Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-10-15
THE PUTNEY COLUMN,

mloo udl bNOlb was dJ nome over SUM |
day.
W. A. Cole has been in Boston and New
York this week.
Mrs. Patrick Mooney has secured pen.
sion of s. month beginning Oct. 2. 1895. |
Rev. Mr.. Ttcomb of Springfield. Mass.
was recent guest of Rev. F. NJ. Wiswall !
After next Sunday the Sunday school on
West Hill will be discontinued for the win
ter.
David Wood is erecting a barn to re-
place the one burned by lightning last sum-
mer.
Will Treadway returned, Wednesday, to
Shelton Island, n Y, after spending two
weeks in town.
Capt. William Robertson and Frank
Robertson went TO New York Tuesday for
business trip Of three or four days.
John Tibbetts has begun work for the
Stowell Manufacturing company and is
boarding with A. G. Smith.
Mrs. NJ. d. Whitman and Mrs. NJ. b.
Switzer have been in Orange and other
Massachusetts towns this week on bust
ness.
Mrs. Harlow and son, William Harlow,
of Somerville, Mass, came Friday to visit
among dip friends. They are at Dorr
Coughs.
Charles A. Evans of Bellows Falls, who
was married last week. was formerly a
clerk in the insurance Office of Aver &
Shelley.
John Underwood, jr., has finished work
for the Stowell Manufacturing company
and is employed in the factory at Chester
field, n. II.
The Springfield Republican of last Sun
day said; "H. L. Bailey of Putney, Vt,
is visiting at Rev. Charles Conkin's on
Lafayette street."
Mrs. j. E. Russell and children, who
have spent the greater part of the summer
at Mrs Fanny Bakers, have returned to
Williamstown, Mass.
Miss Bertha Estey has returned to the
home of Miss S. E. White for the winter,
having closed her summer house, "The
Miamonte," at the White mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. 5. Hannum attended
the wedding in Weston last week of Miss
Nellie G. Hannum, daughter of Henry A.
Hannum, and George E. Shultz of BOs-
ton.
The Stowell Manufacturing company is
running on full time with plenty of orders
coming in. The prospects for the winter
are excellent and it is likely that the fac
tory will run evenings before long.
The entertainment given by Mrs. F. w.
Mixer on Wednesday evening was fairly
well attended by an appreciative audience.
No one could well be otherwise than
pleased with the singing of the Thunberg
sisters.
There was "no quorum at the annual
meeting of the directors of the Putney
Creamery association last Thursday eve
ming consequently the meeting was adj
journed sine die and the old officers will
hold over another year.
In its report of the Alstead fair last
Saturday the Bellows Falls Times said !:
"The mammoth Josie Gibson dime show
of Putney was on hand, hammer and
longs" Our sense of ''honor to whom
honor is due" prompts us to state that
Putney lays no claim to said show, but
that its home is in Hinsdae, n. II.
The Vermont Chronicle, in its report of
the 18th annual convention of the Yer
mont Christian Endeavor union at Mont
peier, said: "Rev. F. NJ. Wiswail of Put
ney gave graphic account of the pilgrim
age of the Vermont delegation to the San
Francisco convention, describing the grand
scenery and the funny incidents in his own
inimitable way"
Frederick l.. Houghton, editor of the
Holstein- Friesian Register and secretary OF
the Holstein-Friesian Association of Amer.
lea, will present to the Putney library soon
a copy of his exhaustive work on the his
tory of this notable dairy breed of cattle
and its development in this country. The
book is finely bound, has 81 pages and is
illustrated with numerous portraits of ami
mails and breeders. 1t traces the Holstein
breed of cattle back to 800 years before
Christ, and also gives description of the
people of Holland, their habits and charac
teristics.
Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Stowel went to Far
ley, Mass, Saturday to attend the family
celebration of the 50th birthday anniver
sary of State Senator j. B. Farley, who il
Mrs. Stowelrs brother The celebration
which was a complete surprise to the sen
ator, was attended by nearly 20 of the fam
lily members, who, with the brass band
which, from its place of concealment OF
the back piazza, struck up after the frs
course at dinner was served, made the oc
casion one of great social enjoyment. Sen
ator Farley was recently renominated b,
reclamation.
John Mackelhil of Montreal p. @.
brother of James Mackehill, who wa
killed on the railroad two weeks ago thi
morning, and w. j. Allston, his nephew
were in town Tuesday on their way t
Providence, r. l. Since the death of Mr.
Mackelhill, who called himself Hill, TO
short, it has been learned that he wa
away from his work in Providence for
few days of rest, but his mission to Vel
mont is not known. A short time previ
GUS to the accident he was seen standin
on the platform of one of the cars by
brakeman and was told to go back into tn
car as the cOmpany's rules would not a
low him to stand on the platform. 1t
also known that he was to have been mai
rice before long.
A novel experiment was made at Wi
liam Robertson's paper mill last week b
George II. Boorne of Brattleboro, to whoI
the mill was leased for two or three days
Mr.. Boorne's scheme was to determin
whether a paper could be made whic
would serve as a substitute for cigar wraI
pers. His method was to mix ground Il
bacco with the pulp in the hopper, hopin
thereby to saturate the pulp with tobacc
juice and give to the finished paper tn
color and taste of the genuine article. Tn
experiment was practically failure, a
though there is no doubt but that the n
suit would have been more satisfactory
the tobacco had been stepped and the julio
mixed with the pulp instead of the groun
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