Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-07-03
THE PUTNEY COLUMN.

The churches will observe the rite of
communion next Sunday.
Principal r.. s Gluse is spending sew
eral weeks in Magnolia. Mass.
Mrs. Metcalf of Boston came Tuesday
to visit her son. Rev. Il. l.. Metcalf
The tennis court has been put in good
shape Any one wishing to use it Is al
liberty to do so.
Henry Tihbetts has sold the Larkin
place near the bridge in Putney Falls to
Mr.. FarnswOrth.
The Audubon society will meet next
Monday evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs W. S. Adams.
Henry Smith fell while at work under
the mill pond dam Monday afternoon
and fractured one rib.
Raleigh Clough is planning to take
course of business study in the Bay
Path Institute, Springfield, Mass.
Peter Johnson. who has been at work
for the s. \. Smith company in Brattle-
boro, has moved his family to that town.
There will be a services in Pierce's
hall, Putney Falls. next Sunday at
o'clock if pleasant conducted by Rev. c.
L. Hayward.
Union services will be held in the Meth
odist church next Sunday evening. Rev.
c. T.. Hayward will give an address on
Social Regeneration
Some of the young men went to Spot
ford lake Tuesday on their bicycles to
make arrangements for camping there a
week or more late this month.
The Ladies' Mission circle of the Bap-
fist church will meet with Miss Walkup
Tuesday afternoon. The ladies aid So
ciety will meet Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Nina Whitney of Orange is
guest of MIR. and Mrs. \. NJ Corser.
Miss Whitney and Mrs. Corser became
acquainted during the latter's stay in
Black Mountain, y. c.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
Congregational church got the banner
at the convention in Newfane for having
the largest delegation present in proper
ton to the membership of the society.
The site of the Robertson paper mill
has been cleaned up and all old iron re-
moved. The drawings for the proposed
mill have not been completed, so no con-
tract for the building has been made.
\ brass lock was found by the work
men cleaning out the mill pond in the
rear of Corser's store this week. The
clasp had been filed in two. If the lock
could talk it might possibly tell an in
teresting story.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pierce and two
children of Wallingford. Conn. are Wis
iting MIR Pierces parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. l.. Pierce. Mrs. Pierce came from
her former home
Miss Bertha Estey went Monday to
Sugar Hill. in the White Mountains. to
run her summer hotel She was accom-
panied by Ralph Aiken, who will remain
there during his vacation from the Uni
versity of Vermont.
Beginning next Sunday evening a
change will be made in the Congrega-
tional church services. Vesper services
will be held through the months of July
and August. beginning at p. m. and
lasting an hour. The Christian Endeav-
or service will be transferred to Thurs
day evening and will take the place of
the weekly social service.
The mill pond from which the w. y.
Cole paper mill is supplied with water has
been cleaned out this week. having be-
come filled with sand The gate was
raised Monday afternoon by hard work
and the water went out with rush, car
rying with it great quantities of sand. y
gang of 10 men with hoes and shovels as
sisted in the job The pond had not been
cleaned out for two years.
The gear on the main shaft in the w.
\. Cole paper mill gave out Saturday
afternoon, causing shutdown Of i
days or more. No one was able to learn
where the gear was cast and no pattern
of it could be found although Mr.. cole
telephCned to Lawrence. Mass, and Other
places \ man from Holyoke came Mon
day and made draft of the gear. He
will have pattern made, from which d
new gear will be cast.
Mrs. J. f. Washburn has received M
interesting letter from her husband al
Wawona Calf, in which he says the
Wawona hotel, owned by the Washburr
brothers, is having an unusually pros
porous season. over 1900 tourists Were
registered there during the first Il days
in June. The Wawona hotel was the
only hotel in the Yosemite valley a
which President Roosevelt stopped dur
ing his recent trip. The President Der
sonally expressed to the proprietors hi'
appreciation of the courtesies shown him
The rural free delivery route which vii
run from the Putney post office will b
put into operation Wednesday. July Ii
the postoftice department having noti
fed Postmaster Bailey to that eifec
through Congressman KittredSe Haskin
of Brattleboro, who recommended the es
Enlistment of the route. Charles Far
rington will he the carrier and start a
noon each day. traversing a route o
upwards of 20 miles, which has been out
lined in a previous issue of The Phoenix
The Putnev Falls post Office will be dis
continued from that date.
Marshall Pierce reached his 9lst birth
dav anniversary Saturday His daughter
Mrs. Hattie Grover of Springfield Mass
and her son and daughter spent the da,
with him and during the day some
persons called to extend congratulations
As has already been stated in The Phd
nix Mr.. Pierce is "A remarkably well pre-
served man. For so years he was sato
agent in this town. selling the first tick
ct that was sold from the local static
when the Vermont Valley railroad wa
built Besides this his principal occu
patton has been as a farmer.
Michael Kelley and James Donovan
who claimed to live in Bellows Fails
were arrested by Constable NJ. d. Whil
man on Friday of last week for intoNi
cation. They obtained liquor out of tow
and were displeased at being refused liq
uor at the hotel and proposed to max
trouble on that account. Constable whit
man took $15 from them as bail for thei
appearance next day and released then
but they did not show up again unit
Monday They We're arraigned betor
Justice F. l.. Houghton, pleaded guilt
and were fined IS and costs each. the tc
tai being $25.S4. States Attorney Schwen
of Brattleboro appeared for the state