Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-25
THE PUTNEY COLUMN,
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f.sNqfUu lIOlll W dSlllllA lOl announces
~. ,ra post.otlice in Putney will become
,r-esIisn,ial one July l, and that the
a-r of Postmaster Bailey will be raised
.i,0l a year. This is due to the
.,l, increase in the business of the
sg's l..i1e the year, or rather to the fact
M,, ,ta business passed the required vol
IN ,u,i,le It to be classed in the presi-
I"r,i,l list. The records of the Putney
,s,.o-f,e show that during the year from
t,-1 T. 1900, to March 81, 1900, the
,5rs depo,ted with the Springfield, Mass,
,@.,.o.fss SlO6l0 after deducting all the
Commissions of the postmaster. The
,,ro1r- of money orders issued was
:.re .0 The amount of money orders
All vas S1631GS. Cancellations amount
5Fto sl745.2l. and the sales of stamps,
cards etc., Sl94j.3S.
Ms. Mamie Graves is visiting in Rut-
and.
rM.. Julia Crawford returned to Boston
Monday
Mr.. W. 5. Adams is visiting in town
for time.
Mrs. Charles Roberts is again home for
few weeks.
Malcolm Crawford is home from Hatfield
for a few days
Mrs. win Sanders has been on the sick
list the past week.
Mrs. Davidson is caring for Mrs. Mary
Ar.in I'm East Putney.
- Rav. and Mrs Morse of Gutlford were
4. Rev. f. F. Mitchells Wednesday
Miss Amy Wing of North Granville, y.
x has been visiting at Mrs. Gates's.
Mrs. r. r Fem and children went to
H5.y9ke last Friday for few days visit.
NCar4 Holt has returned from Chester
i45 and is working for Mrs. w. D. Waite.
Mrs Newell Gale came Thursday to
Mrs Marshall Gales and stayed until
saturday.
Hugh Crawford has sold pair of fine
black colts to DR.. Perkins of West New
ton, Mass.
Dexter Rowe of Sunapee, n. H., made
visit this week with his niece, Mrs. Oscar
Laugl,on.
Mr. and Mrs. Darling of Keene, y. H.,
7i,itsl a. her brothers, viii Adams's, the
las. Of the week.
Mrs. Frank Fi6eld goes Saturday to Mt.
Holly for a few weeks stay with her
mother. who is ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson G. Treadway left
for Shelter Island Monday, being called
there bv the serious illness of Mr.. Tread
ways father.
Miss Julia Gorham graduates next week
from Black River academy, Ludlow. Mrs.
Braley Gorham, her mother, will attend
the graduating exercises.
Mrs Inez Brockway of Warner, n. H,
comes Saturday for few weeks stay with
Mrs. Oscar Laughton. Miss Blanche
Laughton from Brattleboro will come also.
The salary of Rev. j. II. Bennett has
been slightly increased. His church, the
Methodist, has voted to repair the interior
Of the church building, and committees
have been appointed to raise the money
and arrange for the work.
Mr.. Bailey, agent for the Home insurance
company, came the first of the week to
settle with Dana Clough for the loss OF
bis two cows which were struck by light
ming during the heavy shower of last
Friday, He paid him 49,
Will Wood has leased the house and
stable next above NJ. G. Williams's store
and he will move in at once. He will
equip the stable with teams for livery, and
expects to be in condition for business by
next week. He will also run team from
the village to the depot for passenger trat'
&c and whatever express business he II
able to secure.
The children of the Central school will
entertain their friends and the citizens Of
Putney generally by United States his
tory match and flag drill in the town hal
next Monday evening A small fee vii
Be charged for admission and for ice cream
and cake. which will be served. The pro
ceais of the entertainment will go for {
clock for the school room. This effort o
the children is one of the kind that should
be pa,ronzed literally.
Col. W. H. Greenwood Grand Army
post have the best program in prospect TO
Memorial day that they have ever had
The Knights of Pythias of Bellows Fall
will be present to do escort duty, and th'
services have been secured of the drum
corps which played with the knight
Templar of Windsor at the Dewey cele
5r1tion in Montpelier. The exercises vii
begin in the town hall at 80 sharp. Rev
{, F. Mitchell will speak in Dummerstol
in the morning. The address in this VII
!age will be by Rev. G. Glenn Atkins
Burlington.
T, I. Blood has recently received at hi
livery aud sale stable some of the hnes
horses seen in Putney for some time. The
came from the north and were selecte
personally by Mr. Brood with a view t
having them uniformly handsome and sly
lish. Mr. Blood has also put in some I'M
new carriages and has increased his stoc
Q. Alarming tools, for which he is agen
This and his passenger and express bus
ness between the village and the depot
for which he is we'll equipped, makes hi
especially busy at this season OF the year
EAST PUTNEY.