Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-07-06


Miss Wilcomb is a guest of her aunt,
Mrs. j. F. Washburn.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Everleth went to
Boston last week for medical consultation.
Mark Ward has sold his pair of hand
some bay horses to Liveryman K. E. Blood.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. bort and children
of Keene, N. H., spent Sunday at N. Cobb,
jr's.
Miss Mabel Blake of Greenfield, Mass,
came Tuesday to spend the Fourth at l..
P. Bailey's.
Leon Houghton and Miss Lizzie Hough-
ton went Monday to Fitchburg, Mass, for
a weeks visit
Addison Howard of Bald winsville, Mass,
formerly of this town, came Tuesday to
spend the Fourth.
Mrs. G. A Tefft and daughter, Evelyn,
returned Saturday from Newport, N. H.
where they went last autumn.
George Townsend has taken the agency
for the Granite State moving machines,
formerly held by G. B. Willard.
Miss Abbie Kendall and Herbert Hunt
ley have returned from Goddard seminary,
Barre, for their summer vacation.
regular trips between the village and the
depot month ago has been taken off.
Wallace Ross has finished work for F.
L. Pierce and has entered the employ OF
the Stowell Manufacturing company.
Mrs. G. A. Tefft has sold her house on
the road northeast of the village to Thomas
Heenan, who will take possession at once
Miss Bertha Estey went Monday to
Sugar Hill, N. H., in the White Noun
tains, to manage her summer hotel for this
season.
Mrs. A. e. Chaplin, son and daughter
of Somerville, Mass, were guests of DR.
and Mrs. Foster and Mr.. and Mrs. Warner
Monday.
George P. Parker of East Putney started
yesterday for West Superior, Wis, to spenC
three months or more with his son, Mayor
Fred S. Parker.
Rev. Mr.. Beeman, returned missionary
from China, spoke in the Baptist churcl
Thursday evening of last week, telling il
highly interesting way of his work in the
foreign field.
Miss Lucy Whitney went Saturday Il
Springfield, Mass, to attend the commence
ment exercises of Childs's business college
Her sister, Miss Minnie Whitney, was on,
of the graduates.
Mrs. Luther T. Sparhawk and Miss. M
Blanche Sparhawk of Randolph, mothe
and sister of Rev. Willis T. Sparhawk, at
tended the ordination of Rev. Mr.. Spar
hawk last Friday.
j. W. Shelley has taken the specia
agency for the Provident Savings Life AS
surance society of New York, his territor.
being Windham county. The compan,
has in force over $107000,0 900 of insur
ance.
Agents of the Northwestern Yeast com
pany, who came to town recently, wer
obliged to leave one of their horses a
Blood's stable a week on account of i'll
ness. The horse was driven to Brattlebor
Monday.
DIR. E. S. Munger has built a large We
randa on the east side of his residence
There is probably not pleasanter location
for veranda in this village. The docto
is also building large addition to the L
which will be used as a shed.
Mrs. L. P. Tucker of townsville, N. Y
came to Putney Tuesday, accompanied b.
Ellen ClOuse, who has been visiting hel
She has gone to Lake Morey for a month
vacation. Rev. Mr.. Tucker went froI
townsville to Lake Morey the same day
The town of Coventry celebrated its 1901
anniversary last Friday. The press de'
patches stated that the first settler wa
Samuel Cobb, who located there in 190(
Samuel Cobb was grandfather of the lat
Norman Cobb of Putney Falls, and he wa
also the first town clerk, selectman, an
held other town offices.
The Putney creamery made over SOC