Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-09-29
THE PUTNEY COLUMN

Miss Helen Maley is a guest of her
sister, Mrs. Walter j. Smith.
George Patterson of Indian River,
Mich. is visiting at NJ. G. Winiams's.
c. II. Bridgman of Keene was a guest
over Sunday of his ather-in-law, John
f. Clarke.
Miss katherine Booth returned home
Friday from a two weeks visit in Leon
%inster, Mass.
James Meany has bought Will Woods
half interest in the meat business and
will continue the business alone.
The ladies' aid society of the Congre-
gational church will bold a meeting in
their room next Tuesday afternoon.
Hadley's moving picture show had a
slim audience Saturday evening. They
exhibited under the auspices of the Put
ney Grange.
Mr.. MAR of Mount Hermon, who sup
piled the pulpit of the Congregational
church last Sunday, will again preach
there next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Dodge and son,
William Robertson, came Friday to the
home of Mrs. Dodge's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. f. f.. Robertson.
Leon w. Houghton of Fitchburg, who
was a guest this week of his sisters,
Mrs. f. S. Harris and Miss Lizzie s.
Houghton, attended the Valley fair.
Several candidates were given the
third and fourth degrees at the Putney
Grange Friday evening. a baked bean
supper was served after the comforting
of the degrees.
The regular meeting of Greenwood Re-
lief corps will be held next Tuesday
evening and it is desired that all will
come who can as there is important
business to be transacted.
Mrs. NJ. II. Hildreth and child of New
port, VT, have been guests of Mrs.
Hildreth's uncle, w. II. Page. Mrs. Hill
dreth is sister of Viola Page, who makes
her home with her uncle.
Miss Ruth Fifeld was at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fffield,
over Sunday. Miss Fifeld has been in
Brattleboro two weeks, where she Is
apprenticed to learn the milliner's trade.
Mrs. ]. E. Russell and daughters, Miss
rance and Miss Marion, left Saturday
for their home in Williamstown, Mass,
after spending the summer here. Prof.
Russell left earlier in the week to re-
sumo his duties at Williams college.
Miss Bertha and Miss Doris Lowe of
Fitchburg are visiting relatives in town.
They came Tuesday to w. a. Pages on
West hill and will visit with Mrs. Sarah
Holton and Mrs. F. S. Harris and Miss
Lizzie Houghton before returning home.
Edwin F. Dyer has moved his family
from the farm he recently sold to Aplin
and Bugbee to the G. w. Adams house.
Mrs. Dyer and daughter, Elizabeth, nave
returned from their visit with Mrs.
Dyer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fayette
Howard, in Mortified, Mass.
Mrs. Gilkey returned to her home in
South STAFFORD last week Thursday after
making a disposition of the household
effects of her brother, the late Rev. l..
w. Morey. Most of the household things
were shipped to his adopted daughter,
Mrs. Addie Morey Michaund, in Berlin,
N. H.. The daughter is just out of the
hospital where she was operated on for
appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Frobose and
daughter, Mrs. Byrne, who spent the
summer at the Nathan cottage, left Sun
day by for Northampton,
where they will visit before going to
Boston, where they expect to spend the
winter instead of their home in Brook
Ign, N. Y. They have hired the Nathan
cottage for another summer, being
pleased with the Vermont air and seem
cry.
Mrs. w G.. Wright had the misfor-
tune to get a bad fall in the basement
in her home on Kimball hill Tuesday.
She caught the heel of her shoe
on a step and tore it off. throw
ing her with such force as to
give her a bad shaking up, which has
confined. her to the bed, her back and
sides being very lame and sore. Mrs.
Harriet Taft has been helping care for
her.
AS Clarence Martin was hunting SPUR
rels on Friday a small deer came up near
him and he drove it away and it re-
turned and he drove it away the second
time. On his return home he told his
father of the occurance and Mr.. Martin
went with him to the locality, where he
found the deer wounded in three places.
He summoned the game warden, NJ. f.
Robbins, and they killed the animal. 1t
was a young buck.
Clifford Booth, the little 10 months odd
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bella Booth, who
made their home with Mr.. and Mrs.
Milan Royce on the East Putney road,
lost the fingers of one hand. The end
of the middle finger was cut off and the
third finger clipped a little, while the
first was cut into. The accident oc-
Cured when the child, who was playing
with a green pumpkin, reached out and
took hold of a pumpkin which Clyde
Sharper, a small boy who also makes
his home in the Royce family, was
chopping with an axe.
WESTMINSTER.