The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-12-28
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James Kicker has gone to Lyndonville.
Mrs. William Parks and Mrs. Datz are
i'll.
o. d. Gale and wife visited in wolcott last
week.
A son was born recently to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ketchum.
George Bliss and wife were in Montpelier
over Sunday.
Mrs. Jennie Pike visited in Cabot the
first of tho week.
Mr.. Stimson OF Boston was in town last
week looking after horses.
T. b Hall and wife of Groton visited at
q. e. Shepard's last week.
The Christmas exercises at the Methodist
church passed off pleasantly.
G. A. Bemis and wife and children OF
Barre spent Christmas with friends in town,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. K. Terrill of White River
Junction visited last week at Abigail Bemls.
The Universaist Ladies' union will meet
| with Mrs. Nellie Mears on Thursday after
noon.
The ladies' union meet with Mrs. Nellie
Davis Mears Thursday afternoon. All in
| vited
Three little ones of Rev. s. G. Lewis have
whooping cough. Mr.. Lewis mother is
with them.
The orchestra goes to Danville next Fri
day to furnish music for dance at the
Elm house.
George Kelley has moved into the A. M.
| Shepard house and Mrs Shepard has moved
into the Mrs. e. Wells Gerry house.
The members Of the Universalist society
| will hold their annual meeting Saturday
evening, January 7, at G.. and f. Wooste g
store.
! arrangements for public Evolutionary con-
test to take place sometime the last Of
January.
Miss Mary Clark, who h as been spending
her Christmas vacation at home, returned
yesterday to North Hampton, Mass, where
she is at work in an insane hospital.
| At the reorganization of the Methodist
| Sunday school last Sunday AloDzo A. Hop.
kins was nominated superintendent. 1t is
| the mind of the entire school that he hold
the Office another year.
The Ladies' Aid society meet with Mrs.
j. Berton Pike and family next Friday
afternoon and evening. The young people
| are specially invited to come in the evening
Ladies are requested to bring cake.
Prof. A. Lincoln Kirk OF Port Jervis, N
| Y, will be with us about the middle Of
January. He gives q unique, original and
refined monologue entertainment. We
have reason to believe him to be the best
reader and impersonator we have listened
| to for some time. Forty per cent OF the pro-
Marshfield grange No. 267, conferred the
first and second degrees on class of nine
at its last meeting. The officers elected for
1899 are: M. e. Bemis, MASTER; S. FL.
Packer, overseer; Mrs. K. G. Spencer, lee
turer; S. G. Pike, steward; Il. L. Spencer,
lin; H. o. Dwinell, treasurer; Miss Flora
Bemis, Secretary; Mrs. George Tebbitts,
Ceres; Mrs. H. G. Dwinell, Pomona; Mrs.
S H. Packer, Flora; Mrs. G. G. Pike, lady
assistant stewart; E. e. Burnham gate
keeper.
Middlesex Center.
Large stocks of cattle are being wintered
and still many tons of hay sold out of this
valley. When we have dry season and
short years crop we shall have to buy
again.
L. M. Cameron's Center Creamery runs
right along regardless OF wind or weather
and seems to be doing good business A
sample of its butter was sent to the Maine
Dairyman's meeting.
More and better sleighing in December
than for many years Farm work well done
and much wood drawn to houses and to
market. Not as many saw logs cut as usual
owing to slow demand and slow payment at
some Of the mills.
We are hoping to see our town bonded on
two sides with electric railways. The
North Branch line will be the most help to
This town, but the Mad River route will
help US il 1t makes 6 junction at the Central
station. Let us help both to be built as
soon as possible.
Dudley B. JONES' who died at Shady Rill
last week, aged sixty-seven, was man OF
more than ordinary ability and energy. He
was not only patriotic soldier in the war
of 1861-'65. but his whole life had been a
warfare with the rocks and trees, the stumps
and stones, and the rough places of North
Middlesex. Ont OF these rough places he
made for himself and his family fine farm
home. Fair and fertile fields, clear from
weeds and distractions, walled in with we'll
laid rocks and stones, well built set OF
farm buildings, commodious, co nvenien'
and comfortable. These are some OF the re-
suits of his industry and good Judgment the
fruit OF his long persistent warfare with ma
ture and the elements. "Well done, good
and faithful servant" Honest and honor
able citizen. True worker in the cause o.
humanity.
Soldier. restl thy warfare Ger,
Dream OF fighting fields no more;
Sleep the sleep that knows no breaking,
Morn of TOLL nor night of waking"
South Ryegate.
A pair of twin boys arrived at the HON,
of Clark Corser's last Thursday morning.
| AT. Smith and family from Dotton, N
! H., are visiting at Robert Carson's for
few days.
ny. ID. Nelson speaks the loudest ant
crows the most over his Christmas present
1t was a nine-pound girl.
The high school has closed for two weeks
. Mr.. Rowland, the principal, has gone tt
; Boston to spend his vocation.
A Christmas tree and appropriate exer
|, cises by the children was held in the Pres
byterian church last Monday evening
Miss Lizzie Hall and Mabel are HON,
from Randolph, Charles Grant from North
, field and several others from other plece
, are at home spending the holidays.
The annual meeting for the election o
officers for the Reformed Presby teriaI
church will be held at the church Thursda,
: afternoon at two o'clock, January 8.
! The Ryegate Granite Works Stone com
pany observed Saturday for Christmas bu
resumed work again Monday with the in
tention Of working every day this winter.
Next Monday evening the Sunday-schoo
OF the Reformed Presbyterian church will
hold their usual entertainment exercises b!
3 the children. Candy and oranges will b.
, distributed.
Gordon Smith received bad cut in tn
. head last Saturday, while walking horse
The horse ran with him, threw him dow
. and his head came in contact with the sion
curbing. DR. G. w. barley sewed up tn
| wound and dressed 1t.