The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-17
Calais.
Calais.
Measles are quite prevalent in town,

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There is a new daughter at the home of
Omar Wheelock.
Mrs. c. e. Robinson has been visiting in
Montpelier recently.
There is an effort being made to move the
Calais post-office to Maple Corner. 1t will
| probably not be successful
Merue Hawkins, who had commenced
work for Mrs. Edwin Foster in East Mont
pelier is at home sick, land Archie Lam
phere is taking his place at Mrs. Fosters.
Some of our farmers have been preparing
| for sugaring. s. III. Foster has about three
hundred trees tapped, but the blizzard of
Sunday night and Monday was somewhat
| of set back
John w. Burbank has begun work for NJ.
| @. Allen for the season.
Charles M. Hunt has rented the David
Smith farm for year, beginning April LIST.
He will move there and carry on his farm
| also.
| y Calvin Goodwin has declined to accept his
| election as school director, and the select
men have appointed Azarah Barnes in his
place. - Mrs. Maria b. Medcalf has re-
turned from her visit of some length in
Franklin county.
Sherburn Hutchinson, late instructor in
natural science at Casenovia IN Y. Semin-
| ary, will give lecture at the town hall on
ticon views. Mr.. Hutchinson brings high
testimonials, and it is believed that he will
give an instructive and thoroughly enjoy
! able evening.
When George f. Bixby of Plattsburg. N.
Y, now sixty-eght years of age, was boy
| in town, he was struck with a stanza in
scribed on the door of the clock-room in the
belfry of the Congregational church. Visit
| ing the belfry some thirty years ago, hs
found all but the first line missing, and
that did not long survive. Remembering
this first line, he has tried repeatedly to
find the rest, and has only recently sue.
ceeded. He sends to his brother, Hira l..
Bixby, a copy of the stanza to be replaced
on the door, as follows:
~ serve thee with all my might,
To tell the hours by day, by night;
Therefore, example take by me
To serve thy God as 1 serve thee'
Mr.. Bixby recalls that at the time of
the burning of the Jail, he, then a
young man, was chiefly instrumental in
saving the church from similar fate.
Frank w. Button is working for Sarah e.
Wells. - Cecil G. harrington has gone
Herbert T. Judd is working for George
Colby of Williamstown. - B. w. Smith
of Lowell Mass, has been in town for few
days. - A Methodist sociable at P. j.
Titles on Wednesday evening Of last week
prevented the presentation of 1.-THE Mikado"
last Thursday evening, as one OF the COM
pany is daughter of Mr. Foster, and the
entertainment has been indefinitely post
poned. - James r. Goodell of Tun-
bridge was married to Daisy Belle Dunbar,
aged fifteen, on the 9th inst.
Corinth.
Such sudden changes in the weather,
colds seem to be general.
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few farmers, however, were prepared for it,
B. B. Scribner has purchased the resi-
dence Of G. N. Winchester, who recently
bought a farm in Bradford and has moved
there.
Mrs. B. f. Cilley, an invalid for long
time, was found dead upon the floor, in her
own house, on the afternoon of Wednesday,
March 10.
John W. Robbie has Plymouth Rock pull
let that commenced laying at the age Of four
months and four days, and has layed, with
out cessation, seventy-three eggs. John
W." expects great results from this hen, I'M
der good republican administration.
Mrs. George Jewell slipped and fell on Fri
day, breaking her leg. Had it not been for
the importantly of a faithful dog, she might
have laid out Of doors, in the storm, long
time, as the family, save sister, was away.
The dog rushed to this lady's room, and as
plainly as possible told of trouble. She fol-
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one. The intelligence Of our dumb animals
is wonderful. Treat them kindly. Mrs.
Jewell has the sympathy of the commu-
nifty.
East Corinth.
Nearly six inches of snow fell on Sunday.
East Corinth Creamery paid its patrons
twenty-five cents for February butter.
The last dance of the season will be given
by the Skim Milk Club on Thursday even
ing.
d. W. Hatch was at home last week a
few days but returned to St. Johnsbury on
Thursday.
Mrs. j. K. Chamberlain, who has been i'll
at Charles Pages, returned to Wrentham.
Mass, on Saturday.
Rev. A. M. Smith of Williamstown will
preach for the Universalists next Sunday
at three P. NJ. Evening service at half past
seven.
David Wards family are having the
measles. Mrs. Ward is very sick.
George Mcguire has been sick at Cassville
several days and not able to drive the stage.
Giles Kenyon and wife went to Water
bury last week and will go from there to
Lowell, Mass.
Charlie Virgins and Fay Blake have gone
to Bradford to work. Charlie works for
Edwin Norcross and Fay for Joseph Cotey
| UOnn MdRulT6, WHO DboH III pOOI
health the past two years, is now failing
fast. His daughter Cora and Leon Brown,
the boy who has been living there this win
ter are also both sick and under the doctors
care.
North Duxbury.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Goodwin of Mont.
pelier are visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
,, George Pape.
= George Haskins moved last Saturday to
Woodbury., where he has a position to work
on the quarres.
I While Edward Conley was at work in the
}, woods last week, his axe glanced, cutting
t quite an ugly cash in his instep.
! w. o. Smith of st. Armand, P. O., who
d has been visiting friends in town, went tt
o Montpelier last Thursday to help Evangel
= list Shaw in his work.
Il North Montpelier.
IS Orlando Knapp, who has been spending
the winter at Tampa, Florida, returned las