Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-17
THE PUTNEY COLUMN.

..,s. trip Monday. returning yesterday.
,i.s Alice Iitteneld and Miss Edna
fi.fr.fcld spent their Easter vacation at
home.
rho sixth and last in the series of as
..,,nlios i'm the town hail will be held
rsyi Wednesday evening"
carl knight is expected home from the
Worcester Polytechnic Institute today
err , vacation of few days.
40 II. Blodgett. one of the school direct
.,. is the new superintendent of schools,
feeding Mrs. j. f. Washburn.
susi. Nelson. who formerly was en-
.lo,ed in the family of DIR. G.. ID. Wheat
started Tuesday for her home in Sweden
Mrs J. f. Washburn sent a number of
small Vermont maple trees to California
Tucsday. to he planted in the Yosemite
valley.
p.,. H. r. Miles of Brattlcboro will
pr,tch i'm the Congregational church
next Sunday morning in exchange with
I'm, pastor.
Miss Mamie Graves has gone to Am
horst Mass. where she has a position as
table girl in the Amherst House, owned
bv d. II. Kendrick.
r.. G. Champlain and family moved
Tuesday to Saxtons River. Mr. Cham
plain has position with the vermont
Farm Machine company.
\ special service WAS itlu III tiit C'''
areea tional church Sunday evening. Re
enonsive and selected readings were
Given and there was music by the choir.
4 tile drain has been laid this week
from the town hall to the old 'Perfec-
tionist'' drain. 1t is expected that the
town hall will be equipped with new
plumbing soon
The Baptist Sunday school gave an
Easier concert last Sunday evening,
ssIoNfu1 fTidiOgS' was
we'll carried out There was a good sized
audience and the children took their
parts we'll.
The last basket ball game of the sea-
son was played Friday night, when the
Brattleboro Y. NJ. c. a. second team de-
feated the Putney Athletes SO-H. The
hose company beat the business men o-z
in an exhibition game.
Mrs. c. d. Knight fell in her house
Monday and broke her right arm just
above the elbow joint. In the absence OF
DR.. Foster Dr. Holton of Brattleboro
was called to reduce the fracture Much
sympathy is felt for Mrs. Knight
DR.. \. c. Patterson has hired the ten
ement formerly occupied by f.. w. TAR
bell in one of G. l.. Pierce's houses ana
will establish an office here for the prac-
tice of dentistry, having given up his
office in Middlebury. Mr.. Tarben has
moved to the Tibbetts place.
After an absence of many years Henry
Winslow, formerly one of the proprie-
tors of the Winslow farm in this town.
came Saturday from his home in Nebras-
ka to greet his old friends in Putney lie
visited the old farm and other scenes OF
earlier years and left Tuesday for Mas
sachusetts and Connecticut on his way
home. Mr.. Winslow is dealing in horses
and cattle The old farm in Putney was
widely known a stock farm when IL
was conducted by Mr.. Winslow and his
brother, Peleg.
good sized audience saw Ansbach,
the magician. in the town hall TUESDAY
night and were completely nonplussed at
his seemingly miraculous feats. Ans
bach is the cleverest performer who has
come down the pike in many years
From the time of his appearance IN town
until the time of the performance he
was fooling somebody, but from the ma
ture of things his street tricks were not
TO be compared with those he did on the
STAGE II was one of the most enjoy
able entertainments that has been given
in town for a long time
The Methodist conference at Mortified
assigned Rev. F. L. Metcalt TO the pas
torate in Putney to succeed Kew. d. H.
Bennett Rev Mr.. Metcalf came to
Putney Tuesday and will occupy the pull
nit next Sunday He is a young man of
He is a Bostonan by birth. studied in
Boston University and graduated from
Drew Theological Seminary in Madison
n j. His former pastorates have beer
in the Newark conference, his last
charge being in Kingwood n. D. kew
and Mrs Bennett will move next week &c
Mechanicsville, Mr.. Bennett having beer
assigned to Mechanicsville and Cuttings
Vile They have been in Putney hve
years and have made many friends VINO
regret to have them depart me churcr
has been thoroughly repaired during MI
Benefits pastorate.
The Vermont correspondence in the las
issue of the Waterman, the Baptist de
nominational journal, contained the toi
lowing: THE little church in Putney Is
wrestling hard with the parsonage prob
lem. Its present parsonage is pracu
callv ont of town, a mile away from th'
house of worship. That means much II
n Mace like Putney. and works a nara
ship on the pastor. who is unable to keel
a horse and makes il well nigh lmpossl
BILE for the pastors wife to attend even
ing meetings and do church work uh
less remarkably strong physically IN
church has a fine opportunity to secure
an excellent property near Its meetli'
house providing a suitable home for II
beloved pastor and wife, Rev. and Mrs
E r. Perkins After making the bes
terms and lifting it's hardest the churcl
still lacks $500. If not secured soon TN
opportunity will be lost. An earnest ap
neal for help is made to all friends an
acouaintances of this church in 1t
time of need. Gifts will be grateIuii
received and promptly Acknowledged D.
the church treasurer, Mrs. G. L. PIERCE