Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-02-11

church and he recently resigned his
charge of the mother church to take care
of them.
Ariel Crosby, to use his own words,
came near being subject for the coroner
Tuesday morning He stood bent over in
the doorway at the side of his shop when a
200 pound piece of ice dropped from the
roof and struck him on the back of his
head. The blow knocked him to the floor
and inflicted scalp wounds, but fortunately
the roof was low down so that the momen-
tum of the ice was not sufficient to cause
serious injury.
1t is reported that a we'll known farmer
has shaken the dust of Putney from his
| feet to avoid the payment of some of his
| obligations but, although indications tend
| to substantiate the rumor, in the absence
| of positive proof it would be unwse to
state that such is the case or to call names
until more time has elapsed 1t is said
that the person in question is in debt to
out of-town persons to the amount of sew
eral hundred dollars.
In the Brattleboro news in this paper
will be found notices of the death of two
| former Putney people, Mrs. Almira G..
| Carp inter- of Pepperll, Mass, and Mrs
Asenath Cragin Campbell % Brattleboro
| Mrs. Carpenter was a native of this town.
Mrs. Campbell was the widow of Isaac
Grout and of f. B. Campbell. both former
residents of Putney. Her home here at
one time was the Stearns place next
above NJ. G. Williamss store.
Arthur F. Pierce, who has sold his shoe
store in Claremont as announced last week
| will give up possession of the store March
l. He has no definite plans for the flu
ture except that he will continue in the
same business somewhere. The Clare
mont Eagle says of him: "Mr. Pierce has
been in town three years and has com
manded good business. He is a young
man of excellent character, and has a
large circle of friends who regret his de-
parture to new fields"
AS announced briefly last week, Miss
Anna K. Foster died Feb. = at Waltham,
near Vergennes, after lingering illness of
nearly two years. The funeral was held
Saturday morning at her late home. The
Vergennes Vermonter says: "Miss Foster
was well known in Waltham and in this
city, having always resided in this vicinity
To know her was to love and respect her
and her demise is felt keenly not only by
her relatives but by a large circle of friends. .
Miss Foster was 43 years old. She leave:
brother, Dr. George S. Foster of this town
The Windsor journal of Saturday con
tanned the following regarding Mrs. f. S
Munger's father and brother: "Dr. j. S
Richmond has been confined to the hous,
since Tuesday, as the consequence of bat
fall while alone in his office. His fall wa,
heard ny F. w. Hutchins and George Per
sons, who were in the barber shop unde
the Office, and they went Immediately t
his assistance He is able to be about tn,
house, and expects to be at his Office agar
in few days" "Dr. Deane Richmond
enjoyed some of the winter pleasures of (
country physicians life, Tuesday, in visit
ing a patient in Weathers6eld. He sue
ceeded in getting to the Hubbard plac
near Ascutneyville, after hard struggle
and leaving his own team there changed t
wood sled drawn by oxen. He succeeded
in getting through after several hours, bu
doesn't care to repeat his experience agail
this season."