The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05

four weeks with her mother, Mrs. Sarah
Crane.
Lynn Hays and family of Boston have
| returned from their visit in northern Nav
York, and are at Mrs. ID. Hassett's.
Miss Alice Gilbert, graduate of the Bos.
| ton Conservatory OF Music, sang in the
Episcopal church last Sunday morning.
Lester Warrington was seriously injured
by the bursting OF a cylinder at Gould's
mill, Gouldsvile last Monday afternoon.
w. K. Hurlbut moved last week to St,
Adams Bay, where he is to pursue the vo-
cation of an architect, for which he is par
ticuarly fitted.
Rev. j. G. Sutherland and bride came
Saturday. They have rooms for the present
In Miss Polly Russell's house and board at
the Mortified House.
The Mortified Cornet Band furnished
music for the democratic flag-raising at
Little Mortified last Saturday evening
Mayor j. w. Gordon of Barre was the
orator.
The monthly union temperance meeting
was held in the Methodist church last Sun
day evening. @. A. Edgerton, and b. f.
Armitage OF Nation, ILL.,, were the speak
ers. Music by the choir.
The Congregationalsts hold their regular
sociable this afternoon and evening with
Mrs. Mary Corey. Supper at the usual
time. Ice-cream and cake will be served in
the evening. All are invited.
Since the surgical operation was per-
formed on Mrs. Fred Dutton at Mary
Fletcher hospital, Burlington, last week,
she has been very low, and her recovery
has been considered doubtful.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duell have moved into the
west tenement of the Howard house, va
Gated by Mrs. Alice Mayo, and Mr.. and
Mrs Ben SPEEDING have moved from Vine
street into the south tenement Of the Henry
Ferris house.
The democrats raised a flag in the Duns-
moor district last Saturday evening, and the
republicans will fling out a Mckinley and
Hobart banner at Gouldsville next Friday
evening. Prominent speakers from abroad
will be present.
The republicans of South Mortified had
an enthusiastic fiag-raising last Wednesday
evening: DR.. George Nichols, James
Evans, Herbert Cady and e. w. Gaynor
Band furnished music. Cake and coffee
were served by Mrs. Wright
The stores of M. j. Clough and Jerry
Donahue were burglarized last Thursday
night. Entrance was gained through
rear door. A suit Of clothes, some cheap
Clough store, but nothing of value was
missing from Donahue's. A night police.
man in Mortified would soon put an end
to this epidemic of amateur burglary now
so prevalent.
The republican club was reorganized last
Friday evening. John l.. Moseley was
elected president; H. R. Brown, E. Huntley
and John A. Cross, vice presidents; II. j.
Dane, secretary; A. E. Denny, treasurer
j. III. Winch, ID. NJ. Derby and Frank
Plumley, executive committee. This club
is working in perfect harmony with the
young mems organization. The club, as a
body, voted to do all in its power to help
the kindred society, feeling which is
heartily reciprocated by the members OF the
young mems club.
The Young Mems Republican Club of
Northfeld is hourishing like q green bay
tree. Its officers are: President, II. G.
Cady; vice-president, William Shaw secre-
tary, John Gross; treasurer, Charles A.
Plumley executive committee, f. n.
Whitney, e. w. Gaynor, Sherman Kimball,
Robert Jones, Frank Chase and B. A.
Denny. The club already numbers nearly
100 Pleasant rooms in the depot building
next beyond DR.. Johnson's office, have
been opened. These headquarters are
abundantly supplied with campaign litera-
ture. The club will hold rally early in
August, and will attend in body the
county rally to be held at Montpelier about
August 20.
While returning from the fag-raising at
Little Northfield last Saturday evening,
the four-horse team of A. A. Joslyn in
which the band was riding met with Sc
rious mishap when near the residence of
W. FL. Dunsmoor. The night was intensely
dark and the wagon, with its occupants,
went over steep embankment. Fortu-
nately the king-bolt broke and the fore
wheels of the wagon, with the horses, re-
manned in the road Several members OF
the band were severely bruised, and Frank
L. Averill received injuries about the head
and right arm that will contine him to the
house for some time. Many of the instru-
ments were badly battered. Help was
summoned and farm wagon was secured
to bring the men to Mortified. 1t was a
wonderful escape from much more serious
results.
Rev. William j. Kidder, one of the oldest
members of the Vermont Conference, died
last Saturday evening at his home on Main
street, aged eighty-six years. He has been
a great sufferer for years from inhammatory
rheumati SIN, and for the past three years
has been confined to his home. Mr.. Kidder
was born in Weatherstield on April 49, 1910.
At the age OF twenty-one he joined the Yer
mont Conference, and for thirty-eight years
he was one of the leading preachers Of the
state in that denomination. He was the
| first Methodist preacher in Vermont to
command an annual salary of 500. He
was stationed at Mortified, and during his
pastorate here the present Methodist church
was built at cost of nearly 5000. He
leaves a widow, Rhoda f., and one daugh-
ter Julia Kidder. His funeral will be held
| this afternoon at two o'clock from the
Methodist church, Rev. L. p. Tucker as
sisted by Presiding Elder Beeman and some
of the older clergymen of the conference,
officiating.
The colored tramp, who was 80 badly in
| jured in the railroad yard as TO necessitate
the amputation Of one foot, as noted last
week, has been taken to the residence of Mrs.
Jerome, on Pleasant street. The town au-
thorities have engaged Mrs. Jerome TO care
| for him until he can be moved. He states
that his home is in Cambridge, Mass. but
still refuses to give his name. He states
that he came from Cambridge to Barre with
carload of horses and was on his way
home when the accident occurred. He was
riding on the buffers Of freight-car to save
his fare and fell asleep. The man who was
with him has not been heard from. He had
grip that contained some clothes belong
ing to the injured man, and as he was also
stealing a ride, he must have known OF the
accident that befell his companion. 1t has
been learned through parties from Barre
that the name of the injured man is George
Little. He has been living in Barre since
the horse show held in Boston several
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