Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-12-20
THE PUTNEY COLUMN.

j. w. Shelley of Barre has been in
town this week.
Mrs. H. o. Bassett of North Adams.
Mass. is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. H. B.
Powell.
The Putney bakery ]. e. Jacobs
proprietor, will be closed after to-
morrow
Col. w. H. Greenwood post, G. A. r.
will hold its annual election of officers
next Tuesday.
Delta lodge, Knights of Honor will
hold their annual election of officers
next Friday evening.
The state board of agriculture will
meet with the farmers of Putnev in
the town hall Jan. Ia.
The Methodist society will hold a
Christmas entertainment, with a tree
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Corser spent
Sunday with Mr.. Corser's brother.
George Corser, in Holyoke.
The Congregational Sunday school
will hold Christmas entertainment in
the vestry Tuesday evening.
Rev. A. D. Leavitt of the Hartford
Theological Seminary will preach in
the Congregational church next Sun
day.
Mrs. ]. H. Bennett returned Mon
day from a visit with relatives in
Springfield and other Massachusetts
cities.
The schools will close next Tues
day for the rest of the week, making
the Christmas vacation a day or two
longer than usual.
Carl Knight is expected home to-
morrow from the Worcester Insti-
tute of Technology for a Christmas
vacation of 10 days.
Mrs. r. R. Fem and children went
this week to Charlestown, N. H., where
Mr.. Fem is station agent for the Bos-
ton & Maine Railroad company.
E. E. Blood returned Saturday from
the north part of the state, where he
went to buy horses. Six drivers will
be shipped to Putney next Monday.
There will be an entertainment in
Pierce's hall next Friday evening. A
farce entitled Double Deception" will
be given, followed by an oyster sup
per.
Arthur Dodge, son of H. o. Dodge,
is i'll with scarlet fever and the house
is quarantined. The disease is in
mild form and the patient is comfort
able.
Under the head of increase, re-
storation and reissue" a Washington
despatch announces a pension of $40
month to George d. Brown of this
town.
Fred E. Smith of Dover N H., SON
in-law of E. Sanderson, has been elect
ed a member of the city council of
Dover. His opponent was showed
under.
w. s. Adams. of the w. A. Cole
Paper company, moved his household
goods this week from Marlboro, N. H.,
into the house which he recently
bought of R. R. Fem.
A notice of the death of Clinton w.
Lord of Brattleboro, former resident
of East Putney, which took place in
the Brattleboro Retreat Monday, will
eb found in another column.
Rev. E. r. Perkins, NJ. A, will
preach in the Baptist church next
Sunday morning on the subject, Les
sons from Bethlehem" In the even
ing his topic will be, "The Refuge of
Lies"
DR.. G. S. Foster was in Waterbury
last week as one of the supervisors OF
the insane. He was accompanied by
F. D. Kendall and the two went to
Montpelier to attend meeting of the
Mystic Shrine Friday night.
Mrs. Jane Perkins returned Monday
from Cavendish, where she went to
attend the funeral of her sister. Mrs.
Evelyn Davis. Her brother, George
Nash of Yantic, Conn, came home
with her and left for his home Tues
day.
The ordination of Herman Gassett
as a deacon in the Baptist church'
which was to have taken place last
Sunday, was postponed indefinitely on
account of illness in the family OF one
who was to take an active part in the
service.
Frederick L. Houghton has in
stalled a Colt acetylene gas machine
in his residence on the Houghton
farm. It is a 5O-light machine and
gives satisfaction. There is talk OF
Installing a machine in this village tor
custom use.
The Woman's Relief corps will PACK
Christmas box to send to the SOL
diers' Home in Bennington MONDAY
Contributions of fruit, canned trult
Jelly. reading matter, etc, Will be
gratefully received from any one VIM
is willing to give.
The women Of the Congregauona
church will hold their annual Ialr this
evening in the town hall. heIresn
ments will be served, an interestlne
play will be given. and there VIII pt
the usual booths for the sale OF uselu
and fancy articles.
Nelson Newcomb of East PutheS
shot what he supposed was common
nigeon the first of the week, the pigeon
having lighted on one OF ms 9a ms
On picking the bird up he found ina Ia.
it was a carrier pigeon. On one Oh ~! atS
legs was a silver band inscribed
1887"
In the ejectment suit last WeeA
brought by Hollis Newcomb agains
Herbert Burres, his brother-ln-laIw y
Justice Merrifield has rendered ms ue
cision ordering the defendant TO va
cate forthwith and allowing the PLAIN
tiff to collect damages in the sum Oh p
and costs, amounting to over 49,
The goth Century club met wv
Miss Jennie e. Pierce MONDAY nie 60
but on account of preparations ~
Cbristmas in which many mehpei