Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-12
THE PUTNEY COLUMN,
Cigars with Paper Wrappers.

Cigars with Paper Wrappers.
=. Il. Robertson is the Inventor of .
Process which May he of Great Vain.
TO the Tobacco Trade.
The experiment of manufacturers noDor
of such color and texture as will sps1,or
satisfactorily as substitute for the tohacco
leaf for cigar wrappers has been made Of
Robertson's paper mill within a few davs
and with marked success. The experi-
ment was made several weeks ago nv n
II. Boorn OF Brattleboro, who leased Mr.
KOoertson's mill for few days, but il was
fallure principally because the tobacco
u'ou III n@VOrlhg Tue paper was put into
the pup MIL by his process the flavor of
tne TOBACCO was practically all washed ont
when the paper reached the rollers r
e. Robertson then set to work with Tho
same end in view and he has obtained a
paper which cigar manufacturers have
trleu ana have pronounced first class for
Ine purpose Tor which it is designed. We
WIN not state what the process is until Mr.
hooerIsOn mas had 1t secured by patent
a pound OF this kind of paper will 90 as
far as three pounds of tobacco leaf and IL
can be made cheaper per pound than the
price for which tobacco can be raised Mr.
Rooertson's Southern agent. who was
driven out of the South month AGO nv
the prevalence of yellow fever, returned To
MS nrld OF operation last Saturday. He
hau Oeen In the South only about month
and was sending in orders daily.
Tibbetts and Gotta Arc ProbabIv
cent.
Is fnrfhar off 1.
up the mystery as to who stole Willard
Smiths COW from his barn and butcharad
her In the woods? From the facts at
hand 1t would seem that If the matter
were pushed the guilty persons might be
brought to justice. The testimony of the
Ilooetts boy who was reported to have
Oeen arrested on suspicion of having been
connected with the affair furnished ground
Tor such belief Tibbetts was not arrested
out was asked to go into the Office of
states Attorney G. H. Robb at Bellows
Falls and be examined, as his movements
ana those OF his companion, Gotta, before
and after the COW was killed, Mr.. Robb is
satisfied that neither Tbbetts or Gotta had
anything to do with the affair. According
10 Ilo6etts's testimony he aud Gotta came
from heene Wednesday and slept in a
barn Wednesday night He said that on
rather uncertain character camped by a
brook on the road leading from Putnev
rails to Saxtons River. These men looked
and acted suspiciously. He gave the name
OF one and located him, and if the town of
futney cares to follow the matter it is prob
able that both of the men could be caught
IL is probable that if the case were pushed
Ine remark OF one man as given in The
Phoenix last week could be used by the
prosecution with good effect.
B. H. Bean of Henniker, N. H., visited
M. &. Williams Saturday.
Fl. L. Pierce went to Boston the last of
last week and returned Monday.
Fred Spaulding and family of Weston
were recent visitors at Will Wings.
Denne Davis, who has been EMPLOYED
or The Fitchburg railroad, is at home.
Mrs. Eva d. Greenwood returned Tues
day to her summer home in Dummerston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert NJ. Reed will return
TO Dummerston this week to spend the
winter.
Warren Wilbur, who has lately been
dealing in grain, has erected a house for
storage purposes.
In the absence of Rev. A. C. Fuller the
pulpit at the Methodist church was sup
piled last Sunday by Rev. George Hill of |
Alcott.
Mrs. Fl. L. Pierce is spending the week
with her sister, Mrs. r. G. Winchester, in |
Holyoke, Mass. She is expected home
Tomorrow
Capt. William Robertson, who has been |
i'll in bed nearly four weeks, shows signs |
of substantial improvement, although he |
is not yet able to sit up.
Mrs. Nancy Ranney, who has spent sew |
eral weeks with her daughter, Mrs. w. |
ID. Dickinson, will return soon to her |
home in Springfield, Mass.
The Vergennes correspondence of the !
Burlington Free Press of Monday said:
''Dr. George Foster of Putney spent Sun
day at his brothers, John Fosters, in
Waltham."
G. E. Glidden, II. G. Everleth, DR.. E.
S. Munger and FL. j. Smith were guests of
Landlord James McNulty at the New
day and Monday. Mr.. McNulty returned
with them to Putney Monday.
Mrs. Sarah F. johnson, widow of W. R.
F. johnson of Hinsdale, N. H., has
moved to town, her household furniture
having been brought here by Dana Clough.
Mr.. and Mrs. johnson we're residents of
Putney before moving to Hinsdale.
A full line of Bakers confectionery-25
kinds-was placed on sale at the post-of-
fee Tuesday. The confectionery is dis
played in attractive show cases, and the
post-office is the only place in town where
it can be found. A peanut rooster has al
so been ordered and it will probably ar
rive next week.
Eighteen students took examinations for
the ministry at the recent mid-year Meth
odist conference at the Montpelier SEM
mary. Among them were Rev. Asa G.
Fuller of Putney, who was examined in
first year studies, and Rev. Edwin W.
Sharp of South Royalton, who was exam
ined in first year studies in part and in sec
Ond year studies. Mr.. Sharp was former
ly pastor of the Methodist church in this
town.
David Wood reports having seen black
bear while he and his son were out hunt
ing last Saturday ON West Hill. He made
no attempt to kill the animal. Fifty years
ago it was no uncommon occurrence to
run across bear on the hill, especially on
the west side where they were particularly
abundant, but for the past 35 or 40 years
the hill has been entirely free from them,
at least no one has reported having seen
any there during that time.
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