Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-10-06

day. Mr.. Knight has not been here for
his usual vacation this year owing to
the fact that he has been having a home
built, of bungalow style, which he ex-
poets to occupy this fall.
The Junior order of American Me
chanics recently bought the house owned
by Miss Nellie Murphy and have made
some repairs to fit 1t up for a club room
as well as their assembly hall. They
will hold their first meeting in the
building tomorrow evening, Saturday,
and all the members are requested to be
present.
DR.. Harry Lawrence, a graduate of
the medical department of the Uni
versity of Vermont and recently in
practice in Springfield, this state, has
bought the house of Mrs. G.. s.. Foster.
He came here for the practice of med
icine Monday. He will move his fam
lily here as soon as Mrs. Foster can va
cate the house.
Captain Patterson, who has been a
guest of his sister, Mrs. NJ. G. Williams,
went from here to Montpelier and was
accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Ellen
Patterson. They will visit Mrs. Vernon
Doty there. Captain Patterson before
leaving Putney bought the Horace Scott
farm for his brother, DR.. A. G. Patter-
son, who has been in Ill health and I'M
able to practice his profession of dentis-
try for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Robinson of
Amherst, Mass, were guests at the Ken
drick House Tuesday night and Wednes-
day. Mr.. Robinson is a nephew of the
late Alexis b. Hewett. At one time he
worked for his uncle on the farm and
while here married Miss Nettie Stoddard,
who was a member of the family of the
late Haynes L. Baker. Mrs. Robinson
died several years ago at their home in
4 .,1,nngf md Mr. Rnhingnn ma rTin1
again.
Two more neighborhood surprise par
ties were held recently. The first was at
the home of Mrs. Andrew A. Wing Sept.
10, when the neighbors gathered to re-
mind her that it was her Goth birthday
Cake and fruit were served and all en-
joyed the occasion. on Sept. IS Mrs.
Merrill Pierce was called upon to observe
her 18th birthday anniversary with her
%neiChbors. Cake and fruit were served
and all wished her many pleasant returns
of the day.
Last week Thursday evening as DR.
l.. II. Bugbee's team was standing In
front of Eugene Robbins's Dan Wilder
came UP the road driving his colt at
! tached to a sulky. He did not see DR.
Bugbee's team and collided witt one OF
the wheels, demolishing his own vehicle
Several accidents of this kind have taker
place on this street. 1t is the best
lighted street in town so far as stree
lamps go, but the light is of a peculiar
kind that blinds people.
A serious fire was averted at NJ. Eu'
gene Robbins's house Saturday evening
Mr.. Robbins was at work in his barber
shop and tipped up with his head a large
lamp in a bracket on the wall. The oil
and flame ran down on the wall to the
floor and a sheet of flames resulted
which would have made serious trouble
except for a fire eXtinguisher which wa
handy. This is the third fire that hr
Robbins has put out with this eXtin'
guisher, which well demonstrates th'
value of having one in the house.
Albert Townsend. and Mr.. and Mrs
w. A. Wood went Saturday to Grovetor
n. H., to visit Mrs. Alice Townsen'
Campbell. From there they Will go t
Belfast, Me, the home of anothe
daughter of Mr.. Townsend. Mrs. Jen
ME Murch, VINO, with her two children
spent the summer on the farm her
with her parents. On Mrs. Murch's re
turn home her husband found her in
deranged state of mind, she confidin
in him that while in Putney she ma
killed a man and stating that the au
thorities were after her. She becam
worse until it was necessary TO sen
her to a sanatorium.