The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-10-27
Middlesex.

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town on Friday.
The leak in the dam is stopped and all is
| quiet once more.
Fred l.. Vain has finished work at
| Wright & Richardson's
| Nathaniel Ennis saw two deer recently
| on hts way home from the village.
The Unitarian Ladies' Aid intend to hold
| their church fair on December s.
Mrs. Jane ID lniels is in Waterbury visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. G. G. Graves.
W. w. Chandler has been in Boston the
| past week on well-earned vacation.
John Smith is moving into one of Mrs.
Holden's tenements, from the Horace
| Steele house.
chusetts on the excursion, to be absent
about month.
The Hill Whist Club met with Mrs
| Charles Silloway on Saturday evening
| There were nine tables.
| Fire has burned over one hundred acres
of woodland owned by Hon. William Chap
in, and at last reports was still raging.
L. w. Guyette, f. b. Miles and Harold
| X. Ward are among those who possess new
guns, and there is being some large hunting
done these days.
H B. Nichols and s. o. Meade went out
| after deer on Thursday and although they
did not capture one they report that they
| saw doe In the distance.
George II. Alexander is the proprietor OF
new cider mill which is turning out the
beverage at rapid rate. 1t Is reported that
Mr.. Alexander has contracted for 1000
bushels of apples.
e. e. Campbell, the Ne,os correspondent,
wife and son, Harold, are expected to re-
turn tomorrow 1t is alleged that the alb.
sence of his items in the Ne1s last week
has set the town back two decades in its
progress.
On Saturday morning, Hon. William Cha
pin received the intelligence that his son,
Harry, who had recently returned to the
South, was seriously i'll with yellow fever,
and following this came the dispatch on
Sunday that he had passed away that morn
ing Harry Chaplin was thirty-six years of
age and had spent the greater part of his
mature life in the South where he was en-
inently successful and highly respected. He
married q young lady of the South, who
disease, consumption. To them was born
one child, daughter, Kate, and upon his
| wife's dying request Mr. Chaplin brought
her here to her grandparents this summer,
and had only reached his home in the South
when he was stricken down, he being quar-
antined while en- route, but the required
time elapsed and he was allowed to proceed
to his destination, Selma, Ala. Coming as
it does so suddenly and unexpectedly it is
severe shock to Mr.. and Mrs. Chaplin and
survive him. The family have the sympa-
| thy of the entire community in their hour
| of bereavement.
DREADFULLY NERvoUs.-Gents:-I was
dreadfully nervous, and for relief took your
Karl's Glover Root Tea. 1t quieted my
nerves and strengthened my whole nervous
| system, 1 was troubled with constipation,
| kidney and bowel trouble. Your Tea soon
cleansed my system so thoroughly that L
rapidly regained health and stsength. Mrs.
s. A. Sweet, Hartford, Conn. Sold by w.
Ryegate.
Mrs. Jaynes and daughter, Mrs. Sylvester
and Mrs. Smith were in what might have
proved very serious accident last Thurs
day, but fortunately they all escaped with
out much injury. Mrs. Smith was the least
fortunate, her face being badly cut up.
They were coming from Wells River depot.
and in turning sharp corner the carriage
tipped and they were thrown from it,
Quite good many of our townspeople
took advantage OF the excursion to Boston
last week. 80 Rev. r. A. Collins and
family returned from their vacation last
Thursday. u. A. Nolan took a car
load OF cattle to Boston on Monday. -
G. L. Page, who has been at home
for the past six weeks, returned to his work
in Boston last Thursday.
Roxbury.
f11ty-One from JnlS place called on Mon
roe Rich last Thursday at East Granville it
being his birthday. - The Christian
Endeavorers are to hold a box social next
Friday evening at the Congregational ves-
try. - A town meeting was called last
| Saturday to raise money to fix the road
with. The meeting was adjourned indef-
nitely. - Seth Flint's farm buildings
came very near being destroyed by fire last
week, which started in the woods back Of
the house. - G. R. Andrews has bought
a quantity of timber Of E. w. Whetmore
- Robert Gribbln went to Boston Tues
day night on the excursion. - Mrs.
Julia Lavalle of Montpelier is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Charles Fisk 60 Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Gleason of Elkland. Penn, visited at
Jones Ferris last week. ID. B. Howe,
ST., is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Brigham,
Frank Martelle of Aver, Mass, was in
town last week. - There are four chill
dren in town who have tonsilitis.
East Roxbury.
Steven Holden went to Burlington on
Tuesday to see his wife who is in the hos
pital - Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Pres
ton from Woodstock were guests at George
Foss on Tuesday. - Alice Webster ex-
poets to go to California the first of Novem-
Der to remain through the winter with her
uncle. - The creamery is to run only
every other day commencing the first of the
week. - Timothy Blanchard went to
Hyde Park last week to attend the reunion.
- Winifred Foss closed successful
term OF school in this district on Saturday
in the afternoon. The scholars were invit-
ed to the teachers home where pleasant
time was enjoyed.
SOMETHING TO KNOW.-It NAV he