The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-10-20
bradford,

Miss Kate Rowe OF Fitchburg, Mass, Is
spending a few weeks at A. e. Hunkins'.
Master Henry Watson returned to St.
Johnsbury on Monday morning where he is
attending school.
Hon. 8. X. Berry Of Thetford was q well
come figure on our streets on Saturday. He
Is as genial as ever.
David Pillsbury of whiteside, Tennessee,
visited his brother, b. L. Pillsbury, for a
few hours last week.
The village schools were closed part of
last week as many of the teachers were at
tending the teachers convention, which
was held at Woodstock.
Charles J.. Wright has sold his place,
known as the Thomas Hartley place to
Mrs. Jesse II. Hannaford.
Miss Edith Brooks, who has been visiting
her uncle at Thetford for a few days, re-
turned on Monday morning.
Hon. r. M. Harvey was in town on Satur-
day having business with Roswell Farnham
whom he found quite unwell.
A. A. Adams of Belmont, Mass, attended
the funeral of his brother-in'law, j. g.
Winship, on Thursday afternoon.
Miss Annie Brewster, who has been Wis
iting her uncle, j. e. Sleeper, for several
weeks left for Westminster on Monday.
Mrs. A. II. Webb started on Saturday for
the annual gathering of the Woman's Home
Missionary Society, to be held at Baltimore,
Md, this week.
Clarence Martin returned home from
Middletown, Conn, on Saturday evening
where he has been taking a course OF study
at the Wesleyan University.
j. b. Pickett shot and killed three wild
| ducks at Lake Morey on Friday when he
and II. @. McDuffee were there surveying
a piece Of land which he had bought OF e.
II. Houghton.
Fred b. Carleton was called here on
Thursday to attend the funeral of his grand
father, j, G, Winship. Mr.. Carleton is en-
ployed by the Howard watch and clock
company of Boston.
Mrs. Henry McDuffee attended the nation
al meeting OF the woman's Foreign Mission
airy Society at Hartford, Conn, last week.
She will visit her son in Boston this week
and is expected home on Saturday.
Electric lights with handsome chandeliers
are being hung in the Congregational
church, and the edifice, which has been I'M
dergoing repairs, is expected to be ready
for occupancy next Sunday.
Henry Chadw wick and wife of Newton,
Mass, rave been taking q trip to the
mountains and are stopping in own for a
short time. Mr.. Chadwick was born in
Bradford and attended school in Goshen in
district No. a. He left tow in 1851 and is
now a successful contractor and builder in
Boston. He is one of the many self made
men that have gone out from Bradford.
As S. D.. Gage was taking a walk the
the other evening he saw one of those black
and white spotted beauties (known as
skunks) coming toward him. He did not
think 1t wise to run and as he had never
had an introduction to him and did not
care to make his acquaintance, he remained
perfectly still and so much like q statue
did he look that the animal came up and
gnawed the toe Of his boot for awhile and
then ran away, but says he does not care to
meet the gentleman again.
DR.. Foret Leavitt and his little daughter,
Mildred, Of West Somerville, Mass, have
been stopping in town with his father,
William H. Leavitt, for the past ten days.
1t is very pleasant to meet any Of the old
Bradford boys on our streets. Mr.. Leavitt
has been quite successful in his chosen pro-
fession. He was on the city surgeons staff
and practiced in the city hospital for some
three years or more, and has held many po-
sitions Of honor and trust in his adopted
city.
The annual meeting of the Bradford Lii
brary Association was held on Wednesday
of last week at the library building, and the
following officers were elected: Mrs. Eliza
A. Barrett, j. B. Pickett and j. B. W.
Prichard, trustees for three years. ]. G.
Stearns resigned as trustee and V. A. Doty
was.elected to fill the vacancy. The trus.
tees elected j. B. Pickett for PRESIDENT;
Mrs. R. B. McDuffee, vice-president; Mrs.
Anna Spaulding, secretary; V. A. Doty,
treasurer; Mrs. e. A. Barrett, auditor; Mrs.
Jones, Mrs. Barrett and Mrs. McDuffee,
book COMMITTEES; Mrs. Spaulding, librarian;
P. s. Chamberlin, assistant librarian.
Bradford Center.
James w. Kelley has had a relapse but
his friends are in hopes Of his recovery.
- Mrs. George Silloway and daughter
Ella, nave returned to their home again af-
ter an all summers absence. - Joseph
Carter Winship, n of Bradford's most
highly esteemed Christian citizens, was
buried on October IA. The funeral was at
the house, Rev. A. a. Webb officiating,
Capt. P. s. Chamberlin, conductor.
Brookfeld.
The thirtieth anniversary of the wedding
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fullam was very
pleasantly celebrated by a few of their
friends at their home on Saturday evening.
Thursday from Plainield where she has
been spending the summer with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Abbott. - Chandler Ladd is in
town again. - Henry Fullam's farm
house, which he has been having remodeled
the past summer. is nearly completed.
- j. B.'Perham is making quite extern
sive repairs upon his house. = Ed.
Lowell and Emory Smith have been on q
hunting expedition in Maine for the past
two or three weeks. - The annual
squirrel hunt occurred on Thursday. The
captains were George Wilbur and Harry
Jones. Wilbur's company won the day.
About seventy.five attended the oyster sup
per in the evening. $50 Graves and Gala
gan started on their annual trip on Tuesday
of last week with a large drove Of cattle.
- Carver Greene has engaged to carry
the mail between this place and Randolph
the remainder of the term or until the sum-
mer Of 1901. - company OF Good
Templars with several others attended q
husking at Albert Sargent's on Saturday
evening. A very pleasant time is reported.
- Mrs. Mary Perham Mills Of Ryegate,
with her little son, has been visiting at the
home Of her father, j. B. Perham, the past
week. - Mr.. and Mrs. Cassius Peck OF
Burlington were in town last week. -
Miss Lulu Sargent and Misses Goss and
Sessions, teachers in town, attended the
educational meeting at Woodstock last
week. - Mrs. Martha Brooks and son Of
Franconia, N. H., have been visiting at Mr.
F%ullam's, Mrs. Brooks former home, the
past week.
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