Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-11-29

with their son, Herbert, and wife in
Brattleboro.
Mrs. Harry Sparks and two children
went Saturday to visit Mrs. Sparks's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Holden, in West
minister West. They will remain sever
al days. Mr.. Sparks Joined them for
Thanksgiving day.
Among those who went away for
Thanksgiving were Mrs. A. w. Barry
and children with her mother in Saxtons
River; Mr.. and Mrs Lewis Wheeler and
their two sons with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Lowe in Newfane.
Mrs. Jennie Hitchborn, wife of the late
Rear Admiral Hitchborn, paid a short
visit to her brother and wife, Col and
Mrs A. B. Franklin, Saturday. Col and
Mrs. Franklin made return visit Mon
day to Mrs. Htchborn In Brattleboro.
Haynes Sanders, who was injured in
Brattleboro Friday, is at home, and is
able to be about on crutches. He fell
ten feet and injured one leg badly, al
though it is said the bone was not
broken. He has the sympathy of his
many friends,
At the Baptist church next Sunday
morning, the pastor, Rev. Joseph Nc
Kean, will have for his subject "Signif-
cant factors in the success of Pente-
cost" In the evening at the union SER
vice in the same church the topic of
the sermon will be "Ambition-the false
and the true"
Mr.. and Mrs. David woodiwiss of New
York are visiting Mrs Woodiwisss
mother, Mrs. Herbert Kidder Mrs.
Woodiwiss was before her marriage, Miss
Ethel Jones' For the past few years
she has been working in New York as a
trained nurse. Mr.. and Mrs. Woodiwiss
live in New York,
Newell Jenison has so much work on
hand on his farm recently bought from
Ed. Durham in the north part of the
| town that he will be unable to furnish
| ice as usual for his many customers
! He has therefore, leased the ice pond
and business to Julian C. Taft, who will
| get out ice for filing the various ice
| houses, as has been done heretofore by
Mr.. Jenison.
Mr. Sternes and Walter Kidder of the
| firm of F. S. Fuller & Co., are putting
| the new furnace in the academy this
| week. 1t is hoped to have it ready to
heat the building on Tuesday, when the
| school will open for the winter term 1t
| is a Richardson & Boynton Perfect. -
| No. 1898. 1t is a combination wood and
| coal furnace and is warranted to keep
the building warm if properly managed.
| The severe rain storm which turned to
! snow and sleet Sunday afternoon and
| evening caused the smallest attendance
| or the year at the evening service at
| the Congregational church. Snow fell on
the mountains in the west part of the
| town, SO that from South Wardsboro to
| the Scott bridge there was good sled
| ding Monday. A strange feature of the
storm was the vivid lightning and the
| almost deafening peals of thunder about
10 O'Clock at night.
| The list of successful hunters for deer
! includes, in addition to those mentioned
/ last week, Ernest Bemis F. S. Brown
| and WILDER Snyder. This Is the seventh
successive year that WILDER Snyder has
secured a deer. 1t is the sixth for Car
roll Franklin, and would have been the
| same for Herbert Barber il he ha dgo-
ten one, but we failed to learn that Her
bert was successful this year. There
were 13S licenses granted to residents
! and seven to non-residents.
In the Grange Friday evening the farce
sweet feminine justice" was we'll pre-
scented, with Mrs H. Howard as lawyer
for the defense and Miss Lottie Jones
! attorney for the prosecution, Mrs Bert
Barry, judge, Dr. F. L. Osgood, a wit
ness, and Mr.. Selliger as an humble but
| innocent prisoner. There were visitors.
| including Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Burnap of
West Townshend, District Deputy Will
son Winchester and Mrs. Winchester and
I Mr. and Mrs. o. R. Wright and Mrs.
Ingram of Newfane. There was a
good attendance. Several applications
were received for membership.
Several family gatherings were held
| Thanksgiving day. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
| Fl. Willard entertained a dinner party OF
16 at their home in Harmonyville, Mrs
Alma Cummings entertained 10, DR.. and
Mrs. L. j. Parkers party numbered ~
Many smaller gatherings were held Miss
Elizabeth Cudworth entertained her I'M
Gle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. J. NJ. Pow
ers of Athens, and her cousin, Merrill D
Powers of the University of Vermont
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Powers of Bellows
Falls and Mr., and Mrs. G. F. Walker OF
Bellows Falls. Special attractions were
numerous, prominent among which was
the decoration of California peoples,