The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-12-28


over last Sunday.
| II. g. Moody is i'll and his son, Harry is
taking his place as stage driver
W. G. Shaw Of Bethel and II. A. Hayden
OF Montpelier were in town on Monday.
Mrs. Leonard Flint and Miss Bessie JEFF
ferds are i'll with the prevailing distemper.
II. g. Moody is i'll with the grip and has
been unable to drive the stage for the past
week.
Miss s. e. Wills of Chelsea visited her
sister, Mrs. j. W. Seaver last Saturday, re-
turning home Monday.
Charles Ii. Rouelle has been ill for the
past few days and unable to attend to his
work at the polishing mill.
Mrs. William Lebanon is seriously i'll.
| She has been removed to her daughters,
Mrs. Eugene DeDsmore, in Chelsea.
Clayton Bigelow and wife OF Montpelier
and Orville Cheney and family Of Barre
were at q. o. Cheney's over last Sunday.
Mrs. Betsey Thurber died Monday after
noon after lingering illness with dropsy.
! Her death occurred upon her eighty seventh
birthday.
There was q Christmas tree at the New
man school-house on Monday evening and
an interesting programme was rendered by
the scholars who attend that school.
Mr.. and Mrs. 9. G.. Cheney entertained
the members OF their family last Sunday
| WIN OnrlbtInab dinner. ". Is. blR6lOW
and wife and Leon Smith Of Montpelier and
o. S. Cheney and family OF Barre being
among those present.
There was quiet wedding at Mrs. NJ. A.
| G. Whites last Sunday evening W hen G.. l.,
Parker and Miss Maggie Finn were united
in marriage by Rev. A. M. Smith. There
were only few OF the nearest relatives
present to witness the ceremony. Their
many friends all join in wishing them a
long, happy and prosperous life. Mr.. and
| Mrs. Parker leave for Corinth this week
where they intend to remain the coming
| year.
The Christmas exercises at school-house
| hall last Saturday evening were well at
tended. About an hour was devoted to re-
citations, singing, etc, after which the
presents for both old and young were dis
tributed. On Sunday evening the Univer-
salist church was well filed with people
who listened to the union song service and
the remarks that were made by the pastor,
Rev. A. NJ. Smith. Rev. f. Z. Briggs, pas
tor Of the Baptist church was unable 10 at
tend the union service on account OF sick
| ness
Last Thursday evening the following Of
tcers for the Grange were elected for the
ensuing term: Master, j. b. Seaver; over
seer, L. d. Tillotson; chaplain, g. e. Stan
ley; steward, ID. s. Emory; lecturer, Mrs.
q. h. Tapliu; secretary, Mrs. A. e. Whit
comb; treasurer, Roy Mcdonald; assistant
/ oto"oihi IL ~ SlpuBhg BdtohCOPoli a. iA'
Whtcomb; lady assis ant stew ard, Mrs.
II E Clougb; Pomona, Mrs. j. r. Seaver;
Flora, Mrs, Roy McDonold; Ceres, Mrs. G..
e Stanley. The Grange is in very pros
porous condition and it hoped that the
number of members will greatly increase
during the next year.
Warren.
e. II. Elliott is getting out lumber for a
new barn.
Pliny Parker is setting new machinery in
his new mill.
Miss Bertha Miller was at home from
Waitsteld to spend Christmas.
Members from Lincoln lodge 1. o. G. T.,
visited the local lodge last week
Will Miner has gone to Hancock to run
! the saw in Perkins & Ford's mill.
The social dance at the town hall Decem-
Der %, was attended by thirty couples.
A. A. Parsons has finished his new house
and has rented the same to 81. r. Kennedy.
j. K. Cass and #. A. Carpenter were in
Montpelier last week after new machinery
for Pliny Parker.
Mr.. Eaton of Hyde Park was here last
week exhibiting his new gas light for house
and street lighting.
Arthur Dow, who has been stopping at j..
l.. Gleason's the past four weeks, went last
Saturday to Plainfield.
IOllC6 COuTJ III CASE Vi d. II. IIeICb IOT
breach of the peace. was continued until
! Saturday, December 81.
Christmas was observed at the church in
this village last Saturday evening by APP
| propriate exercises by the children.
Warren creamery paid twenty-one and
half cents per pound for November butter
or eighty-six cents per hundred for four per
cent milk.
A number from this town attended the
railroad meeting at Waitsfeld. Our voters
will do we'll to pattern from the vote at
Watsfield
N. N. Robinson and wife, e. NJ. Turner
and wife and HAL Ford and wife were in
Bethel December 10, to attend the funeral
of #. III. Moore.
Members of the Mystic Shrine remember
ed Christmas here by distributing among
the deserving ones ten dollars worth of
presents. Uncle Seth says he shall join the
Masons at their next meeting and he also
wants to thank the Mobiles for their gift.
East Warren.
Miss Lucy Moriarty has gone to Waltham,
Mass, to spend the winter.
E. A. Williams picked seven large papsy
blossoms in his front yard last Friday.
There will be an oyster supper next Fri
day night at e. Q. Heath's, given under the
auspices of the Ladies' Mite Society All
are cordially invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Goodspeed are i'll.
Mrs. Goodspeed has jsundice. Their daugh-
ter, Mrs. W. K. Moore, came from Massa-
chusetts last Monday to care for them.
There is quite little sickness in town.
Whooping cough and mumps has got into
our schools and it will greatly interfere
with them. We have had more typhoid
fever in town within six months than for
the past twenty years. No one can give the
cause
The tax payers were called together on
Tuesday to say whether the town will bond
to help build an electric road from Mont
pelier to this town. Those opposed argue
with about as much sense as do those that op-
pose the annexing the Spanish islands to
this country.
East Roxbury.
George Foss has purchased horse OF
Timothy Blanchard.
There were no Christmas exercises held
in the place this year.
Cecle Buck is at home from Randolph
Center for the holidays.
Creamery patrons received twenty-one
cents for November butter.
N. Kinney is to work with his saving
machine in the place this week.
Jacob Wordner broke his arm while at