Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-08-23

hothouses and do an extensive florists |
business.
The master of the Grange wishes to !
announce that the reg llar meeting of !
the Grange will be postponed from the
lod to the 3Oth, on account of the field |
day at Brattleboro. Children's night
will be observed.
Miss Susan Roundy of Rockingham
spent the day Wednesday with her sister
Mrs. A j. Aver. She was accompanied
by Arthur Mitchell of Shrewsbury, Mass,
friend of Mrs. Aver
DR.. w. N. Thompson with his daugh-
ters, Irene and Margaret, of Hartford
Conn, and Miss Mary Skinner of Phila-
delphia called on Misses Florence and
Alice Derry Monday.
James Cobb and sister, Frances. are
at Spofford, lake this week visiting their
aunt, Mrs. F.. G. bort. They will re-
turn to Putney before going to their
home in Lexington, Mass
G.. A. Littlehed was in town Sunday.
He has employment at Estey's shops in
Brattleboro handling lumber Patrick
Hebron, who was also formerly of this
town, is working with him.
Lawrence S. Aver returned Monday
from Dover N. H., where he visited his
aunt Mrs. f. Il. Smith. While enroute
to Dover Lawrence attended one of the
league ball games in Boston
George Bishop of Springfield, Mass,
| who, several years ago ran on the fish
| care route from Brattleboro, was in
town Tuesday, accompanied by his
neice, Miss Minnie Stockwen Of Brattle-
| boro.
Mrs. J. F. Washburn arrived home from
| California Wednesday night with the
body of her husband She was accom-
| panied by her brother, Mr.. Wilcomb
| The funeral was held today at the house
at l p, m.
Miss May Harlow, who spent several
weeks in town, will return to her home
| In Hillsboro Bridge, n. H., to again take
| up' her school duties after few days
spent at Sunapee, where she went on
| Wednesday,
Orson Pope Kingsley, M D., of Sandy
| HILL, N. Y, was in town Tuesday, look
ing over the field with a view to settling
here, but when he found DR. Bugbee had
a previous claim he was gentlemanly
enough to look further.
Bert Cole of Windsor, who has charge
of the Gorham house, has been in town
recently to superintend repairs on 1t. A
new steel roof has been put on and in
side work is to be done 1t is reported
that 1t is to be occupied by Thomas Car
penter.
over so attended the Conversational
Sunday school picnic which was held in
George Kerr's maple grove on Tuesday
The day was an ideal one for a picnic.
Master James Farnsworth conveyed some
OF the passengers through the courtesy
of Levi Houghton, who provided team.
James made room for all, riding on the
horse himself
Miss Mary Elizabeth Jones, daughter of
the late Joseph and Elizabeth Baldwin
Jones of this town. died at her home, 2
Daniels place, Waltham, Mass, al an
| early hour Sunday, Aug. II, after an ILL
ness of five days. Paralysis OF the brain
rendered her unconscious and she passed
away peacefully without rallying. She
left Putney when girl and went to live
with her aunt, Mrs. Carter Farwel OF
, Fitchburg, whom she cared for during
the later years of Mrs Farwell's life, hei
aunt having been bind many years. Miss
; Jones was a devoted member of church
, and Sunday school, having united witt
the church at an early age After Mrs
, Farwells death Miss Jones went to Wal
], than, where she lived in the home of hel
lifelong friend, Mrs. Julia A. Klttridge
= The funeral was held in the Congrega
. tional church in Waltham on Tuesday
Aug. 49, at l p. m. The interment was il
q Mount Fiske cemetery,
:, 1t was due to the presence of mind o
DR.. Edmond A. Burnham of 154 Hunting
ton avenue, Boston a former well-knowl
o. Putney boy, on the pilgrimage of tn
Vermont association of Boston to LAX
Champlain, that Mrs. Fletcher d. Proc
: tor, wife of the governor of Vermont
D was saved from drowning last Friday 4
the accident elsewhere fully described
= Dr. Burpham was summoned in hast
/ from the steamer, and with the aid c
several women, who acted under hi
l. direction, and by his understanding c
1t drowning cases, they set to work on tn
apparently hopeless task of reviving Mr.
IS Proctor 1t took a full two hours {
= most heroic work before consciousness
was restored. Many members of I'll
n party frankly said that Dr. BurnhaI
N saved Mrs. Proctors life. Dr. Burnhai
is treasurer of the Vermont associate
and has many friends in Boston. Il
d was born in Putney and is a graduate
Ct Tufts college and the Harvard medic
school. DR.. Burnham modestly refuse
OF to admit that he did anything more tha
On his duty as a practitioner.