Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-10

the mill Monday 9575 pounds of pulp with
the pair of horses which Mr.. Robertson
bought last fall. The horses weigh about
2G00 pounds.
Eugene b. Pierce starts tomorrow for
Ann Arbor, Mich, where he will take a
course in the medical department of the
University of Michigan. He will spend
Sunday with his sister, Miss Jennie Z.
Pierce, in Syracuse, n. Y.
Daniel O'Conold, the forger who passed
worthless check upon Merchant NJ. G..
Williams last week, has been traced into
Canada. The Canadian authorities are
looking for him, and il is anticipated that
he will be caught and will be brought back
to the United States on requsition papers.
Mrs. w. G.. Treadway and Mrs. NJ. +.
Robbins were tipped out of their sleigh at
Brtton's ferry few days ago just as they
were driving on to the west bank of the
river. The horse started to run, but at
the top of the bank the sleigh came in
contact with a pole, and the horse was
stopped. No damage was done.
DR.. Harriet Z. Parker, daughter of S.
o. Parker of this village, writes from
Madura, India, that during 1898 about
5400 more patients were cared for at the
hospitals maintained in that city by the
American Board than in the previous
year In 1897 the number of patients
cared for was about A. 600 Dr. Parker is
in full charge of the women's hospital
Mr.. and Mrs II. L. Pierce very pleas
antly entertained company of young peo-
pie at their home Tuesday evening in hon
or of Eugene Il. Pierce, who leaves tomor-
row for Ann Arbor, Mich. The feature
of the evenings program was progressive
dominoes, there being six tables. The
progressive prizes were won by Mr.. b It.
terrified and Miss Harrington and the BOBBY
prizes by Mrs. Munger and Mr.. Harris.
Ernest h. Franklin, who has suffered
from two attacks of appendicitis and fail
ed to regain his usual health, went to Bos-
ton last week, accompanied by Geo. T.
Aplin, TO consult a specialist in regard to
his case. 1t was considered advisable to
have the appendix removed. The opera
ton was successfully performed at a priv
ate hospital in that city Friday morning
by Dr. c. Allen Porter. Mr.. Franklin is
making rapid recovery.
An indignant citizen writes the follow
ing for this column: "Some of our citi-
zens were shocked by an act of brutality
enacted on our highway be, ween f. L.
Perce's mill and the residence of Mrs.
Mooney one Tuesday noon, when brute
in the form of an angry man, horsewhipped
young puppy numerically. This is not
the first time that this has happened, and
it is high time that some our town Off
Gals took the matter in hald and stopped
such disgraceful proceedings on the high
ways of civilized community"
An unusually small amount of ice is
being harvested from the Connecticut river
near the railroad station. Mr.. Webber, the
ferryman, says he has never known a time
when the crop was of so little value. The
reason for this is that the ice is full of
gravel and other objects. At that locality
a large amount of anchor ice became
lodged and the pieces froze together with
all the gravel, grass, twigs, etc., which had
fioated down with them, and the subse-
quent thaws have not been sufficient to
allow this impure ice to pass down stream
Fifty young people from the Baptist
church in Bellows Falls came to Putney
for a sleigh ride and supper last Friday
night. AS they had nothing on the road
save a couple of turn-overs and few GIN
ger snaps, they were in prime condition to
do justice to the well laden tables await
ing them in the Baptist vestry. Before
rising from supper POSTMASTER Henry
Bacon succeeded in obtaining several good
responses from members of the party. A
social time, interspersed with singing fol-
lowed, and at an early hour in the morn
ing the party left for home in a snow storm,
which is no new experience for them.
The oEerseer of the poor for this town
received communication from the over
seer of the poor for Brattleboro recently
notifying him that Henry Jeffrey and fam
lily, then town charges in Brattleboro, be-
longed in Putney and requiring him to
make preparations for their support in
this town. The overseer for this town
went to Brattleboro and after making an
investigation he became convinced that
this town was not obliged to support the
family. The family were afterward turned
out door, and they are now in Bellows
Falls. The details of this case would fill
a column, but they are not of sufficient
importance to warrant publication.
An agent of the Standard Oil company
was in Putney few days ago and agreed
that if the merchants would buy oil from
the Standard Oil company's wholesale
tank the company would remove its retail
delivery tank. Some of the merchants
feel disposed to do this, but others atate
that inasmuch as the company's retail.
agent has established the price at 10 cents
a gallon, which is cheaper than they could
afford to sell it, they would not feel like
increasing the price so long as they can
make a fair profit on Independent oil,
which gives good satisfaction. Moreover,
it is understood that the retail agent in
tends to sell on his own responsibility If
his delivery wagon is taken away from
him.