Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-10-21
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, ]

the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. II. L. Pierce
over Sunday.
Mrs. Merton Fisher of Manchester this
state, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Foster Mack.
Miss Donna Belts of Greenfield spent
Sunday with her aunt, Miss Annie Farley,
at F. L. Pierce's.
L. w. Oiney, who has been i'll a long
time with typhoid fever. is able to be
dressed this week.
The. Putney friends of Samuel Shat
tuck of Westminster were grieved Friday
to learn that he had sustained a shock
Mrs. Grace VanCor of Saxtons River
spent Sunday with her sisters, Mrs. c.
N. DAWSON Mrs A. NJ. Corser, and Mrs
c. ID. Britton.
Carroll Dickinson and Clarence O'Neal
Of Pennsylvania came Saturday to spend
a few days with Mr. O'Neal's sister,
Mary Jane O'Neal.
Miss Eliza Crawford was elected by the
Congregational Sunday school last Sun
day as a delegate to attend the state
convention in Ludlow.
F. w Dodge VIII finish work at A. NJ.
Corsers store this week and will return
to Springfield this state, where he has
a position in machine shop.
The stills under the Stowell store house
have been repaired this week. A water
prevent
rain from spashing against them
Mrs Herbert l.. Bailey was elected
one of the vice presidents of the Yer.
mont Humane society at the recent an.
nual meeting of the society held in Rut-
land.
Miss Andrews of Boston. who bought
the Blodgett place. has bad an architect
look over the location with view of
designing a residence to be built on the
place.
Miss Beuah Williams went Monday to
! Waltham, Mass. He father, NJ. G. Will
liams, went there Wednesday, and both
went yesterday to Boston to spend a few
days.
Misses Jennie f. Pierce, Bessie Braley
and Mary Roundy are attending the 55th
annual convention of the Vermont State
Teachers association in Rutland, which
| began today.
A. w. Barry has finished work fol
| w. L. Pierce. lie has bought a freight
business between Saxtons River and Bel
| lows Falls. He will move his family tC
| SaXtons River.
Miss Bertha Estey has returned from
fthe White Mountains, where she con.
| Quoted hotel the Miramonte Inn, dur
ing the summer. Miss Nellie Murphy
who was with her, also has returned.
As the time advances it becomes NOR,
| evident lnaI no IRON Will ne lalu DetOr,
next year in putting in a double tract
| south of East Putney by the Boston &
Maine Railroad company. The fill jus
north of the Putney station has been com
pleted. and the men are now at worl
on the Leach place, where they have
long job.
Rev. E. r. Perkins, pastor of the Bap
fist church, was unable to occupy hi
pulpit last Sunday, being i'll with lum
bago. Rev. f. L. Metcalf, of the Method
list church. preached at a union servic
in the Baptist church in the morn
ing and at the Methodist church in tn
evening, both of which were largely at
tended.
\ Boston representative of the NeV
England Telephone Il Telegraph compan
was in Putney the first of the week I
look over the ground with reference t
putting in a town system of telephones
also with a view of extending the farm
ers line to Westminster West. The tow
is pretty well supplied with telephones a
compared with a few years ago. TIL
matter of a town telephone system wa
discussed year ago. and an article wa
put in the warrant for the last Marc
meeting to see what action the town woul
take in regard to it. 1t was voted to hay
the selectmen appoint n committee
investigate the subject, but nothing def
mite has been done.