Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-03-25
THE PUTNEY COLUMN.

Horace Kidder has been confined this
week with Illness
+. L. Holt is carrying on Braley Cor
hams sugar orchard this season.
Frank Lewis of Springfield Mass, Wis.
,tel his brother, Elmer Lewis, Saturday.
Rev, Clarence j. Harris of Colchester
will preach at the Congregational church
next Sunday
Mrs. Jane Black of Buchanan, Mich.
has been guest of oldtime acquaint-
ances in town this week.
w. f. Aver and G. l.. Booth of God
lard seminary, Barre, came home Satur-
law for vacation of 10 days.
A. NJ. Corser will go to Boston next
week to select his spring and summer stock
Of div goods and other merchandise.
Mrs. Mary Brainey of Windsor is spend
InctSo or three weeks at the home of her
father, Michael Maley, in East Putney.
Miss Laura Sleeper has gone to Hoi-
woke. Mass, where she will learn the mil
liners trade at Atherton's millinery es-
Adjustment.
Mrs. Olive Stowell and daughter Edith
are in Farley, Mass, where they were
called by the illness of Mrs. Stowelrs
niece Miss Ada Weld.
Frank Knight, who has received town
support for several years because of disa-
blitv, has so far recovered that he will be-
gin work for F. L. Pierce next week.
The women of the Congregational So
,ietv will hold hulled corn and homny
supper in the vestry next Friday evening
at the usual supper hour. Everybody is
invited to come.
James Bridges of Warren, Mass, died
shock. Mr.. Bridges will be remembered
as a frequent visitor here with Allyn f.
Pierce of Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Wheeler will move
70 Mt. Holly about April 10 and will carry
on Mr.. Wheeler's fathers farm of about
100 acres. Mr.. Wheeler finishes work for
F. L. Pierce April 9.
Nj. G.. Williams has moved to his store
here part of the merchandise which he
recently bought at Westminster. The re-
mainder will be brought here as soon as
the roads become settled
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Puffer of Meri-
den, Conn, and Frank Puffer of Manches-
ter, n. H., spent Sunday with Mrs. Nancy
+. Puffer, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Puffer
remaining several days. Mrs. Puffer has
gone to Meriden to live with her son. Her
personal property remaining at the farm
will be sold by auction sometime in April.
The last issue of the Hudson Enter
prise, newspaper published 30 miles from
Boston, contained notice of the death OF
Henry A. Holder, 80, whose widow is a
sister of Ariel Crosby of this place. Mr..
Holder died after a short illness. He was
a veteran of the civil war and led the 9TH
Massachusetts regiment band at Newburn,
\. c. He leaves six children.
Mrs. A. S. Codding, of the Coddine
family to whom reference is made in the
annual report of the auditors for this
town, died at Brattleboro Sunday after
noon from heart disease. Although foI
several years a resident of Newfane and
Jamaica her legal residence was in thi:
town. Funeral services were held in New
fame Wednesday. The burial will be il
Westminster West.
The vacancy in the Stowell Manufactur
ing company caused by the death of Johr
W. Stowell will be filed by DR.. f. S. Nun
ger, who will become the responsible
head of the company. Mrs. Stowell will
take practically the position heretofore
held by Dr. Munger. The business of thu
concern will thus continue under ethcien
management and the present outlook i
full of promise. Mrs Stowell will be ad
ministratrix of her husbands estate.