Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-08-11
PUTNEY.

Mrs. H. L. Pierce is on the sick list.
The Columbian club is to picnic at Spot
ford lake soon.
L. c. Easton has returned from his vaca-
ton in Woodford.
Miss Jennie Pierce enters Mortified
seminary this fall.
The abutments of the iron bridge across
the brook are finished.
Much sympathy is felt for c.. B. Willard
for his recent loss at Block Island.
F. A. Burditt left Saturday for Winches-
ter, n. H., to return with Mrs. Burditt.
Miss Maude Kendrick and friend from
Brattleboro spent Sunday at Lake Pleas
ant.
Miss Lena Stearns of Springfield, Mass,
is visiting her cousin, Miss Maude Ken
drick.
Miss Minnie Robertson received from
New York this week beautiful new Eng
fish trap.
There is to be union Sunday school
picnic at the lake next week. Everybody
is invited to go.
Chas. Booths brother-in-law, former
professor of surveying in the college at
Tama, Iowa, is visiting here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Smith of Dover, n.
H., are visiting Mrs. Smiths parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin Sanderson.
DR.. c. S. Munger has gone to join his
wife and daughter, who have been for some
time in Woodstock and Windsor.
The DeKoven quartet drove to West
minister Thursday night and enjoyed a
sing with Mr. Ed Gorham of Boston.
Rev. A. j. Hough of Brattleboro spoke
at the Sunday school convention at the
Congregational church Thursday evening.
A jolly party of ten, who were on a
straw ride from Chesterfield, took supper
with Landlord McNulty Tuesday evening.
Extensive repairs are being made upon
the Congregational church. Services dur
ing the time will be held at the town hall.
1t is announced that Fred j. Martin and
Miss Nellie NJ. ClOugh of this place were
married at SaXtons River Thursday by Rev.
VIM. r. Baldwin, the Baptist pastor of
that place.
Royal Pierce, an oldtime resident and a
brother of Clark and John Pierce, has re-
turned from Iowa after long absence,
and is staying at Adolphus Farrington's in
Putney Falls.
NJ. c. Robbins will give lecture on the
Worlds Fair at the town hall Monday
evening. Mr.. Robbins spent three months
on the grounds and will illustrate the lee.
ture with large number of stereopticon
| views.
George and Willie Aplin and j. V. Shaw
and daughter Emma of Putney Falls, and
Miss Helen Cobb of Brattleboro, leave
Monday for the Worlds Fair. They start
from Nashua, N. H., and go by way OF
Montreal.
At the Congregational church Sunday
Miss Mary Kyle of New York city gave an
exceedingly interesting and vivid report OF
the recent international Christian Endeav-
or convention at Montreal Those who
did not hear this report missed treat.
Ex-Postmaster Walker and wife are
taking a carriage drive through a number
of towns of Windham, Windsor and Ben
nington counties to Saratoga Springs, and
on their return in September will 90 to the
Worlds Fair and other places in the West
Mr.. Ed Gorham, assisted by the De,
Koven quartet of this place, will give a
concert at the town hall in Westminster
West next Tuesday evening. Mr.. Cor
ham will assist the quartet in a concert at
Westminster East, Wednesday evening,
Aug. 10.
Miss Gertrude Gorham and Miss Edith
Stowell scaled the mountain across the
brook one day this week. These are the
same two young ladies who not long since
walked to BrattlebOro, and to the green
house at Westminster, distance of twelve
miles.