Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-06-14
PUTNEY.

| ploy of A. NJ. Corser.
Eugene Pierce is expected home from
Williams college next week.
The report of the burning of NJ. c.
Ingalls, barn will be found on the eighth
page.
Henry Warren has returned to Boston
after a weeks visit with DR., and Mrs G.
| S. Foster.
Mrs. W. H. Dickinson has been engaged
as soprano singer in the Congregational
church quartet.
Arthur Belknap visited Miss Walkup
| last Friday on a carriage drive from Franz
ingham, Mass, to Vergennes.
There will be a social at Church hall Fri
day evening, June u. Proceeds will be
applied on the pastors salary.
Changing the time of prayer meeting
from Thursday to Wednesday evening is
contemplated by the churches.
John Clark and daughter, Miss Nellie
Clark, spent few days this week with Mrs.
Charles Bridgeman in Keene, n. H.
Dwight Graves is home from Bellows
Falls recovering from an injury which he
received by sticking a nail into his foot.
Wednesday, June 10, at 2:30 p. NJ, in
the Congregational church, Mrs. Dr. Plantz
will give lecture to women, subject,
obedience of physical laws a Christian
duty"
The new 100-horse power upright West
inghouse compound engine for William
Robertson's paper mill has arrived from
Pittsburg, Pa, and will be placed in posi-
| ton next week.
The delegates to the Baptist county Sun
| day school convention held at West Brat
tleboro on Wednesday were Miss E. NJ.
| Walkup, Putney Hannum and Mr. and
Mrs. G. L. Pierce.
The following item is from the Green
field correspondence in the Springfield Re
publican of last Monday: "Dr. Harriet f.
Parker will leave Greenfield this week for
her home in Putney, VT, and will sail in
the fall for Madura, India, where she is TO
enter mission work under the direction of
the American board"
A fatal accident was narrowly averted at
| William Robertson's mill Saturday when
Michael Foley had the little finger of his
| left hand caught between two iron rollers.
| He instantly jumped back, tearing out the
nail and part of the flesh. Another instant
would have brought about serious results.
| Proud flesh has set in which makes it a
very painful wound.
Eighteen TO in six innings is the tune
to which the Putneys danced before the
| East Westminster nine Wednesday after
noon. Our boys played good ball but they
are not supposed to be matched against
nine of men-grown players. Give them a
nine of their age and size, Westminster,
and they will do you up in less time than
it takes to come up there.
The Boston social by the young peo-
| pie of the Congregational society will take
| place next Friday evening, June u, in
stead of Wednesday evening as stated last
week, and will be an occasion of more
than usual interest. Ice cream and cake
will be served and an interesting program
will be rendered. One of its most interest
ing features will be the "Rouges' gallery"
Everybody come and help send the dele
| gates to Boston.
Coles circus has the boards for to-mor-
| row. This show makes not the preten-
| tions and possesses not the bewidering at
fractions of a three-ring circus, which is,
perhaps, to its credit as we'll as to the re-
lief of the public. 1t does possess, how
ever, an excellent band as well as a re-
markable company of performers and will
| doubtless give satisfaction. There will be
entertainment in the afternoon and even
ing. The parade will be at noon.
The children of the Congregational Sun
day school have received many compli-
ments this week for the creditable manner
in which they rendered their part of the
exercises of Children's day Sunday even
ing. The church was well filled, and all
expressed themselves as being thoroughly
satis6edIwith the work of the children,
which was the best they have ever done.
Mrs. W. H. Dickinson, Mrs. H. L. Pierce,
Miss Helen Robertson, W. A. Gilbert and
j. W. Shelley assisted in vocal numbers.
Rev. Mr.. Harlow, a former pastor, was
present and spoke Interestingly to the chill
dren.
The lawn party on the church grounds
Tuesday evening by the young people of
the Baptist society received a merited at
tendance and was eminently successful
both financially and socially. Music for
the occasion was furnished by the Putney
cornet band, which gave general satisfac-
ton at this its first appearance this season.
The grounds were brilliantly illuminated
with japanese lanterns. The lemonade
well was presided over by Mrs. NJ B.
Switzer
Della Hazelton, mother of Newell Gale,
died at the residence of the latter Sunday,
June 8, after ten days illness resulting
from stroke of paralysis. Mrs. Gale was
born in Windham, April 10, 1910, and was
therefore So years of age. She has made
her home with her children since the death
of her husband, which occurred in Towns
bend II years ago last November. Her
children are Mrs. Calvin Harris of West
Brattleboro, Mrs. Julia Webster of Win
chester, n. H., and Newell l. Gale of this
place, with whom she had been the past
year. Rev. Edwin F. Mitchell attended
the funeral, which was held at the house at
10 O'Clock Tuesday morning. The body
was taken to Townshed for burial.
The school board has adopted the fol-
lowing named text books for use in our
schools for the next five years, according
TO law passed by the last assembly: Copy
books, sthe Normal course, vertical sys-
tenn; readers, the Normal course in read
ing; arithmetic, the Bradbury Eaton Sc
ries, the Werner mental arithmetic; geog-
raphy, Warren's primary, no advanced ge-
ography adopted but will retain Buffers
for one year; spoilers, the Normal course
in spelling; grammar, Metcalfs; language
lessons, none adopted; history, Montgom-
erys leading facts in American History
(conditionally); physiology, Blaisdelrs;