The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-09
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many months Of invalidsm.
Mrs. George @. Earle, now of Barre, has
recently visited her old home here.
Miss Elizabeth Goldthwaite of Calais
preached at the Universalist church here on
Sunday.
Alec Bruce of Barre has hired one of Les
lie ID. Gales houses on his farm for the
summer season.
w. e. Randall of Cambridge, Mass, and
a son-in-law of Rev. William Schofeld were
in town last week.
Frank Lougee, who is employed at the
Reform School in Vergennes recently made
brief visit to his old home here.
Rev. p. p. Womer and Barney d. Flint
attended the Orange County Congregational
Convention at Thetford last week.
Mrs. M. j. White and daughter, now OF
Melrose, Mass, are staying at present in
New London, N. H., a very pleasant sum-
mer resort
BE-. Sbley is advised by his surgeon,
DR.. L. NJ. Bingham of Burlington. to return
within few weeks for a second removal OF
the sore in his ear.
Herbert, only son OF Daniel Townsend
has returned to Hartford. Conn, after
short vacation at home. He is employed in
a machine shop there.
Miss Annie Mckee Is employed, tempo
rarily, at the Monument House, but will
Fabyan House, White Mountains.
Will Kibbee, who started in the granite
business several months ago, Is said to be
giving employment to nine or ten stone
cutters. We all wish him success.
Mrs. Charles r, Benedict was in Mont
pelier on Monday to meet her invalid sister,
Mrs. Carrie Seaver Edgerly Of Middlesex,
who is in Montpelier for treatment,
A match game OF base ball was played
here on Saturday afternoon nv the SOuth
Barre and Williamstown boys The latter
were the victors on the score of % to 6.
Tracy L. Jeffords delivered an address at
the Soldiers Home in Washington, ID. c.,
on Memorial Day that the Evening Star Of
that city says was " an eloquent one."
Strong hopes are now entertained for
Mrs. Charles Edison, who has been so Sc
riously i'll for some weeks and who is not
yet allowed to lift her head from the pillow
Householder Walter Hubbard, now of
South Royalton, and Rev. William Scho-
field recently came within $50 OF a trade in
the matter OF erecting house for the latter
| here.
Rev. William schofeld, being laid aside
from his regular work by i'll health, has
taken an agency for 1.-THE Hunter Toothless
| Curry Comb" that is receiving warm
praise.
Mrs. DR.. George e. Maloy, Of St. Cloud,
| Minnesota, with her son and daughter, Is
expected here this week, for stay of some
two months with her mother. Mrs. Chester
| Martin.
The lecture at the town hall last wednes-
day evening, by Miss Elizabeth M. Yates
of Maine, was largely attended and greatly
enjoyed She clamors for suffrage for
| women.
One of the very best Memorial sermons
ever delivered here,we judge, was preached
last Memorial Day in the Methodist church
| hxy T rhrr
that filed the house.
We hear that Eugene Call, son-in-law OF
Mrs. Denison Martin, may leave granite
| cutting for time, anyway, and return to
his trade OF house building, on account of
weakness of the lungs.
The Arion Glee Club OF Mortified, will
give concert at onr town hall on Friday
| evening OF next week, under the auspices
OF the CoHgregationalist Ladies' Society.
Admission, adults twenty-five cents; child
rem fifteen cents.
The Vermont Central Association of Uni
versalists held convention here last week
Wednesday and Thursday, that brought
out goodly number OF attendants. The
programme as carried out, we Judge to
have been greatly enjoyed.
1t is expected here that George L. Edison,
| our present assistant postmaster, will
surely get the appointment of postmaster in
due time, since he received 142 out of the
ZUO VoteS cast, IN the recent meeting OF Re-
publican voters called to express their
choice OF candidates.
Batchelder & Company OF Boston, who
| own the Berlin Creamery, offer to put in a
fully equipped creamery here, If our citizens
will give them the ground and the founda-
tions for buildings, etc. A paper is in cir
| culation to raise the several hundred dol
lars needed for the purpose.
Mrs. j. X. Lynde is planning for a con-
cert to be given later, for the purpose of
supplying music books for Congregational
church purposes. She has been doing a
great work, in months past, in training a
children's choir that furnishes the music
for the Sunday evening services.
The Congregational Ladies' Society will
hold reception, at the parsonage this
evening from eight to ten o'clock, for the
purpose Of making our people the better
acquainted with Rev. and Mrs. P. P.
Womer, the occupants. Cake and ice
cream will be served. A cordial invitation
is given to all to be present on the occasion.
THEY are dandies said Thomas Bow
| ers, of the Crockett, Texas, Enterprise, while
| writing about DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
the famous little pills for sick headache and
disorders of the stomach and liver. W. E.
| Terrill & Co., Montpelier, vt.