Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-01-28

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Mrs. Lovisa Wiswall remains i'll.
Little Charles Mock is out again. af
ter long illness.
DR.. Charles NJ. Goodenough is re.
covering from an attack of grip.
Miss Mabel Phillips left Monday TO
spend few days in Londonderry.
Mrs. Erving Chase is entertaining
her mother from Brattleboro this week
Homer Ambrose and family, who
have all been i'll with grip, are i'm.
proving.
Mrs. w. w. Burnett and Mrs. John
Burnett were guests at +. w. Under.
wood IS Tuesday.
F. A. Dewitt and Mrs. A. II. Far
mum attended the Grange meeting in
Guilford Friday.
Miss Marjorie Eames, who has been
i'll with grip, is better, but is unable
to attend school.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Persons are i'll
with the grip. Ralph Cushing is there
to help for while.
Miss Anna Goodenough is ill with
grip. She was unable to return this
week to her studies in Leland and
Gray seminary.
A telephone, 27-2, has been installed
IN the Moore Free library, another, o.
II, at w. B. Hazelton S and one at Mel
son Gray's, 1912.
Miss Ruth McIver is in Townshend
to help Mrs. Graves and her daughter.
who teaches in Leland and GRAY semi
nary and are both i'll.
Mrs. B. E. Morse was in Brattleboro
Thursday to visit her sister, Mrs Ma
ria johnson of Londonderry, who is
i'll in the Memorial hospital
A number from this village were
pleasantly entertained at a 500 party
by Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wilson in their
home i'll Brookline Tuesday evening.
Last Saturday a prisoner was com
mitted to the county jail from Brattle-
boro to serve short sentence, the
first one there in a number of weeks.
Miss Margaret Maher who was at
home for a vacation of three weeks,
returned Friday to the hospital in
Springfield, where she is in training.
Mrs. L. w. futile was called to
Springfield, Mass, last week on ac-
count of the serious illness of her sis
ter, whose death occurred Tuesday of
this week.
The school directors and Supervisor
Whitney met in Newfane Thursday
evening, Jan. 90 to consider the ques-
ton of new textbooks for the schools
in town, which matter will soon be
decided.
Miss Olive Eager came home from
the Mortified seminary Friday night
i'll with grip. She was taken to the
Windham County House, and although
she is improving she is not yet able
to return to her school work. At the
time she came away $50 of the stu
dents were i'll.
The latest poster displayed before
the Congregational Sunday school
showed that: "Drink cuts into the
support of the family as proved by
the fact that of 352 able bodied men
who failed to support their families,
243 were drunkards, which is 60 per
cent. Philanthropy paid tie bills, as
reported by the associated charities of
Boston"
The w. C. 7. U. met with Miss
Mary Newton Friday afternoon and
studied the plans for state and nation
al prohibition. A list of the 10 pro-
hibition states was read, also the names
of the seven states that are to vote on
this question in 1916, of which Yer
mont is the first The state w. C. r.
U. has engaged Miss Lillian Phelps of
Niagara, n. Y, to speak in the western
part of Vermont during February and
Mrs. Addie B. Parsels of Philadelphia
to speak in Rutland, Washington and
Windsor counties, also Mrs. Anna Til
linghast of Beverly, Mass, to speak in
the eastern section of the state, giving
three or four dates to Windham county.
The annual concert by the Mount
Hermon students, given in the Congre
gational church Saturday evening, was
a very successful entertainment, calling
out over 200 persons. A supper was
Endeavor society in the church vestry
upon their arrival, and refreshments of
cake and ice cream at the close of
the concert. A pleasing program was
rendered. In addition to the numbers
given by the glee club were selections
by Prof Lawrence, Mr.. Frasier, an In
dian in Indian costume, and selections
by Mr.. Gorton, impersonator. The Is
were here over Sunday and their mu-
steal selections at both morning and
evening services were much enjoyed by
large audiences. The Christian En-
deavor society will clear over $50 from
the concert, and the proceeds will be
used to procure new singing books for
the prayer room.
Heard the Whistle.