The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-12
- son of Simeon Fifeld broke his
arm last Friday while wrestling at school,

plaster.
George Kent is out again after a three
weeks Illness
w. W. Marshall has gone into the real
estate business.
Mary Wakefield started for New York
last Wednesday.
Dorman Bridgman and wife started on an
extended trip through the West on Tuesday.
Steadman Holton is home from Massa.
chusetts on his annual vacation.
MarshfleId.
The Danville boys came over again last
Saturday and were beaten. Score stood ID
to 3 in favor of Marshfield.
The Stars expect to play two games this
week, one with the North Montpelier club
on Thursday on their ground, and on Satur-
day with the Planfield club at Marshfield.
Below is list of ten of the voters who
attended last freemen's meeting, with their
ages, and ask any town of the same number
of inhabitants to compare the list with its
own and see il it can be beaten. They we're
all In good health for men of their ages, and
some OF them as spry as men OF half that
age The aggregate age of the ten men is
796 years, with an average of 1916 years.
The list is as follows: B. b. Martin, age "a;
Asa Spencer, SO; John Bolles, so; S. Il.
Hollister, 80; LOOMS Woodard 49, David
Spicer, 79 Perry Lee 70; S. ID. HOLSTER,
II; S. L. Gilman, n; Eli Edison, rs.
Ned Thomas has moved into his new
house. - Mrs. George English of Groton
is in town, visiting her friends. 60 Mr..
and Mrs. E. Baldwin of Waterbury, Conn,
were in town over Sunday. Mr.. Baldwin is
looking after horses. - Mrs. Warren
Haskins of Boston is in town, stopping at
A. T. Durants. - Jonathan Folsom
died last Sunday and was buried Tuesday.
- Oscar Bemis, who was so badly hurt
ten days ago. is slowly failing. - Mrs.
Duran Baker is past recovery. - G. e.
Shepard and wife and G. f. Bliss and wife
are in st. Johnsbury this week. - Hon.
James Dwinell and wife of Winchester,
Mass, are visiting Mrs. d. B. Dwinell.
Middlesex Center.
Crops are well ripened and the average is
good There is enough to be thankful for
especially now that congress has adjourned
The republicans of Middlesex did them
selves credit by pulling together and electing
their candidate ON the first ballot by fifty
five majority. From his long service as
selectman, lister, overseer of poor justice of
peace and school director, Mr.. Wells is well
qualified to make good legislator.
Two notable wedding anniversaries were
celebrated last week The golden wedding
of jeremiah and Louisa (Daniels) Leland
was attended by many relatives friends
and neighbors on Monday afternoon Pres
gifts, were left as tokens of esteem to these
lifelong residents of the town. On Friday
evening large party was given at the resi-
dence of Mr. and Mrs. John CURE in south
west Bearswamp in honor of their thirteth
wedding day. Eight of the eleven children
born to them were present Gifts to the
value of 800 were presented. For the
growth of the state there ought to be boun-
ties offered for such families, say, 500 for
each child after the tenth, $50 for all after
the fifteenth, and 5000 for the twentieth, etc.
Not being able to be present at these parties,
your correspondent can give no full account
of either of them.
Moretown.
Mary Chynoweth, of Montpelier SEM
mary, is the teacher of the upper depart
ment of our village school, and Miss Thomp-
son of Waitsfeld of the lower.
Calvin Washburn Foster, born in More
town, July 1, 1896, died at his home Septem
Der 2, aged sixty-eight years, two months
and one day He was son of William b.
and Eliza (Washburn) Foster. Funeral
services were held at the house last Wednes.
day, with an excellent attendance of SYM
pathizing neighbors and friends. The Meth
odist choir rendered excellent singing
Samuel Somerville had charge. Rev. s.
c. Vail officiated The surviving wife and
only son, Henry Foster, have the sympathy
of their many friends.
A. M. Pierce and wife of East Montpelier
visited in town the past week. - Mrs.
Jed. Haskins, with son and daughter, are
visiting relatives in Waterbury. - A. V.
Phillips of Bolton has purchased G. A.
Thornton's house and will move his family
here the first of October. - William
Bradshaw has moved his family from St.
Johnsbury to Emeline Bulkley's house.
Newbury
4 4. "a
Ruth Shedd at Wells River on Thursday Of
last week.
Road Commissioner Robert Lackey has
been experimenting the building of the
new sidewalk around the gully to the drug
store the past week.
Henry B. White, the representative-elect
of Topsham, with his father, aged eighty
six years, visited his cousin, Judge Henry
W. Bailey, one day last week.
At the annual railroad meeting at New
port, last Wednesday, Alden Speare OF
Newton, Mass, was elected vice-president.
He was born on the hills in Corinth, known
as West Corinth.
The many friends in Vermont and New
Hampshire of Henry W. Reyes, proprietor
of Pine Grove Farm, will be pleased to
learn that he has the nomination for senator
in the second district of Grafton county
n. III.
Married, September 3, at the residence OF
Ezra b Chamberlin, by Rev. j. L. Merrill
Horatio p. Childs of Atteboro, Mass, and
Marion E. Hall of Chicago. Mrs. Hall
is niece OF Mr.. Chamberlin A few rela
tives and friends were invited.
On Friday morning the horse of Charles
Norcross, son Of John Norcross, became
frightened, ran, and overturned the buggy.
Both bones of Mr.. Norcross' leg were
broken above the ankle. The bones were
set and the young man removed to his
| home on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Meader, who have
been residents of Newbury for a long time
with the exception of living in North Ha
verhill for the past sixteen or eighteen
months, have moved from there into rooms
in what is known as the yellow boarding
house, vacated by l.. W. Kimball.
Rev. Mr.. Oakley of Vershire was in towI
with Rev. c. II. Coolidge one day las
week and called on Rev. j. l.. Merrill
- f. E. Kimball returned from tn,
West last week with another carload o
horses. - Mrs. Susan A. Orr, who hal
been stopping at ID. NJ. Bonds for some
time, went to Corinth to visit friends -
william b. Stevens had a second shock o
paralysis early Sunday morning. -
George Slack spent Sunday with his par
ents in Corinth. - @. NJ. knights started
on Monday for Manlius, n. Y, to atten,
| the wedding of his brother, Arthur B