The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-04

Murry Simonds joined the local lodge OF |
the Good Templars on Tuesday evening.
w. G. Mckee Of st. Adams was in town
on Sunday, as was Will Kerr Of Northfeld.
W. ID. Fits will finish work at the depot |
on Monday as station agent, and M Il.
Chase will take his place.
Gene Flint has purchased the house own
ed by Gilbert Andrews Of Northfeld and |
has moved his family there.
Mrs. Percie Dickerman and daughter |
have been visiting Mrs. Baxter Durkee for |
q few days, and returned to their home in |
Tunbridge on Saturday.
Mrs, Eunice Wellington has 80 far i'm |
proved In health that as soon as the wealth |
er permits she is to be moved from Willie
Ellis to George Streets where she will be
cared for for the present.
H. G. Van Deusen has gone to Boston,
where he is engaged to work for the sue
oessors Of DR.. Daniels, as travelling sales
man. Mrs, III. @. Van Deusen went to
Barre on Saturday where she will stay with
her sister, Mrs. 8. d. Allen for while.
Groton.
Ebenezer Plummer was in the village on
Monday visiting friends.
Samuel Kicker has moved to his farm
lately purchased of s. w. Hooper.
The Boston Herald, Globe and the Argus
are on sale daily at the store of A. W. COT
frin.
Mrs. @. B. Page died last Friday. Her
funeral was held at the Methodist church
on Monday
School commenced in the village Monday
with the same teachers as in the winter.
E. III. O'Brien Is principal, Miss Kate Peck
and Miss Kate Teller primary department.
Four rugged young men left town on
Tuesday to GO to Bradford, having enlisted
in the Bradford guards. II Uncle Sam
calls for more men to protect the flag some
OF them will be found in Groton.
STAFFORD.
James W. Tyson has bought the heavily
timbered Bragg lot OF ITO acres, recently
owned by John #. Wood.
Aaron Whitney and family of Tunbridge
have moved to the residence Of Mrs. Whit
ney's father, B. NJ Hatch, to care for Mr..
Hatch and carry on his farm.
Frank Hazelton was fined on Monday Of
last week 800, and costs 1923, for criminal
assault upon young girl Not being able
to pay the amount, Constable j. e. Kendall
escorted him to Rutland.
John H. Moore and wife Of Pawtucket,
R. l., formerly Of this place, will remove to
STAFFORD this week. Mr. Moore enters into
partnership with G. B. Dow, dealer in sta
tionery, confectionery and groceries.
H.F j. Scribner was found dead in his
house on Wednesday evening where he
had been living alone, his wife having died
a few years since. He probably died on
Scribner had been Wesleyan Methodist
preacher, and after he came to STAFFORD,
about twenty-one years ago, he united with
the Free Baptist, preaching as opportunity
offered, all the while attending to farming
or to carpenter work. For many years he
was meteorological observer for the United
States weather bureau. Age seventy-four
years and eight months.
Shiloh's Consumption Cure cures where
others fail. 1t is the leading cough cure,
and no home should be without It. Pleas
ant to take and goes right to the spot. Sold
by W. e. Terrill & Co.
South Northfield.
Miss Amy Denny is teaching at the Har-
low Bridge. - Miss Nesbit has moved
to Plainfeld: (" Miss Stearns of Chelsea
visited her father last week. - School
began Monday with Mrs. Nelson Tyler
again in charge. - Martin Andrews of
Maiden, Mass, visited his sister, Mrs.
Martha Austin, last week. - Hosea
Blanchard has finished work in Partch &
| Rice's mill and has moved to West Ran
dolph == Mark Rice had the misfortune
| to lose his horse last week. 1t pulled down
post to which it was tied and ran, break
ing its leg 80 badly that it had to be shot.
- Mrs. Carrie A. Loomis, who has been
with her brother, Martin Cobeigh, for the
her home in Chicago, III. She was accom-
panied by Mrs. S. X. Richmond, who will
visit in Rochester, Mimi.
South Woodbury.
| G. w. Wheeler, who has been working
| for A. M. Benjamin through the spring,
went last Monday to Milford, Mass, to
work for his uncle this summer. - Ar
thur Benjamin spent last week with his aunt,
Mrs. Blodah in North Montpelier. -
To-. ,YNla al tod hair nfto fax
the next quarter last Saturday night as fol-
lows: G. t., Mrs. Hittie Goodell V. T.,
e. G. Wells; P. G. T., w. Angel; Score
tary, Mary Sabin; Assistant Secretary. Mary
Batchelder; f. s.. Webster Laird; Treas
Merton McKinstry; Marshal, Fred Wells
d. NJ, Blanche Strong; Sentinel, Morton
McKinstry; Guard. Maud wheeler Or.
ganist Kate Wells; Lodge Deputy, Mrs
A. M. Benjamin; Superintendent Of Juve
nile Temple, Mrs. W. Angel; Captain Of
Company A, Harvey Goodell; Captain OF
Company B, Mary Sabin. These officers
will be installed next Saturday night.
Kicker Mills.
James r. Dunn, who was born in this
school district. died April %, at Monroe, N
H., OF heart trouble. John II. Dunn, his
only brother, dropped dead last November
James was about sixty years old. He first
married Eliza Plummer, who died some
HIt6on years ago. ne married IOr MS sec
ond wife Elizabeth, sister of f. M. Page
He leaves a wife and four children, one
helpless invalid. - Ellsworth Emery
has enlisted for the war. - Gran,
Emery has gone West. - Rev. Thomas
Teller and wife visited at e. L. Rowe't
last Friday. j. 9. Harvey and wife
were calling on friends at Groton last Sat
urday. - Herman and Chestine Kicker
commenced work for A. II. Kicker las
| Wednesday. - Miss Eliza Adams
teaches in this district, commencing last
Monday.
Randolph Center.
Ruel Covell, aged eighty-seven years and
eleven months, died on Thursday and was
buried on Saturday at Williamstown, where
he formerly resided. - Rev. j. A. Bates
preached his last sermon as pastor of the
Congregational church on April "A, and
goes this week to the home Of his wife in
Maine, whore they will remain for the
present. His place for the first three Sun
days it is expected will be filled by Rev. z
M. May of Cleveland, Ohio. - Rev
Charles r. Partridge has been returned as
pastor OF the Methodist Episcopal church
for the fifth year. - Mrs. #. H. Mcbride
who has spent the winter here. returned &c
her home In Burlington on Monday.
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