Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-06-17
THE PUTNEY COLUMN

Mrs. Lucy Corscr is visiting her son,
George, In llolyoke.
Harding Bennett has moved to the Dea-
con Crawford house
William Wing of Mechanicsvlle is Wis
iting at his father $.
WIN Pierce is moving his family and his
mill to Westminster
Mrs Marshall Gale is a guest of Mrs.
Sarah lluton this week
Warren Willard has been i'll the past
week with heart trouble
The Putney Socalistic club met in the
town hail Saturday night.
J. $. Henry has bought the Powell house
now occupied by Mr. Elmore.
Prof Russell and family have come to
the Baker place for the summer
H. G. Everleth attended the Masonic
meetings in burlington this week.
Mrs. NJ. T.. Cobb returned Saturday from
a visit of three weeks in Connecticut
Herbert Evorlcth is attending the Ma
sonic meetings i'm Burlington this week.
The next meeting of the Woman's Relief
corps will be held Tuesday afternoon, June
81.
Several from here attended the Rebek-
an meeting in Brattleboro Tuesday even
ing.
Mary ltSlcI spout 'uld'iN WIN i'''
father, James w. Lester in Charlestown,
n. Ii.
George Warwick has bought the Ed
Hooper place, but will not move there UNI
Ill fall.
\ party of young people spent Mon
day evening at the riverside ana hau an
enjoyable time.
Mrs. Waldo Coolidge and daughter OF
Bellows Falls spent few days TINS week
at y. w. Locke's.
Mrs. Sarah Johnson has returned from
a trip to England. she returned on the
steamship lVcrnia.
\. NJ. Corser is in Boston on business,
Mrs. Corser is visiting her sister Mrs. f.
a. Scott, in Orange.
Rev. and Mrs. Metcalf have gone to the
home Of Mrs. Metcalf in New York state
for Il two weeks vacation.
David Frost has nearly completed i'm
provements on his house. back room
and side piazza on both tenements.
capt. William Robertson celebrated his
SD birthday anniversary "Wednesday by
visiting at the home of his son. FRED.
The Fortnightly club held the last meet
ing of the season Friday, June 8. rms
being the annual meeting, the officers oil
the past year We're reelected.
Miss Fannie Hunt Washburn is mem
Der of the graduating class at Northheld
seminary this year. Miss Washburn read
the class will at the tree day exercises
Rev +. r. Perkins who was appointed
one of the judges at the Fuller prize elo-
cution contest at Vermont academy TINS
week Tuesday, was unable to be present.
Miss Nellie Clark went to st. Johns
bury as delegate to the congregational
convention from the missionary society
and afterwards visited Mrs. Crafts IN
LyndonVille.
Harry Patterson, who has been travel
ing with the Walter Main circus, came
home Saturday. His sisters, Mrs Ada
Patterson and Edna, have come home TO
spend the summer
Mrs. Seaverns has returned from Bos-
ton. and has gone to Norfolk Conn TO
attend the graduation exercises at the
Robbins school, where her son Is professor
of Latin and Greek.
Miss Nellie Clark went to LyndonVllle
Monday, going from there TO 81. johns
bury to attend the Congregatlonal con
vention. Rev. c. E. Hayward also at
tended the convention
Word was received Saturday of the sud
dent death after an hours illness OF kiley
Knight, formerly of this place. lie hau
lived in Worcester a number of years, and
was an expert machinist
The Boston & Maine Railroad company
has gang of men at work with a steam
shovel making a cut across the Whitman
farms, where they will lay double track
road. The contract is held by Barnum n
Gnhllan, who have had a boarding house
put up to accommodate 40 hands.
J. L. Howard supervisor of writing II
the schools of Maiden has come with ms
family 70 their summer home. His broth
ar 4 L. Howard, lately has bought Hard
Ing BENEFITS farm. He has lived in ia
naica and is a dealer in cattle and horses
He has moved his family here ana eN
poets to continue his business.
Children's day was observed at the Zap
fist church last Sunday, four children pc
ing consecrated. Afterwards KEY MI
perkins preached an appropriate sermon
The church was tastefuy trimmed, the
whole front being a mass of blossoms
Next Sunday morning the annual offer
ing for the state convention work VII
he received, and in the evening an nus
trated lecture will be given of Bible scene
i'm the Holy Land. \ collection VIII D.
taken to help defray the eXpences OF TN
lecture.
The Republican caucus was held in tn
town hall Tuesday night, NJ d. Whitman
presiding The delegates to the count
convention to be held in Newtane mex
Thursday are DR., G.. :. Foster, w \. Colt
W. l.. Pierce, C. S. Willard ana h.
Huntley. They were instructed TO us
their influence to secure the nomination c
f. j.. Houghton for senator from the mort
probate district. The delegates to IN
state and district conventions are r. !
Houghton, William Robertson and H. [
Everleth The delegates were empoWere
TO choose their own alternates. n Tow
committee was elected, consisting of ID
G. S. Foster, F. Z. Robertson and Charlie
Warwick
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