Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-11-01
THE PUTNEY COLUMN

Mrs. Kate I. Adams of Marlboro, N. H.,
was in town Tuesday
Frank Robertson and daughter of Hins-
dale were recent visitors in town.
j. b. Muzzy OF Jamaica, cattle dealer,
was In town Monday on business.
Mrs Washburn accompanied her broth
err Mr. Welcome. to his home in Chester,
N. II.
Rev Mr.. Trlce of Providence, II. l.,
will again preach in the Baptist church
next Sunday
Rev Father Mcmahon will celebrate
mass in Putney sunday at 10 o'clock at
Miss Heffrons.
Miss Juno Howe of Hnsdale was
guest of Mrs. Hannah Waite and Mrs
Henry j. Smith this week
Mrs. Addie Johnson came home Thurs
day from two weeks stay In various
Massachusetts towns and Hartford, Conn.
Miss Florence Locke was home last
week on a vacation from her work IN
the Holstein- Friesian office in Brattle-
boro
Phoebe Glazier Athens boards with
Mrs. Brainard and attends school Her
mother Mrs. Edward Glazer, visited her
this week
Mr.. and Mrs II. c. Howard returned
home Saturday night after ten days
trip to New York, New Haven ana
Bridgeport.
Mir and Mrs. Nelson w. Locke expect
to move to Brattleboro about Nov. 10,
having engaged a tenement ON South
Main street.
o. Pierce of Warren, Mass, and Al
len Pierce of Boston are guests OF their
sister, Mrs. l.. p. Bailey, coming in the
formers automobile.
Miss Katherine Booth returned Satur-
day from the White mountains and from
a few days visit with friends IN Wor-
cester and Fitchburg.
Rev. Charles River of Dummerston
gave an Interesting address from the
Democratic side of the question at a
political rally Monday evening
Hon. Clarke c. Fits delivered an In
teresting address on prosperity under the
Taft administration and the issues OF
the 1912 campaign Saturday evening.
Eugene willard of Chelsea, Mass, is
here, called home by the serious illness
of his father, James Dwight Willard,
who is under the care of trained nurse,
Miss Mary Stowell came Tuesday for
visit in the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Stowel. Miss Stowell
has recently returned from summer
abroad
The Murch family, who had been at
the home of Mrs. Murchs parents, MI
and Mrs. Albert Townsend, several weeks,
are now settled at their tenement III W.
l.. Pierce'S house.
The board of civil authority will meet
at the selectmen's room in the town nall
Saturday evening, Nov. 2, for the pur-
pose of revising the check list TO be USED
at the November elections.
A. w. j. wilkins was in town on busi-
ness Monday He and Mrs. wilkins are
planning to go to California to spend
the winter with Arthur Blood, formerly Of
this town, who during his minority, was
under the guardianship of Mr. Wliklns'
Four speakers from Brattleboro and
bellows Falls represented the interests
of the Progressive party in the town nal
Tuesday evening. The gentleman wh'
evidently spoke from strong convictions
and threw no mud at the other parties
made the hit of the evening.
George Weber went Thursday t
Brattleboro with load of goods belong
ing to his mother-in-law, Mrs Ormes
who will make her home with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Ingram. Mr.. Weber stores hi:
goods and with his daughter, Lillian, viii
go to Irving Ketchums this week t
board.
Dr. and Mrs. l.. II. Bugbee were call
ed to West Hartford last week by thu
death of the Doctors mother, who's
funeral was held al the home Sunday af
ternoon at / o'clock. Mrs. Bugbee ha'
been i'll since December and a great SUI
ferer with heart trouble DR.. and Mrs
Bugbee returned home Tuesday.
The body of Mrs. Rollin Reyes wa
brought here from Evanston, ILL.,, 10
burial in the family lot in Mount Pleas
ant cemetery, being accompanied by he
son, Arthur, and a grandson from thei
home in Evanston, where she had live
80 years. granddaughter, Miss Mabe
Bateman of Wellesley Hills, Mass, wa
also present at the committal service
Mrs. Keyes was a former resident c
Putney, and was the sister of the lat
Patton Chandler a prominent citizen c
this town.
The body of Robert w. Blood of Dunn
merston was brought here for burial /
the family lot in Mount Pleasant GENE
terry Tuesday afternoon, following tn
funeral, which occurred at l o'clock, q
the home of his mother-in-law in Yves
Brattleboro, where he died Saturda
morning after several weeks illness wit
tumor on the brain. Mr.. Blood was
brother of E. r. Blood of this town, VIII
with his wife and daughter, Ruth, attend
ed the funeral. Mrs. Flora P. Cole, Mr.
A. B. H. Harris and Charles r. Page ais
went to the funeral.
What might have been a serious fl
had it not been discovered early occurre
at the home of Leavitt Roberts Satu
day. Mrs. Roberts heard a cracklir
sound, and at first attributed 1t to Il
kitchen fire, but her suspicion W;
aroused and on opening a closet do
flames burst out in her face. She ran
the door and gave an alarm, to whit
workmen in the old North burying grouI
responded. They had a pail of wat
with which they fastened to the hou
and after using several more pals II
the flames were extnguished. Only
few things were burned. The cause
the fire is not known.
One hundred and fifty Brattleboro pc
Pile take part in THE Pied Piper" No
Z, and 8.