The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
Vershire.

r. JOHNSON IL now drawing the milk from
South Vershire to the creamery here
HAL Cotton Of Thetford Academy spent
Sunday in town with Clyde Fuller.
About a dozen men and several teams ore
at work for Mr. Gamsby on his lumber job.
There are thirty or more employed at he
mines.
El Ter Meade has been holding series of
meetings ut the Advent church which have
continued through the week closing last
sunday evening
Henry w Burbank from Chelsea is teach
ing at Vershire Center, Mrs Ely At South
Vershre. Miss Darling at Copperfeld and
Miss Lamont from Lyme in the Fits dis
trict.
The sympathy OF al goes out to Mrs. l..
e. His in her double bereavement. The
8 al news OF the death of her brother, Allyn
b. Willmot, in the Philippines, had but
Just been confirmed 10y u letter from the
chaplain at Manila when she was called to
attend the funeral of her father, Bushrod
Willmot. He was the only survi wing mem
Der of her family, her mother having died
several years ago.
Middlesex.
Mrs. Maria Davis is visiting in Boston and
vicinity this week.
Miss Rose Smith has been confined to the
house by illness the past week.
1. 8. Coburn of Jacksonville was a visi
tor at DR.. w. M. Pierce's last week
Remember the extra to be held by Miss
Whitmarsh's dancing school Tuesday even
ing.
Charles G. Ward made hurried business
| call in town over Sunday, returning to Brs-
| tol Monday afternoon.
IA. Smith placed fine double tablet
over tho graves OF Lorenzo ID. Hills and
wife at Middlesex, last week.
hau haa cd
peneion OF So per month through the agency
OF j. K. Eldredge & Co. of Randolph
| Mrs. Theodore Heinicke and children
| left Monday morning for Plattsburg, N Y,
where they will reside in the future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank W. Nichols are the
parents of daughter born last week Mon
day. The little one is dangerously ill.
| Middlesex possesses a man who claims to
be able to see through thick pssteboard. 1t
is respectfully sug gested that he confine his
| nebriate gaze to his own business
Several from Middlesex attended the
| presentation Of the "Cuckoo" at Montpelier
| last Thursday evening The correspond
ent knows one who came home Disguised.
The pewholders of the Center meeting
| house have called a meeting to be held at
the Center January to appoint COM
mittee to make arrangements to sell the
church.
find the same at the post-otfice. We will
supply them on the Rutland and Boston
and Maine railroad il there is sufficient de-
mand for them.
A large number OF the pews in the church
have been very appropriately upholstered
and have a comfortable appearance This
is work in precisely the right line, and it is
hoped it will be continued all around until
we have one of the best churches in this
section. 1t speaks volumes for the commu-
nifty, and is source of general welfare.
Plainfield.
+. L. Laird and j. w. Gordon were in
town last week on business.
w. j. Batchelder and daughter Maude
visited last week in the family of l., q.
Batchelder OF Barre city.
The Plainfeld Cooperative creamery
paid its patrons for November butter
twenty-four cents pound.
b. Leizer, who a short time ago, pur-
chased from the Drew stock farm of Bur-
lington fine reg stored Ayrshire bull, re-
ceived last week registered heifer of the
same breed from 9. NJ Winsow of Bran
don.
At the annual meeting of Wyoming Lodge
| of Masons held Thursday night Ii. A. Ken
nston was ele ted w. NJ; Charles Will
lams, s. w; George Pray, j, w. Arch
Batchelder, treasurer and f. g. Hoyt, sec
rotary.
Fred Cree, who has for some time held
| the position Of first assistant at the cream
cry, closes his labors there the first OF the
year. He intends to spend some time in
training school for buttermakers Arthur
Perkins take tn vacant place.
Adoption papers were made in probate
court last Thursday by which G. ID. Kidder
adopted Blanche Woodwork, a thirteen
| years-old girl, who for the last eight years
has lived in his family. The mother, who
| lives in Boston, signed the necessary papers
to make the matter legal.
Ryan & Davis have shipped several cars
| loaded with potatoes to market and now
! have 5000 bushels ready to ship. They
! have rented the basement to HI. K. Cutters
| block for a year TO be used by them in their
business. This week they went to market
with cars loaded with potatoes, poultry and
stock.
| j. b. Wells, the village milkman, last
! Friday night left his team near the Meth
odist church while he went to leave milk at
| II. Il. CutleT's. During the time he was
absent the horse started and colliding with
| a;lamp post somewhat damaged the wagon
and broke the harness. When Mr., Wells
| returned he found his horse freed from the
wagon and patiently waiting for repairs to
| be made.
A slight misunderstanding between two
of the prominent men of the town culmi-
mated last Tuesday evening in battle OF
words near the store, which was considered
breaking Of the public peace On Thurs
day both OF the princpa were placed un.
der arrest That night one of the parties
pleaded guilty but said he was innocent
and paid his fine. The other case was con-
tinued till this week Thursday.
South Northfield.
Carl Smith and wife are the happy par
ents of son born December IS.
Mrs. James Harvey of Salem, Mass is in
town, called here by the death of her father,
George III Fisher.
Mrs. Horace Smith has returned from a
stay OF several weeks in Fairlee where she
has been during the sickness and death of a
sister.
Fairlee.
G. p. w. Minis, the drummer evangelist
spoke in the Union church Sunday after
noon.
Bushrad w. Wlmot died at his home
Tuesday, December II, after several weeks
OF suffering. Mr. Wilmot was born i1
Thetford 67 years ago. He had lived in this
town but few years The news of the
death of his only son, Allyn Wilmot, in the