Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-02-08
Mrs. hudson Derry is i'll.

Mrs. Judson Derry is i'll.
Miss Hattie Taft is i'll with grip.
Mrs. Homer Taft is i'll with grip.
Dexter Kent has gone to California
Remember the Grange meeting tonight
F. A. Fifeld was in Bellows Falls Mon
day
Fred Holland is home for a two weeks
vacation
Mrs. Hattie Knight of West Brattleboro
is at II. C. Everleth's.
j. f. Washburn has sold his tobacco to
parties from Hatfield, Mass.
Mrs. Benjamin Howard has been i'll the
past week with tonsilitis and grip.
Madam Arvilla Wheeler is i'll with pneu-
mona and under the care of a nurse
j. w. Krwan of Stony Brook, Conn.,
was n recent visitor at ]. F. Washburn's
The Hose company is planning for a
calico ball TO be held the last of February
Miss Jessie Nichols of Dummerston was
guest of Ruth Robertson over Sunday
The board of civil authority will meet
Monday at 2 p. m. for abatement of
taxes.
Miss Lucy White came from New York
city Friday to visit her sister at Hiand-
Mrs. j. F. Washburn has been enter
tanning her brother, Charles A. Wilcomb
of California.
Mrs Daniel Patterson of Brattleboro
was a recent visitor at her fathers e.
T. Pattersons.
Mrs. c. w. Adams is spending a week
i'm Walpoe with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Haywood.
About 20 new books have been added
to the public library and will be ready
for distribution soon.
o. H. Smith has rented Tom Heenan's.
house and will move his family here from
Hinsdale about March /.
Next Sunday evening at = O'CLOCK a the
Methodist church all the churches will
unite in a Lincoln memorial service.
Mrs. Sam Underwood received word of
the critical illness of her mother at Pots
dam, n. Y. She left for there Tuesday
night
Harland whitney, employed at Rob
ertson's paper mill, has been promoted to
machine tender and a back tender is ex-
pected from Hinsdale.
Mrs. Florence Blood and Miss F'reda
Pember went Saturday to Ludlow to be
guests of Miss Pembers sister, Mrs. w.
f. Pierce, at the camp
Rev Willis T. Sparhawk of Randolph.
former pastor of the Congregational
church, was in town Friday and Saturday,
visiting his many friends.
Louis Gorham, night operator at the
railroad station, will take a several weeks
vacation, and his place will be filled by
Harry ]. Foley of Brandon.
Windham County Pomona Grange will
hold a meeting with the Putney Grange
on Wednesday, Feb 49, instead of on
Feb. q, as previously announced.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright. Miss Anna G.
blanchard, Erwin Kelley and Mr. Ellis of
Bellows Falls and Ned Ray of Brattle-
boro were guests of Miss Katherine Booth
Sunday.
John Howard is in Boston and vicinity
attending to his duties teacher of pen
manship in the public schools of Winches-
delivered a lecture on methods used in
pnnmanship al Attleboro.
The Boston Sunday Globe contained a
picture of Miss Fannie Washburn of this
town, who took part in a recital Satur-
day afternoon at the New England Con-
scrvatory of Music in Boston, where she
is a student Miss Washburn sang Glor
dani's Caro- milo ben"
The ladies of the Congregational church
will have a chicken-pie supper and sale on
Thursday evening, Feb. IA. The sale will
consist principally of bags of all descrip-
tons with the usual accompaniment of
aprons and fancy things. Home made
candy will also be on sale.
r. B. Wiley of ST. Johnsbury and fam
lily have arrived with their household
goods and are moving into the Artemus
Knight house, which they will occupy
until the farmhouse on the Andrews place
is ready for them. Mr.. Wiley brought
farm as we'll as his own driving horse.
Tom Heenan finished work Saturday
night at the Capt. William Robertson pa
per mill, where he was employed as ma
chine tender. He left Sunday afternoon
for Westfield, Mass, TO WORK in machine
shop where certain parts of automobiles
are manufactured. He expects to move
his family and household goods to West
field in about two weeks.
The young mems class of the Baptist
church will give a social and entertain
ment at the church next Wednesday
evening, Feb 10, at 100 There will be
readings and songs, illustrated by the
stereopticon. A large number of artistic
slides will be used to tell the story OF
Longfellows poem, "Evangeline." Light
rofreshments will be served at the close
Of the entertainment.
The school in district No. 5, Miss Eliz-
aheth Braley teacher, closed Friday. The
following record is one of which teacher
pupils and parents may well be proud
Not absent during winter term; Herbert
o. Wood, Mary f. Wood, Roger NJ Aiken
absent one day, Edith A. Page; not abb
sent during the year, Roger NJ. Aiken
Herbert o. Wood; absent one day during
the year, Mary e. Wood
Mrs II. c. Everleth received a tele-
gram Wednesday morning from her hus
band stating that his sister, Mrs Wesley
Philips died at Daytona Beach, Fla, a
p, m. Tuesday and that they left tina
night with the body, expecting 10 reaci
Putney Thursday. Funeral services vii
be held at the home of Mr.. Everleth anC
the body will be placed In a tomb t.
await burial in the family lot in Yves
immersion.
The basket ball game Saturday evening
between the Putney high school and
team from Esteyvlle resulted in vic
tory for the high school, score IS to
The young ladies have this week organ
ized two basket ball teams and are bein
coached by Mrs. A. S. Charlton, who play
ed on the Montpelier seminary girls team
when it won the championship of tn
state, They expect to play an exhibition
game next Wednesday evening.
The gift of $1,000, 900 by Mrs. Russe
Sage to Rensselaer, Polytechnic institut
NJ Troy N. Y, was announced at a meet