The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-10

broken strings, from the Daughters OF Revo-
| luton; star from the Order OF Eastern
Star and white roses from the Odd Fellows;
pillow with REST" from Mrs. Flora Cobb
| of Montpelier; cut roses and carnations
from members of the family; boquet and
cross from near friends-all suggestive
of the text, The grass withereth, the
| flower fadeth, but the Word OF our God
shall stand forever" Funeral services were
held on Friday afternoon Rev. II. l.. Hart
well officiating
Misses Addie and Mary Smith vent to
Boston on Monday TO visit their sister, Mrs
L. w. Southwick - Miss Mary Smith
is in Boston to attend the millinery open
ings - Nathan Corlss and daughter
from Barre were at / II Myers last week.
IT is surprising what "wee bit of a
thing" can accomplish. Sick headache,
constipation, dyspepsia, sour stomach dir
illness, are quickly banished by DeWitts
Little Early Risers. Small pill. Safe pill.
Best pill. w. e. Terril & Co.
East Calais.
Alfred Jack is in charge of the tinshop
and store while the proprietor is taking an
enforced vacation, having succumbed to
n easles.
DIR. A. II. wishsrt is unable to visit pa
TENTS on account OF Ill health. DR.. M. X.
Dwinell is In Fargo, N. D., and we are prac-
tically without doctor.
LIZ
residents OF this place, died last Thursday
at their home In Lynn, Mass, OF consump-
ton and was brought here for burial on Sat-
urday. Funeral services conducted by A.
N. Bliss were held at Union Church.
Several meetings have been held recently
by the farmers in the interests Of q cooper
alive creamery. Sufficient stock having
been pledged to warrant such a step, 1t has
been decided that creamery be established
here A charter has been obi lined and q
meeting called for Thursday to elect officers
and perfect the organization
Chelsea.
The trial of j G. Davis for cruelty to ami
mails before Justice Emery on Wednesday
of last week, lasted through the day and
evening The trial was by jury, and the
jury brought in verdict OF guilty, with a
recommendation to mercy, and fine Of one
dollar and costs was imposed.
Record of weather for February as kept
by George Dewey: Maximum temperature,
43o, the 21st; minimum temperature 90, the
9th; mean temperature, 10 60; mean tenn.
ature for February, 1896, 16 Do; total precip-
itation, 9inches; total precipitation in Feb
ruary, 1896, 4.56 inches: total snowfall, 81
inches; total snowfall in February, 1896, 33
inches; depth OF snow at end OF month, %
inches; at end Of February, 1896. II inches.
Town meeting was notable in several
ways: 1t was the shortest ON record. adj
journed shortly after twelve O'Clock; no bal
lot was had except for road commissioner;
the number of modest citizens who declined
the offices to which they were elected was
surprisingly large. The tax voted was 100
cents, which does not include school and high
way taxes "a motion to raise 10 cents addition
al school tax to apply on the Indebtedness
Of the town school district, was lost. The
road commissioner was instructed to divide
the town into not less than eight districts,
and to appoint an agent in each to have
charge of the highways therein. Fifty dol
lars was appropriated for the public library.
The free use of the town hall was voted for
Memorial Day exercises. The selectmen
were instructed not to build sidewalks at
town expense. The ballot for road COM
missioner resulted as follows Horace Mox-
by, ia; w. M. Mattoon 3d. sc altering, 4.
AS the list OF officers transmitted by tele-
phone was hardly recognizable in last
weeks WATcHMAN, it is given below in
full. Moderator, j. M. Comstock; clerk,
treasurer and trustee OF public money, W.
p. Townsend selectmen, O. p. Dickinson,
II. s. Fits, j. NJ Flint; overseer, G. P.
Dickinson; constables. Alonzo Noyes, G. e.
Godfrey; collector, G. e. Godfrey; listers,
Alvah Carpenter, G. e. Bohonon, A. L.
Sprague; auditors, W. s. Hatch, j. A. r.
Corwin, G. s. Emery; grand jurors, circuit
Bixby, G: l.. Hayward, j. A. X. Corwin;
school director for three years, Calvin
Goodwin; for one year, e. W. Hood; road
commissioner, Horace Moxley; trustee of
public library, DR.. M. FL. Corwin agent, G.
s. Emery; inspector OF leather, F. K. Allen;
pound keeper, Willis Scales; inspector of
lumber f. r. Beckwith; fence viewers, Sc
lectmen.
Mrs. Sarah M. Nation has returned from
Lynn, Mass, where she spent the winter.
- Mr.. and Mrs. K. W. Ware have re-
turned from Hamilton, Ont. - Gertrude
Brownell of South Royalton succeeds Daisy
Rolfe of Tunbridge at the hotel. -
Mahlon III. Young was married at East Cor
NTH, Feb. %, to Anna Ball OF STAFFORD
They are living at G. M. Young's. -
Lester G. Darling will leave the David
Smith farm the first of April, and return to
Washington. Ethel A. White of STRAIT
ford has been spending few days at Frank
lin Dearborn's, - A young peoples So
ciable at the Congregational vestries on
Friday evening called out good number,
despite the unfavorable weather. -
Mary e. Slack is working for ID. G. Blake
in Washington. The South Royalton
company will present the comic opera, The
Mikado, at the town hall on Thursday
evening" to be followed by dance. -
E. ID. Barnes will sell at auction on Satur-
day horse, five cows, and variety of
farming tools. - There will be stere-
opticon exhibition at the town hall on Fri
day evening, March 49, conducted by S. 9.
Hutchinson, who brings high testimonials
of the entertainment. - Harrie o. Flint
has bought the farm formerly known as the
Hunt place. situated ON the stage road just
south of the Tunbridge line, and will move
there soon. - Nellie NJ. Corwin went to
Boston on Tuesday, to be absent fortnight
or more. - There were two additions to
the Congregational church by confession
and one by letter on Sunday, and one in
FAINT was baptized. - Margaret K. Laird
is working in the family of ID. L. McAllister.
ONE minute is all the time necessary to
decide from personal experience that One
| Minute Cough Cure does what its name i'm
plies. w. e. Terrll & Co.
Copperfield.
Carpenter Johnson and wife have been
visiting his brother, Sedgewick in North
field.
There was preaching on Sunday by Rev
l.. LOOMS, and there will be a prayer.
meeting this evening at Mrs. Rix. Rev
Mr., Fuller will hold meeting next Sunday
A series of meetings have been held here
for the past three weeks, conducted by Rev
Mr.. Fuller of New York, assisted by George
Mann OF Barre and Lucien LOOMS and wife
of Post Mills, and Rev. e. johnson o.
Saratoga, N. Y.
George Kicker and family are to move tC
Manchester, N. H., this week. - Henry
Hodge injured his leg a number Of year,
ago. 1t has troubled him at times since