The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15
Roxbury.

Mrs. Al Wheeler is visiting in st. Adams.
George Tilden is laying water pipes to the
hotel.
W. j. Carpenter was at home from Gran
vile over Sunday.
E. A. Fits was in Braintree attending to
his farm labors there few days last week.
David Steele cut his foot last Thursday.
DR.. Fletcher was called to dress the wound.
Hiram Ferry narrowly escaped a serious
injury while at work in the woods last
week.
Mrs. G. II. Hammet and little dau ghter
are spending few days with her father, Ii.
p. Worcester.
May Ellis remains very low but the doc
tor thinks il her strength holds out for few
days she will recover.
DR.. Parks of Montpelier was in town last
week to attend horse of John NJ. Sulli-
vans that dislocated its hip.
Claude Roys closed a very successful term
of school in this village last Friday. He
has been engaged to teach the winter term.
Heman Averill and wife have finished
work at the Columbian House and have re.
turned home to carry on the farm this win
ter.
About four inches of snow fell here Sat-
urday night. Sunday the wind blew per-
feet gale reminding one OF the days that are
coming.
There was not very large house at the
play SIS Marriage Failure" last Saturday
night, but those who did attend got their
moneys worth.
In Swanton, October 16, son was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Jones She will he
remembered by her many friends here as
Miss Belle Thayer.
Tom Kelley and his help have returned
to town to work on the quarry. They con-
template getting out a few blocks of marble
before it gets too cold. They all board at
the Columbian House,
Henry Averil of Warren stopped on his
way hHne from the hospital in Boston
where fe has been sick for several weeks
with typhoid pneumonia, at his uncle's,
Lee Wileys. His mother came over and
took him home the next day.
East Montpelier.
Diana t. Ormsbee spent last week in
Cabot.
j. NJ. Willard is at home from his EN-
ployment on the train.
Mrs. Norman Goodwin returned to New
York on Tuesday Of last week.
#. T. Cross and wife are rejoicing over
their first baby. 1t is a boy.
Raleigh Lively has returned from G. W.
Foster to Heaton hospital.
Wallace Hayford and family visited his
brother in Boston during the excursion.
The personal property of e. p. Norcross
was sold at auction on Tuesday this week
Mercy Clough gave an old fashioned
quilting to the elderly ladies at the Center
November q it being her eighty-six birth
day,
East Barre.
Workmen are scarce this fall and BUSH
ness improving.
The schools closed last Friday for a
three weeks vacation.
Phillips Brothers are wanting more stone
cutters which are scarce in this section.
Rev. o. r. Davis is again visiting his
brother, E. Il. Davis for short time.
Mrs. @. ID. Cooney returned the first Of
the week from visit at Groton for a few
days.
William Jamison has returned from the
city. He resumed work at Grearson
Brothers the first OF the week.
W. Il. Bixby is erecting stone shed on
the street which leads to the grst mill 1t
will be occupied by Mr.. Lombard.
Frank Southwck finished work for
! Burke Brothers last week. He expects to
spend the winter in Massachusetts.
Snow enough for fairly good sleighing
and the weather cold and sharp, very
| good imitation Of January weather last
Monday morning.