Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-16

in Connecticut before returning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Railway left
their home June ! to spend the sum-
mer in the home of Mrs. Railway IS
brother, G. ID. Whitman, in New Lon
don.
Work on the Austin Grape house will
not be begun until August as the car
penters who have been engaged to
build it have other work planned up to
that date.
II. A. Carpenter returned home
Saturday, after a four-days' visit in
Wardsboro. He reports good grass and
fruit crops, but all field crops are
backward.
Mrs Sylvcnus Y. Harding, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Covcy of
this place, entered the Massachusetts
General hospital in Boston last week
for treatment.
James f. Walsh and James w. Har-
rington of Greenfield were guests
few days the first of the week at the
Ncwfanc Inn to enjoy a fishing trip
in this locality.
Beginning this week Saturday Miss
es Phillips and Wright will hold ice
cream sales afternoon and evening
i anu w III OuSu lHt
summer months.
! Mrs. Katharine Wright of Putney,
who had been guest of her daughter,
Mrs. A. II. Edwards, went last week
to visit other daughters in Brattle-
boro before returning to her home.
Henry Hall has just completed a
fine portable house, having sold his
old one last spring to Ralph Cushing.
Mr.. Hall is now living in his new
home, which is equipped with many
conveniences.
Miss Adclla Estabrook, teacher of
vocal and instrumental music in
White River Junction, was guest of
Mrs. Charles L. Hescock few days,
leaving Monday for her home in Ian
caster, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward II. Eager went
Wednesday to their camp in Brook
line, where they will spend the sum
mcr. They have erected a little build
ing on the Albert Austin farm One
room is enclosed, while the other is
open on two sides.
Dr. Edward f. Bancroft his son,
Richard Bancroft, and a daughter from
| Wellesley came by automobile and
spent few days in town last week.
The doctor and his son were guests
! at the Newfane Inn and his daughter
was entertained at w. II. Newton s.
Among the recent guests at II. A.
Carpenters after the dedication of
the soldiers monument were l.. NJ
Carpenter and wife, Mrs. Don Stock
err, Mrs Lizzie Worden, Mrs. Julia
johnson, Mrs. Anna Gage, Mrs +. w.
| Chaplin, May Rcdfield and Frank Far
mum.
Miss Gertrude Brown has been a
guest of her sister, Mrs. Karl E. Ma
| her, since last week Thursday when
the family of S. G.. Brown were in
| town to attend the funeral service
of Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Maher returned
with her sister to Brattlcboro We'd
ncsday.
Miss Ida Lewis, who came to visit
Mrs. G. Il. Davidson, is now guest
of Mrs. Charles l.. IIescock. She will
return to Londonderry for a brief
stay before going to Peru, where she
has been engaged to preach through
the summer, beginning the last Sun
day ii June.
Miss Ruth Farnum and Miss Mabel
Hazelton graduated last week from the
| Leland and Gray seminary in Town
shcnd. Each took last year a course
in the teacher training department.
! Miss Farnum S average for the year in
| her studies was 81 and that of Miss
! IIazelton was %.
Newfane scores several points on the
Boston Post story of dandclion II
inches in diameter. Mrs. ID. A. Ben.
son cooked single dandclion plant
measuring % inches from tip to tip,
for a family of three and "what they
could not eat that night the queen
next morning fried. - An added relish
was given to the meal by solid mass
of 90 to 25 buds which stood out from
the center like an apple
Mrs. A. II. Farnum was at home last
week to attend commencement at Lee
land and Gray seminary, her daughter,
Miss Ruth Farnum, being one of the
graduates. Mrs. Farnum s sisters, Mrs.
Grace Head of Washington, Mrs. Hor-
ace Boyd of Wilmington and Mrs. j.
| Il. Ward of Westminster were her
guests and attended the exercises. Mrs.
Farnum has returned to Wilmington to
remain little over two weeks to finish
teaching a term of school.
The funeral of Mrs. S. G. Brown of
Brattleboro, former resident of New
fame, was held last week Thursday at
p. m, in the Congregational church.
Rev. Charles w. Mock officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. r. Wright sang two
selections 1t was rainy day, but
many former neighbors and friends at
tended the funeral. The floral tributes
were many and beautiful. The burial
took place in Woodlawn cemetery.
Before her marriage she was sue
cessful teacher in the public schools
in Newfane, and she was a woman of
rare qualifications. She was greatly
appreciated for her true moral worth
and Christian character by all who
knew her.