Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-09-01

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Justin II. Wheeler was in town this week.
Miss Jennie Abbott of Lowell, Mass, is
visiting her parents.
Rev. F. F. Lewis and family left Mon
day for the Worlds Fair.
George T. Aplin and party returned from
the Worlds Fair Tuesday.
Mr.. Ellison ard Miss Streeter returned
to Bellows Falls yesterday.
Main street is again open to travel after
a lapse of over two months.
Miss Nellie Mooney spent Sunday at
Lake Pleasant and Greenfield.
Chas. Robinson returned from bust
ness trip in New York Saturday.
Miss Ellen L. Clark of Keene was the
guest of Miss Grace Cobb this week.
Miss Lena Stearns of Springfield, Mass,
is the guest of her cousin, Miss Maud Ken
drick.
NJ. B. Switzer is housed this week with
what seemed at first like diphtheretic symp-
TOMS
Will Pierce is erecting new blacksmith
shop on the Blanchard place to be run by
Marshall Cobb
Miss Della Galop, who has been visiting
to Saxtons River
Arthur Parkhurst spent Sunday in town.
He went to Boston Monday, whence he re-
turns to Middlebury college.
Mrs. Chandler Clark and Miss Edith
Smith of Putney Falls have gone to the
camp meeting at Claremont.
Mrs. George Merrill and sons Fred and
Charlie from South birmingham, Mass,
are visiting Mrs. Merril's mother, Mrs
Leroy Pierce,
Lightning during Sundays storm struck
the cupola of viii Pieree's new barn and
passed through to the ground, doing consid-
cradle damage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Winchester and
daughter Una have been at VIM. Coles
this week. Mr.. Winchester returned to
Holyoke Monday.
Martin V. Sleeper had two valuable cows
killed by lightning Sunday afternoon.
They were standing on opposite sides of a
large tree when struck.
Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Dickinson start to-
morrow for Greenfield, where they will
join the Grand Army excursion to the
Worlds Fair. Mrs. Ranney returns to
Westminster.
Miss Minnie Wood and Margaret Stan
ley, who have been spending part of the
summer at S. o. Parker's, returned Satur-
day to New York. A jovial party accomp-
anied them to the depot.
The DeKoven quartet, assisted by Ed. E.
Gorham, baritone, and Miss Abbie f.
GOodell, accompanist, give a concert in the
town hall at Walpole tonight under the
auspices of the Walpole guild.
The old cider mill and red shop, which
have so long been an ornament to Putney
Falls, are being removed, for which the citi-
zens of the place wish to extend vote of
thanks to the parties who are doing it,
The premium list of the eighth annual
Valley fair to be held at Brattleboro Sept.
~ and 2S contains these Putney names in
the list of directors: VIM. Robertson, Geo.
II. Phillips, S. l.. Goodell, Chas. Robinson,
Henry Crawford and Chandler Puffer.
When we think of christopher Column
bus waiting for his hen to lay another egg
to play his egg trick off again." we reflect
how useless it would be for Mr.. Stowell to
venture repetition of his egg trick as
completely as he played it Saturday night.
Invitations are out for the marriage of
Montholon Bertrand Switzer at this place,
son of Rev. c. j. Switzer of Townshend,
and Miss Gertrude Mae Holland of Putney
Falls, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. An
gier of Brattleboro. The wedding will
take place Thursday, Sept IA, at Miss Hol-
lands home in Putney Falls.
There has been considerable complaint
of late by citizens losing pears, plums and
other choice fruits. Several parties have
been detected and were perfectly willing to
settle damages in order to avoid publicity.
They will not escape so easily next time,
and if those other young men who revel in
nocturnal flching and pilfering will kindly
accept the advice of the law and put re-
straint upon their theving propensities the
result will be beneficial TO themselves at
least