Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-17
THE PUTNEY COLUMN.

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&C. Miller proprietor of the Kendrick
House. has been off duty tins week ON &C
comm of felon.
BENJAMIN Wood has finished his engage
m4nt with G. II. Phillips and has returned
to his farm ON West tllll.
Rev c. j. Harris did not go to Bellows
Falls last Sunday, owing to the storm. He
will speak there next Sunday night.
y |. Gale will move to Walpole, n. H
about April to take position as manager
Of the Briggs farm on the pinnacle"
Fred Tlbbetts was severely cut in the
head while chopping wood Tuesday Dr.
l.. NJ Piantz took two stitches in dressing
the wound.
Charles w. Brooks and daughter, May,
returned Saturday from visit of few
DAYS with Mr.. Brooks's brother Edward
Brooks, in Springfield, this state.
Mary Smith will go to Barton Landing
in a few days TO visit her son, Henry
smith She will be accompanied by Mrs.
Henry Smith, who has been visiting her for
few days.
News has been received of the death of
George w. Putnam of Plymouth, this state,
brother of Mrs Putney S. Hanuum of
this town. Mr. Putnam died March 4
The ". A. Cole Paper compauv's mill
has been shut down this week while an ac-
count of stock was being taken. William
Robertson's mill was shut down the first of
the week on account of break in shaft
The midwinter number of the Sewanee
Purple, published by the University of the
South, contains half-tone portrait of Dr.
F. A. Townsend of Putney, who graduated
from the medical department of the uni
versity last fall.
Rev. Francis j. Marsh of Boston will
preach in the Congregational church next
sunday morning in the interest of the Con-
gregational Sunday School and Publishing
society. There will be no preaching SER
vice in the evening.
Frank Fuller, son of Frank Fuller who
formerly lived in Putney Falls, has brought
the c. S Corkins blacksmith shop in Hins-
dale, n. H. He recently worked in the
blacksmith shop of c. B. Willard in this
village.
John Conway has finished work on the
20 ton & Maine railroad and has gone tc
Below Falls to work in a paper mill
Harry Willard has gone to work on the
Boston & Maine railroad. Fred Willard
has begun work for +. E. Blood.
The Putney Creamery association is pre-
pairing a report of the past years business
which, it is expected, will make a showing
which cannot be surpassed by any cream
cry in this section. Some of the figure
will probably be printed next week.
Rev. F. w. Whippen, formerly pastor o
the Universahst church here, has resigned
his charge at Scranton Pa. He will liv,
for the present with his mother in Lynn
Mass. Mr.. Whippen recently visited a
his father-in-law's in Shelburne Falls
Mass.
Deputy Sheriff A. W j. Wilkins vii
sell by public auction at 10 o'clock tomor
row, at the farm of G. P. Parker in Eas
Putney, two horses and pair of harnes
by virtue of breach of condition named
in lien note given to Mr.. Parker by S. w
Hart and w. A. Martin.
The Newton steam mill has finished
work in Drewsvile, the wood-lot upo
which it stood having been cleared off. W
E. Pierce, who had the contract for clear
ing off the timber, and the other Putne
Falls people who went to Drewsville to as
sist in the work have returned home.
Mrs. Albert Buxton is to move soon fror
Miss Walkup's house back to her house i
Putney Falls. Mrs. Luke Sherwin wi
move into the house vacated by Mrs. Buz
ton, and Miss Walkup will board with hel
Miss Walkup expects to rent the tenemer
over her store. A. F. Boomer has bal
gained for the house now occupied by Mr.
Sherwin.
A large audience greeted F. G.. Edison
the Congregational church Tuesday ever
ing when Mr.. Edison gave a musical enter
tainment with an improved gramophon'
The entertainment began at o'clock an
consisted of reproductions of selections /
Sousa's band, the Haydn quartet, and othC
great entertainers and artists, as rendere
in the Metropolitan opera house in Ne
York. There were also comic selection
vocal and instrumental, which were muC
enjoyed.
The paper mill formerly owned by
A. Cole is now owned by stock compan
the principal owners being Mr.. Cole al
John Kimball, who bought an interest
the mill few weeks ago as told in tt
Phoenix at the time. There are three OF
err stockholders, the law requiring tn
there shall be at least FIVE. The compaI
has been incorporated under the title
"The w. A. Cole Paper Company" w.
Adams of Marlboro, n. H., son-in-law
Mr.. Kimball, came to Putney Monday
this week to begin work as bookkeeper I
the company and to learn the paper bu
ness.
The reports of the battles in the Phil
pine islands are especially interesting
Dr. Laura Nj. Plantz of this town int
much as her step-son, Brigadier- GeneI
Lloyd Wheaton, is taking prominent pa
in the fight The daily papers of Tuesd
gave an account of a battle between Anne
lean troops under Gen. Wheaton and inst
gents, in which the Americans were vicl
rious Gen. Wheaton's column, consist
of the Twentieth and Twenty-second lnfa
try, the Oregon and Washington trooI
section Sixth Artillery and squadron -Four
Cavalry, attacked large force OF
enemy and drove them beyond the Pai
river, sweeping everything before the
fered severe loss.