Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-26
NEWFANE

OF II prisoners in the county Jail last
week IS remain.
Mrs w. II. Goodnow returned to Cam
bridge Monday.
George Solandt left Monday to visit a
sister in Springfield.
A telephone, No. S013, has been in
stalled In the court house.
The annual village meeting will be
held in Union hall May l.
j. H. Underwood went to Worcester
on business trip Monday.
John Covey is making inside repairs
at Charles L. Hescock's house.
Mrs. Dickinson of Jamaica is the new
cook at the Windham County House.
Cold weather continues. 1t was noted
Tuesday that snow flakes were in the
air.
Clifton Howe, Phi. D., came Monday
from Toronto to visit a few days at his
home here.
Prof. G. *. Cherrie, who had been to
New York city on a business trip, re-
turned home Saturday.
Miss Ruth Streeter, having been ben
Gifted by a short rest, returned Mon
day to her school duties in Amherst.
Deweese Dewitt received a badge in
Sunday school last Sunday for perfect
attendance during the past eight years
Mrs Marla Barney, who was guest
for a week with Mrs. Harlow Howe, re-
turned Wednesday to her home in Brat
tleboro.
1t is reported that l.. NJ. Randall has
bought out a cigar box shop in Brattle-
boro and expects to move there in
about two weeks
When returning home from Sudbury,
Mrs. F. A. Dewitt visited Mrs. George
Batchelder in Westhampton from Sat-
urday until Tuesday.
The annual meeting of the Union Hall
helpers will be held in the home of the
president, Mrs. d. S. Ballou Monday,
April 30, at p. m
The carpenters have completed the
necessary repairs in the basement of
Union hall, and the dining room and
kitchen will be painted soon.
The post office department have made
arrangements to have a postal savings
system established at our post office,
which will be in operation May l.
All the court people returned home
over Sunday. So many of the jurors
had been excused that ~ new ones were
drawn to take their places Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Breslin and fam
lily came up from Brattleboro Saturday
to visit her mother, Mrs. ]. d. Pierce
Mr.. Breslin returned home Monday.
Charles Grout and family of West
Townshend visited Sunday at Herman
Eddys and Mr. and Mrs. William Hes
cock of Brattleboro Monday and Tues
day.
Perley Richmond, nephew of A. H.
Farnum, from Westminster, who is
teaching school in Brookline, visited at
Mr.. Farnum's from Friday until Sun
day night.
Lisle Carpenter is spending the week
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. A
Carpenter. Daniel Stocker of Wards
boro visited at Mr.. Carpenters the firt
of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Covey and in
FAINT twins of Hill. N. H., came last
week Thursday to visit his parents, Mr..
and Mrs John Convey. They returned
to their home Monday.
Lodge No. 70, l. o. o. F., and the Re-
bekah lodge will attend church in a
body next Sunday morning, when a
special sermon will be preached by our
pastor, Rev. George X. Carter.
Miss Mary Croker of Brattleboro Wis
tied her aunt, Miss Laura Rice, Sunday
Miss Rice seems to be making a
good recovery from the bone which she
broke in one arm a few weeks ago.
John Tbbetts, who has bought the
steam mill below the village, has had
the house bought with it thoroughly re-
paired and has begun to move his
dhSt vi uci6lpolS night HtAt WSeh
Wardsboro
Mrs E. ]. Butterfield, who spent the
winter with Mrs. d. NJ Kenney, return
ed last week to her home. Mrs. Kenney
is boarding with her while she is having
inside repairs made in her house by
Frank Rand.
Frank Rose, who lived through the win
ter in the Horace Wood house above the
village, is driving team for Holden &
his hOucehpll
goods to Brattleboro. The family will
live at 81 Chestnut street.
w. P. Eames has bought of Mrs. An
ma Bryant her pasture, upon which is
lot of growing pine, situated at the
foot of Newfane hill and reserved by
Mrs. Bryant when she sold her farm
here, known as the Mortified place
Mrs Martha Oatman left Friday to
spend several months with relatives in
WATERFOWL, N Y. Miss Ella Heath ac-
companied her to visit relatives in the
same town, the former home of both
before coming to Newfane to live.
The w. C. T. u met April 10 in the
afternoon with Mrs. Davidson and aj-
journed to meet May at the same
time and place, when delegates will be
chosen to attend the county convention
to be held in Brattleboro May 16 and II.
Miss Mary Plat, a charter member
of the Newfane Christian Endeavor So
ciety, has passed 100 in the examina-
tions for efficiency and now ranks as a
Christian Endeavur expert, being the
first reported to attain that rank in the
state.
Earl F. Davis is the first who has
tried his luck at fishing, so far as re-
ported this year. He went out for a
little while Wednesday afternoon and
caught two near the iron bridge below
the village, one of which weighed
pound.
There was a large attendance in the
meeting of the Grange Wednesday even
ing Twelve different Oranges were rep