Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09

Riley Deyoll has begun work at Braley Cor
ham'S.
Fred Graves of Amherst, Mass, is a guest at
Is. f. Proutys.
stephen Pike of Chester will live ut Mrs Eayer's
during the summer.
n |. Gale is doing F. L. Terce's sugaring in
Brookhue this season.
Pearl Blood came home from Fitchburg Mass
saturday night for vacation.
Fred +. Robertson returned Saturday night
from business trip to New York
Misses Grace Prouty, Jennie f. Pierce and Ma
ry Stowell returned to Mortified seminary Mon
Walter c. Crawford has moved into George
Phiips's tenement recently vacated by Mrs
Spring
Uncle" Jacob Constantine, father of Mrs
O. Dodge, celebrated his S1th birthday anniversa.
ry Friday.
Scion Littlefeld has finished work in Boston
for the present and is visiting his father George
a. Littefeld.
A. W. j. wilkins has been appointed iustice:of
the peace by Gov Grout to succeed Walter &C.
Crawford, resigned.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis F. Young went to Rupert
this state, saturday, to attend the funeral of Mr.
Noungs grandfather.
Mr. and Mrs. A w. j. wilkins went to Wards
boro Saturday to attend the funeral of Mr. vii.
knss uncle, T. F. johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. F. o. Pierce are to move soon to
Oregon. and Mr.. Pierce is disposing of his East
Putney and Putney Falls property.
Eugene Pierce returned to Williams college
yesterday. He graduates next June and after a
vacation he will study for some profession.
Rev. Mr.. Narramore of Bellows Falls conduct.
ed the quarterly conference of the Methodist
church last Sunday as Presiding Elder Beeman
unable to be present.
The Baptist society has engaged Rev Edwin F.
Mitchell to be its pastor for another year Mr.
Mitchell has had Invitations from elsewhere but
decided to remain in Putney.
H p Farr bought II head of cattle at W. NJ.
Lewis's auction at the Sholes farm last week. He
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which he recently bought and has taken seven to
East Putney.
A. Crosby is moving into Mrs. Jessie Crosby s
house formerly occupied by Mrs Flora p Shell.
ley Mrs. Shelley and Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Knight
are to take the tenements in the house which Mr..
Crosby vacates.
Arthur Prouty has just graduated from the
Toronto. Canada, college of veterinary surgeons
and is expected home in a few days. He has not
definitely decided on plans for the future.
Rev w. T. Norton who left the Methodist par
ish last week to become stenographer for Boyle
Brothers of White River Junction, has sent for
his father and the latters family, and they will
leave Putney soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred f. Smith and daughter of
Mrs. Smiths parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. O. Sander
son. Mr. Smith returned Monday His family
will remain two weeks.
Miss Edith StoweI, who was announced last
week to have secured a school in Gaysvie, this
state has received better offer to teach the first
grade in the Grammar school at Paxton, Mass,
and has LETT Tor that post OF DUTY.
Mr. Norcross has moved into the white house
on the Kittridge Parker farm, aud is collecting
milk through East Putney and delivering it at
Wapole. He will take IT to Westmoreand as
soon as the ferry boat is put in the river.
Presiding Elder Beeman has promised to use
his influence at the coming conference toward Sc
curing minister who will be sure to please the
Methodist parish of Putney for the next two
years No arrangements have been made for
services for the next two Sundays.
D. II Kendrick of Amherst, Mass was in town
Tuesday and with Landlord McNulty leased the
Kendrick House to Charles Miller, clerk at the
American House of Brattleboro who will take
possession in few days. Mr. McNulty has not
fully decided as to where he will 60
Congressman Grout passed though here Mon.
day on his way north, and was met at the depot
by II. r. Powell, who is conducting A. j. Ayers
canvass for disappointment as postmaster. Nat
urally but little is said of the result OF the meet
ing outside of a few Democrats but il Is under
stood that Gen. Grout did not favor the scheme
to put Democrat in the Office when there was
Republican aspirant.
A. I. Boomer and Frank Kathan were the prln
cpals in exciting event which took place sew
eral days ago. They approached the river on the
New Hampshire side, and as the ice had separat
ed several feet they decided to row across the
the ice above began moving downward and as II
closed around the boat the hair on the heads OF
the two men began to rise. They climbed out oil
the boat but the ice above the boat, instead oil
crushing it, in some way lifted the boat GU
on to the ice below and there piled up several Zee
high. The Inen, by working carefully, were aoi'
to pick their way to the shore and then, it is said
they repeated the conversation which once tool
place between the governors of North and Soutl
Carolina