Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-29
THE PUTNEY COLUMN.

n. a. DlduCuaTu OF bellows FAILS has
been at home i'll this week.
A. NJ. Pierce, agent of the Deane Steam
Pump company of Boston, spent Sunday
n town with relatives.
The drama, "Down by the sea-" will be
presented at Pierce's hall, Putney Falls,
"wednesday evening, Feb. 3.
Walter G. Crawford returned Monday
morning from Minneapolis, Mimi, where
be went four months ago to look up sew
eral Kelley loans.
The Stowel Manufacturing company
will start their factory on nine-hour
schedule Monday. The factory has been
shut down since Christmas.
Mrs. H. E. Baker had 10.months old
pig slaughtered last week which weighed
466 pounds net. o. S. Thwng killed one
IS months old which dressed 1856 pounds.
An Italian occarina quartet has been
Formed in town an1 is holding regular re.
hearsas. The members are p. |. Banch-
ard, Roy Bailey, G. l.. Booth and Herbert
Huntley.
Gollen Rule chapter of Eastern Star
will exemplify the work of the vocal star
at the second annual district deputy con-
vocation which is to be held with Bingham
chapter in Brattleboro, Feb. %.
Dea. S. w. Houghton has sold his farm
to Homer K. Taft of Holyoke, Mass, and
has taken in exchange two-story dwell
ing house at the corner of Vine and Lo-
Gust streets in Brattleboro. Mr.. Taft will
come to Putney to live about the middle
of March.
The Golden Rule chapter of Eastern
Star expects to give a play next Friday
night entitled, "Female masonry, a la
Lease" The play requires II characters
and is said to be very pleasing. The play
will be followed by the farce, "a soul
above skittles."
Meetings of the young people interested
in dancing will be held in the town hall
every Wednesday evening for the purpose
of practicing waltzes and fancy dances
Those not familiar with the different steps
will find persons there competent TO teach
them. There will be slight cost to pay
for the use of the hall.
Rev. Mr.. Norton has decided upon Feb.
10 as the date for the Methodist concert.
II is expected that Rev. Andrew Gilies,
formerly elocutionist of the Wesleyan I'm
iversity glee club, will take part in the pro-
gram. There will also be mandolin and
guitar music, vocal music by ladies' quar-
tet and male quartet and solos by local
ana possibly OUTSIDE talent.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Eugene Robbins and
Cortez Boutwell, went to Northampton,
Mass, Tuesday morning to attend the
funeral of George l.. Campbell, Mrs. Rob-
bins's brother-in-law. Mr.. Campbell was
on his way to a fire Sunday morning and
dropped dead from heart disease. He was
46 years old and leaves widow, father
brother and two sisters. He was Past
nd nf NAnntt,nlr LODI "a
Nasons and was a prominent Odd Fellow
Peter johnson was rounding a turn
near one of the railroad bridges in East
Putney Sunday night when he met Thorn
Is Tobey, wearing buffalo coat. John
sOn's horse, which is naturally of a nervous
disposition, was startled by the unexpected
meeting and gave a jump and kicked it.
self free from the sleigh, which was over
burned, and ran to this village by the rive
road and back to East Putney by the hill
road. The horse was found next morning
hear John Sischo's and taken to Adolphu,
Farrington's and there recovered by hi;
owner.
The central school will close its win
Ter term Feb. II. Mr.. Rowe proposes t
celebrate the event with exercises by thu
students in the town hall. There will b,
play entitled 1.-THE veneered savage"
review of the work of the school will b,
made and there will be musical selections
The proceeds of the occasion will be use(
for the purchase of a flag for the outside
of the school building. Mr. Rowe has hat
framed the copy of the Declaration of In
dependence which was presented to tn,
school by the Relief corps, and it will b.
given a prominent position over the princi
pals desk.
Charles Cobleigh, the former meat man
has been in town this week. He has giveI
up his position as salesman for tn
Wrought Iron Range company of st
Louis, Mo-, which he had held since
year ago last summer, and is at his HON
IN West Chesterfield. The division of tn
Wrought Iron Range company's statesmen
which canvassed Windham county in 1S9
with headquarters at Putney under tn
supervision of c. A. Day has been in Main
all the past summer and has recently sew
cred its connection with the company
The men expect to be employed soon b
another company in Missouri
The young men of the town are of tn
opinion that their supper and dance FIR
day night was a little ahead of the on
given by the young ladies short tim
ago, and the young ladies admit that tn
young men did fairly well. Over
couples participated in the dancing, whic
continued until o'clock. An Orchestr
of six pieces furnished music of hig
order. They were: Messrs. Knapp, violin
Brasor, bass; Donahue, clarionet, of Brat
tleboro, Aver, flute; Davenport, cornet
and Shelley, piano, of Putney. During tn
evening the company adjourned to th
lower Masonic hall, where an oyster suppt
with first-class "fixins" was served.