Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-28
THE PUTNEY COLUMN.

Miss Grace Prouty is visiting in Hart.
ford, Conn.
Mrs. Inez Buckway is guest at Orcar
Laughton's.
Miss Annie Reynolds was a Christmas
guest at Milo Whitney's.
Ralph Houghton of Springfield, Mass.
was home over Christmas.
D. S. Angler has moved to the Willard
Smith place in Putney Falls
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Relief corps will be held Jan. L.
Morris Parker has been visiting his
mother at Mr.. Wilkins's few days.
Malcolm Crawford of Hatfield, Mass.
spent Christmas at Henry Crawford's.
Fifty. FIVE people attended the neighbor.
hood dinuer at Bert Houghton's Dec. 25.
Miss Georgia Roberts returned from
Syracuse Friday for Christmas vacation.
Mrs. Charles Wilcox of Claremont. N.
H., visited her father, Dennis Richards.
this week.
George Littlefeld has bought of d. II.
Wheeler a large wood lot and is clearing
off the timber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carpenter of Haverhill, N.
H., visited their daughter, Mrs. Keenan,,
over Christmas.
Mrs. Oliver Houghton of Greenfield.
Mass, called on a few friends Saturday on
her way to Woodstock.
Wallace Ford and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Parker attended the funeral of
Albro Ford in Brookline.
Mrs. Edward Parmenter received tele-
gram Monday announcing the death of
her father in Rhode Island
Miss Helen Creolman and Miss Una
May Winchester of Holyoke were at VIM.
Coles this week for a short visit
Miss Flora Sanders, who is attending a
business college in Springfield, Mass,
came home last week for Christmas.
Henry Everleth was given surprise
party on Christmas afternoon, the occa-
sion being his 10th birthday anniversary.
Watch Night services will be held at the
Methodist church Dec. 81, beginning at o
P. NJ. Rev. W. T. Sparhawk. Rev. d. j.
Pierce and others will address the meeting.
All are invited.
Albert A. Chase of Chester, who has
been visiting his sister, Mrs. M. d. Whit
man, the past three weeks, returned home
Saturday. His son, Herbert Chase, made
them visit last week.
Rev. D. j. Pierce went to Keene to
spend Christmas with his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Sprague, which was his first visit
with her in 80 years, during which he was
on the Pacific coast.
There will be preaching in the Baptist
church next Sunday upon the theme 1.-THE
Balance Sheet of the Century" Sunday
school at r. Mrs. A. W. j. Wilkins will
lead the young peoples meeting at p. NJ.
AS H. B. Powell was taking his horse
from the shed Wednesday a strap broke,
letting the bride drop, frightening the
horse. The horse ran to George Little
fields, where it turned into the yard and
stopped. Mr.. Powell jumped out and was
not hurt, but the wagon was demolished.
Rev. G. j. Harris of Crown Point, N.
Y, whose serious illness was mentioned
last week, has sold his household goods by
auction preparatory to going to Atlanta,
Ca, where he has a professorship. In addi-
tion to congestion of the lungs Mr.. Harris
has a serious spinal trouble, caused by
fall on the ice.
P. S. Hannum received news of the
death of his nephew, K. Hannum of Rut-
land, last week. Mr.. Hannum had been
for many years chief engineer of the fire
department, and was for many years in the
store of A. G. Bates & Co., but more re-
Gently in the employ of W. g. Langdon,
hardware dealer.
The Christmas exercises at the Baptist
CHURCH opened with concert and closed
with tree loaded with gifts for the chill
dren. The pastor rejoiced in the exercises,
as he thought, with an unselfSh pleasure,
when suddenly the senior deacon turned
upon his pastor and clothed him with a
handsome dress overcoat, the gift of over
80 members of the congregation.