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


for several years has been familiar feature
at these gatherings. The music in charge
of j. w. Shelley was well rendered and
consisted of solos by Miss Jennie K. Pierce,
J. w. Shelley and A. r. Parker and cor
net solo by the latter. Mrs. Davenport
was the accompanst. A few moments So
cially spent brought the meeting to close.
Joseph Sleeper has begun peddling fish
and oysters in town.
A. NJ. Pierce returned to Boston Mon
day, having spent Christmas with relatives
in town.
Mr. and Mrs. J. knight returned Tues
day from visit of two weeks with relatives
in New York city.
Una May Winchester of Holyoke, Mass,
returns tomorrow after a weeks visit at
William Coles.
Hunters ought to remember that the
close season on ruflled grouse begins JAN
l, and they cannot lawfully be shot after
that date.
Fred Pember returns to the University
of Vermont at Burlington Monday. Misses
Georgia Roberts, Grace Prouty, Mary
Stowell and Jennie Pierce return to North
field seminary Tuesday. Eugene b. Pierce
returns to Williams college Wednesday.
The directors of the Putney creamery
association are emphatic in their decara-
ton that they do not propose to allow the
creamery to run to earth. The season of
the year is now near at hand when more
milk will be forthcoming, several farmers
having signtied their intention of sending
in the milk from large number of cows.
Henry Warren came up from Boston
last week Thursday for few days hunt,
returning Monday. Perhaps by some mys-
terious process of evolution one of the
plump partridges which he killed changed
into hen hawk as it lay in DR.. Foster
cellar. We presume we shall hear more
about that hawk when Mr.. Warren emp
ties his trunk in Boston.
The gentlemen farmers of Putney must
doff their hats to their sister farmer, Miss
S. E. White, who has this week sold one
of the best and heaviest crops of tobacco
that has been raised in town. The product
of one and half acres of land cured
3 1920 pounds. Warren Stevens, d. S. Per
sons and Joseph Kent have also sold their
stock of tobacco at a low figure
The Harry Shannon Comedy company,
which showed in the town hall all last
week, was not literally patronized and left
town not much richer than when it enter
ed it. NJ. D. Whitman went to Chester
"Wednesday to collect bill which the COM
pany left unpaid. Mr.. Whitman gave
them Monday and Tuesday evenings in
which to take in the amount of the bill.
Miss Inez M. Dodge of this place and
George E. Brockway of Warner, n. H.,
were married at noon on Thursday of last
week at Miss Dodges home, the residence
of Oscar Lawton. Rev. F. NJ Wiswall
performed the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs.
Brockway left for Warner, where Mr..
BrockwaY is station agent. They will be
iat home after Jan. 4. Miss Dodge was for
Several years in the store of T. w. Barnard
of Brattleboro.
Christmas was observed at the Baptist
Church by tree and exercises which at
tracted good sized audience and which
afforded much pleasure for the children.
An unlocked for feature developed after the
christmas exercises when Deacon II. O.
Dodge invited the audience into the church
and called attention to the fact that they
had been invited not only to observe the
christmas occasion, but to celebrate the
18th anniversary of the marriage of the
pastor, Rev. Edwin f. Mitchell and Mrs.
Mitchell. Dea. E. o. Gassett presented
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell with a purse of SIS
from the society. The affair was a sur
prise to Mr.. Mitchell, but he was able to
make a suitable response and after con-
gratulatory remarks the company returned
TO the chapel and spent an hour socially.
The services of the week of prayer will
begin next Sunday evening. There will
be union meeting of all the young peo-
ple's societies in the Congregational vestry
% o'clock, with Eugene Pierce as leader.
This meeting will be followed by a union
Service in the same place led by Rev. Mr..
Norton. The meeting Monday evening
will also be at the Congregational vestry
with Rev. Mr.. Norton leader. On Tues,
day and Wednesday evenings the services
will be in the Methodist church with Rev
Mr.. Mitchell leader, and on Thursday and
Friday evenings the meetings will be held
in the Baptist church with Rev. Mr.. Wis
wall eader. The topics to be considered
ar, q follows: Sunday, "Prayer and wit
Messing, "Acts 1, 12-14and II, 1-21 Monday
witnessing through revivals and per'ona
effort" Acts VIII, $40; Tuesday, "Wit
messing through MISSIONS" Acts XIII, Lit
and XVI, 1-24; Wednesday, 1.-THE churcl
witnessing in it's own community" Act!
3, 1-49; Thursday, witnessing through
the family and the school," Acts XVII
1884; Friday, "The promises to wit
Messing church," Acts ~, 1887. Their
will be no meeting on Saturday evening.
Exercises at the Congregational churcl
Thursday evening afforded much amuse
ment for the children. A short program wa
rendered with good effect, after which Rev
MI. Wiswall, as Santa Claus, was brough
In in dry goods box. Old Santa state,
that he was able to drive only as far a
Windsor and had come by express the res
of the way. He then proceeded to distrit
nte boxes of candy among the children
He said he had received many letters fror
Putney, and read the following, which h
Considered the best, from May Ketchum
A Letter to Santa Claus.
M Dear Santa Cldus:-
| will now try and write you few lines to Il
lou know am well and hope you the same
Hope we viii have nice slelghing Christmas an
food skating for do love TO ride down hill an
Tide on the ice l cannot skate any now for
Do not know how but hope you will bring me
nice pair OF skates for my present There is lo
a things should like to ask for but mamma say
ON have lots Of small children q look aft N