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

a weeks outing at Saratoga Springs. -
John X. Sprague is in poor health.
Cabot.
Mrs. Julia Steele and children o
Worcester, Mass, are visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Damon.
Look out for the army worm. Repor
came from Barre last week that garden
had been devastated by this pest.
The Epworth League will hold picni,
at Sabin Pond tomorrow Thursday, TAX
ing in the far.famed quarries and other OBJ
jects of interest All are invited
Barrows & Peck of Montpelier have Ros,
ensilage cutters in stock. Write for prices
East Cabot.
N L. Wilson was thrown from his hay
wagon recently, and broke one bone in his
left shoulder.
Thomas Cassidy from the Soldiers Home
is visiting friends here for few weeks
Charles Dunn OF Minneapolis, Mimi, is
visiting his brother, III. Dunn. - Miss
Alice Hodgkiss of Meriden, Conn, and Mrs
Fred Utton Of Morrisville have been visit.
ing at W. l.. Adams - Mrs. e. Allen
OF Lynn, Mass, is visiting her sister, Mrs
N. X. Abbott. - Mrs. Martha Huges
and daughter of st. Helens, Eng, are visit
ing her father, William Carr. - Mrs
the illness Of her daughter.
Chelsea.
Preliminary work has begun at the plum
bago mine, and active operations may soon
be expected.
A daughter was born to Rev. and Mrs.
Charles s. Coulter OF North Chemung, n.
Y, on the Oath ult.
The other heirs of the late Mrs. Harriet
A. Bacon have Quitclaimed their right in
her house and lot to her daughter, Mrs.
Maria B. Metcalf
Leroy l.. Sleeper's horses and wagons
were sold at auction on Saturday for the
benefit OF secured creditors. The owner is
still in parts unknown.
There is now no direct telegraphic COM
municatlon between Chelsea and the out
side world. Messages must be telephoned
to South Royalton and wired from that
point.
Hon. Matthew Hale of Albany, N. Y, has
engaged to give reminiscent address at
the county court centennial the last of this
month, and Governor Roswell Farnham
will give the historical address.
Among recent arrivals in town, largely
for osteopathic treatment, are as follows
Mrs. o. n. Renfrew of Bradford, Mrs. Mary
Bruce and Irving Bruce of New Haven,
Conn, Mrs Charles Jones, Mr.. and Mrs.
John @. Stearns and Mr.. and Mrs. John H.
Watson and son of Bradford, Charles
Wheelock of Barre, A Blanchard, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. j. Sibley, f. D. Dewey and son and
A. A. Stebbins of Montpelier.
l.. Harvey Sanborn died OH Friday after a
long illness, in his seventy-ffth year He
making here, and has many friends through
this section. He leaves son, II. Eugene
Sanborn of Springfield, Ill.,. and daugh-
ter, Minnie e. The funeral services were
attended on Sunday afternoon, Rev. Mr..
Allen officiating. Mr.. Sanborn had been
church, and for some time an official men,
Der.
At the democratic county convention,
held here last Thursday, II. NJ. Miller Of
West Fairlee presided, and the following
nominations were made: Senators, Alexan-
der Green of Newbury and William B.
Wall of Randolph; assistant judges, B. f.
Ordway of Topsham and Lewis Dickerman
of Tunbridge; states attorney, M. M. Will
son of Randolph; sheriff, George B. Harri-
man Of Bradford; high bailiff, w. B. d.
Avery of Bradford; judges of probate, S. M.
Gleason of Thetford and George Beckett of
Williamstown; county commissioner, John
A. Stanley of Washington. AS county COM
mittee, A. A. Olmsted of Newbury, H. Nj.
Miller of West Fairlee and w. B. Wall of
Randolph were chosen The resolutions
adopted ratified the Chicago platform. r.
s. Childs of Brattleboro made an address,
which is said not to have shed much light
on current issues.
NJ Emma Hatch is critically i'll at Han.
over, N H., and her sister, Mrs. e. d.
Barnes, has gone there. G. o. Burn.
recovey was despaired of, bat he is now
thought to be improving. - Ann Minard
is dangerously i'll. - Maude s. Merrill is
acting as secretary for DR.. G. j. Helmer.
- Lester Spear OF Lowell, Mass. is WIS.,
iting his father, w. A. Spear. - Julian
parents. John wyman of Des-
Moines, Iowa, is at j. E. Morris - H.
L. Bixby has resigned his position as school
director, and the vacancy has not yet been
filled by the selectmen. - Mr. and Mrs.
G. M. G. Hatch of Grinnell, Iowa, old resi-
dents, are in town.
A matched game of baseball will be
played next Saturday afternoon at Cook
vile between the Hayseeds of Cookville
and the Vershire nine.
West Corinth.
A daughter, weighing nearly eleven
pounds, was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah
Virgins last week Monday.
Mrs. Mary Hanson died last week Mon.
day, after brief illness Her funeral was
dU bu6 uOuse Oh wednesday,, htV. II. L
Sargent officiating.
Mrs. G. NJ. Dickey of Lowell, Mass, and
her sister, Mrs. @. A. Densmore OF Chelsea
visited their uncle, Stillman Virgins, last
Friday. - Mr.. Leavitt, nephew of Mrs
A. Litch, whom she had not seen for eight
years, visited her last week - Mrs. e
A. Dickinson and daughter OF st. Johns
bury and Mrs. NJ. e. Nation of Chelses
visited at G. #. Blake's last week
FairIee.
There was a large party at the hop at the
Glen Falls House Friday night.
All express themselves as more thar
pleased with the lake and its surroundings
They call it charming summer resort.
More people were at Lake Morey las
week than ever before at any one time, the
number being about $50 regulars and many
transients.
The people of Fairlee and vicinity were
afforded an opportunity of listening to
very able discourse last Sunday by PROBES
sor Richardson of Hanover, N. III. His
subject was Creation" Mr.. Richardson
is an eloquent orator and holds the atten
ton of his audience from start to finish.
The Hale Brothers, natives of Oxford, N
H., and their families, to the number Of
twelve persons, came from Boston anC