The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-20

the East Hill for 800.
John M. Comstock has resigned the Office
of school director. The selectmen have not
filled the vacancy at this writing.
B. Wilbur Smith has been here for some
time from Lowell, and has rented the David
Smith place to Lester Darling OF washing
ten.
Mr.. Spear and Dr. Rich Of the state cattle
commission are in town to inspect and test
cattle, but it is too early to give results this
week.
County Examiner Prichard had twenty.
five candidates at his teachers examination
on Thursday and Friday of last week
Their fate Is not yet announced.
The Sargent family, who have been living
short notice last week, and have been stay
ing temporarily with l.. r. Denison.
The creamery in February received 1903 059
pounds of mi X, from which 5,6703 pounds OF
butter were made. The patrons received
twenty-four cents pound for their butter.
Mrs G. P. Dickinson is dangerously i'll,
with more hopeful symp oms az this is
written There is large amount OF serious
ill ess in town at present, but no others, we
believe, are considered In immediate danger.
Overseer e. ID. Barnes has engaged S. I.
Harrington and wife to take charge of the
town farm for the ensuing year, as A. K.
Bacon proposes to return to his own farm.
DR.. f. II Godfrey is to be medical adviser
for the town charges.
Eddy Tracy, for many years well. known
citizen, died on Tuesday morning OF pneu-
monia, after a short illness. A native Of
Washington, he came to town in early man
hood, and lived for sixty years in the house
now owned by II: o. Bryant. The funeral
services were held on Thursday, Rev. Mr..
Forrest officiating
Benson Sanborp was the victim Of Pc
culiar accident on Sunday On returning
from church he went into his barn, wearing
his fur coat, when COW having a young
calf evidently mistook him 'or wild ami
NAL with hostile designs and attacked him.
Mr. Sanborn was thrown down, trampled
upon and sew erely bruised, but, though still
confined to his bed, 1t is believed that his
ljuries are not dangerous.
Nellie NJ. Corwin has returned from her
Massachusetts visit. - Edward A. Da-
Wis AMI wife of Springfield and Frank H.
Sunday. Charles w. Lyon moves into
T. j. Doyle's house, which the latter va
Gates. - II. e. Niles is about to remove
to East Randolph to carry on the Arnold
farm. Lyman r. Denison is moving
on the Denison farm in Washington, owned
by j. b. Bacon. - Mark Riley of Tun-
bridge takes j. B. Bacon's Alderman farm,
succeeding Elmer G. Reed - ICh aries
Doyle and Hattie E. Parkhurst were
married Friday evening at the Methodist
parsonage. AuOS ID. Wright mONcc
into the tenement vacated by Forris Hood.
- A boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs. j
c. Pierce on Tuesday of last week, and a
CIR to Mr.. and Mrs. III o. Flint on Wed:
nesday. - Rev Mr.. sherman attended
the funeral of a Mrs. Dickinson in Corinth
on Sunday.
DR.. Locke reports over fifty persons in
town sick with the prev ailiDg disease.
Rev. f. 1. Sargent will preach at the
academy hall Sunday evenings at seven
o'clock.
The town of Bradford has hired Henry
Huntingt m to take charge of its town farm
for the ensuing year.
The Cornth Academy ard Cookeville
Graded School district will hold the annual
meeting in the academy next Tuesday
evening.
East Corinth.
The Universalist society held its regular
social in the school house hall last week
Wednesday evening.
Albert Day Of Haverhill, N. H., intend,
to run a meat market during the looming
summer in the basement Of the house occu
pied by DR.. G. Fox.
R. d Currier has closed out his jewelry
business at Brockton, Mass, and is now a.
+. e. Pages, where he will remain for 8
few weeks. - 1t is rumored that q. G
Taplin and family will move to East Barre
in April or May. - May Burgess ex
poets to start this week for Montpelier
where she is to work at the milliner's trade
- Arthur Eastman Of Orange is work.
ing for e. p Sawyer, where he has been en-
ga ,ed for one year. - Misses Maudt
Stevens and Moyne Jackmau have re
turned to Bradford, where they are to at
tend school.
West Corinth.
The sick ones are all comfortable excep
Charles Hanson, who is failing
Darius Maynard of Lowell has been Wis
iting his children in this place the pas
week.
Mr.. Goodspeed and family have moved
from Mrs. Barber's into the brown hous
near the church.
About dozen from this place attended
the funeral Of Mrs. Alonzo Dickinson las
Sunday at the home OF her son John IL
Washington.
James Ford and two daughters of Soutl
Ryegate were here last week to attend tn
funeral of his brother Aaron. James is tn
OILY surviving member of family of six
teen children.
Aaron Ford, aged seventy-four years
died very suddenly on the evening OF Marcl
daughter, Mrs. Walter Pierce, in Groton
He was for many years resident of thi
town, but Since the death OF his wife, fou
years ago. had made his home with one @
his daughters in TOpsham he was also
worthy member of the Freewill Baptis
church in this place. His funeral was hell
here March 10.
East Montpelier.
Arthur Morse, from Illinois, is visiting i
this vicinity.
There is a good supply Of logs at j.
Wheelock's mill.
j. R. Young is drawing lumber for tn
purpose Of building new barn the comm
season.
Annie, the fifteen. year-old daughter c
John Cullum, died very suddenly last Sur
day afternoon. The immediate cause of he
death was pneumonia, but she had been Il
poor health for some time.
At the whist party given last Wednesda
evening, there was a tie, two couples hold
ing score cards that averaged the same
seventy-fve per cent. The prizes wer
given to the two ladies', Mrs. Luthe
Wheeler and Miss Eta Bancroft. Mrs. r
p. Whitcomb and &c orge Gould receives
the BOBBY prizes.
North Montpelier.
There Is an unusual amount of sicknes
in thia viCinitv mOatlv caaaa NJ grin