Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-17
ERMONT PHOENIX BRATTLEBoRo, FRIDAY MAY II 1919

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Austin Of Harmonyville, Tuesday.
Ralph Cole. who had part of his
thumb cut off by bench saw a few
weeks ago, went to work Tuesday,
Rev. c. Fl. b. Seliger delivered an ad =
dress at the roll call of the Congrega-
tional church in Jamaica Tuesday.
Rev. Charles II. b. Seliger will ex-
change pulpits with Rev. r. j. NJ. TRAY
nor of Jamaica next Sunday morning.
F. s. Fuller and David stearns of Sax
tons River were in town this week re-
sponing to the many calls for work in
their line.
Henry Hall of the Bacon mill dis
trict has been very i'll this week. His
daughter, Miss Mabel Hail. has been car
ing for him.
Mrs. e. j. Colburn has closed her
house In Riverdale and has Joined her
husband, who is at work at the Brooks
House in Brattleboro.
Allen Hebb had his hand badly in
jured Tuesday by having it caught in
the sprocket of a moving bicycle. Dr..
F. L. Osgood dressed it.
Austin F. Halves, state forester, was
In town several days the first of the
week on business connected with his of
flee. He stayed at the Inn.
Robert Kitching, who has been at work
for Rockwell Davis, is visiting his home
In Melrose, Mass. He will return soon
to Putney, where he has secured a DO
sition for the season.
Mrs. Fred Wheeler has returned to her
home in Harmonyville from Perkinsville,
where she was called by the sickness of
her mother, who died last week at the
advanced age of so years.
The Home club will hold a food sale
in the vestry Of the CONGREGATIONAL
WaHn
o'clock. variety OF food will be on
sale including old fashioned hulled
corn and baked beans.
Rev. Joseph Mexican will have for his
topic next Sunday morning at the Bap-
fist church, "Other sheep and other
folds" In the evening in the union SER
vice at 7.3o his topic will be-"The use
and the abuse Of the thing which is
good"
The Home club and the Dorcas guild
held a joint meeting Tuesday in the
home Of Mrs. e. B. Batchelder. 1t was
voted to provide the alumni dinner on
June 10 in the vestry of the Congrega-
tional church. Various committees were
appointed to have charge of the details
Of the work.
Principal Guy w. Powers of Leland
and Gray seminary has received notice
from Nathanal F. Davis, LID, of
England college entrance certificate
board, that Leland and Gray seminary
has been put on their list for trial of
one year, 1912, If one graduate enters
college this year and makes good that
keeps it on the list of entrance without
examination for all students who gradu-
ate with standing of so or more per
cent to any college on that list No
doubt it can be kept on the list as Lee
land and Gray has graduates who enter
college most every year. At the pres
ent time there are two in the Univer-
sity of Vermont, and one in Middlebury
college, one in a Massachusetts normal
school and one in a normal school in
Vermont. There are few schools of its
size which have a record of as many
graduates entering higher schools of
learning, and it should surely remain on
the college entrance list.
The recital given by Mrs. Henrietta
Clark Bemis, teacher of elocution in the
seminary, in Seminary hall Friday even
ing was successful in every way. There
was a good attendance of students and
townspeope Mrs. Bemis was at her
best and held her audience throughout
the evening with all of her oldtime
power. though she does not give her at
tention now to entertaining as in for
mer years. She Is master of her art
and throws herself into her work in
manner which always stigs her hearers
She recited the Christmas and Easter
carols by Phillips Brooks with dignity
and impressiveness. Her power in the
pieces which called for the turning of
the humorous to the pathetic revealed
her skill as in Green grow the rushes,
o." Then the humorous THE moo
COW moo" and IAN object of love-" and
the entirely pathetic my neighbours
baby" brought out her versatility as an
Mrs. Bemis is a graduate
of the Emerson school of oratory and
has made elocution her life work. The
seminary band rendered several selec-
tons which were much appreciated by
the audience Miss Ruth Allen sang a
song which pleased the people present,
and a cornet duet by Robinson and
Phillips was Of special interest The
accompanments We're gracefully perform
ed by Miss Hazel Landman.
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water, fine location, reasonable rent, two
minutes walk from stores, post office
and churches. Inquire OF Mabel Fuller
on