Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-22
THE PUTNEY COLUMN


Mrs George Leach is critically i'll with
heart trouble.
Norman Wilson returned from his va
cation In Troy. y. Y, Sunday night.
\. D. Maranvillc of Mechanicsyihe has
been visiting at Ira Davenport's this
week.
The -toNcu factory was opened Mon
dar, after having been shut down for
repairs
Postmaster l.. T. Bailey is stiil con-
fined to his bed with in1ammatory rheu-
matism.
Mrs George r. Aplin and children and
Mrs. f. w. Clay have been i'll with grip
this week.
The raptist ladies' aid society will
meet with Mrs. G. l.. Pierce next Wcdnes-
day afternoon.
w. j. Smith has resigned as jauitor Of
the town ha building He is succeeded
by NJ u. Whitman.
Greenwood Womans Relief CORPS will
hold a rehearsal tomorrow evening pre-
parltoly to the coming installation.
Miss Jo~cs is holding meetings in the
school house in district No. this week.
excepting Monday and Saturday even
inss.
Miss K.tc l.. Carpenter has returned
from her home in llaverhin y. H., and
has begun work in the Robertson paper
mill.
Mrs H. O. Dodge has been i'll this
week. Arthur Dodge is home nom
Springfield. tins state, on account of ill
ness, but is better.
The Joint installation of officers OF
Greenwood post G.. y r., and the Wom-
ans Relief corps will he held in Masonic
hal next Tuesday evening.
Ransom Blood went to Attleboro. Mass,
Monday for a visit of two days. W. G.
Treadway was at his former position on
the stage coach during Mr.. Hlood's ali
sence.
Edmund Richards, employed ny +. E.
Blood, and Miss Clara Bowie were married
by Rev c. T.. Hayward at the COngre-
gatiCnal parsonage on Thursday night
of last week.
Samuel Pember has finished work in
A. j. Ayers news store. He expects to
enter the Bay Path Institute in Spring
field. Mass. for a business education.
Porter Ford is working for Mr. Aver.
The mercury registered 2S degrees be-
low zero Tuesday morning, which would
have been considered remarkable had it
not been for the recent cold snap when
the mercury went down about 10 de-
grees lower.
Delta lodge. knights of Honor, held a
banouet Friday evening, followed by an
entertainment. including solos by Arthur
Brasor and Miss Lena Eels of Brattle-
boro. The installation of officers was
Erattlcboro High school trimmed the
Putney Athletes at basket ball Saturday
night 30 to 10. The Putney second team
team defeated picked up team 10 to 1.
The attendance was not large as the
weather was unfavorable. The Putney
team will play. the Bellows Falls High
school at Bellows Falls tonight
The funeral of George H. Phillips was
held at his horne at l o'clock Friday. The
attendance was very large, including
many from Bratteboro and other towns
Rev +. l.. Metcalf. of the Methodist
church. officiated. assisted by Rev. T.. X
Perkins and Rev c. E. Hayward. The
burial was in Mount Pleasant cemetery
There was a large attendance in the
Congregational church Sunday and Mon
day evenings. when Rev. w. p. jack
son of Dur1merston gave stereoptlcon lee
lures on The Life of Christ ana OF
the lecturers travels through Egypt
Italy and Greece. The views were eN
ceent and the lectures We're highly APP
preciated.
The extreme cold weather this winte
has raised a question in the minds o
the school directors as to the adNlsa
bility of so arranging the terms as Il
avoid holding school in the coolest par
of the winter. The attendance is ia
from satisfactory in the younger grades
parents preferrng to keep their children
at home rather than to send them t.
school in extreme weather
Nj d. Whitman, health officer, recent
received from the state board of health
circular letter calling his attention
the statutes which demand suitable pro
vision for escape from public buildings
hotels and factories in case OF fre' an
asking him to see that the law is com
piled with in this town. Mr.. Whitma
has inspected the buildings coming with
in the statutes finding that they all ar
amply provided with avenues of escape
with the possible exception of Masoni
hall. This is provided with an iron hr
escape running to the ground from on
of the windows, but in case of fire wit
a crowded house the work of emptyin
the hall would be slow if the stairwa
should happen to be cut off. The churche
have two or more exits, the town ha
building is provided with an iron staiI
way fire escape and the Stowell factor
has several doorwayS through which EN-
ployes could escape in case OF ire
John Works, 49, a well known resider
of Westmoreland, n. H., was found dea
in chair in his room about ocloc
Monday morning. He was dressed, an
on lounge near him was an open boo
which he had been reading. Mr.. WORK
had been under the care of a physical
few days. but appeared to be some
what better at o'clock Sunday eVenin
1t is probable that he died between the
and midnight of heart disease. He VIZ
born in Westmoreland April 90 1873
and was a son of Aaron and Susan Rec
Works. He always lived in Westmor
land, where he owned a farm which VIZ
one of the best in town. For a numb
of years he had leased the farm but Ia
continued to live there. A visit to Ca
ifornia was one of the events of his Ii
to which he often referred with pleasur
He mad held the office of selectman al
had been honored in other ways by h
townspeople. He leaves a widow in ;
Paul, who was Coroline Buffum also