Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

and the woman s hellet corps Will po
held in Odd Fellows hall Saturday at
9 p. m. Post members are requested to
be present on account of special busi-
ness.
Raymond Pratt, town game warden,
went to Londonderry the first of the
week with County Game Warden Met
calf to investigate conditions there in
| the interest of the state fish and game
department.
Three prisoners, including one wom-
an, were committed Saturday to the
county Jail from Bellows Falls to await
trial at the spring STERN of county
court. There is one prisoner now in
confinement at the Jail from Brattle-
boro, who is serving a short term SEN
tence.
The late Paris Rawson of this place
used to speak of the cold winter IN
Dover when the snow did not melt
on the south side of barns all winter
| 1t might have been the historical cold
year when there was frost every
month in the year and farmers could
not ripen seed.
Mrs. Diana Ra1nsdell of Wardsboro
was a pioneer in food conservation 60
years ago or more. In this sugarless,
wheatless time it may be of interest
to know that she used only 40 lbs. of
sugar per. year for a family of three,
1t was maple sugar at that. She also
used white corn meal for pie crust
mixed with wheat -four and a little lard.
1t did not require much shortening.
William II. Newton has been appoint
ed by the Windham county manager
war savings committee, chairman of
the Newfane town committee. Mr..
Newton has appointed on that commit
tee Ward II. Eager, Rev. G. w. Bishop.
C. X. Stedman and p. c. Thayer, and
as soon as possible whirlwind cam
paign for the sale of war saving and
thrift stamps in every home in town
will be started.
The Farmers club of the union dis
trict held its regular meeting in the
schoolhouse Saturday evening, March
2. After the business meeting a short
program was furnished by the program
committee, followed by a discussion on
the question: What crops will be the
most profitable for the farmer this
yearl Refreshments of coffee and sand
witches were served. The next meeting
will be held at the schoolhousc March
| 16.
A letter from David Willard has been
received by Mrs. G. Z. Davidson in
which he refers to the deposit he has
made for tho memorial fountain to be
erected on Newfane common and ex-
pressing his continued interest in the
project as well as his hope that all are
working diligently for the Red Cross.
He mentioned briefly the imperative
need of his presence in Rome as di-
rector of the hospital work there, say
ing that this only prevented his speedy
return to New York and home.
The Homeland circle met last week
Wednesday afternoon and was cor
daily welcomed although the hostess
scarcely had time to unpack household
goods so as to become settled in her
new home. Her account of work in
former years as a missionary on the
frontier and of her sister 8 work in the
foreign field was very interesting and
gave promise of bherl helpfulness, in the
future meeting of the Homeland circle
Mrs. Henry Hescock, president, had a
we'll prepared program, for the meet
ing concerning mission work at home
and in foreign lands.
Program for next Grange meeting
March 10. Subject for the evening,
The manufacture of maple sugar, open
ing song by Grange; reading Making
Maple Sugar a Patriotic Duty this
Year; recitation, Marion Howe; ques-
ton, What is good evaporator'; read
ing, Miss Anna Aikey; vocal duet,
/ Miss Florence Brown and Mrs. Mary
Maher; reading Maple Products in Fa-
vored Glass; question, What will be a
fair price for maple sugar this season.;
report of four minute speaker, John
Whitaker; roll call for ladies to be
responded to with maple sugar re-
ceipts; distribution of government bal
letins on maple sugar and syrup.