Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-02
THE PUTNEY COLUMN.

tives over the Christmas holidays.
Mrs. LYMAN Wood is spending the week
with her daughter in Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. Kittie Coar of Springfield, Mass,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. William Johh-
son.
H. l.. pierce returned Saturday to Bos-
ton after spending Christmas with Mrs
Pierce
Miss Jennie Abbott returned this week
TO Athol after spending a vacation with
her parents.
Mrs Fred Pierce and two children of
Greenfield spent Sunday at II. l.. TIT |
in Putney Falls.
Miss Lillian Cummings, of the Hough-
ton farm force visited in Springfield, |
this state, Sunday
Miss Agnes ellison, who has a position
at the Houghton farm spent Sunday |
at her home in Rutland
Clarke Teft of Decrfeld, Mass, at |
tended the funeral of his daughter-in-
law Mrs Walter Teft
The annual meeting of the Congrcga- |
tional church and society will be held
next Tuesday at o'clock.
Carl Knight a student in the Norces-
ter Institute of Technology, Is spending
the week with his parents
Arthur c. Smith and son. Dana, OF
Baldwinville, Mass, visited relatives IN
town the first of this week.
Norman Cobb, ir., of Putney Falls,
who has been seriously i'll, is able to
sit up, but has not been dressed yet,
f. D. Kendall began drawing ice Tues
day from the pond back of f. L. Pierce's
mill The ice is over foot in thickness.
The German Medicine company and
company of players will be at the town
hall one week beninning next Monday.
Clifford Booth returned to Leominster,
Mass Monday after spending few
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Booth.
Ralph Houghton returned Tuesday to
Rutland, to his duties as mail clerk
on the Rutland railroad between Rut-
land and Burlington.
Busiess at F. L. Pierces mill is I'M
usually good just at this time. All the
back-knife lathes are running and there
is a prospect for good business the rest
of the winter.
The last quarterly conference in the
Methodist church was held last even
Ing Presiding Elder Newton presiding.
Louis Gorham has finished work at
the railroad station.
Miss S f. White. Joseph Kent and
Calvin Reed have sold their tobacco with
in a few days to John Alexander of Sax
tons River. The price received was
about nine cents.
The Audubon society will meet next
McHudN evening at lIle ipHlt VI hii -
H L. Pierce. An interesting program
will be give. and it is hoped there may
be a large attendance.
The annual meeting of Mount Pleas
ant Cemetery association will be held in
lower Masonic hall next Monday even
ing at o'clock, to elect officers and
transact other business.
The need for fuel in the reading room
is urgent. The supply of coal is en-
tirely gone and there is but little wood
hand. A donation of wood in any
quantity would be greatly appreciated.
w. a. Cole had a carload of stove
al arrive last week. 1t weighed q
,ns and was bought through a dealer
in Bellows Falls. Mr. Cole, the men,
IS of the firm and their employees
divided the coal among themselves.
The check list to be used at the spe-
cial town meeting Feb 8. to vote on the
license law, as provided by the legis-
lature, has been posted in the post Of
flee. Copies of the proposed law are at
A. NJ. Corser's store for free distribu-
ton.
These officers were elected last Sunday
by the Congregational Sunday school
Superintendent. Fred r. Pember: assist
ant superintendent, Carroll Whitney
secretary. Miss Freeda Pember treas
urer. Miss Alleene Bond superintendent
of the home department, Miss Alice
Brown.
Walter Teht had one arm and hand
cut and bruised on a back-knfe lathe II
F. L. Pierce's mill Tuesday afternoon
His shirt sleeve got caught on the spul
and was torn off and his hand and arm
were drawn against the spur. He will
be unable to work for a week.
Delta lodge, Knights of Honor. will
install these officers the third Friday il
this month: Dictator George r. Aplin
vice dictator, NJ. II. Pember; assistan
vice dictator, w. A. Cole; reporter, Geo
Warwick; financial reporter, r. f. Pat
terson; treasurer. NJ. II. Pember; chap
lain, F. L. Pierce; guide F. E. Robert
son; guardian. Dana Clough. MI
Clough is past dictator.
Frenchman from the east part of tn
town came to this village Monday, and Il
the course of conversation in which h
related some of his troubles said: "I los
my wife las night The sympathy o
his hearers Immediately went out to him
but subsequently 1t became known tina
while he had lost his wife the services o
an undertaken were not needed. II
lost her to another man.
The Christmas business at the pos
Office was larger than in any other yea
during the administration of the pres
ent postmaster. One package was re
ceived for which no owner has bee
found. The wrapper was torn and tn
address, with the exception of the wor
Putney. was gone. caro- on tne II
side bore the inscription, Mr.. and Mr.
Nathan NJ. Lipscomb."
An item was published recently in tn
column to the effect that Reginald Pow
ell who enlisted in the navy had bee
made private secretary to naval o
flcer. Sheriff A. w. ]. wilkins We
notified a few days ago that Powe
had Jumped" the service, and was o
dered to arrest him. Sheriff wilkins r.
piled that Powell was not in Putney ar
told the officers where he thought Powe
might be found, but the result of the
search has not been learned.
The Stowel factory was shut dow
Saturday for two or three weeks. I'll
company is among those named as men
hers of the National Novelty compan
a combination of toy manufacturing cor
panies who will seek to control the t.
trade of the country. During the shu
down extensive changes will be ma
which it is expected will considerab
facilitate business. Nearly all of {
machinery in the basement and fir
floor will be shifted and some new m
chinery will be added. The shifting
the machinery will make 1t necessa
to run the engine in a direction opposl
that in which 1t has been running. t
fire pump was sent away this week tc
repaired and put in good condition. A
pearances Indicate that the company