Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-05-18

Miss Nellie Clark rides a Victor bicycle.
Byron Branard has sold his Arabian
colt to Greenfield parties.
Mrs. F. 6. bort Of Keene. y. H.. has
been visiting her parents.
H. L. Pierce and wife spent Sunday with
friends in Springfield, Vt.
Miss Helen L. Cobb was the guest of
Miss Emma Shaw Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. G. H. Miller are making
a few weeks visit in Boston.
The services at the Methodist church
will begin at 1890 next Sunday
Merchant NJ G. Williams has this week
laid new plank walk in front OF his store
VIM. Cole is widening his paper mill six
feet. preparatory to putting in a wider ma
chine.
Mrs. George W. Lee and daughter are
visiting Mrs. Lees mother Mrs. Flora
Shelley
The Chippewa Indian interpreter and
veutriloquist drew a fair-sized crowd Tues
day night, but there were very few buyers
among them.
In accordance with Sec. 407j of the re-
vised statutes. the selectmen have prohib-
| tied ball playing on the streets from now
/ until next March.
The friends of Miss Lizzie L. Parsons
/ will be interested to know that she is to
/ be married to benjamin Simmons in the
Baptist church a. Hampden, Mass, Wed
nesday, May 23, at O clock p. NJ.
T. W. Wilson has the sympathy of many
/ friends because of his great iuhrmity. ON
account of the failure OF the optic nerve
he has been partially blind for the past
three months. He is unable to read or to
perform many kinds of work.
The amiable Times correspondent. men
toned last week, thinking he had captur-
ed prodigious lie, very appropriately sent
it to the Boston daily Globe, in whose col
umns it appeared under the conspicuous
heading, Another campaign lie naile ed.
It's, indeed. a very trivial matter upon
which TO eXpatiate, but trivial as it is We
are too dull to detect any connection be-
tween the item and its heading
The tragic death of Thurston Emery,
who was thrown from a bicycle at Chester,
as recorded in The Phoenix last week, was
a shock to Putney people, his wife being
Lura Underwood, daughter of John I'm
derwood of this place. The body wa.
brought here for burial in Mt. Pleasant
cemetery Saturday The floral tribute,
were numerous aad very beautiful. Mr.
Emery and Leslie Crosby, who was &C
cidentally shot to death few months ago
married sisters.
The suit of Mrs. Emma Howe vs.. james
Wilson, was tried in the court room Satur
nay before Justice W. c. Crawford i
was a suit to recover money which Mrs
Howe claimed Wilson owed her for house
work. c. W. Kimball appeared for plain
tiff and Mark Ward for defendant Mr.
Ward argued that as Mrs. Howe was no
divorced she could not force payment il
her own name. Justice Crawford CAV,
judgment for defendant and announced
the costs, TO which Mrs. Howe triumph
antly replied that if she could not d,
business in her own name they might lool
to her husband for costs.
The funeral services of Mrs. Merriam
Clough were held at the residence of oil
yer Houghton at 2:30 o'clock Monday
Rev. f. Z. Marggraf of Bellows Falls Off
ciating Mrs. Clough was born in Putney
Aug, Is, 1919, and at the age of % wa
married to Reuben Clough, who died oct
>, 1874. She lived in Stamford, VT, an,
various other places, returning TO Putne,
Is years ago and had lived with Mr.. auC
Mrs Houghton for l. years. She has ha,
six children, two of whom, Mrs. Olive
Houghton of this place and George d
Clough of CharlestOwn, y. H., are nov
living. She had been in poor health al
winter and died with pneumonia Saturday
May II. She was a loving mother anC
friend, tenderly thoughtful of others, an,
her faithful Christian life endeared her L
all who knew her