The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-20
South RyeRate,

uh rs irom NOItn WOODSTOCK TO Plymouth,
N. II. - Mrs. Maggie Mcdonald re-
turned to Canada on Monday OF last week
on account Of her mothers illness -
Peach Thomas and M. II. Sargent have
gone into the COW business again this sea-
son, buying and selling. They now have
throughout the town will begin on April |
%. - The road machine with good |
gang Of men under the direction OF ID. M.
Corliss, road commissioner, will start out |
about the 18th, about two weeks earlier |
than usual. - The friends OF DR.. J. b. |
Darling and wife of South Ryegate will
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their
marriage, at their home, on the afternoon
and evening OF May 10. The occasion
is also the anniversary Of the fifty years OF
the DOCTORS practice. There will be no in
vitation cards sent out, but all frieLds are
cordially invited. - There will be an
old-fashioned lyceum at the Reformed
Presbyterian church on the evening OF
April 81, under the auspices Of the Ladies'
Aid Society. There will be defamation
by Peach Thomas, and a discussion Of the
following question: Resolved, that the
United States is justified in declaring war
with Spain" Dsputants: Affirmative, j.
Quint, DR.. j. B. Darling; negative, Jeffer-
son Renfrew, William Bone. A lyceum
paper edited by Mrs. Robert Gates and j. b.
Nelson will be read. The exercises will be
interspersed with vocal and instrumental
music. Admission twenty cents. Children
under fourteen admitted for ten cents.
A torpid liver robs you of ambition and
ruins your health DeWitt's Little Early
Rsers cleanse the liver, cure constipation
and all stomach and liver troubles. W. e.
Terrill & Co.
Newbury.
Mrs. G. II. Atkinson is visiting in Boston.
G. F. Darling is taking business trip to
Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Young of Bradford spent
last Sunday at A. Greer's.
The Easter concert exercises at the Meth
odist church were repeated at South New
bury school house on Sunday afternoon.
The Cuban sociable held at the residence
Of Mrs. @. f. Darling. on Friday evening
largely attended. The singing by Miss
Clark and Mrs. johnson of Bradford was a
| rare treat. Refreshments were served.
The amount realized for the Cuban fund we
did not learn.
Pulaski Grange was organized at Semi
nary Hall on Saturday evening with about
twenty-five members. The degrees and in
stallation were conferred by r. B. Galushs,
| lecturer OF the State Grange. The officers
are: Master, S. Johnson overseer, r. w.
Chamberlain; lecturer, Laura Chamber
lain; steward, G.. B. Barnett assistant
stewart, j. A. johnson; secretary, A. w.
Silsby; treasurer, @. A. Greenleaf; gate
keeper, Joseph Smith Pomona, Mrs. A. W.
| Silsby; Flora, Mrs. M. A. Gale; Ceres, Sue
s.. Sawyer; executive committee, F. E.
Kimball A, Greer, j. j. Eastman.
West Newbury.
Mrs. Hattie Brock spent Sunday at home
with her father, W. @. Carleton.
The sugar season is over and the pals
have been gathered and put away.
School begins in this district on Monday
with Leona Guthrie of McIndoes as teacher
NJ. In II UoII .
Center visited Mrs. Wells mother last
| week
A number of persons from this place at
tended the funeral of A. G. James at New
bury Center on Thursday.
Miss Addie Jewell returned from the
| Plymouth, n. e., normal school on Satur
day and will spend the spring vacation a,
home.
On Friday afternoon at Brock hill, two
cows and valuable bull were killed, all
taken from herds tested for tuberculosis
Dr. Thomas and Mr.. Spear represented the
state. Evidence OF the disease was found
in one cow belonging to Henry Tuxbury
and in the bull owned by Moses Brock. In
the other COW belonging to John Brocl
nothing of the disease could be discovered
so Mr.. Brock gets the appraised value o.
his cow. Quite number OF interested
spectators were present watching the pro
ceedings.
1t is great leap from the old-fashonet
doses of blue-mass and nauseous physics tt
the pleasant little pills known as DEWITT
ton, sick headache and biliousness. w. E
Terrill & Co.
Topsham.
Mrs. Martha Morrison and daughter Jo
sephine have returned from Melrose, Mass
where they have been spending the winter
- Horace Randall has been i'll. -
The Christian Endeavor society met at tn
| nf hiaO 1Qa 10
evening for its regular meeting. - TIL
listers are busy taking the lists in this par
OF the town.
West Topsham.
Mr.. White, an evangelist, occupied tn
pulpit on Sunday. - Miss Winnie San
born commenced her school in the Dexte
district on Monday. - E. J.. Bagley @
Bradford made his father, W. B. Bagley,
short visit on Sunday. -. x. Butler Q
, Burlington and N. II. Lyon of Montpelier
of the New England Telephone Compsn
where in the place on Thursday. -
+. Smith offciated as suctioneer for o.
Baker at East Barre on Friday and Satul
day afternoons and evenings. - Rev
Mr.. Vance returned Friday. He visited hi
sister in Boston, Mass, and friends In New
port while away. Denison Densmor
Of Old Orchard, Me-, was here on Frida
lives to K. G. Poole, for S475. - Mrs.
D. Densmore, Jr., Of Kennebunk, Me-, die
of consumption at her home there on FIR
day and was brought here for burial o.
Monday. She will be remembered as Mis-
Angie Bond, daughter of the late Stephe
Bond, and once resident OF this place.
South Royalton.
The annual meeting of the Village In
provement Association will be held on Sal
urday evening, Msy7
The Village Improvement Association
will give free concert in the Methods
} church on Saturday evening, April 80.
collection will be taken for the benefit O
J the sidewalk fund. Our walks are improv
ing every season and II our little villsg
continues to prosper for the next ten year
as 1t has done in the past, 1t will be as beau
tiful town as can be found in Central Vel
|, mont
Thetford.
Phiness Kinney of Cambridgeport, Mass
is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. c
Kinney. - The sugar house on tn
Roger Howard place was burned last week
- Mrs. Eastman from Norwich ha
come to live with Mrs. Short. - Davi
LAHORE is working at Norwich. P. b
Sherman will occupy the pulpit at the Hill
the first Sunday in May. Mrs. Will
liam Hading is visiting her friends in tn
place. - Rev. Mr.. Bliss is visiting a
| Mr. GOOdWin'a