The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-30
SOUTH NEWFANE.
Variety of Weather Conditions.

some of the season s hottest days,
when the mercury has ranged from 81
to 80 degrees about the village. Some
of the nights have been correspond
ingly warm. Last Sunday, between -
and / o'clock, during a brief shower in
sunshine, the upper are of a rainbow
was plainly visible in the northern
heavens. The same evening short dis
play of aurora borealis was observed. |
Monday forenoon there came shower |
of rain and hail. From Stratton hill |
this shower was reported as a brisk |
snow squall A number of nights re-
Gently have been frosty. Tuesday |
morning the mercury stood at 20 de- |
grees, causing ice to form in still wa |
ter and the leaves to fall in showers |
from the early shade trees when the
morning sun touched them.
Cecil C. Stratton returned to Spring
field, Mass, Tuesday morRing.
Mrs. Julius L. Whitaker was in
Brattleboro from Tuesday to Friday
of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Bruce visited
at c. L. Brown land attended the Val
| ley fair iast week.
Mrs. Sumner G. Shepard, who was in
! Newfane visiting Mrs. George w.
Knapp two weeks, is at home again.
Mrs. Alice w. Bailey was in Brattle
| boro Monday and Tuesday as a dele
gate to he Baptist state convention.
| Frank C. Perry of Agawam, Mass,
| formerly of this place, attended the
| Valley fair, and this week is visiting
| in town.
Mrs. Barber of Lyndonville visited
her daughter, Miss Daisy Barber, at
| ID, = Ion,
to Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert A. Mason of
1 Gardner, Mass, have been guests this
week of their cousins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles A Mason.
I The Ladies Benevolent society will
meet with Mrs. l.. w. Shepard Friday
afternoon of this week for the election
of officers and annual reports.
large number from this part of
the town attended the Valley fair last
week from one to three days each, re-
lporting an unusually good time.
Ernest f. Bailey of Greenfield,
Mass, and Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Dickin-
son of Agawam, Mass. spent Tuesday
night of last week at Mrs. Alice A.
Bailey 5, and attended the Valley fair.
Mrs. John d. Blake, Miss Jessie
Blake, Miss Beatrice Blake and friend,
Miss Schendell, who were ut their sum
mer home about three months, left
, Sunday afternoon for their home in
Minneapolis, MINI.
Hollis Powers of Brooklyn. \. Y.
} son Of the late Henry Powers, formerly
of this place and New York city. and
Miss Pellet, left Monday. after spend
p ing two weeks with Mr.. Powers 5 aunt,
y Mrs. Matte Ingram.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Fred c. Elmer OF
p Cleveland, Ohio, and Mr.. and Mrs
r George Perry Of Rochester, y. Y.
have been calling on friends in the
!, village this week. All except Mrs. Perry
formerly lived here,
Charles y Edwards has sold hi,
!. farm to Ralph Moore of Dover, Pos
session it to be given within few
weeks. This week Mr.. and Mrs. I'd
wards are visiting in Townshend anC
South Londonderry.
n Henry Lamont of Lowell, Mass. whc
has been with the Boston & Maine
+ Railroad company II years, was at c
i f. Brown s last week from Wednesday
to Saturday. Mr.. Lamont lived Will
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown several years il
his boyhood.
The Marlboro Branch school wa,
CibStu hbHudN anu utS1dN. NJ Is
Greenwood being out of town to attend
d wedding. Miss Greenwood has 20 o
more pupils, has graded the school, an,
$ hopes that the school patrons will Wis
it and observe the work.
It Mrs. Harrison Aldrch recent,
bought of Frank G. Morse the Ian,
+ upon which was located his first sum
:. mer home in the village and later wa
/ used as the site for John Z. Morse
mill. All buildings and lumber ar
4 being removed by William \. Brook
= of Williamsville, making the land read
+ for cultivation and Improvement an
other year.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Milton Dexter re
turned Monday to their home in Phil
adelphia, their stay here being short
f ened a few days by the death of Nh
D Dcxter's cousins, Frank G.. Morse an
4, II. Julian Morse. Mr. and Mrs. Dex
l. ter came early in June, making a So
$ journ of nearly four months at Dex
/ ter hall.
l. Rev. Mr. Kelley of st. Lawrenc
st county, New York, preached Sunda
morning and evening in the Baptis
7. church and in West Dummerston in tn
e afternoon. Mr.. Kelley left Monday t
r attend the Baptist state convention j
" Brattleboro, going from there to Dove
\. H., to visit relatives before return
II ing to New York state.
Il Last week a monument of Quinc
al al granite was placed in the cemetery
1T memory of Alonzo Y. Stratton, VIII
died in February, and his wife, Mr.
Louise Charter Stratton, who died
May, by their sons, G. Perley Stra
ton, Cecil c. Stratton and Walter
IT. Stratton of Springfield, Mass, VIII
is were here to personally superinten