Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-12-06
THE PUTNEY COLUMN.

Mrs. Ida stowell is recovering from
an attack of grip. VII
Henry Warren has been in Boston
on business this week.
Mrs. ID. S. Angler has been serio,,s,,,
i'll, hut is more comfortable.
Frank Lewis of Springfield NToss
spent Thanksgiving in Putnev.
F. i. Houghton has bought tbo
Oscar Laugbton place of H. L. Bailey
The annual election of officers NJ
Golden Rule lodge of Masons will no
held Dec. IS.
Mrs. Charles harrington is the new
teacher in school No. 8, succeeding
Miss Slack, resigned.
The pulpit in the CONGREGATIONAL
church will be supplied next Sunday
morning and evening, by A. D. Leavitt
Mr.. and Mrs. Taft had as Thanks.
giving guests two of their sons from
Fishers Island and one from Worces.
ter.
j. d. Jacobs has bought the Bolster
place of Mrs. Martha Alger Clark and
w. X. Clark her husband, of Brattle.
boro.
Herbert Blood has completed i'm.
provements on his premises, the more
noticeable one being the stating of his
house.
Mrs. Abigail Goodell Farrant Of
White River Junction and her mother
Mrs. Goodcll, are guests at DR.. G. s
Fosters.
A meeting of the state board of Az.
riculture Will be held in the town hall
during the winter. The date has not
been decided upon.
Miss Martha Pierce of Putney Falls
has closed her house for the winter
aud will spend the winter with L. p
Bailey and family in this village
Mr.. Champlain has moved from the
Horace Kidder house into the Stearns
house, recently vacated by w. E.
Pierce. He is head sawyer for F. L.
Pierce.
The annual election of officers of
Greenwood post and Greenwood
Woman's Relief Corps will be held
Dec "a. The officers will be installed
in January.
Roy w. Bailey of Hartford, Conn,
was home over Thanksgiving, return
ing Saturday. While here the third
degree in Free Masonry was conferred
upon him by the Golden Rule lodge
William B. Britton, for many years
the ferryman at East Putney. has
moved to the farm which he recently
bought in Westmoreland. The river
is now frozen over sufficiently to allow
teams to cross.
Golden Rule Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, has elected a partial
- L II IL
elected worthy matron. The list will
be completed and the installation will
take place Dec. 13.
Janette, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Treadway of Shelter Island,
N. y, died Nov. %. She was five
months and 81 days old. She had an
attack of spinal meningitis a few
weeks before her death.
The goth Century club met Friday
evening with Miss Jennie E. Pierce.
Miss Lucy Whitney read a paper on
THE classification of Finland" after
which there was a general discussion
of current topics. The next meeting
will be held with Miss Pierce next
Friday evening.
The women of the Congrega-
tional society have decided on De-
cember 20 as the date of their annual
fair. The fair will be held in the
town hall afternoon and evening and
will include a sale of articles suitable
for Christmas. An entertainment
will also be given.
A warrant was issued Tuesday
against Mark Ward at the instance of
Mrs. Jennie B. Powers of Brattleboro,
agent of the Vermont Humane society,
complainant, alleging that the de-
PENDANT cruelty treated some OF MS
COWS by fastening their necks to their
fore legs by means of iron chains, the
cows legs thereby becoming chafed,
sore and CALLED. The warrant was
issued by Town Grand Juror F. A.
Burditt and was signed by w. G. Craw-
ford, Justice of the peace.
The lawsuit of Mark Ward VS.. Hol-
lis Newcomb came before Justice II.
?. Farr Saturday for hearing. MI
Ward conducted his own case and Mr..
Newcomb was represented by Lawyer
H. G. Barber of Brattleboro. jury
was drawn, consisting of j. N. Whlt-
ney, Fred Harding, H. G. Everleth' T.
Sanderson, Albert Townsend and f.
O. Pierce, and by the time that was
completed the hour was so late that
Mr.. Ward confessed judgment and APP
pealed. He failed however, to file ms
bond in time to keep the case on the
docket, and Mr.. Newcomb then insist
ed that his bond be not accepted
The controversy was principally over
the keeping of a COW, and there We're
claims and counter claims of from S4o
TO $50 on each side.