Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13


Miss Laura Sleeper left for an outing at
the White Mountains Monday.
DR.. f. S. Munger returned Saturday to
join his family in Windsor county.
Burton Watson has moved from the
Puffer house to Curt Houghton's house.
Prof and Mrs John E. Russell returned
Monday evening from an outing in Peru.
Merchant NJ. G. Williams went to Clare
mont junction, n. H., Saturday, returning
Tuesday.
Warren Wilbur has opened grain and
feed store this week in his barn below the
Maple Grove cemetery.
Aver lG Shelley of Bellows Falls have
moved their insurance desk into Crosby's
tin shop in this village.
Pearl Blood finished work for E. E.
Blood Monday night. He has no particu-
lar position in view as yet.
r. C. Winchester of Holyoke Joined his
wife and daughter at w. A. Coles Satur-
day and they will spend isome time here.
C. w. Kimball, who has been taking
two weeks of rest in the northern part of
the state, returned home Tuesday night.
Miss Marion Hall of Boston, formerly a
school teacher in East Putney, was guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. S. o. Parker over Sunday.
Attorney w. B. Edgerton of Manchester
was in town Tuesday. He is secretary
and treasurer of the Vermont Spring COM
pany.
Mrs. Elisha Hall of Worcester, Mass, a
resident in Putney 40 years ago, returned
to Worcester Friday after visiting in town
two weeks.
Chas. Cobleigh and Fred Simmons,
former meat men here, returned from New
York Tuesday for a visit. They are now
in Westmoreand, n. II.
Fred NJ. Robertson went to New York
Tuesday. Mrs. Robertson and daughter,
Ruth, are visiting Mrs. Robertsons sister,
Mrs. Geo. Hillman, in Northampton,
Mass.
Miss Florence Kathan has secured a
position as teacher of Latin and Greek in
a private school in Great Darlington,
Mass. She is a graduate of Mount Ho-
yoke college.
The Josie Gibson dime museum and
novelty company exhibited to small
crowd Saturday night Their tent was
pitched between the town hall and the
Methodist church.
Mrs. Chas. White and daughter, Mrs.
w. S. Williams, and granddaughter, Flor
ence Williams, of Warsaw, Wis, visited
old friends in town the last of last week,
returning Monday.
The Putney library is open from to .
o'clock Wednesday afternoons, and from
to 1880 o'clock Saturdays. Tn an
nouncement is made for the Der 1t of
those who have not yet gotten the ne of
opening and closing fixed in their l. $.
DIR. Geo. S. Foster left last Thursday
night for Isle La Motto where he attended
reunion of the senators of the last ' err
mont legislature. He was also present at
the annual banquet of the Vermont Fish
and Game league, meeting President Nc
Kinley and his party. He returned tc
Putney Sunday morning.
Mrs Fred Smith and daughter, Mildred,
of Dover, n. H., came Monday for visit
with Mrs. Smiths parents, Mr.. and Mrs
E. Sanderson. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Smiths sister, Mrs. Marsh, OF
Hillsdale, Mich, who had been spending 9
few days in Dover after visit OF severa
weeks at Mrs. Sanderson's.
The Hardwick (Vt.) Gazette is publish
ing series of letters from Rev. F. +. Lewis
of Hardwick upon what he sees and hears
during his trip through the Western states
Mrs. Lewis is the editor of the Woman
Christian Temperance union column in thu
Gazette Rev. and Mrs. Lewis wer
formerly residents of Putney, Rev. Mr.
Lewis being pastor of the Congregations
church.
The services at the Congregations
church Sunday were conducted by Georg
H. Archibald of Canada, who is attending
the Moody conference at Mortified, Mass
Special music was rendered by chorus o
nine mixed voices. The attendance wa
increased largely by the teachers who ar
attending the teachers institute. Rev. +
NJ. Wiswall, who went to San Francisc
several weeks ago to attend the Christian
Endeavor convention, and who has sine
visited several western places, includln
Yellowstone Park, is expected to return il
season to occupy the pulpit next Sunday.
The catches of local piscatorans wer
put in the shade Saturday by the string {
speckled beauties brought in by John "