Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-01-17
NJ. |. HAWLEY
THE PUTNEY COLUMN.

Mrs. Jane Perkins is improving af-
ter long illness.
Miss Helen Powell has been i'll with
pneumonia several days.
Miss Julia Wilcox of Boston was at
F. L. Pierce's over Sunday.
Clyde Goodell of Mt. Holly is en-
poyed in f. f. Blood's livery stable.
Station Agent Tatro will move soon
into the Phillips house. situated near
the station.
Mrs. w. H. Clouse went Tuesday to
North Adams, Mass, where she has
son in school.
George Willis has returned to work
for F. L. Pierce after an absence of
several months.
Golden Rule chapter, Order of East
ern Star. will hold a special meeting
tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Lillian Harvey Smith, who has
been seriously i'll in a hospital in
Keene, is improving.
Capt. William Robertson is able to
get out a little every day, after being
i'll over seven weeks.
Perley Blood was kicked by a horse
in E. E. Blood's livery stable Saturday,
receiving bad flesh wound.
Herbert Huntley returned Wednes-
day from Keene. where he spent a
week with John Underwood, jr.
Rev. A. D. Leavitt of the Hartford
Theological Seminary will occupy the
pulpit in the Congregational church
again next Sunday.
Avalon Converse of Brattleboro is at
his home in Putney Falls for short
visit before going to Kansas City for
a vacation of several weeks.
DR.. G. S. Foster has bought of O. S.
Thwing a plot of land containing about
two acres. situated between the two
roads to the depot and near Postmas-
ter Bailey's house.
D. s. Persons of East Putney has
bought of Jarvis A. Newcomb a past
ure, known as the Keyes Hill pasture,
situated near the town farm. The
pasture contains about 80 acres.
The Woman's Relief corps will hold
a regular meeting Tuesday afternoon
at 100 o'clock. In the evening there
will be a joint installation OF officers
of the Relief corps and Greenwood
post.
An organization of IS Putney women
was formed last Friday, to be known
as the Fortnightly club. Mrs. Henry
C. Warren was elected president and
Mrs. H. p. Farr secretary and treas
urer. AS indicated by the name, the
club will meet once in two weeks, in
the afternoon, and will be social and
literary in it's nature.
Several farmers came to the village
Tuesday expecting to attend meeting
of the state board of agriculture. but
there was no meeting and no one could
be found who could give any informa
ton relative to the matter. The an
nouncement was made in various Yer
mont papers a few weeks ago that a
meeting would be held here Jan. IA.
A representative of ]. Bunzl & Sons
of New York tobacco buyers, was In
town the first of this week and bought
several small crops Among those
who sold were Henry Gassett JOSEPH
Kent, Edward Aiken, Benjamin Wood
John Whitney and Albert Townsend
The price received was about 10 cents
This is a low price. but those who
sold believe that their experience in
the past few years warranted them il
letting their tobacco go.
Pursuant to the order of Chief En-
gineer w. A. Cole a meeting was hello
in the town hall Saturday night tC
consider the matter of organizing {
hose company in connection with the
fire department. A committee, con
sisting of ]. j. knight, Fred R. Penn
Der and c. D. Britton, was appointed
to prepare a set of bylaws, after which
the meeting was adjourned to tomor
row evening at 7 o'clock in the town
hall. 1t is hoped that there will be {
large attendance at this meeting.
The Kendrick House was CLOSED
Monday, Mrs. Dawson and child going
to the home of her mother, The
boarders have found places elsewhere