Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-14
THE POTNEY COLUMNS

to Farley, Mass, about May 1.
Herbert Blood is planning to buy the
Lorenzo Field place on West Hill.
Miss May Carpenter returned this week
from a visi. at her home in Haverhill,
n. II.
Iiyeryman E. E. Blood went to Clare
mont, n. H., Tuesday to look at several
horses.
w. E. Aver returned to Barre this week
He will attend Goddard seminary and will
catch for the seminary base ball team.
The Stowell Manufacturing company
will meet in its office at 2 o'clock next
Monday afternoon to re0rganize and elect
officers.
Miss Lizzie Arnold and mother will
move soon into Mrs. Samuel Knights
tenement, recently vacated by j. j.
Knight.
John Houghton went to Massachusetts,
n few DAYS ago to take medical treatment
in an institution in one of the suburbs
of Boston.
Mrs. G.. H. Howard and son Addison
returned Tuesday from weeks visit with
Mrs. Howard's son, Albert, in SaXton-
vile, Mass.
F, NJ. Lewis, who has lived in. Spring
Alelu, MASS, lOl S6NOldl JC1loi Los iOOhih7
ed to live in Putney where he was fo.-
mer resident.
Pearl Blood has entered the employ of
Lvervman E. Z. Blood. Fred Lttlefield,
who has been at work for Mr.. Blood, has
returned to his home.
The Wendell correspondence of the
Greenfield, Mass, Gazette and Courier
saws: "Rev. Z. P. Seymour had the mis-
60 fon nj ~
The late Lorenzo Field of Putney was a
cousin of Stephen j. Field who died this
week and who had been for many years as
sociate Justice of the United States SUI
preme court.
G. w. Fifield and Percy Warwick went
to Winchendon, Mass, yesterday to enter
the employ of Morton E. Converse & Co.,
manufacturers of toys, trunks, rocking
horses, etc.
The correspondent of the Bellows Falls
Times from Park Hill, N. H.. says:
"Charles Cobleigh returned Friday to
New York to continue his work in the
stove business"
G. w. Roberts will speak in the Con-
gregational church next Sunday evening.
His subject will be "From bar-room to
pulpit" Mr.. Roberts was formerly a sa-
iOOh III hhOhOoho'
The organization of a humane society,
which was to have taken place at the
Congregational parsonage Thursday, was
postponed. There will probably be an
other meeting in a few days for the pur-
pose of organizing such society.
Carpenters have been at work this week
putting new shelves into the public library.
Considering the standard of the books
xubioh ba libra nittap has into
the library the fact that more room is
needed speaks we'll for the patrons of the
institution.
The Col. w. H. Greenwood Grand Army
post has engaged Rev. j. H. Metcalf OF
Burlington to deliver the Memorial day
Grafton in Putney Rev. Mr.. Metcalf is
pastor of the Unitarian church in Burling
ton, and is son of a veteran, his father
having been killed in the battle of Bull
Run. He is an able speaker, and the To-
cal Grand Army post considers that it i:
fortunate in being able to secure his serv.
ices.
G. W. Adams. who has had a portable
steam mill on the Kittredge Parker farm
on the river road the past year, has fin
ished cutting the timber of the farm, ant
it is expected that in few days he viii
have completed the work of saving it
There is yet large amount of wood OF
the farm which will keep the mill thert
for some time if Mr.. Adams concludes Il
work it up. Mr.. Adams has been fur
nshing the ties for the Bellows Falls cleo
trio railroad.
Some of the departments in the Stowel
mandatory have been reopened thi'
week, and it is expected that the remain
ing departments will be reopened earl,
next week. A force of about 40 men will b.
employed, consisting of nearly all of tn
old employees. A representative of sim
liar mandatory in WincheDdon came Il
Putney Saturday in search of help, and oil
Monday some of the Stowell employee
went to Winchendon TO look over tn
ground. Two or three of them expect t
to go Winchendon to remain permanently
The first edition of the state human
publication of which Rev. G. j. Harris i
the editor will appear about May l.
will be in magazine form and will contain
16 pages and a cover. The edition wi
consist of about 1900 copies. A substan
tial number of subscriptions has been re
ceived, but not enough to make the maga
zine self supporting. More subscription
will come in, however, as soon as the mrs
edition has been distributed and the pee
pie have had an opportunity to see whs
the magazine is like. The venture has tn
support of influential men throughout tn
state, among whom is ex-Gov. Carroll
Page.
The listers have completed their work {
taking the individual inventories, but tn
footings have not yet been made, cons
quently the exact amount of taxable pro-
erty in town cannot be announced unit
next week. The listers believe, howeve
that the figures will show substantial il
crease over last year. One of the large
sources of the increase is the live stool
especially young cattle. Then there a
not so many offsets this year as there we
last year. People who owed small deb
last year owe nothing this year, and pc
pie who owed large debts last year ha'
materially reduced them. This, of cours
is not true in every instance, but it is trI
in the majority of cases. Altogether Il
listers believe that the town is more pro
porous than it was year ago. There
certainly better feeling and more con