Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-03
THE PUTNEY COLUMN.

GtOIBt II. I1OWaTu 00lSleQ WORK Tor r.
L. Pierce Tuesday morning.
Mrs. r. Il. Fem is expected home to-
morrow from visit in Worcester, Mass.
Miss Abbie Goodel and mother have
been spending the week at DIR. G. S. Fos-
ters.
Herbert E. Wheat of Boston will spend
the next few days with DR.. and Mrs. G.
S. Foster.
c. w. Kimball has so far recovered from
his recent Illness as to take a little out
door exercise.
Roy Bailey returned to Hartford c.,
Tuesday to begin work for Gemmill,
Burnham & Co., clothiers.
The Boston & Maine Railroad company
has built a new fence around its stock
yard below the depot this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry j. Smith went to
Hinsdale, N. H., Tuesday morning for a
short visit with Mrs. Smiths sister, Mrs
Howe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett and children of
Somervile, Mass, visited Mrs. Benefits
cousin, Miss Helen Robertson, last Thurs
day and Friday.
Miss Gertrude Billings of North Adams,
Mass, who has spent several weeks in
town, returned Tuesday accompanied by
Mrs. G. l.. Thwing
Marshall Pierce has recently returned
from Block Island where he has been
since early in July. He has made trips to
Block Island each summer for the past
eight years.
Mrs. S. A. King returned to Athol,
Mass, Saturday after a few days visit at
Dana B. Clough's. She was accompanied
by her son, who has been at Mr.. Clough's
seven weeks.
Besides those mentioned last week Her.
bert, Anna and Eva Blood attended the
Methodist camp meeting at Claremont
Junction, n. II. All of the campers re-
turned Monday and Tuesday
The tobacco crop has been nearly all
harvested and while it is not up to the ex-
pectations of the early season in quality it
is much better than farmers thought three
weeks ago that it would be.
Fred b. Merrill of South birmingham,
Mass, who has been visiting relatives
here and in Putney Falls the past six
weeks, returned Tuesday afternoon to his
work at r. II. Whites in Boston.
The selectmen have this week painted
the two iron bridges and have replanked
the one near A. NJ Corser's store. The
old plank will hereafter do service as a
floor for the new shed where the towns
tools are kept.
Miss Nellie Mooney and Mrs. A. NJ.
Corser gave a reception to number of in
vited guests at the town hall Saturday
evening in honor of Miss MONEYS guest,
Miss Ada Gorham of Barton. A delight.
full evening was spent with refreshments
and social dance.
NJ. D. Whitman, Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Stowell and Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Waite
were among those who attended the pic
mic at Central Park, Vernon, Tuesday,
given by Bingham chapter, order of the
Eastern Star, of Brattleboro. Several 9TH
ers who had planned to go were unable to
do so.
Recent visitors at Mrs. L. NJ. Plantz's
have been Miss Lillian Moorehouse of
Orange, N. j., and Miss Hattie Moore
house of Jacksonville, Fla. The former
is an instructor in private seminary at
Orange and the latter is principal of an in
dustrial school for colored children in
Jacksonville.
A family reunion was held at Edwin
Heade's last Saturday, it being the first
Pc reunion the Headle family had held for 20
years. Among those present were Mr..
and Mrs. r. w. Headle of Hartland, Mr..
and Mrs. Prior of Woodstock and Mrs.
Sarah Frost of Woodstock. R. w. Headle
is Edwin Headle's brother and Mrs. Prior
and Mrs. Frost are his sisters.
The public schools will begin next Mon
day with the following as teachers: Central
school, Eugene B. Pierce, Putney; district
No. l, Miss Ethel Cutler, Brattleboro;
No. 2, Miss Frances Goodhue, Westmin-
ster West; No. 8, Miss Della Pinney Lud-
low; No. 5, Miss Bessie Braley, Putney;
N.Y. 6, Miss Edith Sanders, Townshend;
No. 7, Miss Gaia Cook, Wells, this state;
No 8, Miss Matte Clough, Putney.
Among those who went to Block Island
on the excursion Saturday, Sunday and
Monday were Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Cole,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dickinson, Mr.. and
Mrs. e. E. Knight, Mr.. and Mrs. c. D.
Knight and son Carl, Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Reed, Mrs. f. d. Kendall, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. A. McRae and Miss Sarah Houghton.
Mrs. G. B. Willard went as far as New
London, Ct MIR. and Mrs. Cole and Mr..
and Mrs. Dickinson remained through the
week.
Road Commissioner p. A. Fuller has
had four teams at work this week making
permanent that section of Main street be-
tween William Robertson's and j. w.
Stowelps. The road is being treated Just
as the section from Mr.. Robertson's to Dr.
Fosters was year ago. The road is dug
out about two feet deep and the excava-
ton is nearly filled with stones and Gov
cred with gravel and dirt. This gives the
water from rain storms and the melting
SHOWS a chance to filter into the ground
without leaving the road impossible be-
cause of mud, and every one knows that
there is no street in town that needs to be
treated this way so much as the one from
the band stand to the depot The dirt
which is displaced by the stones is carted
on to those parts of the road where no
stones are needed, thus obviating the neces-
sity of drawing it from some sand bank.
The money used in making this perma-
nent road, and which, under the law, can
be used in no other way, is the five per
cent state highway tax which is levied on
the grand list and is then paid back to
the various towns throughout the state in
proportion to the number of miles of road
each town maintains. By this plan towns
whose grand lists are small and whose
mileage is large are greatly benefited.