The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-21
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Rev. j. j. Lewis of South Boston visited
relatives in town Saturday.
Bart Mansfield OF White River Junction
is visiting relatives in town.
Nelson e Shorey has decided his place on
Main street to Hermon K. Cutler.
DIR. j. r. Woodward of Oxford, Mass,
visited his brother over Saturday.
Mr.. Austin from Fort Ethan Allen is Wis
itinghis sister, Miss Mabel Austin.
Miss Jennie Hodges visited her home in
Randolph over Friday and Saturday.
Charles Bales was kicked by horse last
Saturday, but no bones were broken.
Rev. j. o. Sherburne and wife of Will
Jamestown visited at s. B. Gales last week.
John Mansfield Jr. and Miss Mary
Crimmins Of Montpelier were married last
Friday.
A daughter weighing eleven pounds was
born to Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Putney last
Thursday.
Sheriff Collins was in town last Monday
summoning witnesses to appear before the
J grand jury.
A large delegation went to Montpelier
last Friday evening to attend the play,
Shore Acres.
Miss Mabel Austin goes next Tuesday to
Corinth to attend the wedding of Miss
Bertha Eaton.
John Hudson and Charles Gidney g art
next Wednesday for England where they
are intending to remain.
Marten Holbrook, wife and son of Men
| don, Mass, are stopping for short time at
| @. St. Johns, Mrs. Hobrook's father.
Frank Shorey has finished work for o.
! 9. Batchelder and has gone to Montpelier
where he has position in the Cross bakery.
Mrs. Sarah Ranney, who has ,been spend
ing the summer with her sister, Mrs. Helen
Batchelder, returned to her home in Kan
sas Monday.
An afternoon and evening social gather
ing will be held in the Methodist parlors on
Thursday. Supper will be served until
eight p. M, il desired, and the gentlemen
can bring their wives for afternoon and re.
turn for supper and evening after the chores
are done.
Marshfield.
Chester Sawyer died last week at the
home of Orrin Rogers, where he has been
living. The funeral was held Friday at Mr.
Rogers home, Rev. s. G. Lewis officiating
- The twentv-fifth anniversary of the
marriage OF Amasa Tucker was held at
their home last Saturday afternoon ana
evening. About one hundred were pres
emit. Some nice presents were left with
them. - James Newton and family re-
turned home from Woodstock last Satur-
day where Mrs Newton has been all sum-
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week. - The creamery paid its patrons
eighteen and fourth cents per pound for
August butter. - Mrs. Marshall of
West Burke and Will Marshall OF Hard
wick visited at G. d. Smiths last week.
- Ira 81; Edison visited in Montpelier
and Mortified last week. - Mrs. o. o.
Davis OF Mortified was in town last week
- +. A. Slayton Of Barre was in town
last Saturday looking after horses. -
Charlie Currierl Of Andover, N. H., is in
town. - Rev. s. G. Lewis was in Hard
wick last week visiting his mother.
West Fairlee.
George Gilman came home last Saturday
| to remain until Monday.
Mr.. Paul is quite ill again and Mrs. Paul
is somewhat out OF health.
Mrs. d. y. Hyde of STAFFORD was a guest
of Mrs. E. F. Dudley last week.
j. P. Virgins of Corinth was in town
Sunday on his way to Post Mills.
e. P. George and daughter visited friends
in Springfield and Claremont, N. H., last
week.
Mrs. Helen Smith went to Chelsea on
Thursday to visit her friend, Mrs. Stanton,
returning Saturday morning.
Mrs. Carl Gilman of State Line, Miss, is
visiting friends in town. Her son Fred
who lives in Yonkers, N. Y, is also here.
Henry Farnham, our soldier boy, is at
home on thirty. days furlough. He is a
member OF the First New Hampshire regi-
ment.
Mrs. Carl Gilman and son went to STRAIT
ford Sunday to visit friends. Mrs. Gilman
is the daughter of the late Alanson Smith of
Stafford.
West Fairlee Center.
Ensilege cutting is the farmers work at
present.
Schools have commenced in all the districts.
Miss Minnie Heath has the Centre school
with thirty scholars; Miss Alice Haven the
Blood Brook school with about ten boys and
no girls; Miss Isabel Ordway the No. 8
school, with about twelve scholars. While
she was riding with some of her scholars to
her school Monday morning, they saw three
deer in the road only few rods away.
These were doe and two fawns.
Groton.
Arthur Teller is at home.
ID. f. Clark Of Montpelier was in town
one day last week.
DIR. Robinson of New York, who has been
stopping in town for a few weeks, returned
to that city Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. II. Clark went 10 Boston
last Monday. Mr.. Clark's health has been
| quite poor for some time and he has gone to
| be doctored.
A difficulty over a few apples between
Manley Clark and James Smith led to a
disgraceful fight last week and Manley
came out of the fistic encounter badly used
up. He is now threatening to take the law
to battle his wounded feelings.
Three more granite firms are about to To-
cate here. No better granite can be found
in this State than Groton can furnish, and
it is bound to take the lead; and the firms
who are locating here will be rushed with
! orders for Groton granite, the same as are
those now doing business here.