Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-26
VERNON.
Mrs. Caroline Hughes.

Mrs. Caroline Hughes.
Mrs. Caroline c. Hughes, 70, whose
critical illness was mentioned last week,
died about noon Saturday in the home of
Conrad Harmon, where she had been
staying with Mrs. Harmon nights while
Mr.. Harmon was away. Death followed
an illness of 10 days with pneumonia.
Mrs. Hughes was born in Gulford
March 25, 1899, and was one of seven
children of Farley and Susan M Dur
rows Stone. She attended the district
schools in Guilford and was married to
Robert Hughes of that town, who was a
quarryman at the johnson slate quarry.
About % years ago they went to Brat
tleboro to live and Mr.. Hughes was en-
ployed by Smith G. Hunt several years.
He died there about II years ago and
shortly afterward Mrs. Hughes came to
Vernon to live with her sister, Mrs. Ad-
Olson Brooks, and they had lived to-
gether since that time, having the re-
spect of the townspeople.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes had six chill
dren, three of whom survive. They are
George w. Hughes of Athol, Alice, wife
of Edgar Weaver of Orange, and AL
bert Hughes of this town. Mrs. Hughes
also leaves three sisters and a brother
Mrs. Addison Brooks, Mrs. Marshall
Brooks and Mrs. Edward Wilson of Yer
non and Abbott B. Stone of Brattle-
boro.
The funeral was held in the Harmon
home Tuesday at IL o'clock, Rev. d. E.
Trout. pastor of the Universalist church
of Brattleboro and the Union church of
Vernon, officiating. The burial took place
in Maplehurst cemetery, the bearers be
ing George and Albert Hughes, Edgar
Weaver and Abbott B. Stone.
The lndias' cirCla in that
rooms on Wednesday. Dinner will be
served. Final arrangements for the fair
will be in order
Mrs. j. B. Mahoney entertained a
neighborhood party Thursday afternoon
very pleasantly. The ladies' brought
their sewing and enjoyed a social time
Miss Ernestine Caillouette told the fortune
of the guests, amid much merriment and
chatting dish refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burt H. Newton enter
tained family party at dinner on We'd
nesday 1t being the 10th birthday annie
versary of their father William Newton.
Mr.. Newton's daughter, Mrs. c. Harrison,
and husband, Miss Edith Brooks and Mr..
and Mrs. Francis Woodland of Mortified
were the guests.
Miss Lillian C. Stebbins, who accom-.
panied her brother, Albyn, to his home
In Ftchburg after the funeral of their
mother, is i'll. Grip with serious compli-
cations cause her friends anxiety, but
the Doctors latest bulletin is that there
is some Improvement in her condition
the past few days. Her many friends
hope for her speedy recovery.
On the return of the Harmon family to
their home after the funeral of Mrs
Caroline Hughes Tuesday, Mr.. Harmon.
somewhat in advance of the Others
opened the kitchen door and let the dog
into the room, passing into the shed
himself without entering the house. The
violent barking of the dog later caused
him to open the door, when he saw
flames bursting through the partition
near the chimney. Mr. Harmon soon
put out the fire, which was caused by
rats building nests against the chin
ner. The nest caught fire and ignted
the woodwork. The dog is likely to
sleep In warm corner the rest of his
life. ...
The ladies of the Universalist society
will hold their annual fair and festival
on Friday afternoon and evening Feb. g
There will be the usual sale of aprons,
holders and fancy articles, candy. lemon
ade. etc, at Whithed's hall, where
Wales and Dugan will furnish music for
dancing from p. m. to 1 a. m. Mrs. e.
Stebbins. jr., has charge of tables at the
hall Chicken-pie and other good things
will be served for supper from to s
p. M, in the church vestry, where Mrs.
E. H. Akley will superintend the supper
room, and Mrs. Kate Squires will watch
oveS the kitchen interests No pains will
be spared to make the affair a pleasant
and profitable one to all, Assurance has
been given that the Boston & Maine
owl train,' due about 10 p. m, will
stop at Central Park, en- route to Brat
tleboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Staten gave a
dainty luncheon to 26 guests Wednesday
afternoon. The guests were seated at
small tables. and the serving table from
which the five courses were served, was
placed in the big north bay window, and
decorated with a very ingenious repre-
sentation of a winter woodland scene.
over the dainty napery were scattered
spicy pine twigs The background was
steep, snowy hillside, down which
flowed a brook, under a rustic bridge,
widening into lake in the centre, minia-
ture deer, canoes, woodpes, snowshoes,
toboggans, sled, skis and a wigwam,
crotched sticks with a log across ready
to boil the kettle, pictured an ideal camp
ground, and reminded the guests the day
they We're celebrating was known as a
wooden wedding, and was woodsy, in
deed. The place cards were of birch
bark. and the favors were tiny Dutch
wooden shoes with the dates 1907-1912,
and the surname initials of bride and
groom 81, burnt into them The dec
orations were planned and carried out by
Mrs. William Richardson, ably assisted
by Miss Inez Akley. Miss Annie Richard
son and Enrol Richardson. The luncheon
was very merry one for hosts and
guests and the suggestion idea was ad-
vanced a little farther by the great
punches of fragrant crimson and white
| roses, left by the guests, as emblems OF
rosy future. Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Rich
ardson also celebrated their marriage
anniversary with Mr.. and Mrs. Staten
| and with family friends made the gather
| Ing an unusually large and pleasant one