Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-24
THE PUTNEY COLUMN,

Miss Cora Kathan is visiting in Ros.on
and vicinity.
Robert r. Shelley of Springfield, Mass,
home on a vacation.
Charles o. Knight of Worcester, Mass,
was in town this week.
Roy W. Bailey of Hartford, Conn, came
home Sunday for his vacation.
H. W. Felt of New Britain, Conn was
at NJ. E. Robbins's this week.
Miss Jennie Hills of Ftchburg, Mass,
IS at Mrs. William II Jughton's.
A number took advantage of the excur-
sion to Nantasket Beach Thursday.
Rev. F. B. Kellogg will preach in the
Congregational church Sunday morning.
Miss Jessie Tarbell of Mechanicsville is
visiting her sister, Miss Helen Tarbell, at
G. L. Pierce's.
Robert Richmond of Windsor, who has
been visiting at DR.. Munger's for the past
month returned home Wednesday.
The Junior Christian Endeavor society
attended the Christian Endeavor conven-
ton at Westminster West Wednesday.
Fred Pember has gone to Bellows Falls
for two weeks to take charge of the farm
of John Thwing, while the latter is in
Chicago.
Albert Patterson and mother went Tues.
day to Indian River, Mich, to visit Mrs.
Patterson's son, Capt. George Patterson.
They will be absent about month.
Lucius W. Haywood of Lincoln, Neb.,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. L. NJ. Bailey,
and other relatives, after an absence of "a
years.
There will be no service in the Baptist
church Sunday forenoon, Aug. 20. The
meetings of the Sunday school and young
peoples society will be held as usual.
There will be Republican rally and
flag raising at the town hall on Saturday
evening next, at 1880 p. NJ. Hon. j. L.
Martin will be the speaker and E. Fl. Mil
Ter Of Dummerston will sing some cam
paign songs. Let everybody come.
Miss Katherine Booth received a few
friends at her home Tuesday evening in
honor of Miss Anna Blanchard. The
guests were entertained by practical demon.
STATIONS in the art of cooking and serving
which proved very amusing and gratifying
to all present.
The following item of local interest i:
from the Greenfield correspondence in the
Springfield Republican: Al. c. Black &
COu, WIZ were lOI many years III IhC TX
business in Greenfield, have bought groc
cry and provision store at Warren. Mr.
Black is already in Warren. His family
will join him there about Oct. !"
At the Republican caucus on Saturday
evening one ballot only was required tc
select the candidate for representative
There were only two names mentioned
Eighty four votes were cast. OF these Hen
ry Crawford had 50 and F. L. Houghtor
As: and the latter was declared the nOmi
nee of the caucus. Mr.. Houghton is {
strong Dillingham; man.
The American board of commissioner
for foreign missions has received a de
spatch from Cheefoo giving a list of Amer
lean missionaries who took refuge in PekiI
and who are alive. The names of Rev
ane Mrs. F. NJ. Chaplin and two children
are given. The announcement in the dai
" papers of yesterday was welcome new
to Mrs. o. E. Bragg, mother of Mrs. Chap
in, who supposed for several weeks tina
her daughter and the members of her fam
lily had been slaughtered. Rev. and Mrs
Chaplin formerly lived in keene and ar
we'll known by many people in Windhau
county and in Cheshire county, y. H. MI
and Mrs. Chaplin went to China in 1SSC
soon after their marriage. They visite
in this country 10 years ago. The Chap
ms have five children. Two sons are i
this country. One, who is student a
Dartmouth college, has been in Putney
part of this summer, and the other is
Barre, Mass.