Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-10-20
THE PUTNEY COLUMN

Mrs. Abbie Kathan will go to Springfield
soon.
d. H. Kendrick of Amherst was in town
Tuesday.
Mrs. Abbie s. Taft, who has ben i'll. is
improving
Leslie Howe is recovering from his re-
cent illness.
Miss Florence f. Locke is visiting in
Bellows Falls.
f. y. Blood spent several days in New
ton, Mass, last week.
There will be no preaching service in
East Putney next Sunday.
Mrs A. c. Patterson of Waterbury. this
state is visiting at II. L. Scott's.
F. Il. Blitton of Westmoreland is en-
ployed as clerk in Corser & Britton's
store.
f. o. Pierce has sold his house TO Jud-
son Derry. who will move his family
there soon
Mrs Ellen Patterson went Saturday to
Montpelier to visit her daughter. Mrs.
V. A. Doty.
Miss Jennie M Hills of Fitchburg was a
guest of Mrs Sarah b. Holton from Fri
day to Monday.
Rev. A. S. Buzzell is attending the state
Sunday school convention in ST. Johns
bury this week.
Miss Fannie Phillips and Mrs. Elvira
Field of Dummerston visited at Dorr
Coughs Friday.
Mrs. H. l.. Pierce returned from Hol-
yoke Saturday. Miss r. Katherine Booth
returned Tuesday.
Mrs. Ole Johnson and child returned to
their home in Springfield, Tuesday after
visiting in Futrey.
w. NJ. Ware bought and shipped to Gull
len & Wallace last week % new milch
cows and 80 calves.
Mr.. and Mrs Marshall Whitney and
Mrs. Eta Howard of Bellows Falls were
in town Wednesday.
Miss Cora Kathan, who has a position
as teacher in the Springfield high school,
was home over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry c. Warnock of
Hoyoke spent Thursday evening and a
part of Friday at w. A. Coles.
The ladies' missionary circle of the Bap-
fist church will meet next Tuesday after
non at o'clock, in the ladies' parlor.
Presiding Elder Newton will hold a
quarterly conference at the Methodist
parsonage at O'clock Monday morning.
Rev. w. M. Newton. presiding elder in
this district, will preach at the union SER
vice in the Congregational church Sunday
evening at 7.3O.
The staging on the new school house
gave way Thursday, throwing the work.
men to the ground, distance of 20 feet,
but none was hurt.
Rev. E. E. Barrett will preach in the
Baptist church Sunday morning. There
will be special music by the choir as
sisted by Miss Barrett.
Mrs. j. F. Washburn went to Boston
Sunday to visit her daughter Fanny. She
will visit her mother Mrs. c. A. Wilcomb,
in Chester, N. H., before returning.
Rev. L. c. Charlton will preach in the
Methodist church next Sunday on certain
scientific marks of a genuine revival
Miss E. c. Lewis will be the choir di-
rector and soloist.
Milo E. Whitney, Miss Florence Whit
ney anc Mrs. Lucy s. Jackson went to
Keene Sunday on a carriage drive. Mrs
Jackson will remain in Keene several
weeks with her daughter, Mrs A. H.
Jackson.
e. E. Blood has sold his fine matched
pair of bay mares. named You Know"
and II Know" to Miss Whiting of New
ton, Mass, also Black Max, a horse be-
longing to Miss s. E. White, to persons in
Newton. He has sold a bay horse to C.
Z. Hollrone of Brighton.
A lecture on the Yosemite valley, illus
trated by stereopticon views, will be given
in the town hall next Wednesday even
ing by Rev. Willis T. Sparhawk formerly
pastor of the Congrega tional church.
Rev. Mr.. Sparhawk will speak from per-
sonal knowledge and observation. He
The annual meeting of the ladies' aid
society of the Congregational church was
held Tuesday and these officers were
elected: President, Mrs H. r. Waite; vice
presidents, Mrs. N. N. Clarke, Mrs. ]. D.
King and Mrs. A NJ Corser; secretary
and treasurer, Mrs F. S. Harris direc-
tors, Mrs. Dorr Clough, Mrs L. H. Olney
and Mrs. w. A. Cole
Oscar and Axtel Johnson and Ed
ward Bolin, Swedes, were arrested
Monday by Constable II. w. Cobb
for getting intoxicated and stirring
up fight with some Poles. States At
torney Ryder of Bellows Falls was notih-
ed, and he had the respondents arraign-
ed before Justice NJ. d. Whitman in the
Kendrick House. The respondents plead
ed not guilty, but they were found guilty
and were fined IS and COSTS amounting
to about SIG each, which they paid
Axtel Johnson and Edward Bolin have
been employed by w. L. Pierce. Oscar
Johnson was discharged by Mr.. Pierce
some time ago. 1t is understood that
they sent away for their liquor.
The United Opinion, a Bradford news
paper, published last Friday, in connec-
ton with the first chapter of serial story
by Rev. s. C. Charlton, entitled THE
Ompompanoosuc Parish" the following:
who is DR.. Charlton? This question
may be raised by some of our readers.
DIR. Charlton is a native Of far away
Sweden, of old Viking stock, himself
world wide traveller, a lecturer on popu-
lar, literary and philosophical topics,
frequent contributor to popular maya
zines, the founder of the Gloucester
Fishermen's Institute, Gloucester. Mass,
and a minister of the gospel who came
to Vermont for the benefit of his health
about two years ago and was stationed
at Union Village where the material for
this interesting story was gathered"
Miss F. NJ. Buzzel is prepared to do