Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-11-24

to single out towns in Vermont until we
can, by carrying OUT that process to per.
sons, single out individuals who are guilty
of giving character to whole commun-
ity."
Mrs. Sarah Stevens has gone to F. Nc
Rae's as housekeeper.
Miss Addie Shattuck of Springfield.
Mass, is a guest of Miss Helen Robertson
Addison Howard went Saturday to Gard
ner, Mass, to work for Haywood Brothers
d Co.
Ole johnson has recently moved from
Westminster to the Robertson house on
Kimball hill.
Merchant A. NJ. Corser went to Boston
Tuesday to make his selection of merchan-
disc for the holidays.
The women of the Baptist society will
hold an apron sale and concert in the town
hall this afternoon and evening.
Pearl Blood has returned from Gardner,
Mass, and has reentered the employ of the
Stowell Manufacturing company.
Mr.. and Mrs George T. Aplin of East
Putney have been in Washington, D. c.,
and other places on their wedding trip.
Nelson Newcomb will give Thanksgiv-
ing ball at his house in East Putney next
Thursday night, to which the public is in
vited. An oyster supper will deserved.
Mrs. Fritz Crawford, who was recently
operated upon in Boston, is improving
steadily, and it is expected that she will be
able to come home in about three weeks.
The public schools in town will close to-
day for the Thanksgiving vacation of two
weeks. The next term will open Dec. IL.
A list of the teachers will be given next
week.
The Star Magazine club will hold its an
nual meeting next Tuesday evening at DR..
Fosters. All members are requested to
be present, and any one who wishes to buy
magazines of 1899 is invited to attend this
meeting.
There will be union Thanksgiving SER
vices in the Baptist church next Thursday
evening at 1880 o'clock. Rev. W. 7. Spar
hawk, pastor of the Congregational church,
will preach the sermon.
Alice Louise Brown of this town con-
tributes to the November number of the
Humane Christian Culture poem entitled
Thanksgiving at Aunt Mary's," in addi-
ton to the poem on the front cover page
of the magazine which is her regular
monthly contribution.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Pierce went to
Gardner, Mass, Tuesday to attend the
wedding, on Wednesday, of Miss Alice
Sawin, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. p.
Sawin of that city. Mr.. Sawin is promi-
nently connected with the business of Hay
wood Brothers & Co.
Miss Bertha Moody has finished work at
H. L. Pierce's and has returned to George
Fuller's on account of the i'll health of Mrs.
Fuller. Miss Ada Patterson is at Mr..
Pierce's for the present. Miss Tina Allen
has gone from G. L. Pierce's to John
Cooks.
A dog squeezed himself through hole
in Fred Campbell's barn in Westminster
West few days ago and killed one or two
sheep and wounded about 40 others. The
dog was killed, aud on his collar was found
the name of r. II. Clark. The dog answers
the description of the one owned by Frank
Clark of this town which is missing.
The old "castle" in Putney Falls, a land
mark which has been crumbling for years,
and which for the past six years has
been momentarily expected to fall, will
soon pass out of existence. The southeast
corner has recently fallen into the brook,
and the rest of the picturesque old build
ing can remain standing but short time.
The boiler at the Putney creamery has
given out, aud a new one has been ordered
and is expected to arrive any day. At
present the creamery is being run by one
of H. FL. Brainerd's portable boilers, but
it is so much smaller than the old boiler
that only the small separator can be used,
which necessitates considerable extra work.
The new boiler will be 15 horsepower.
Walter H. Smith and Miss Catherine
Maley, well-known young people OF this
town, were married in the Roman Catho-
lie parsonage in BrattlebOro at 80 o'clock
Wednesday, Rev. Patrick Cunningham
performing the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith went north on the evening train for
visit in Burlington. Their departure
from Brattleboro was accompanied by
shower of rice.
The Sioux City, Ia, Daily Tribune OF
Monday contained an article upon sys-
TEN of measuring and cutting perfected
by George NJ. Gilbert, a merchant tailor IN
that city, who is we'll known in Putney and
vicinity, by which garments may be per-
fectly fitted to any T run, whether normal
or irregular, without the necessity OF Try
ing on the garment while 1t is being made
A tailors' journal published in New YORK
said that such a system could not be In.
vented, so Mr.. Gilbert has the right TO feel
something like victor.
C. B. Willard has a good blacksmith a nrSt,