Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-05-26
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Mrs Samuel Knight visited old acquaint-
ances here the first of the week.
Miss Clara Holt has returned from Clare
mont, n. H., where she has been employ
ed.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Pierce returned
Tuesday from visit with their son Ar
thur.
Frank Taft went to Springfield, Mass,
Saturday to work for his brother, who is a
contractor
Rev. c. j. Harris returned Saturday
from stay of several days in Burlington
and vicinity.
Miss Maud l. Kendrick of Amherst,
Mass, is spending the week here and in
Bellows Falls
Samuel Underwood finished work at DR..
Fosters Tuesday. He is succeeded by
Wallace Ross.
The ladies' society of the Baptist church
will have an ice cream supper Wednesday
evening, May 81. =
Henry Lowell is boarding with his sister,
Mrs. McRae. His son Arthur is in pos
session of the farm.
Mrs. G. j. Harris and children have
been visiting in Northbridge, Mass, and
other nearby places.
Mrs. w. II. Clouse and son were guests
of Mrs. Clouse's mother, Mrs. Ellen Pat
terson, the first of the week.
Miss Belden of Cove, Ore, who is at
tending school at Mortified seminary, is a
guest of her classmate, Miss May Scott.
Miss Mary Whitney of Newfane, for
merly of this town, has gone to Cam
BRIDGE Mass, for an operation at DR.. Mar
cy's hospital.
F. L. Houghton, secretary of the Hol-
stein Fresan association, will attend the
annual meeting of the association in Buff
falo n. Y, the first week in June.
J. A. Starbird of Mt. Holly, former
resident of Putney, called on old friends
here on his way home from the Odd Eel
lows convention in Brattleboro last week.
Mrs. w. Il. Greenwood and mother of
Marlboro, n. H., and Mrs. Greenwood S
brother, Prof. Charles W. Knight of Ak
ron, O., are at Mrs. Greenwood's summer
home.
We understand that Mr.. WILDER has sold
his nice pair of gray horses to Henry
Brown of Brattleboro. They are called
the best all around team that stands in the
town of Putney.
Presiding Elder w. R. Davenport, who
will preach in Brattleboro next Sunday
morning, will drive to Putney and will
preach in the Methodist church at 2.3C
o'clock Sunday afternoon.
The Park Hill correspondence of the
Bellows Falls Times says: "Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Works and little daughter Mabel OF
St.. Paul, Mimi, are visiting at John
Works. and H. G. Cobleigh's."
The Methodist Sunday school elected
these officers last Sunday: Superintend.
ent Rev. j. H. Bennett; assistant super
intendent, G. B. Willard; secretary and
treasurer, NJ. G. Williams; librarian, Mrs
George w. Stowell.
The body of Mrs. Lemon Reyes was
brought to Putney Saturday and was bur
led in Mount Pleasant cemetery. Mrs
Reyes had been living with her brother il
Newfane. Mr. and Mrs. Reyes formerly
lived on the farm now occupied by Den
nison Davis.
R, c. Winchester of Holyoke, Mass, ha!
been at W. A. Coles this week, having
come to Putney on fishing trip. He II
accompanied by Mr.. Clark of Holyoke, Mr.
Anderson of Mt. Vernon, N. Y, and Mr.
Rowley of Fall River, Mass. Mrs. Win
chester came Tuesday to spend few day
at Mr., Coles.
A letter from M. E. Cobb of Putne!
Falls, who is now in the Mary Fletcher
hospital in Burlington, written Monday o
this week states that Mr.. Cobb is making
rapid progress along the road to recovery
Monday was the second day that Mr.. Cobb
was dressed, he having been in bed A
days. 1t will probably be five or six week.
before he is able to return home. Mr.
Cobb gives unqualified praise to the man
agement of the hospital and states that NJ
one could conceive of better treatmen
Than is given there. This is good news tC
Mr. Cobb's friends in this town.
Rev. c. j. Harris went to Springfield
this state, Tuesday to recover hors'
which he recently parted with, but TO
which he did not receive his pay. TIT
man to whom he sold the horse went u
springfield a short time ago, and Mr.. Har
IT'S thereupon sent Constable Eyerletl
lhere to secure a mortgage upon the horse
which he did. Constable Everleth receiv
ca news Monday that the horse had agaiI
oeen sold Notwithstanding the fact that |
was mortgaged property, so Mr.. Harris
concluded that the only way to save him
sell from loss was to go to Springfield an'
regain possession of the animal.