Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-07-14
THE PUTNEY COLUMN.

G. Everleih went to Boston Tuesday
20 spend a few days.
mr. Arthur Prouty has settled in Hart
ford. Conn, for practice as veterinary.
". A. Cole went to Albany, N. Y.
Tuesday on A business trip of few days.
Foster Mack has moved from Westmin-
s-er West to George Fuller's house in Put
ney Falls
Mrs James Gayley and children of Pitts
bury. Penn. are expected next week to be
SIMMER guests Of C. f. Prouty.
Rev. w. f Lang of Athens will preach
In The Methodist church next Sunday ia
exchange with Rev. J. II. Bennett.
Mrs. Frank Clair IS visiting relatives in
STsnt1n. Her daughter, who has been
yf,.i1, there, will accompany her home.
The Methodist society will hold an ice
cream sale and sociable on their grounds
this evening, TO which everybody is invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Pierce of Walling-
ford. Conn. have visited Mr.. Pierce's par
eD.s. Mr.. and Mrs. & l.. Pierce, this week.
Miss Flora Sanders and Miss Abbie
Kerr went to the White Mountains Wed
nesday to spend the summer as mattresses
in a hotel.
Special Agent Nichols of the Equitable
Life Assurance company of New York
came Tuesday to be the guest of J. W.
Shelley.
Mrs. W. G.. Treadway of Shelter Island,
y. Y. came the last of last week to spend
two weeks with her mother, Mrs. Abbie
F. Hewett.
Miss Caroline Keyes has returned from
the White Mountains where she was the
guest for week of Miss Bertha Estey and
Miss 5. E. White.
The farmers are busily engaged in har-
vesting their hay crop, and while the crop
will not be an average one, on the whole
it is much better than the farmers expect
ed to find it.
John Braley and bride of Harding,
Mass, came Saturday night for visit at
\ the home of Mr.. Braley's father, Russell
EBraley. Mr.. and Mrs. Braley were mar
|ried last week.
DR.. Z. S. Munger went to Hardwick
Tuesday to attend the annual session of
the grand lodge, Knights of Honor, which
was held Wednesday. DR.. Munger has
been grand dictator the past year.
The two children of John Mallory of
Willimansett, Mass, have been at W. H.
Smiths this week. Mr.. Mallory, who is a
car inspector for the Boston & Maine rail-
road company, spent Sunday there, re-
turning Monday.
The old bridge near the castle in Put
ney Falls which leads up to the cemetery
was temporarily repaired Saturday. An
inspection of the bridge was also made,
revealing the fact that new stringers will
be necessary in order to make it a safe
structure
Mrs. Jessie Crosby of Waltham, Mass,
came to Putney Saturday to spend week
with her sister, Mrs. E. ". Huntley. She
and Miss Fanny Steele and Fred Kohl, who
have been spending several days at Ariel
Crosby's, will return TO work in the Wal
than watch factory next Monday.
Elroy Kent, who was shot while en-
gagged in removing goods from the store of
Hale & Teachout at Milton a few weeks
ago, has so far recovered at the Mary
Fletcher Hospital in Burlington as to be
able to sit up upon the piazza. As soon as
he is well enough he will be taken to Jail
and hearing in his case will be held in
the city court in Burlington.
W. E. Aver will furnish base ball
team to play the Springfield, VT, team
tomorrow. 1t will consist of Messrs. Aver,
Bush and Lamb, who played together
on the Goddard seminary team, Abbott
and Clark of Dartmouth, Murray of the
University of Vermont, Smith of Kimball
Union academy, Warn of Walpole, n. H.,
and Hull of Charlestown, n. II.
Merrill Benson and daughter Maud of
Minneapolis, Mimi, who have been guests
at Capt. William Robertson's, will go to
Landgrove and Peru the last of this week,
accompanied by Capt and Mrs. Robertson
and Miss Helen Robertson. to visit the
birthplace of Mr.. Benson and Mrs. Rob
ertson. Mr.. Benson and daughter expect
TO return to their home next week.