The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-22

| mother, sister, brother and friends. 60
Robert Gibson, an esteemed citizen of this
! town, is in a critical condition from an at
tack of heart trouble.
Berlin.
The Benjamin family, to the number of
| forty, had their annual picnic at the pond
! last Wednesday,
A very neat and tasteful cottage is that of
Fri Gunnison, just finished, near the res
ervoir. His family moved in this.week.
The entertainment at the grange this
week will be a nal-driving contest by the
ladies. All should be prepared with BAN
dages, etc, for battered fingers.
Bradford.
George w. Sampson, Jr, is very sick with
appendicitis.
j. M. Warden and wife are spending a
few weeks at City Island, n. Y.
J. E. Sleeper left on Monday for trip to
the West where he will visit his son Bert.
Lesion e. Day moved last week to Cor
inth, where he will have charge of the saw
mill of his brother.
f. Doe and family go to Lake Morey
this week to occupy the cottage which they
recently purchased.
Work is progressing rapidly on the new
library. This, when completed, will be one
of the handsomest buildings in town.
Rev. Mr.. Kinney of the Georgia confer
ence is guest OF o. r. Baker. Mrs. Kin
ney will be favorably remembered as Nellie
Stevens, formerly of Bradford.
Mrs. Salome A. Andross, widow Of the
late William G. Andross, died at the home
of Mrs. Ruth Wallace, August 2. Mrs.
Andross was born in Plaintield, N. H., in
1906, being at her death eighty eight years
of age.
The ladies of the Congregational church
hold their usual fair at the village hall, FRI
| L. IA
Quakers" will be presented by the young
people, in the evening. All should go, as it
will make you laugh.
A largo number OF Bradford people at
tended the annual encampment Of the Ver-
mont National Guard at Brattleboro last
week. Among them were Colonel John G.
Stearns, Colonel ID. X. Andross, Captain G.
K. Clark Rev. Mr.. Barnard, and others.
All report fine time, barring the dust.
Brookfeld.
Mr.. Benham has been entertaining three
sisters and their husbands at family re-
union.
Thursday evening was an eminently sue
cessful affair.
Carlyle Goodrich, wife and daughter, Of
Syracuse, N. Y, are spending few days
with his brother, DR.. Goodrich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cushmsn and Mr.. and Mrs.
Needham Of West Randolph are enjoying a
camping out on pleasant spot just east OF
Sunset Lake.
Cabot.
Republican caucus Thursday evening at
the village hall.
All who went on the excursion to Ausable
Chasm fell we'll paid
The creamery paid its patrons seventeen
cents for July butter.
O. ID. Peck & Son have closed their store
at Lower Cabot, the lease having expired,
and intend to move to their farm.
The store at Lower Cabot has been leased
to Ashley Smith of Woodbury., who in
tends to begin business September 1.
The last meeting Of the board Of civil
authority for correcting the check list will
be held at the town clerks Office Septem-
Der i, at two o'clock. Let every voter, as
well as the young men now Of voting age,
look over the list.
The check list contains the names Of 324
voters. The canvass made by the republ-
can town committee and given to the state
committee shows 9 prohibitionists, SO demo-
Gratis, 232 republicans. The republicans hope
to give 215 votes for the state ticket.
The Washington County Good Templars'
Union will be held in Cabot, August 30.
The forenoon session will be in the Good
Tempars hall, the afternoon in the Con-
gregational church. There will be prize
bptdhluB, W WulCH Juo spuDllC dTe COTuldlly
| invited.
Rev. Mr.. Farrow Of Plainfeld preached
at the Methodist church last Sunday in ex-
change with Rev. Mr.. Dixon. His sermon
was a clear and forcible presentation Of the
truth that all things work together for
good to those who love God"
A local convention of the Epworth
League and Christian Endeavor societies
will be held August 20, at the Methodist
church in the afternoon and the Congrega-
tional church in the evening. Address in
the evening by Rev. H. Dewitt Williams
of Plainfeld.
Two exciting games of baseball were
played here on Friday and Saturday. The
| first was between the Cabots and Plain
fields, Cabots winning by score of eleven
to seven. The second was between the
Cabots and the Victors of st. Johnsbury.
Cabots again winning by a score of sixteen
to fourteen.
In conversation with widow Darius Dur
gin your correspondent has learned that
she is the Oldest person in town. She cele-
brated her nineteth birthday last March.
She resides with her daughter, Mrs. j. G.
Hill, and is able to do considerable work
about the house, including quite fine sewing.
She says she came to East Cabot sixty-tive
years ago, when only few log cabins dot
ted the dense forest where now are large
and fertile farms. Molly's Pond, in front
of the house, was then filled with large
salmon trout, and in low water, out OF the
feeders, they were wont to scoop up a
bushel-basketful at time; but when the
pickerel were put in they exterminated the
trout. Six Of hor children are buried in
three graves at East Cabot
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Suckley of Bridge
port, Conn. are visiting in town. -
Mrs. H. M. Scott of Plainfeld is stopping
at T. II. Lance's. - Mrs. Nathan Corlis
and children of Barre have been stopping
with l.. II. Myers, Mrs Corlis' father. They
returned Monday morning. - Edith
Pierce of West Medford, Mass, is visiting
at j. M. Southwick's. = B. G. Rogers,
wife and son, and Mrs. III. g. Dow are at
Old Orchard for two weeks outing.
Mrs. Bertha Durkee and daughter started
for their home in North Randolph, by way
of Calais and Barre, last Tuesday morning,
- Mr.. and Wilbur Davis OF Corinth
were in town last week visiting schoolmates
and other friends. - Misses Nellie and
Hadge Williams have gone to st. Adams to
spend week with Mrs. G. X. Pell.
Miss Clara Woodland Of Waterford Is visit
ing Henry Hills and other relatives.
Calais.
The republican caucus to nominate cam
didate for town representative and justices
will be held at the town hall, Thursday,
August %, at one O'Clock Pm