Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-28
THE PUTNEY COLUMN

Miss Jennie Hills Of Fitchburg is visit
ing Mrs. Sarah Holton.
Mr. and Mrs. Hillman of Northampton
are guests at F. e. Robertsons.
Mrs. e. r. Pember of Wells visited
over Sunday at M. H. Pembers.
Charles d. Corser of Holyoke came
Monday to visit at A. NJ. Corsers.
Mrs. Frank Tucker is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Howard.
F. A. Starr of Fitchburg was a guest OF
Mrs William S. Houghton Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard and two
children spent Sunday at M. w. Howard's
Miss Una May Winchester of HoIyoke
is visiting her grandfather, William A.
Cole.
Miss Mabel Blake Of Greenfield and
Fred Merrill of birmingham are visiting
in town.
There will be services in Pierce's hall
in Putney Falls Sunday afternoon at the
usual hour.
N. E. Priest of Melrose, Fla, formerly
postmaster in Putney, is visiting at
Henry Woods.
Malcolm Crawford of Hatfield spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Crawford.
Mrs. John Thwing and Mrs. Lewis Of
Bellows Falls were guests Of Mrs. w. e.
Pierce Wednesday.
The holes have been dug and the poles
distributed for the telephone line from
Dummerston to Putney.
Harold and Ida NJ. Lewis of walling-
ford Conn, are with their grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs G. l. Pierce.
The continued dry weather has acted as
a check to the tobacco and corn crops
and has caused many small streams to
fail.
Margaret and Dorothy Aver came to
Putney from Windsor Tuesday to spend
a week or more with their father, A. ].
Aver.
Miss Ruth Robertson returned Monday
from a visit Of several weeks with rela-
tives in Northampton. She was accom-
panied home by her cousin.
Ola r. Houghton and family came to
Putney Tuesday from Alburgh, where
Mr.. Houghton is employed in the customs
service, to visit at Levi Houghton's.
Mrs Ralph Houghton and daughter of
Burlington came Sunday to visit at
the home of Mrs. Houghton's father,
James Whitney Mr.. Houghton came
Wednesday for a vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Clayton Of Bristol,
Conn, who are in Weston, are expected
at p. S. Hannum's next week for a visit
of two weeks They will spend part OF
the time at Spofford lake. Mr.. Hannum
is Mrs. Clayton's father.
Mrs. Charles White and daughter, Mrs.
Minnie White Williams, and the latter's
daughter, Florence Williams, of Chicago
are at the Ketchum house for a month
or more. Mrs White and Mrs. Williams
formerly were residents of Putney.
Rev. A. S. Buzzell and family will start
Monday for a vacation. They will &C.
cupy Mrs. Buzzelrs brothers cottage at
East Northampton during the month Of
August. During their absence the Bible
school and prayer meeting service will be
sustained.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur w. Cobb Of Indian
apolis were in East Putney Tuesday to
visit the scenes of Mr.. Cobb's boyhood
and to visit numerous relatives. They
found many things of interest and took
various souvenirs home with them. Mr..
Cobb is son Of @. w. Cobb Of jamaica
1.-THE handwriting in the sand" will be
the subject of the morning sermon in the
Baptist church next Sunday. and in the
evening Rev. Mr.. Buzzell will preach on
Gods first question to man." 1t is ex-
pected that Robert Shelley will sing at
the morning service and that ]. w. Shell
ley will sing in the evening.
Willis Clark and sister, Mrs. Annie Lit
tlefield, formerly of this town, and Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. HinclSley Of Westmore-
land, n. H., have returned from an outing
OF several days at Kennebunk and York
Beach, Maine. Mrs. Littlefield and daugh-
ter, Edith, win be guests Of Mrs. Little
fields parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Clark,
the coming week.
Twelve Putney people went to Block
Island on the excursion. Mrs. F. p.
Sawyer and Mrs. G. A. Littlefeld re-
manned until Monday and were on the
New London train which met with an
accident and was delayed several hours,
missing the night train in Brattleboro.
They stayed in Brattleboro over night,
reaching home on the o'clock train
Tuesday morning.
The sale of E. Z. Bloods livery stable
to w. G. Treadway, which was announced
briefly last week, includes IA horses be-
sides a large number of vehicles. but not
the building, which is rented to Mr..
Treadway. Mr.. Blood was proprietor Of
the stable nine years. and during that
time he conducted a first class place,
taking care of the public needs courteous
ly and satisfactorily, and he is not un-
mindful of the fact that the public used
him well. He will remain with Mr..
Treadway for the present.
FACT nITMEN