Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-04-29


acquantances in his town.
w. A. Cole has been in New York on
business this week
Miss E NJ Walkup returned from Bos-
ton Saturday, bringing full line of mil
liuery
Mrs q. H. Smith will add line of
white goods to her stock of millinery next
Monday.
Clarke A. Tefft went to Brattleboro Mon
day and enlisted in the First Regiment
light artillery.
Rev. G. j. Harris of Colchester will oc-
cupy the pulpit at the Congregational
church next Sunday.
DR.. George S Foster went to White Riv-
er Junction Friday to attend special meet
ing of the Mystic Shrine.
John Works has been in Rome, y. Y.
this week having a growth, supposed to be
a cancer, removed from his under lip.
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Marcy of Spring
field this state, were here Sunday to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Marcy's mother. Mrs
Jacob Constantine.
Miss Gertrude WOODBURY. finished work
for Mrs Hewett Tuesday, having secured
a place in the home of Mrs John Robert
son in Bellows Falls
Mr. and Mrs. ~ G.. Williams, Miss Lee
mira Thwing and Rev a. c Fuller and fam
lily attended the Methodist conference in
Springfield last week
Rev. Frank F. Lewis of Hardwick. for
merly pastor of the Congregational church.
and his son Mason visited at Charles
Prouty's the last of last week
A. \. Langley has returned from Eng
land Nybpra ba tx-n he
visit his parents. He has been in Boston
this week for short visit with his sister
The members of the local lodge of Ma
sons will be interested to learn that b. \.
Rowe, who was formerly principal of the
Central school, has Just taken the last de
gree in Masonry at Lyndon, this state
One or two sections of the cogged cast
ings by which the large water wheel in w.
A. Coles paper mill is run broke Monday
morning causing a shut down of two or
three days This wheel is 30 feet in diam.
ter and, with one or two exceptions, it is
the largest wheel in Vermont.
Mrs. Dorr Clough took from closet aweek
ago last Saturday a flower pot containing a
few bulbs of pink lilies. No foliage was in
sight and no part of the bulbs protruded
from the dirt in which they were planted
over half an inch Last Saturday, Just a
week later, the plant contained II lilies in
full bloom, standing IA inches high
Mrs Gerald Maitland Kirwan and daugh-
ter of Montana returned to Mr.. Kirwan' $
horse ranch in that state Tuesday after a
weeks visit at A. A. Langley's Mr.. Kir-
wan and Mr. Langley were formerly part
ners on the ranch now owned by Mr.. Kir-
wan. Mrs. Kirwan and daughter have
been spending the winter at the Bermudas.
Rev A c. Fuller was transferred to a
charge in Guildhall at the recent Metho-
dist conference in Springfield. He will be
succeeded by Rev. j. II. Bennett of the
East Maine conference. Mr. Bennett is
about 30 years old and has wife and four
children, one of whom is a minister in the
West. None of the Children live at home
Rev. Mr. Fuller expects to preach here for
the last time next Sunday.
a special meeting of the Mount Pleas
ant Cemetery association was held in the
office of w. A. Cole at o'clock Saturday
afternoon. Ed Robertson of Bellows
Falls was elected president and first drec-
tor of the association, and John Kimbal of
Marlboro, n. H., was also elected direc-
tor. 1t was voted to finish the fence around
the cemetery, which was begun last fall
Granite posts for the fence have already
been set and they will be connected by gal
HdulAeu sJedul pipes AOOuJ SlO leeI ulOTe
of fencing is needed Chains are to be hung
between the gate posts.
Mrs. Jacob Constantine, Sc, died sudden.
ly last Friday morning of heart disease at
the home of her daughter, Mrs H. o.
Dodge. The funeral was held Sunday
Rev. f. F. Mitchell of the Baptist church
officiating The burial was in Mount Pleas
ant cemetery Mr.. and Mrs. Constantine
came to Putney three years ago from Cut
tingsvile, where Mrs Constantine had
spent the greater part of her life. Mrs
Constantine was member of the Methodist
church and was one of its most devout
members. She was married GO years ago
She leaves, beside Mrs. Dodge, another
daughter, Mrs. George L. Marcy of Spring
field, this state.