The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-14
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Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Field and daugh
ter are visiting friends at Newport.
Miss Annie Dvall OF East Corinth was the
guest Of Mrs. X. Marshall last week.
Mrs. Deming returned from The weirs
last week where she has been spending the
summer.
Mrs. Julia Graves of Boston has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. e. g. Graves for the
past week.
Mrs. Lee has gone to Admission, Ala, to
remain few weeks with her husband
Major H. III. Lee.
Miss Bertha Davis has gone to North.
ampton, Mass, to enter preparatory school
and pursue her studies in art.
Mrs. Nellie M. Sturgis of New Britain,
Conn, is stopping with Mrs. Slack and call
ing on old friends here and at Woodsville.
Jersey City, September 3, daughter was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Morse, and Aug
ust % a son to Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Craigie
at Concord, n. II.
Will Hunter was at home from Camp
Olympia two days last week, but had to
| return to his duties in the hospital corps, as
| there are still some sick left in camp.
Mrs. Lucinda Baldwin celebrated her
eighty-sixth birthday last week by enter
| tanning the Over Sixty Club in the after
noon. Thirty-two ladies were present.
Schools began last week with Mr.. Rich
ardson in the high school, Miss Lottie Mum
sill in the grammar, Miss Dunlap interme-
diate, and Miss Carr primary. About 125
pupils are in the four rooms.
Anna Spencer Frost of St. Johnsbury
will be at Hale's Tavern next Friday after
| noon from four to half past four o'clock and
will be pleased to meet any who desire les
sons in physical culture and elocution.
Will Carleton lectured in the Congrega-
tional church last Friday evening, under
q 1T thn a1in
He was greeted by a full house of attentive
and interested hearers. The net receipts
for the society were $12 30.
Mrs. Marshall, Mrs. Carpenter, Mrs.
| Learned and Mrs. Foss open the social
season next Friday afternoon and evening.
| AS all but the Over Sixty Club have had a
rest from social pleasures and duties this
summer, this ought to be we'll patronized.
The funeral services of Will Hubbell. who
died at Gorham, N. H., last Friday were
held in the Congregational church here
| Sunday forenoon. The remains were taken
to Peacham for burial. He had been sick
only three days and the news of his sudden
death caused general feeling of sadness in
the hearts of his many friends both here
and at Woodsville.
The late Alexander Hamilton Burton Of
Bath, was born at Washington, October Ia,
1889. and was the youngest Of eight child
rem, five of whom are now living. He re-
| C6lV6u nlb tuuCdUlOu NOW anu DATE.
He studied law with Charles Leslie Of
| Wells River and passed his examination
| for admittanCe to the bar before he was
| twenty-one. He then went to Michigan,
where he practiced law in that state and in
| Minnesota, returning to Vermont in 1868, he
For a short time he lived on farm on the
Ok Bow. Selling his farm, he returned to
| Wells River and for a time clerked in Blu
chanan's store. He then went into business
at Woodsville with his brother Jacob, now
of Grand View, Mo. Buying out his BROTH
or, he conducted the business successfully
until i'll health obliged him to give it up.
| He bought the farm where James Mitchell
now lives. The next spring he purchased
and moved onto the farm where he has
| held many town offices, was one OF the Sc
lectmen Of Bath for many years, and repre-
sentative to the general court in 1887. He
| was one OF the supervisors at the time OF
his death. He was also for many years on
the board of education Of the Woodsville
sound judgment and good business ability.
He was affectionate in his family kind
neighbor, a staunch friend, and an upright,
honorable man. A devoted wife and three
sons are left to mourn his loss. Interment
was at Horse Meadow Cemetery September
2, beside little daughter, who was laid to
rest twenty-seven years ago that day.
Waterbury Center.
Ernest 8. Newcomb of Lisborn, N. H., is
spending weeks vacation at home.
Last Friday Mrs. Stone went to Worcester
to spend few weeks with her daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. II. Stone attended the
field day exercises at Goddard seminary
last Wednesday.
j. G. Smith Of Whitefeld, N. H., spent
few days with his sister, Mrs. W. e.
Marshall, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Plaisted Of Montpelier
were guests Of their aunt, Mrs. FL. Moulton,
over Sunday on their way to Mount Mans
field.
II. P. Smith was at home from STAFFORD a
part Of last week after lumber with which to
complete house he Is building for Leon
| Demeritt.
There will be Grange socable at George
III. Woods next Tuesday afternoon. The
next regular meeting will be on Tuesday
evening, September 81. A full attendance
on both the above occasions Is desirable.
Mr. and Mrs. e. B. Moody recently visit.
ed In Glover and Barton, and on their re-
turn, Mrs. Dolly Sprague, an aunt of Mrs.
Moody's came with them. She will visit
here and at her former home in Duxbury
for few weeks.
Mrs. John Russell Young and her sons,
Howard and Gordon, and Miss May Dow
OF Washington, d. O., arrived at W. e.
Marshall's last Monday evening for two
weeks stay. Howard is Second Lieutenant
in the Third regiment United States In
fantry which is stationed in Santiago, Cuba
which he will join on leaving here.
Fayston.
AT the basket picnic to be held next FRI
day on the grounds of j. b. Thompson, to
commemorate the one hundredth anniver-
sary OF the settlement of our town by Lynde
| Wait, the literary exercises will commence
at ten O'Clock A. NJ. After dinner and so.