The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01
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II. w. Blake has been engaged to teach
| school for the winter term at Warren, N. III
Mrs. A. l.. Fabyan, who has been visiting
| In town returned to Boston on Tuesday oil
| last week.
A. Il. Flfeld the popular jeweler with V
| A. Doty & Co., spent Thanksgiving with his
| sister at Putney.
Fred A. Carter and wife of st. Jobnsbury
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Ii. Child of Lyndopville
spent Thanksgiving at @. @. Doty's.
Owing to slight accident to the electric
light wire, our streets were without lights
for several hours on Friday evening.
T. A. Chase, our new postmaster, was
called to st. Adams by telephone on Mon
day, to attend the franklin county court as
witness.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. W. Bisbee, who have
been visiting in town for several days, re-
turned to their home in Vergennes on Tues
day of last week.
Charles @. Farnham and son of Buffalo,
N. Y, and Mr. and Mrs. e. G. Osgood OF
Bellows Falls were at Ex- Governor Roswell
Farnham's for Thanksgiving.
V. A. Doty went to Boston on Friday
morning on a short business trip, @. O..
Morris taking his place in the Western
Union telegraph Office during his absence.
Ernest b. McDuffee of Boston, New
England agent of the New York Hecla
Powder Company, spent a few days with
his parents last week, returning to Boston
on Monday morning.
M. j. Butler has moved from the e. o.
Leonard house on Wright Avenue to the
tenement house near the railroad station
lately vacated by I. A. Chase, who has
moved into his new house on Main street.
e. o. Leonard has been repairing the
house which he bought OF Henry w. Lowd,
and is now adding a piazza, which will
greatly improve the appearance OF the
place Messrs. Cunningham and Lamb are
doing the work.
Ezekiel 7. johnson of Bradford, Pa,
very successful business man, has been Wis
iting for several days at Ex-Governor Farm
hams. Mr. johnson is a brother of Mrs
Farnham and was born in town. His many
friends were glad to see him.
George A. Dickey, who has been our
postmaster for the past four years, vacated
the Office last week, and his successor, T. A.
Chase, took possession. Mr. Dickey was in
variably pleasant and accommodating and
was very popular with all classes.
Hon. B. II. Paine, wife and daughter, Me-
tella, spent Thanksgiving at j. b. w.
Prichards. Mr.. Paine is deputy custom col
lector at Newport under the present admin
istration. Miss Metella has position as
teacher in the Normal school at Randolph
The second OF the series in the Star Lee.
Thursday evening. Colonel George W.
Balm of Kentucky gave his lecture entitled
the New Woman and the Old Man" 1t is
seldom that our people have the privilege OF
listening to such an able speaker and one
who is entire master of his subject Colonel
Balm was the guest of III. K. Parker on
Thursday evening.
T. A Chase has received the appointment
and commission for postmaster at Bradford,
entering upon his duties on Monday. He is
a man who has had an extensive business
experience, also much experience in public
life as is shown by the many positions of
honor which he has held previous to his
becoming q resident OF this place. He was
sent as town representative to the State leg
isature at Montpelier from the town OF Jay
for three consecutive terms. He served as
clerk and treasurer for the same town sew
eral years, also as postmaster. Mr.. Chase
was sent as representative from Bradford to
the legislature at Montpelier in the falls Of
1894 and 1896, attending to the matters
which were brought to his immediate at
tention in a manner which has won him the
esteem of all concerned. He has secured as
assistant at the post-office, Miss Nella San
born, which assures the public Of good SER
vice and prompt attention to all business
connected with the Office.
Miss Allie Hughes, Norfolk, Va, was
frightfully burned on the face and neck.
Pain was instantly relieved by DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salve, which healed the injury
without leaving a scar. 1t is the famous
pile remedy. w. Il. Terrill & Co.
East Brookfield.
George w. Peake of East Granville Is in
town visiting. j. G. Holmes and W.
Fl. Sprague are the petit jurors drawn from
this town to the December court at Chelsea
- Miss Lima Price is visiting relatives
in Montpelier. Miss Lillian Sprague
ioit inn har mo har hn
- DR.. l., G. Wakefield and wife OF
Montpelier spent Thanksgiving with G. W.
Clark and wife. - Miss Mary Sweet left
on Thursday for Triton, N. H., where she
has a situation in a wrapper factory. -
Or. M. 8; Marshall OF Montpelier spent
sister. - The remains of Mrs. Myrtle
(Holmes) Jewell, who died at her home in
Everett, Massachusetts, Nov. 20, were
brought here on Nov 22Dd accompanied by
her husband and her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
held from the church on Tuesday, Rev. P.
p. Womer officiating. Mrs. Jewell was "a
years, % days old at the time OF her death
which resulted from appendicitis. Besides
her husband an infant son is left to mourn
the great loss. Much sympathy is felt by
the whole community for those who are
bereft of sister, daughter, wife and mother.
Chelsea.
Blanche Townsend came home from Meri-
den, N. H., for Thanksgiving. - Fred
K. Atwood came home from Dartmouth
College for Thanksgiving, accompanied by
his classmate, III. Il Reyes. - Decem-
Der term Of county court opens on Tuesday
of next week, Chief Justice Ross presiding.
A. l.. Sprague and III. f. Nation are the
jurors drawn from this town OF the cases
which may be tried, Dexter Us. Moore is the
one OF greatest local interest. - Some OF
the schools begin this week and others next
week. The only changes in the corps of
t. achers for the winter are Mrs. Abbie L.
Davis in No. 6, and Nellie ID. Baines in No.
s. - Will q. Holmes was in Brookfied
several days last week, on the occasion of
his sisters funeral - Grin p Bacon and
wife have both been quite i'll, but are now
improving. - Mrs. Mary A. Judd has
taken rooms in j. K. Atwoods house, and
will board with her daughter, Mrs. Stanton.
Her daughter Belle returned to Jersey City,
N. j., on Tuesday. - III. o. Bixby has
resumed the position which he held 80 long
as local editor of the Chelsea Herald. -
Frank and Dan Dickinson have the me asles
- Ny rton K. Sargent has gone to Bos-
ton, where he will work for his brother Ben,
who is Of the firm Of b. K. Sargent & Co
manufacturing chemists. - Roy III.
Roberts has returned to his home in Proctor
vile. - Mrs. T. j. Doyle has returned
from the hospital in Burlington much i'm
proved in health. g. Twelve persons en-
tered the teachers examination held on