Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-04-29
THE PUTNEY COLUMN

Robert Robertson has finished work as
barber for II. G.. Everleth
win Gilmore has moved from the oscar
Iaughton farm to II. Il. Powens house.
win f. Pierce began running his new
saw mill this week. 1t takes the place of
the one burned few weeks ago
II. o. Dodge has rented the east tene-
ment in the Kendrick tenement house.
having sold his farm to a New York man
The ladies of the Congregational church
will hold a foreign missionary meeting at
the home of Mrs. II. F. Farr at o'clock
tomorrow, Saturday.
There will be an old' folks dance in
the town hail next Monday evening
Leitsinger's orchestra of Brattleboro will
play and w. j. Smith will be the floor
manager.
NJ C. Williams returned Monday from
Nechanicsville, where he went last week
on account of the illness of his father.
Charles Williams. He left his father
much improved.
Miss DuBurk of Mexico will speak in
the Congregational church next sunday
morning. She has been working in Mex
leo in the interest of the Conversational
Home Missionary Union
Mr.. and Mrs l.. L. Drury of Mt Hermon
came the last of last week To visit at the
home of Mrs. Drurys mother. Mrs Rob
erts. MIR. Drury returned Tuesday. Mrs.
Drury going Wednesday.
Mrs. Sarah Johnson sailed Tuesday
from Boston on Cunard line steamship
for Liverpool. She will spend two weeks
in England visiting relatives. and will
be away a month or more.
\ telephone was installed in the post
Office Tuesday 10y the New England Tee-
phone * Telegraph company. This and
the private telephone previously installed
makes the office well equipped in this re-
spect.
The license held by c. S. Willard ex-
pired Saturday night. but new one was
issued so that there was no suspension
of business. No one appeared at the
hearing set by the license commissioners
except the commissioners themselves.
Rev c. f. Hayward went to Springfield
as usual Monday, but he took his fishing
rod with him, expecting to go from
Springfield to Montpelier to attend the
Y. NJ. c. y. state convention and then to
Jericho to complete his vacation among
the small streams of that town.
There will be no preaching at the Bap-
tist church next Sunday, but the sun
day school session and Christian EndeaVor
meeting will be held as usual and there
will be the regular Thursday evening
prayer meeting. The rite of communion
will be observed the second Sunday in
May.
While the form of applying to the pro-
bate court for permission to sell the c. H.
Phillips farm property has not been car
ried out by the administrator it is I'M
derstood that j. II. Henry of Watertown
Mass. the well known droVer will buy
the property, and arrangements with that
end in view are being made. 1t is expect
ed that the buildings on the Corser farm
which belong to- the estate, will be thor
oughly repaired.
y special town meeting will be held at
o clock tomorrow to see what action the
town will take on the report of the com
mittee appointed at the regular March
meeting to investigate the subject of a
new school building for the use of the
Central and one or two other schools. The
committee held its final meeting last even
ing and put its recommendation in def
mite form. Just what will be advocated is
not known, but ii is understood that the
conclusions of the members Of the com
mittee are entirely favorable to the idea
of erecting a new building.
on Wednesday, April 20, at n. m,
there was a delightful home wedding at
the residence of the brides father, John
u. Sanford when Miss Margaret A., his
only daughter, was married to Charles w.
Bramhall of Fall River, Mass, Rev. E r,
Perkins performing the ceremony. Five
of the eight brothers We're present four
of whom acted as ushers. After the we'd
ding ceremony the family and invited
guests partook of a dainty wedding break
fast, the couple leaving soon after for
Boston. The next evening the parents of
the groom gave reception for them at
Fall River, which was largely attended.
Allen NJ. Pierce of Boston, who has been
interested in this town, particularly East
Putney, ever since his boyhood has in
mind a plan to establish corn canning
factory in the east village. His idea is
to equip the Pierce saw mill now in dis
use. with the necessary machinery and tC
use Pierces hall for storage purposes. II