Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-05

versty of Vermont on Wednesday accom-
panied by Cecil Joe Snow.
Mrs. VIII Franklin has moved from
West Townshend into the Aldrich house
which she bought some time ago.
Mrs H. V. Dale returned to Springfield,
Mass, Tuesday after spending a week
with her daughter, Mrs. Charles II.
Evans.
Mrs. Otis Phillips of Orange, Mass,
who had been visiting her mother-in-
law, Mrs. Mary Phillips, returned to her
home Monday.
Miss Abbie Starr left the home of her
unlce. Judge E. L. Hastings, Monday to
take up her work in the schoolroom at
White Plains, N. Y.
Benjamin Mehuron has accepted po-
stion as fireman on the Central Vermont
railroad. He is located at present in
New London, Conn.
j. II. Ware has shipped another car
load of cows to Fishers Island, NJ Y
Mr.. Ware has shipped cows to this is
land from time to time the past 20 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Marsh returned
to their home in Baldwin, Maryland, Sat
urday, after enjoying their holiday vaca-
ton at the home of their parents in
Harmonyville.
Mrs. Newell Jenison has been taken
to the home of Mrs. viii Franklin. Mrs.
Franklin will care for her. She has been
made a great sufferer by her long and
distressing invalidsm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Durham have recent
~ visited Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Martin of
Saxtons River Mrs. Durham has recent
ly received a letter from her brother,
Fred Smith, describing his experience in
Kansas.
Miss Georgiana l. Mexican left for a
short visit in Brattleboro, where she was
Joined by schoolmates from Brattleboro
and Bellows Falls who represent south
ern Vermont in the student body of the
Westfeld, Mass, normal school, They
began the work of the mid winter period
| Tuesday.
The golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
George W. Howe was celebrated in Or
ange, Mass, Monday. Mrs. Howe is a
sister of Mrs. Salna Derby of this town.
She is native of Manchester,
this state, and after the death of her
parents lived several years in Towns
bend with a half-brother.
Miss Alice F. Ware graduated Dec.
20 from the Pennsylvania Orthopaedic
| Institute and school of Mechanic Therapy.
She Is employed in this institution one
! month for further practice and expert
ence. Miss Ware was graduate nurse
before entering this school. The topic
| for next Sunday morning in the Baptist
| church will be- Habits"
A regular communication of Blazing
Star lodge. No. %, 2. & A. NJ. was held
in Masonic hall Tuesday evening. These
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
w. NJ, f. L. Hastings; s. W., William
NJ Sparks ]. W., DR.. p. p. White;
treas, F. L. Lowe; sec, w. II. Miles
S. D., Eugene b. Cudworth; j. D., Will
liam f. Blood. The appointive officers
will be selected later.
Work is very dull at the sawmills
owing to the scarcity of logs. The mild
winter with no shedding has made it
| difficult to get logs to the mills If there
is sufficient snow to make good shedding
there will be something doing on all the
roads as many are anxious to haul the
| logs already cut. 1t is estimated that
there will be nearly 100000 feet OF
| lumber sawed this season in this town
Christmas trees were very popular this
| year in district No. 3. They were en-
| joyed at the homes of Clarence Woodland
| Allen Y. Bigeow and William McClen-
ming. Both the children and the grown
people were made happy by the festivi-
ties of the occasion. Mrs. George White
helped her scholars make decorations for
their homes, Mr.. and Mrs. John Per-
kins entertained a party. Mr. and Mrs
George Reed and Mr.. and Mrs. F. A
Blood entertained friends over the Holt
days.
George F. Rogers shot a deer in the
open season and sold the carcass to A. R
Marsh for SIS. The next day Mrs Den
mis- Jones presented an order from Mr.
Rogers for the value of the deer. About
the same time the town of Townshent
trusted the bill to recover 1920 du,
the town in taxes from Mr.. Rogers. The
case was heard by Justice E. NJ. Butler
of Jamaica in the Townshend Inn OF
Dec. 2S. The town was represented BY
Attorney Miller of Brattleboro, and Mr.
Jones had o. B. Hughes of the Gibson &
Waterman Office to guard his interests
Justice Butler reserved his decision OF
the trustee process for one week.