Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-11-13
THE PUTNEY COLUMN

H. c. Black of Greenfield spent Sunday
in Putney.
Giles Kelley of Greenfield visited at
Henry Lovells this week.
Miss Julia Gorham spent Sunday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ]. b. Gorham.
Mrs. w. o. Knight of Turner's Falls
Mass, came Saturday to spend several
days at Charles d. knights.
Mrs. Lyman Wood returned Tuesday
after spending two weeks with her
daughter in Springfield, Mass.
Miss Ethel Aiken returned Monday to
her studies in the Springfield High school
after spending several days at home.
Herbert Tankard has been engaged to
assist with his cornet at the Congrega-
tional church services. He began last
Sunday.
Ransom Blood of Dummerston began
work Monday for his brother, Livery
man f. Il. Blood. succeeding w. G.
Treadway.
Mrs. Ella Woodland and children, Miss
Lula Woodland and Leslie Woodland, of
Nashua, N. H., spent part of this week
at c. f. Browns
D. NJ. Frost has bought of A. W. j.
wilkins the house next below the Mar
ietta house. lie does not intend to oc-
cupy it before next spring.
f. w. Waltup is now the editor and
publisher OF the Lake SneteK Courier,
published every Friday at Currie, Mimi
He recently bought the paper of f. H.
Willard.
Mrs. Cowen has gone to Willamstown
Mass, to visit Prof. and Mrs. John f.
Russell, after which she will go to Deer
field to spend the winter. The Baker
residence has been closed for the winter
Arthur Lowell of East Templeton,
Mass, spent Sunday with his father,
Harry I,OVell ON lea wing of
Templeton he said he was going to pack
his goods and return to Putney to live
with his father.
F. L. Houghton editor of the Holstein-
Friesian Register, began moving his
business to Brattleboro Tuesday. His
office employees in Brattleboro will be the
same as in Putney, including Mrs. VIII
Sanders of this town.
w. E. Pierce has bought the Whitney
milk route and will begin running it in
a few days. Mr.. Look. who returned
from the Philippines the past summer,
will have charge of the route Mr..
Pierce is milking about 40 cows.
George Young of Newport, a member
of the law firm of Young e. Young, has
been in town this week looking up land
records in connection with the Boston &
Maine Railroad companys work of laying
a double track through the town.
The rededcation of the town hall and
the second annual firemen's ball will be
held tonight in the town hall A large
crowd is expected, including couples
from Brattleboro Westminster, Chester
field and other places. An oyster supper
will be served.
The Fortnightly club has been revived
and will hold meetings during the winter
The first meeting will be held at
o'clock today at the home of Mrs. Henry
Warren. The first three meetings will
he n
of Sir Walter Scott
Sixteen Putney men enjoyed a fin,
game supper in the Kendrick House Sat
urday night through the generosity o.
Landlord c. S. Willard. Wild duck
Nenison and coon, done to a turn, wer,
served with other good things, and
hearty vote of thanks was extended t.
Mr.. Willard
j. V. Shaw has just finished huskin;
his pop corn and finds that he has abou
$500 bushels. Mr.. Shaw raises a larg
amount of pop corn every year and ship
a large part of it to Portland Maine
where his brother, the late George Shaw
formerly conducted a large wholesale
grocery store.
The ladies' society of the Congrega
tional church held their annual bushes
meeting Saturday afternoon. These Off
GERS were elected President, Mrs. r. L
Blood; vice presidents, Mrs. A NJ. Cor
ser ana NTS H. L. lclSci oCSiSh'iS an
treasurer, Mrs. Annie b. II. Harris; di
rectors Mrs. II. P. Farr, Mrs. w. A. Col
and Mrs. c. w. Adams. The ladie
voted to equip the parsonage with fur
mace for steam heat, which will be in
stalled during the next few weeks
The smoke stack which RENAME
standing when F. L. Pierce's mill wa
burned was taken down Tuesday unde
the direction of C. W. Adams. 1t cam
in pieces instead of whole as planned
Mr.. Adams's idea was to let 1t ia
straight over, and a cushion of hay wa
built up on the ground in order that
might not be damned out of shape. TIL
guy wires were cut, but as the STAG
began to fall the brick foundation o
which it rested caved in and the STAG
doubled like a jack-knife. None of
fell on the hay cushion.