The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06

| gives encouragement of her recovery. =
Mrs. j. M. Smith, Mrs. @. ID. Burgin and
Mr.. Benjamin Blake, who are very ILL., re.
| main about the same, while others are inn
proving. - Mrs. Minnie Prescott, Mrs.
McLoud and Miss M. A. Merrill were added
to the sick list last week. - Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Carpenter OF Orange spent
Sunday with Mrs. g. ID. Burgin, their sister,
who Is very i'll. - Nellie Hutchinson Is
spending a few weeks with her uncle at
Waits River w. M. Bolton has en-.
gagged to work for Boyd Wilson the coming
season, and Herbert Sanborn for Henry
Grant.
Peacham.
Mrs. e d. Somers is very sick with cry
sipelas. - WILDER Watson and John
Nc Laugblin are sick with pneumonia
- Cummings Priest has reopened q
harness shop in j. G. Guthrie's grist-mill.
PIainfieId.
The woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet with Mrs Arthur Lane
next Saturday afternoon at three O'Clock.
The Ladies' Aid Society will hold
Mother Goose social in the vestry Of the
Congregational church next week Tuesday
evening.
The second lecture in the course will be
given on Saturday evening by Rev. j. Ed
ward Farrow. Subject: "Secret Life, or
the Dark Side of the Worlds Large Cities"
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The Methodist Ladies' Aid Society meets
with Mrs. II. 8. Parks next week Wednes-
day afternoon and evening. The society
will hold coldmeat supper at Mrs.
Thomas Stevens, East Montpelier, on
Thursday evening of this week. Free trans
portation from the village.
An exhibition will be given by the pupils
of Plainfield village school at the Uni Tersal.
list church on Friday evening at seven
o'clock. The teachers are II. L. Lovejoy,
B. L., principal, Carrie d. Smith, primary.
Exercises will consist of songs and selec-
tions, an operetta entitled 1.-THE Boating
Party" by the pupils of the primary de-
partment, to conclude with the three. act
drama My Brothers Keeper"
South Randolph.
Mr.. Peavey has bought a new one-horse
power to use for saving wood and all other
kinds Of jobs in his line
The young people here, East Bethel, and
vicinity, are preparing for drama. The
play is to be the "Spy of Gettysburg"
William Perkins has sold out his wheel
wright and other business in East Bethel to
Mr.. George, who will make specially Of
blacksmithing.
Ruth Rford, who was teaching school in
Royalton, is at home sick with the mumps.
- Gertie and Flossie Camp, and Miss
Peavey, are to go to the Normal School this
spring - Frank Wood, brother of Mrs.
G. G. Paine, who has been in business the
past two years in Cincinnati, visited her
last week. % B. Hinkley has just re-
turned from weeks visit with friends in
Ticonderoga, N. Y. Sadie Kent and
B. l.. Paine are in poor health.
West Randolph
The dry goods store of E. A. Thomas is
closed this week while extensive rep airs are
made The new room upstairs ia to be oC
Tod hxrT yl,o nil n
stock of millinery, cloaks, carpets, etc.
Andrew H. Patton, great incohonee of the
great council of the United States, and
Walter f. Butts, senior sycamore Of the
great council of Massachusetts, visited Pc
quot Tribe, No. 8, Improved Order Of Red
Men, for the purpose OF advocating the es-
tablishing of great council in Vermont.
U. s. Grant Post, q. A. R., held a memo
rial service on Sunday week in its hall in
memory of deceased comrades of the past
year-Kneeland Kelton, George Fl. Wal.
bridge, Lucian Il. Keith and John Finn.
Remarks upon the lives of each as soldier
and citizen were made by Commander Geo.
w. Flagg, Past Commander A. A. Smith
and Dana H. M )rse.
There was small strike at the United
States Screen Company's mill last week.
Mr.. Markham, who had the contract Of
making the screens, thinking that he was
not making enough money, endeavored to
reduce the wages If some of his help on
Friday afternoon, upon which they quit
work. About thirty hands went out. The
proprietors Immediately relieved Mr.. Max
ham of all responsibility. The next day he
was engaged to work by the day, and all
the help were hired again at the old scale of
wages. Thus serious labor trouble was
averted in this quiet village.
Dr. David d. D. Davis, aged eighty years,
died Saturday morning of pleuro.pneumo-
n r. w a
law with the late Judge Weston and was
admitted to the bar. He was considered to
have the making of good lawyer, when he
quit that and studied eclectic medicine,
and built up quite large practice. He
then became interested in Spiritualism, and
gradually gave up his practice. He was
twice married. He leaves one daughter
from his first marriage, two daughters and
one son from the second marriage, and a
widow. The doctor was very fluent
Tuesday forenoon from the Christian
chur h, Rev. George W. Morrow officiating
East ROxbury.
Mabel, infant daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
H. A. Noble, died Thursday morning
Funeral Saturday, Rev. G. W. Morrow OF
West Randolph officiating. The body was
placed in the tomb at West Randolph.
Mr.. Pierce and wife of West Randolph
were called here to attend the funeral Of the
| Noble child. - l.. W. Blanchard has
| been confined 70 the house for several
weeks by sickness. - Mrs. W. w
| Rodgers and son OF West Randolph have
been spending the past two weeks with her
friends here. - Alphonso Ladd is get.
ting lumber for repairs on his building.
South Ryegate.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Reformed
Presbyterian church will hold its monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. j. w. George
on Thursday afternoon.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
Limekin district had a grand rally las,
evening. The Christian Endeavor Societies
of this place and Newbury were invited.
Last'Wednesday evening a house in the
east part OF the town owned by A. Miller
and occupied by Nathaniel Muuroe was
burned with all the household goods, cloth
ing and provisions, leaving the family des
ttute. The fire vas first discovered by the
neighbors in the afternoon, and was, as they
all supposed, put out; but late in the even
ing it broke out again, and the neighbors go
there in time to rescue the little ones-twC
pairs of twins, one pair thirteen months ole
and the other three weeks. The neighbori
Immediately raised purse of about $500 il
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