The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
bradford.

Miss Bessie Lewis OF Bellows Falls is
visiting her many friends in town.
Charles Jones has been appointed admir-
istrator Of the estate of the late L. ID. Pres
cott
Mrs. Merinda Bill is spending q few
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. II. 9. Nc
Duffee.
Hon. II. @. McDuffee was at woodsville,
N. H., on Monday surveying a lot to be
used for cemetery.
William Davis of Sherburne, N. Y, was
III town last week, called here by the death
OF his brother, Alfred Davis.
Rev. H. T. Barnard and grandson, who
have been spending several days with
friends in Boston and vicinity returned on
Saturday evening.
Edwin Il. Aldrich who is about eighty.six
years Of age and as bright and active as
man of forty, is visiting friends at North
Wilmington and Cambridge, Mass.
Rev. Mr.. Coolidge of Piermont was
thrown from his carriage while driving
near the residence of Capt. e. II. Nye on
Saturday evening and injured quite badly.
l.. w. Dickey, a former resident of this
place, but now employed as travelling sales
man for the W. j. Boynton Baking Com
pany OF Grotou, Mass, spent Sunday in
town.
Miss Leila Harvey of Montpelier was in
town visiting relatives on Wednesday and
Ign, N. Y, where she is to remain few
weeks
o. Il. Dearborn has purchased the farm
on the lower plain of William r. Brown,
formerly known as the j. e. Sleeper place.
Mr.. Brown and family have moved to Bel
lows Falls.
There will be a missionary concert at
Grace church on Sunday evening, May %,
at seven o'clock. An interesting programme
has been prepared consisting OF rotations,
readings and music.
A team owned by j. G. Weed of Topsham
and driven by Mr.. Wiley Of this place
was wrecked by collidng with water by
drant near the residence OF DR., +. Fletcher
on Saturday afternoon.
W. S. Davis, who has been section fore
man for the past seven years on the Pier
mont section of the Boston & Maine rail-
rtad, has finished there and commenced
work on Monday for 7. j. Allbee.
Alfred Davis died on Tuesday evening
last after several months illness from ca
tarrh of the bowels. Funeral services were
held at his late residence on Thursday at
three o'clock, Rev. A. III. Webb officiating.
1t seems very quiet here in Bradford since
the boys left to join the regiment at Fort
Ethan Allen. 1t takes away eighty-three
of the best young men in town. We hope
that strength and health will be with them
and they will all return in short time.
Eighteen men were rejected from Com
pany G and returned from Camp Olympia
on Tuesday last. Lieutenant Brock opened
the Armory on Wednesday morning for
new recruits, enlisting nine new men.
They left for Camp Olympia on Saturday.
Mrs. L. L. Hammond, who has been stop
ping with her daughter, Mrs. E. o. Leonard,
for several weeks, met with serious acct
ing down stairs she fell and broke her left
ankle. She was taken to the hospital at
Hanover on Thursday.
Professor Bisbee Of the Mary Hitchcock
Hospital at Hanover, spoke in the interest
of that noble institution at the Congrega-
tional church on Sunday evening, union
services being held for the occasion. A col
lection was taken at the close Of the ser.
vice which met with generous response
from those present
Bradford Public Library has received
several books which are worthy of notice.
One is "History of Randolph" presented
by Judge James Hutchinson, another is a
copy. OF the Legislative Souvenir of the
Session of the Vermont General Assembly
of 1896" which will be Of great value to
coming generations, as it gives a short
sketch of all the state officers, senators and
representatives, besides many historical
facts of interest. This beautiful and val
Watchman Publishing Co. of Montpelier.
The other books are "History of the
Johnstown Flood" and Josephus' "Anti-
quites of the Jews' presented by z. r.
Aldrich.
The following notice is taken from the
Boston Evening Record OF May IA.
MISS PHILENA M'KEEN.
Andover May 14.-Miss Philena McKeep
died yesterday. She was principal of Abbot
Academy for thirty-three years and retired
in 1892 at the completion of her SEVENTEEN
year of her age. She was born in Bradford,
Of oh
OF Rev. DIR. Silas McKeen and survived
them all. Her early life was spent in Brad
ford. She graduated from Mt. Holyoke
Seminary (now college), and taught in Ok
ford, o., previous to coming to Andover
in 1859.
Funeral services were held at Bradford,
vt. on Tuesday. May IT,
Lieutenant James W. Kelley died at his
home in Bradford on May 6 with liver
trouble. He was born on May IL, 1880
within mile where he spent the most of
his life He never resided out Of town ex-
cept in his country's service. He lacked five
days OF being sixty. eight years of age when
he died. He married Sarah B. Martin,
daughter of William B. Martin and she sur
wives him also one son, Nelson f. Kelley,
who resides in Bradford. Lieutenant Kelley
was successful hard working man and &C
| cumulated nice property. He was among
one Of the first to enlist in the war of 1861
| and B., his first enlistment was with the
Bradford Guards for three months. After
serving his time he came home and reen-
listed in the Twelfth Vermont regiment
where he served as first lieutenant. He
was always willing and ready to do his
duty what ever it might be and held many
offices of trust in town and also in the
Grand Army. He was buried on Sunday,
May 8. Public services were held in the
Congregational church, Rev. II. r. Barnard
officiating, and the Grand Army, Women's
Relief Corps and Sons Of Veterans attended.
East Corinth.
r. @. Sawyer visited friends in Peacham
few days last week.
Mr.. Chamberlin of Wells River visited at
s. T. Divoll's last week.
East Corinth creamery paid its patrons
twenty cents for April butter.
Il. r. Taplin, our road commissioner,
commenced working the roads last Friday.
G. #. George, who has been spending a
few weeks vacation in town, returned to
his home in Lowell, Mass, last week.
Mrs. Jones, an aged aunt of A. M. Be-
delps, died at his home last Saturday. Fu-
neral was held Monday and the burial was
at McIndoes.
II. e. Merrill has sold his stock of goods
to r. Miller Of Newport Center who took
possession last week, Mr., Miller comes to