The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-28
Bradford.

Bradford.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. III. Curtis are spending
the week in New York.
George Kenyon is at his home very i'll
with typhoid pneumonia.
l.. W. Doe and Edd Libby left last Sun
day morning for few days visit at Boston.
Mrs. W. f. Cummings of Barre is visiting
her son, II. l.. Cummings, and other rela-
| tives in town.
Major e. d. Redington of Chicago spent
two days OF last week here as guest of Col.
and Mrs. John G. Stearns.
Mrs. A. W. Burroughs, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. B. s Hooker, the
past week, returned to her home at Melrose
on Monday.
Miss Hattie Craig left on Saturday for a
short visit with friends at Woodstock. W.
f. Davis assists at the telephone exchange
Office during her absence.
Clayton l.. Erwin was confined to the
house few days last week suffering with
severe cold, an epidemic which is quite
prevalent throughout town.
Mrs. James Boucher who has been visit
ing relatives here left for home at Hardys-
vile, r l., last Thursday morning, being
called there by the death of a little son.
Several from here attended the meeting
OF the Sovereign Grand Lodge I. o. o. F.,
at Boston last week, among the number
being l. +. Greenleaf, l.. j. Brown, f. H.
Everett and j. G. Strong
The funeral services of the late G. N.
Winchester were held at the home of his
son-in-law, W. e. Young last Tuesday at
ten o'clock, Rev. A. j. Dutton of Hardwick
officiating, interment at Corinth.
M w. Renfrew, agent for Wanamaker g.
Brown of Philadelphia, has rented the
room in the Bank block formerly occupied
by III. A. Winship, where he will be pleased
/ tn rarpiVn nr6prg for raa1v m Qd a
clothing.
Mrs. A. w. Boroughs of Melrose, Mass,
ably assisted in the choir Of Grace church
last Sunday morning, and at the evening
service sung the beautiful solo Jesus lover
of my soul'' in a manner which appealed to
the hearts OF all who listened.
Corporal Walter @. Andross, son OF
Col. d. X. Andross, who has recently re-
turned with his company from Chicka-
manga, has been sick with malarial fever
for the past week, but is now improving.
He is under the care OF DR.. Fred Fletcher.
We understand Fred L. Edwards, who
has been assisting e. o. Leonard in the St
Johnsbury Republican Office, has finished
there, which will be loss keenly felt by
the readers of that paper as Mr.. Edwards
was an able assistant for Mr.. Leonard in
newspaper work.
AS H. e. Prescott was preparing to return
from the cemetery last Sunday afternoon
HIS uOTb6 III bOu1t U1duubT WOTk6u UQ6 DlUs
from its mouth and started. Mr.. Prescott
finding IT impossible to hold the horse
jumped, thereby escaping with slight inju
ries himself. The wagon was badly dam
aged and the harness wreck, the horse
bringing up safe at home.
Sometime between the hour OF ten ant
twelve last Sunday morning the freigh
station at this place was broken into ant
several articles taken, consisting of tobacco
, cheese, etc. Entrance was gained through
the store house of L. A. Merrill b.
prying off lock and thence to the freigh
1 house by prying some boards from win
i dow. No arrests have been made yet al
: though some suspicious persons were seel
o near the station about that time.
Mrs. Luella Taplin's left eye was takel
j. out Tuesday of last week, DR.. Smith O
!. Hanover performing the operation, assiste,
o by Doctors Fletcher and Wilson OF thi
place. Mrs. Taplin had been blind in thi
4 eye for twenty years, the sight leaving
a suddenly. Since then she has suffere
a much pain from it 80 that the other eye ha
become quite weak. For about two week
before the operation 1t became 30 painful
she could obtain no relief and the operatio
= was deemed necessary. Mrs. Taplin is no,
l. under the care OF a Miss Brand, trane
A nurse from Hanover, and is fast recoverin
|. from the effects OF the operation. He
b many friends hope for her speedy recovery
l. Bradford Center.
4 Mrs. William Porter is dangerously il
y - Mrs. George Silloway is no bette
n - Francis Porter was the guest of hi
q brother last Sunday. - Rev. Mr.. Bowe
q evening. j. d. Welton had favorit
d house cat run mad last week. Geore
4 Garland shot the cat.
" Several of our townsmen took in the ia
" at Ottawa and the balance took in the 70
|. at Northfield.
o AT our freeman's meeting the politics
II slate was most effectually smashed an
is some are now wondering "where was the
Ia at"
IT The Mite Society OF the ladies in th
place has taken upon themselves to repa
the old church at the hill village 1t Is n
small undertaking to do it, but when OF
le ladies start in to do thing they do it an
ss all wish them success.
IS The new creamery and the old skimmin
u station were both dead at one time La
70 week. The gasoline engine at the ne
d. creamery has never done good work an
10 finally stopped for good last Monday. The
n the other creamery had it all to do Frida
T. their boiler failed them and they could d
Or nothing, but on Saturday the new creameI
10 started which caused much rejoicing.
a. East Warren.
10 Mrs. d. Bragg from Warwick, Mass,
10 WISHING friends here.
n. Miss Jennie Tillotson goes to Boston tn
OF week to learn dressmaking.
u, j. l.. Gleason paid his patrons seventee
~ cents per pound for August butter.
"a Will Pitkins, who has been quite sick
n, Elmer Miller's, returned to Burlington la
A. week.
y, The Ladies' Mite society will meet
ns Thursday afternoon with Mrs. S. L. Va
rs Deusen. All are invited.
III There will be a sociable at j. j. Elliott
rs next Friday evening. Refreshments VI
IN be served and there will be literary ente
tainment. The proceeds are to be used
repairing the church. All are cordially |
:. vited.