Kenney.
The Christian Endeavor society will
have St. Patrick's social in the vestry
of the Congregational church this even
ing. Everyone Is invited.
viii Nido went to Brattleboro last
week to work a month at the Bradley
farm. Mrs. Nido will board with Mrs.
Robert Dean while they are there.
Mr., and Mrs. F. L. Hamlin left Satur-
day to visit their daughter, Mrs. van
Valkenburgh, in Mount Hermon. Ihey
returned home Thursday.
dance will take place in Union hall
Friday evening, March %. Leitsingers
orchestra of three pieces will play ana a
supper will be served in the hall. All
are invited.
William Newton Of Wilbraham spent
few days last week with Mrs. r. ID.
Newton and Miss Harriet Newton. MT.
Newton came up again TUESDAY night
to remain a few days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hescock and son,
Ralph. of Dummerston hill visited rela-
tives here Monday and TUESDAY. They
also visited Mrs. Hescocks two sisters,
Mrs Charles Grout and Mrs Dunbar, in
West Townshend before returning nome
There will be a special meeting of the
Conversational church and society
| Thursday evening in the vestry of the
| church at the close of the prayer meet
| ing to elect member on the pruuen-
tial committee to serve in place of r.
d. Newton deceased.
News has been received of the death
of Mrs Burgess, who, with her daugh-
ter Mrs. Kennedy, and her husband
was summer guest at the Newane Inn
last season. Their home is in New Ha-
ven Mr.. and Mrs. Kennedy spent
week here this winter and had expected
to come for this summer.
recent issue of the Minneapolis Jour-
nal says that Prof James H. Tufts of the
philosophy department in Chicago uni
versity has been offered the presidency
of Amherst college, of which he was a
graduate about 20 years ago. Professor
Tufts is a grandson of Rev. James Tufts,
the first Congregational pastor OF
Wardsboro, and son of Rev. James Tufts
late of Monson, Mass.
Incidentally we have heard it related
this week that when General Field s
daughter, Miss Mary X. Field, was mar
ried to Theodore French of Troy, n. Y,
at the Field mansion on Newfane hill in
1924 the bridegroom handed the offici-
ating minister, Rev. Chandler Bates, the
unheard-of marriage fee for those days
of $40. Miss Field probably attended the
famous Miss Willard school for young
ladies in Troy
Mrs. jeanette Gates has sold her home
| place below the village, where she has
| lived 46 years, to A T. Edwards for
$3.50 She had previously sold a piece
| of the meadow land to Rev. Guy Lam
| son, whose summer home joins this place,
| for $50 Mrs. Gates has moved the
many things which have accumulated
| there in the old home for many years,
and Mr.. Edwards has rented the place
to Frank Rowe, who is moving in this
| week
The Burlington Free Press contained
recently the following which will be read
with interest by the many friends OF
| Judge Fish in this, his native town:
| Hon. and Mrs. Frank L. Fish, of Ver-
gennes, were given reception at the city
| hall by the Vergennes board of trade
| Monday evening in honor of the formers
| appointment to the office of superior
| judge. R. W. McCuen presided as toast
| master and read resolutions from the
| board of trade congratulating Judge F1sr
on his appointment. to which Judge FISH
responded in a feeling manner Remarks
of congratuatory nature were made b,
| Judge F. NJ. Butler of Rutland, anc
Collector c. H. Darling Of Burlington"
Owing to the critical condition of FREQ
| Pierce, his son-in-law, j. D. Pierce, re-
ceived telephone message Sunda!
| afternoon to come at once to his home
in Westminster. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce
went Immediately, but did not reacf
there until after his death, which occurred
that day between 8 and o'clock. Dealt
was caused by pneumonia. little NOR
than % years ago Fred Pierce married
Miss Sarah Pierce, only daughter of ]. d
| Pierce, who at that time was one OF TIT
merchants in our village. After his mar
riage Mr.. Pierce and his brother, Ezra
Pierce, now of Putney, were engaged TO
a few years in the meat business here
The sympathy of their Newfane friends
goes out to his wife and their six chill
dren. The funeral was held in the hom
Tuesday and the burial service took plac
about o'clock in the afternoon in tn
family lot in this place, Rev. G. X. Car
ter officiating.
The w. c. T. U. met with Miss Emil
Sibley Friday afternoon and the presi
dent, Mrs. Eta Hescock, conducted tn
study of the hour, which was presente
in the form of a question box with te
questions bearing upon prohibition fror
the standpoint of the forces in oppo
sition These embraced the stock ar
guments of the license party, viz: rev
enue, personal liberty, prohibition doe
not prohibit and the financial loss t
brewing and distillery companies, with
brief reference to the connection be
tween the great money trusts and tn
liquor vote. These questions wer
answered satisfactorily to the w. c.
U. mind in favor of total prohibitio
with such officers elected as would b
willing and capable of enforcing prohib
itory laws and the continued educatio
of the public in favor of law enforce
ment. The previous study by the unto
, of authentic opinions of those who hav
written and spoken on this question
all its phases made II easy to answe
the fallacious arguments presented l
opposition to just laws and right livinl
Much rejoicing over the election return
marked the meeting, but knowing tina
the enemy is never idle, the temperate
people cannot even now fold thei
hands and sleep. but must still go O