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

Byron Palmer of waitsfield is visiting in
town.
W. j. Boyce is spending few days with
his family in Boston.
Rev. L. FL. Elliot will preach in Windsor
next Sunday, January 1.
Harry Brown moved into his new house
on Park street last week.
George W. Randall, Jr., is enjoying his
holiday vacation at home.
The Ladies' Union held their annual
meeting yesterday with Mrs. Fife.
John Turney has bought of Charles New
hall his farm near Middlesex village.
Rev. L. X. whitman will be absent the
most of this week at Hartford. Conn.
Dwight Drew is at home from Yale COL
lege, enjoying the Christmas holidays.
Wallace Green is again able to attend to
his duties at the store of ONeil Brothers.
Mary King has finished her labors as COM.
positor on the Record and entered the Cash
store as salesady.
B. d. Edwards cut his hand severely on
circular saw, while working in Dumas
box factory last week.
j. f. Somerville is suffering with a
sprained ankle, cansed by slipping on the
ice. Dr. James is caring for 1t.
Miss Flora Scagel is teaching school in
| Milton this winter, where she taught dur
ing the fall and not in Worcester as erron-
| eou5ly stated two weeks ago.
Tom o Brien is nursing bruised finger
the result of what might have been seri-
GUS accident at Bolton Falls, having been
caught between heavy timbers while at
work
Next week there will be services at the
Methodist church each evening, except Sat.
urday from half past seven to quarter past
eight in observance of the annual week of
prayer.
The public are invited to visit and inspect
our new school building next Friday and
Saturday. Everything will be in readiness
for the opening of the winter term Of school
next Tuesday, January 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo Ayers entertained
about fifty of their immediate relatives
at a Christmas dinner at their home, after
which a Christmas tree was unloaded, and
a general good time enjoyed.
The annual meeting of the Congregational
church will be held next Thursday after
noon and evening, beginning at five o'clock.
After brief devotional exercises, the reports
of officers and committees will be heard,
followed by supper in the hall and social
hour. The election of officers for tie COM
ing year will be followed by roll call of
members of the church. All members of
the church and congregation are cordially
invited.
The Christmas social given for the child
rem of the Congregational Sunday school,
last Saturday evening, was very enjoyable
affair After the singing of Christmas
songs by the children and social time
shared by the older ones, supper was an
nounced. Four long tables, each adorned
with Christmas tree we'll laden, was sur
rounded by an abundance OF good things, to
which the little ones did ample justice.
The teachers of the four classes distributed
the presents.
At special town meeting held on Mon
day, December 26, the town voted to au-
thoriZe the selectmen to borrow 81, 800 and
give notes therefor at four per centum per
annum to pay the expense OF furnishing and
lighting the new school building, placing
seats in the large hall of said building and
grading the grounds. The proposition to
hold all town and village meetings in the
hall was voted down. The town also voted
to instruct the selectmen TO borrow money
to pay the indebtedness of the town and to
call in all outstanding orders by February
! /, next Also voted to have the report OF
the town officers published and circulated
among the voters of the town by the 18th
: day of February in each year. pro.
+ position to utilize the old school building
for town and village meetings was voted
, down,
Sheriff Graves and Deputy Cooley each
with assistants, made a successful raid on
8 two places suspected of selling liquor lille
gally. Sheriff Graves visited the house OF
one Blair near the freight depot. Did moi
. find Blair but arrested two men found there
t. for intoxication and seized few bottles Of
liquor Deputy Cooley at the same time
raided the house OF Lewis Stewart, where
old Mike Noonan formerly lived, and found
secreted in box under the kitchen floor
large jug and several bottles of whiskey
also some bottles hid in bed. When
Stewart was brought before Justice Bur
leigh he acknowledged that he had received
\. four or five shipments OF whiskey by ex
press, but that it was for his private use
His claim not being convincing, the liquor
was condemned and his case continued un
til Friday. Connolly, one of the men ar
rested by Sheriff Graves, pleaded guilty and
was fined the usual amount but concluded
to take the alternative Of fifteen days in the
county jail
Worcester.
, Mrs. Carrie Towne is at home for a weel
from her school in Middlesex.
: The union Christmas trees and exercises
3 at the Congregational church last Saturday
evening was a very pleasant occasion.
D Miss Rosamond Kelley of Goddard Sem
r mary and Mrs. o. ID. Mathewson OF Barre
a are visiting their mother, Mrs. Kelley, wh(
Z has been quite sick but is much better.
j, DR.. and Mrs Lance. who have been il
3 town the past week left Saturday for Cabot
0 They go soon to New York, where the doc
q tor will continue his postgraduate studies
and expects to locate near there in tn,
, spring.
I Saturday evening lamp exploded in tn,
Q kitchen of Chester Ladd's house. No on,
y was in the room and 1t was not discovered
i until the room was in flames. 1t was acct
i dentslly discovered just as the family wer,
!, about to start for the Christmas exercises
d Quick work with the aid OF fire extinguish
J, ers saved the house. The damage from tn,
fire was chiefly to the kitchen.