Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-19
NEWFANE

Miss Marion White, who has been i'll
all winter, is better.
About 25 couples attended the dance
in Union hall Friday evening.
Mrs. Marcia Morton will help Mrs.
p. c. Moore at the library few weeks.
On account of illness Miss Ruth Gray
came home from Brattleboro Monday
night
Miss Nellie Hamlin will help at David
son Naples during the spring term of
court.
Mrs jeanette Gates spent a few days
this week with her sister in-law, Mrs.
Horace French.
G. G. Smith and j. B. johnson of
South Londonderry were guests at d.
A. Benson's the first of the week.
Miss Agnes Moulton was the first one
to bring in last week from Newfane
hill blossoms of hepatica and the spring
flower
Mrs. A. T. Edwards went Saturday to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Nido, in Brat
tleboro and took little Carlotta to her
new home.
w. H. Eager came from New York
Saturday night and on Sunday after
noon Mrs Eager returned with him to
their home.
The number of prisoners has so largely
lDCIedSeu III lHe county jail IndI DOtn
the upper and lower rooms are called
into service.
Mrs. Belle C. Knapp, who is having
sugar made on her farm for the first
time this year, entertained a party of
seven at sugar eat Wednesday.
Miss Airline Gray returned from Or
ange Saturday night. Her cousin,
Verne Lyman, came also to visit his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Gray
The third and fourth degrees will be
worked in the regular meeting of the
Grange next Wednesday evening All
those whose names begin with w are
on the supper committee.
Mrs. Abbie Morse, sister of Judge
Fish, was in town at the opening of
court. After a short visit with Mrs. F.
M Wiswall she returned to her home in
West Wardsboro Wednesday.
Horace Wood of this town was united
in marriage Monday evening to Mrs.
Alice Prouty of Wlliamsville. The we'd
ding took place at the home of the off,
ciating clergyman, Rev. F. NJ. Wiswall.
Miss Ruth Streeter came from Am
herst Friday night to spend a week or
two with Mrs. G. E. Davidson and Miss
Harriet Newton. On account of trouble
with her eyes she is having a substi-
tute teach for her.
Those who have been engaged in maxi
season. The price at the beginning was
Is cents in pals and 90 for cake sugar,
and now the price for sugar of good
quality is 1914 cents per pound
The schools in town opened Monday
for the spring term. In the village
school taught by Mrs. Edith Farnum
there are &c pupils and more are ex-
pected. In the union school taught by
Miss Mildred Palmer there are Is pu-
pills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Van Vakenburgh
of Mount Hermon We're guests over Sun
day in the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. L. Hamlin. Mr.. Van Valken-
burgh is engaged in carpentry work in
Greenfield, to which place he drives
each day.
Mrs. w. H. Goodnow arrived Monday
night. On account of the water pipe
freezing this winter she came a little
earlier than is usual to open their sum-
mer home, but expects to return to
Cambridge for a few weeks stay before
coming to remain permanently.
1t is reported that A. L. Cook of
Greenfield has bought large lot of pine
in Jamaica, estimated to be about
million feet Mr. Cook has been in New
fame often this winter to look after the
lumber which he has been cutting on the
Gushing place and previously he had his
steam mill in Brookline where he did
large business before moving it to this
place.
Newfane Congregational church Sun
day, April 81: Morning worship at II,
sermon by the pastor, subject, The
overflow of Christian character Sun
day school at 1915; evening service at
7.30, subject, what we give up to serve
Christ" Christian Endeavor meeting
Tuesday evening al 7.30. Prayer meet
ing Thursday evening at 7.30. Special
music Sunday morning and evening. Ev-
erybody welcome.
The Toronto conservatory of music
will celebrate its 25th anniversary this
year. 1t began with an attendance of
200 and now has 1000 students. The in
stitution was founded by DR.. Edward
Fisher, a native of Jamaica and nephew
and brother by adoption of Mrs Laura
Fisher Johnson of this town. portrait
of Dr. Fisher will be painted at a cost
of $500, to be paid for by the faculty
and alumni, to be hung on the walls in
honor of the founder.
News has been received that Walter
M Newton of Dover, Del, son of the
late Marshall l. Newton of FELTON,, Del,
and grandson of Isaac Newton of New
fame, also grandson on his mothers side
of the late Calvin Ward of this town,
has the contract of building a light
house in the middle of Delaware Bay,
which will take all his time for several
months. Mr.. Newton is an ardent ad-
vocate of the use of cement in building
enterprises and has other contracts in
this line of work.