The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
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ing been confined to her bed for the past six
weeks.
East Calais.
ALFRED p Hicks died Thursday morning,
June 10th, aged seventy-five years. and the
funeral services were held at the house on
Saturday at ten A. NJ. On Sunday, at the
residence of his son-in-law, l.. o. Leonard
of East Woodbury., took place the funeral
of Harvey Cole, brother-in-law of Mr..
Hicks Both men had been for the greater
part of their lives residents of this town and
were honored and respected by all who
knew them. Mr.. Hicks was well-known in
earlier years as one of the prominent bust
ness men of this section of the county, and
both had held various offices and positions
of trust in town. - DIR. and Mrs. B. j..
Dwnell of Taunton, Mass, with their two
children, have been visiting at l. s. Owl
nell's.
North Montpelier.
CHILDRENs DAY is to be observed at the
Universaist church in this village next Sab
bath. AT two o'clock p. NJ. there is to be an
address by the pastor and very interesting
rhetorical and musical exercises by the chill
dren. A cordial invitation is extended to
every one to be present. - The bridge
near the store is to be up for repairs several
days this week. Work is to be begun to-
day wednesday,. 80 Our college boys
o. X. HOLSTER, L. ID. Coburn and /. w
Cate-are all expected home this week, it
being their summer vacation. - The
dance at the rink Friday evening did not at
tract very large crowd, but those present
report very enjoyable time. - The
cheese factory opened Tuesday morning
with prospect of very successful season.
- Orlando X. HOLSTER, son Of A. j.
HOLSTER, Esq. student of Tufts College,
was awarded the first prize, $50, at the prize
speaking contest last week
Fayston.
f. A. BRAGG and w. c. Kelsey were elected
delegates to the state convention. -
The taxpayers in the highway district over
which K. A Bruce is agent have struck for
ten hours and $1.50 per diem, that being the
amount which the selectmen have allowed
the agents to pay and which is paid by
other agents in the town. Mr.. Bruce claims
that he can hire all the help he needs at
S125 per day A selectman called on Bruce
and advised him to pay $1.50, but he is still
of the opinion that he is agent and at present
writing he is unpopular in the district 60
| Daniel Moore last week received pension
and back pay amounting to $1,000. En-
House he is in search of a young wife, al
though he is over seventy years of age.
Marshfield.
LET the republicans remember the caucus
| next Monday night to elect five delegates to
| the county convention and all come ont. See
call in another column. - Aunt Sarepta
Bemis died very suddenly at the house of
| ~. ~. btDU. One COUlDldlueu Vi u pain ABOUT
| the heart and died in twenty minutes from
the first attack. She was the wife of the
late Lewis Bemis and leaves two sons-L.
ID. of East Calais and Abijah, who lives on
a farm a mile below our village. Her
funeral was held Sunday at the Universalist
church, Rev. L. F. Fortney, assisted by
Revs. G. l.. Wells and j. ID. Bailey, Off
ciating. The church was densely packed
with relatives and friends many of whom
were from out of town, including Hon. AL
bert Dwinell, A. ID. Pierce and Orison Put
| nam of Calais, Orlando Gerry of Stowe and
Amos Dwinell of Morrsville. Her remains
were inferred in the Dwinell cemetery.
- On account of the absence of the pas
tor there will be no services excepting the
Sunday-school at the Universalist church
next Sunday. - Burt Shepard and
Arthur Blake were home Sunday from
| Montpelier, as was also Dr. Farnsworth of
Washington. Rev. and Mrs. c. II
| Farnsworth of Groton attended the funeral
of Mrs. j. w. Cawstick last Thursday. -
A. T. Durant has got his mll-yard cleared
Thursday. - On June 4th Miss Ola, aged
eleven years. daughter of Alonzo Buxton
picked Strawberries enough for ashortcake
- Eugene Merrill returned from Florida
last week. - Jona Graves and wife and
William Graves and wife returned last week
from Massachusetts, where William has
been on wedding tour and his father to
sell lot Of lumber. - The delegates to
the state convention are A. g. Mears and
e. V. Spencer, with d. B. Pitkin and l.. w
Pitkin as substitutes. - The liquor
agency still hangs fire in this town, with q
prospect that there will be none. The senti
ment seems to be, " If can't have it dom
you let anybody else have it," Let the select
men sit down alone and agree on some gooc
man and recommend him, and ask no ones
opinion in the matter, and it will be sool
settled to the satisfaction of all. - Quite
number of our citizens attended the even
ing sessions of the institute at Cabot las
week. - Russell Sawyer and wife o
Moretown and Hiram Sawyer and wife o
Middlesex visited last week at Edwin Mer
ret's and Chester Sawyer's. - Henri,
Smith has got up the frame to his forty-by'
siXty-foot barn and it will be good on,
when completed. - B. b. Brown ant
wife of Willimantic, Conn, formerly resi-
dents here, are visiting friends in this vi
cinity. - NJ II. Eddy of st. Johnsbur,
made flying visit to his old home one da.
last week. - On account of the funera
of Mrs. Sarepta Bemis last Sunday the Sab
bath-school concert at the Methodist churcl
was postponed until next Sunday. -
The Congregational people are making quit
extensive repairs on their church. The.
have moved the chimney to the out
side of the church and have white
washed the ceiling, painted the walls
beautiful tint, put on pretty border an
, painted the woodwork in two colors, whic
than when new. They held their Sabbath
, school concert last Sunday. The churc
was profusely decorated with flowers anC
| the speaking and singing were very good
AS there was no services at the othe
! churches the house was densely packed
; - Eli Edison sent four hundred thirt
of his shaved butter-tubs to Brookfeld las
week, which makes eight hundred sent t
that place this season. Parties in Bradfor
and Groton are waiting for untitled orders
i, as is also the Worcester County Dreamer
of Massachusetts. Mrs. A. III. Davi
has flower called an Agapanthus ths
is the only one of its kind in this vicinity
e 1t has a bunch of leaves at the base resen
!, bling corn-stalk leaves, and from the cente
: of these grows stalk that is four feet higl
t at the top of which is bunch of flower
= eight inches in diameter and containing on
n hundred different buds and blossoms. -
h j. ID. Sanborn has an apple-tree on which
T two full-blown white double roses. -
Q One OF the saddest funerals that has bee
L held here in a long time was that of Edna
l. F.. wife of John w. Cawstick and daughte
y of +. b. Dwinell, which occurred last Thurs
!, day. Her age was twenty-five years, tw
months and eight days. She had been /
: for long time, but last February was take
o with gastric fever; her physicians CAV
k her up several times, and last week Tue
# day morning, at twenty minutes to four, 81
n breathed her last. She was loved and hor
@ ored by all who knew her. being ever read
y to help in all good works. She took an a
J. tive part in the temperance cause and wa
l. q member of the WOman's Christian Ten