The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-23
Waterbury.


Mrs. 1. w. Bates and daughter, Ethel, OF |
East Barre were guests at Ell. CIRCUITS last |
Saturday.
Geo. w Randall is spending his Thanks
giving vacation at the home OF his parents |
on Main street.
g. W. Pearson and wife were in Berlin |
over Sunday to attend the funeral of Mr.. |
Pearson's father.
o. A. Seabury OF Albany, N. Y, Is visit |
ing at the home OF his brother, e. T. Sea-
bury, for few days.
The subject for the prayer-meetiDg at the
Congregational church Thursday evening
will be "Gratitude for Home and Family
Life"
Mrs. G. l.. Harwood OF Boston, who has
| spent several weeks at the home Of her
father, B. w. Shaw, left for Boston last
| Satu rdsy.
A slight wreck occurred in the local
freight yard last Wednesday by which one
car was completely demolished but luckily
no one was injured.
Mrs. George Norton and daughter, Mrs.
| M. K. Greene of Moreown, left Monday
noon for Stafford, Conn, to attend the
funeral of James Norton.
The seats and other furniture h. If
rived and are being placed in the new
school building preparatory to opening
school for the winter term,
Rev. G. E. Ladd will speak next Sunday
| CJs
Room to Let With Power" He will
speak especially to young people.
Rev. Francis Holden held Unitarian SER
vices in the opera house last Sunday, bs.
fore a good.sized audience and will con-
tinue to hold them once in two weeks.
The lectures given by Mrs. M. McKinstey
at the Advent church in Colbyvi were
we'll attended and much interest manifest
ed in the manner in which she explained
by the use OF charts many points of ancient
history.
Poles are being erected on all the streets
of the village by the consolidated light
and power company for transmitting cleo.
tricity to parties applying for the same. 1t
looks now as though our streets might be
lighted by electric lights in the near future.
The Junior Endeavorers enjoyed very
pleasant sociabe last evening. They had
speaking of pieces and singing. The pro-
ceeds will be used for charitable purposes
on Thanksgiving day. Friends of the chill
dren sent in quantity of food and delics-
cies to be used in the same way.
Lorenzo ID. Hills died at the home OF his
son, Zera Hills, on the Duxbury side of the
river, last week Tuesday after seven weeks
illness, at the age OF 50 years. The funeral
az attended from the house Thursday,
Rev G. E. Ladd officiating, with W. j.
Boyce in charge, the burial being at Mid
dlesex
The suit of Minard vs.. Griggs & Demer.
rift was tried in Esquire Clough's Office last
! Saturday before jury composed of j. w
Moody II. II. Carpenter, A p Foster, c.
E Crane, NJ Montgomery and o. l.. Ayers,
, who reported verdict for plaintiff to re.
cover S25, amount of three months rent and
costs. This case was a suit for rent which
defendants claimed belonged to them at
e damage for not making repairs on build
ings as agreed upon.
l The concert by the Blaisdell orchestra o.
5 Concord, N. H., accompanied by George II
! Wilder Of Montpelier, will be given in the
opera house at eight p M Friday evening
November % Tickets are on sale at Evans
/ g. Bryan's. AS the Philomathean club has
e been obliged to incur some unexpected ex
t pense in arranging for this lecture course
,. it is hoped that it will be generously pat
ronized. The surplus, If any, will be gveI
to the Waterbury Public Library which
needs all the money it can secure.
Joseph Ather died at his home nea
Z Colbyville last Saturday evening, afte
e nearly three years OF suffering from Bright
0 disease Mr.. Ather was born in st. Paul
4 p. @. in January 1888, where he lived un
! til 1868 when he moved to West Braintree
- After two years residence there he moved
to Waterbury where he has since resided
D In 1851 he was married to Miss Sophia Lar
rabee by whom he had nineteen children
e nine of whom, five girls and four boys
t. with their mother survive him. II
. was an honest upright citizen, kim
husband, father and neighbour, having
e many friends aud no enemies, all o
l. whom tender their heartfelt sympathy t.
the bereaved family. The funeral was at
h tended by Rev. Father Blais at St. An
v drew's church, Tuesday morning, the burr
. al being in the Catholic cemetery acros
- the river.
u West Corinth.
G. f. Blake is at home for week.
u Charles Burroughs and John Goodspee
J. are working at Maplewood farm
> Fay Blake has been at home from Brad
e ford the Iast week, having the humps
J. Herbert Wilson recently set monumen
= in the upper cemetery for the late Merto
n Hill.
h Albert Thompson went to Waterbury las
= week and brought his wife home from tn
insane asylum.
d North Fayston.
Il Blanche Smith is at home from Water
Il bury. - Walter Johnson was sick tn
l. past week with appendicitis but is som
o better. - Mr.. and Mrs. M. E, Davi
! spent last week in Mortified with friends
4 - John Neill's two youngest girls ar
" sick with scarletina. - Mrs. G. b. Porte
of Waitsfeld has been visiting her sister
I Mrs. j. p. Boyce, the past week
e