The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
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roso, Mass, are staying here at present.
Our band-stand is to be removed from its
present location to one near the town hall.
George Bruce, now of Warren, was in
! town over Sunday with his mother and sis
ter.
Carl j. Benedict and family of Water
bury, were at his old home here over Sun
day.
N. b. Cove of Plainfed is to build the
new creamery here, for Batchelder q Co. Of
Boston.
Miss Ethel, daughter of Mrs Ellen Bruce
Harrington, now OF New York, is visiting
| friends in town.
| 1t is said that our place is the first in the
state to confer diplomas upon graduates OF
| the grammar schools.
Two men from East Berlin, Conn, are in
| town putting in place the iron bridge near
Albert r. Martins shop.
There was quite large delegation Of
Free Baptists from here at their recent quar-
terly meeting in West Topsham.
William Folsom, a brother of Mrs. Ophir
| 8. Martin, and for years past q resident OF
| Wisconsin is about to revisit this place.
Friends Of Perkins Bass will be glad to
hear of his present good health. His family
will spend the summer in New Hampshire.
Henry A. Ainsworth has been building
cottage on the eastern shore of Lake Michi-
gan, and may likely pass much Of his time
there this season.
Miss Hattie Nichols has come up from
| Massachusetts to spend her summer vaca-
ton at her former home with her uncle,
| George w. Nichols.
Liberty Jefford shows us new potato,
measuring four by four and one.half inches
in circumference, dug June %, and from a
planting on May 90
Miss Mary, daughter of Henry A. Aims
worth, has been staying in some of the
principal cities of Italy in late months, and
is now in Switzerland.
Miss Laura, daughter of Mrs. Martha
Remission, and now of Illinois, is taking a
vacation here, after year in the Normal
School at Potsdam, N. Y.
Misses Susie M. Benedict, Saba Orcutt,
and Bertha Seaver, and Master Willie Flint
of our village school, have just graduated
from our grammar school.
Michele Sartorelli, an Italian workman in
Gresrson & Beckett's sheds, had a finger
broken recently, through the action of q
Jumper" while at work.
A Mr.. Noble of Potsdam N. Y, who is 8
student in a Montreal medical college, is do
ing vacation work in connection with Batch
elder & Co.'s separator here.
Mrs Flora Benedict Colby and Mrs. Ella
Benedict Griffin and daughter of Burlington
were last week the guests Of Their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Benedict.
Certain recent visitors here from out o.
the state, pay handsome compliment Il
our railway agent, j. W. Flint, for the
neatness that characterizes our station
house.
The second installment of taxes has beer
placed in the hands of our town treasurer
for collection, and must be paid not Later
than September 81, to get the four per CEN
discount.
A small delegation from here went on the
excursion to Plattsburgh last Saturday
One of the number reports disgracefu
amount Of drinking on the part of some o.
the excursionists
Gilbert o. Smith tells us of recently com
ing upon deer, while riding in Washing
ton, that proved so approachable, we hardly
see how one could desire to shoot it, even 1
the law allowed it now.
Charles Edison was at work last week OF
the carpet in the Congregational church. IL
the way OF repairing it, etc. 1t is said, now
that red carpet has not the durability o
carpets in some other colors.
One of our former residents will soon bt
compelled to submit to surgical operation
for the removal OF growth on the lowel
jaw bone, said to be the result of an injec
ton about tooth, for its painless removal
There will be a concert at the town hal
next week Friday evening, under the direc
ton of Mrs. j. X. Lynde and for the pur
pose of purchasing music books for use a
the Congregational church. A musica
treat may be looked for on the occasion
After the concert cake and ice cream will
be served by the Congregational Ladies'
Society.
Friends of Mrs. s. Talcott Perrin will bt
panied to hear that some months ago sht
fell in descending stairway in the home
of her daughter, in Des Moines, Ia, an(
since then has, at times, been great suf
ferer from injuries received. She was pre-
IN no m 70 a.
with her oldest daughter, when the acci
dent occurred.
The baseball game played here last Sat
urday afternoon between the Plainfeld ant
Williamstown teams, was won by tn,
former on a score of 20 to 10. The game
Williamstown team until their pitcher 60
quite severely hurt, when the tide suddenly
? and very markedly turned in favor of thu
Plainfeld boys.
The names of pupils in the primary
school having no absent marks during the
term just closed are, Quincy Carpenter
Royal Cheney, Aura Frankum, Myvanwy
Jones, Blodwin Jones, Frank Guild, Berthf
t Kiser, Fred Lavine, Leon McAllister, Franz
, Murphy, BERTHE Smith, Archie Staples, An
ME Wilfore, Titus Wilfore, Lindsay Win
chester. Those absent one day, Rache
Bruce, Robert Bruce, Agnes Bouchard
Walter Bouchard, Eddie Lunderville, Ed
gar Lunderville, Lucinda Lundervlle, War
rem Wilfore, Earl York, Richard Dragon.
While Rev. p. P. Womer, accompanied
by his wife and a lady friend from Somer
vile, Conn, and Mr.. Noble of Potsdam
N. Y, who is summering here, was driving
, in Berlin, last Wednesday, the pole of the
: carriage became detached in the ascent of
steep hill between Berlin Pond and West
Berlin. Fortunately the entire party es
) capped with no very serious injury, A pail
t of harnesses was badly damaged, however
and the carriage was somewhat injured. A
way was made to Northfield and another
, team engaged to bring the four persons
home. to arrive here about midnight.
On Monday at the Monument House, we
had the pleasure of little visit with A.
Martin Pettengill of Montpelier, and his
brother-in-law, Warren II. Ellis, now Of
Waukegan, Ill. The two gentlemen were
driving on the hills of Barre and Williams.
town, so familiar in earlier days to them
and recalling the old times, among them
one, in Mr.. Ellis "courtng days" when he
/ essayed to visit the home of his betrothed
on the west hill Of Barre, in snow storm
:, and lost his way. But he "got there" later
and we judge the faculty OF getting there
; has since served him well in a long life
, time.
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