The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09
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| &. Il. Bullock OF Nashua, N. H., is visit
ing his father. A. M. Bullock.
James English OF Burlington is visitor
in town as is also his sister Alice of Mont
pelier.
James Newton was in Ryegate recently
and purchased nice pair Of dapple gray
| work horses.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. 7. Davis and daughter
are visiting in Randolph, Bethel and
Rochester this week.
E.v Spencer has been granted license
to keep hotel He will hang out q sign
about the first Of September.
The band and quite q company from the
village attended a birthday party at John
Breen's last Tuesday evening.
The "Stars" met defeat at the hands OF
| Woodbury. base ball team in their game at
that place last Saturday. Score 10 to IA.
Our second nine play the North Montpe-
lier team at that place Wednesday and the
return game will be played here Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Morrill, of st. Louis,
Mo-, are visiting o. #. Morrill,, Mr.. Morril's
father. Charles has been very sick with q
fever and has come home to recuperste.
The latest cases In law are two for tres
pass; l.. ID. Trow v. Edgar Kidder, which
was appealed to county court; Levi Guyette
v. b. Addison, which was settled by de-
| PENDANT.
Mrs. Lydia Pitkin is with Levi Bemis and
| wife at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Mr.. and
| Mrs. Bems are expected to visit in this
place before they return to their home in
Chatfield, MINI.
Road Commissioner B. B. Martin had
| twenty-five teams at work on Friday and
Saturday, carting gravel and stone to make
permanent road between ID. X. Loveland's
and X. A. Rosebrook's.
Road Commissioner B. b. Martin has just
been indulgiDg in the largest experiment
in permanent road building ever wit
messed in THE place. The piece Of road un-
der repair being the clay bed between
| d. r. Loveland's and e. A. Rosebrook's
which in the spring time has always been q
perfect porridge. Over twenty teams and
forty men worked carting stone and gravel
upon this strip of road Friday and Satur-
dav. When this gets packed and thorough
| ly trodden it ought to make fist class
road and if as good as that recently repair
cd upon the depot road will justify the ex-
| pense and labor.
Brookfield.
Joseph Chamberlain of Barre spent few
days in town last week.
Charles Adams and family from St.
| Johnscury visited in town last week.
John LamsoD, who has been in Ludlow
the past few months Is in town again.
John Abercrombie of Lawrence, Mass, is
visiting his brother, Rev. Mr. Abercrombie.
Marcus Peck has been on business trip
the past week. Mrs. Peck accompanied
him.
Mrs. Fred Ralph and son Neal have been
visiting at Orlando Ralph's the past two
weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard Stiles Of West
| Virginia visited Miss Susan Adams re-
Gently.
Alice Raymore has returned from Lud-
! low whpre aha has baan learning dress
making.
Mrs. Fanny Fullam and son James have
returned from Bridgeport Conn, where
they have been spending few months.
Charles Freeman OF Iowa, son Of Willard
Freeman, formerly OF this place, has been
at Frank Patterson's for the last two
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs Kenyon of Hartford, Conn,
are spending few weeks at the summer
home of Mrs, Philbrick, mother Of Mrs.
Kenyon.
Rev G. II. Morse and family returned to
their home in Craftsbury last Saturday af-
ter visit of ten days with their former pa
rishioners here.
DR.. f. j. Partridge of Worcester, Mass,
is spending few days with his family. who
are with Mrs. Partridge's mother, Mrs.
Upham, during the summer.
Mrs Ermina Tenney, formerly matron at
|
is now in North Dakota with her daughter,
Mrs. Ayers, is visiting in town.
There is almost water famine in town
on account OF the prolonged dry weather.
Many springs have entirely failed and bust
ness is suspended at the fork factory and
mills for want OF water.
The Sunday.school of the Second church
voted last Sunday to accept an invitation
from the First church Sunday-school TO
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school in picnic in the near future. The
plans are not as yet fully matured.
East Orange.
Myra Button is slowly convalescing.
Mrs. ]. b. Brooks and daughter are i'll.
Ethel Hamilton has returned from Brad
ford where she attended the summer school
l.. f. Risley and grandson of Permont
N. H., were in town last Thursday on bust.
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilds OF West Tops
ham were guests at j. s. Burgins last
Thursday.
Warner Hutchinson who has been visit
Ing here has returned to his home in Buf
falo N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. W. s. Paine were called tt
Washington last week on account of the
illness of Mr.. Paines mother.
Henry McCrillis of Williamsville, Conn.
and Charlie Carpenter OF Bellows Falls wer,
in town Saturday.
j. B. Brooks spoke Sunday afternoon il
place OF Rev. James Boyd who is sbsen
for a short vacation
Mrs. j. r. Hutchinson received news las
week OF the death OF her father, Hiram
Gates OF Concord. N. II. He was nearl
eighty years old and was once resident O
this place for few years.
, South Ryegate.
K. Metcalf has moved from p. j. Does t
a Thomas Longmore's tenement.
9 Rev. William Wiley will occupy the pu
pit at the Reformed Presbyterian churc
o next Sunday.
t Terry g. George have the job to put int
n the basement OF the school building p.
Beckwith Round Oak furnace.
u w. d. Darling and K. Metcalf hav
. formed partnership again and have begu
!, stone Gu ting in the old Zsstrow shed.
;. j. A. Ford is furnishing his neghbol
a with new corn from his garden since Al
j. gugt o. Who has raised any in this sectio
i. any earlierP