The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09

george M. DAVIS Is TAKING Dlcycle "Trip
to Richford.
Teachers examination here Friday and
Saturday Of this week.
Albert b. Emery of Montague City,
Mass, is at David Emery's.
Elmer #. Bradbury of Keene, N. II hss
joined his family at E. #. Peters's.
Minnie b. whitney is at home from
Montpelier on a vacation OF a few weeks.
1t Is William Slack and not Arthur c.,
who has bought DR.. Goss's farm in Corinth.
Mrs. John l. Bacon and three children oil
White>River junction are at j b. Bacon's.
Elsie Powers of the Emerson School OF
Oratory, Boston, visited last week at A. III.
Powers.
Mrs. Susan Simons OF Lebanon, N 81,
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Joseph
Landon.
e. Hyde Robbins has been engaged as
clerk for Ordway, Holmes u Co., and has
begun work.
L. C. Aldrich was in town last week and
moved his household goods to Thetford,
where he is now living.
W. X. williams has closed work in AL
| lens meat market, and gone TO his former
home in Randolph. Arthur @. Slack takes
his place.
Rev. r. II. Abercrombie of Brookfied
preached on Sunday morning at the Con-
gregational church, on exchange with Rev.
Mr.. Eastman.
| osteopathist, IL to be at the residence OF b.
| III. Adams, Wednesday and Saturday alter
Moons Of each week, to meetapstients.
Frank 1. Whitney went to Hanover, N.
| H., last week, expecting to have an opera
| ton upon his hand, but the surgeons adj
| vised him against the operation, and IT was
| not performed
John M. Atwood has finished his vaca-
ton, and has re urned to his work as trav-
| cling salesman for the Corticelli Silk COM
pany. This trip takes him as far west as
the Pacific coast.
Willis A. Guernsey Of Saratoga Springs,
N. Y, was in town for short time last
week He ia the son of the late Rev. j. w.
Guernsey, who was pastor OF the Methodist
church in this place in 1869 IL.
E. G. Crosby of Brattleboro was in town
| last week to look over the ground for an
electric road He represents the company
which built the road from Charlestown, n.
H., to Springfield, and is engaged in buiid-
ing other roads in the vicinity OF Fitchburg,
Mass.
Mrs G. b. Carpenter is seriously sick at
the David Smith place. AS this Is the
place where there were five cases OF typhoid
fever last year in the Bowles family, Y. +.
Dickinson and DR.. s. N. Goss Inspected the
premises Monday morning in behalf OF the
board of health. They found nothing open
to criticism in the sanitary conditions.
On Tuesday of last week William c. FL.
Wallace until lately a resident OF this
town, was brought here from Orange,
where he has been living of late, and was
examined on charge OF an indecent as
sault on his daughter. The examination
resulted in his being bound over to county
court in the sum of $500, and as he could
not obtain bail, he was committed to Jail.
Cabot.
j. Clara Knight has improved some but
ia still in critical condition.
Mrs. Steele and children Of Worcester
Mass, are visiting Der father, John Damon
f. j. Blanchard is visiting his sisters,
Mrs William Adams and Mrs. James Ly-
ford
Enoch Osgood of Walden, frequent
visitor to this place says he has had charge
OF 427 funerals during the past fifty years.
This is a record hardly equalled in the
State.
There are thirty-four teachers in town
qualified for teaching. Four Of these at
tended the summer schools: Julia +.
Fisher, Addie Smith, Bertha Osgood and
Susie Atkins.
Mrs. l.. G. Burnham and mother, Mrs.
Maria Foster Of Burlington, are stopping
with Mrs Sarah j. Morse, Mrs. Burnham's
and liz quite hale and hearty.
| Road commissioner j. M. Southwick is
| building a piece of permanent road at the
Lower Village between the Advent churc
| and Albert Noyse's. A piece has also been
built up the first pitch from the village on
Southwest hill.
Rev. s. f. Drew has occupied the pulpit
the past two Sundays at the Congregational
| church and will continue to only when
supplied by candidates or call for a per-
manent pastor has been made. Mr.. Drew
breaches with considerable vigor for man
his age and shows a we'll preserved phys
| ioue 1t is expected Mr.. Hazen of Ran
dolph, will preach next Sunday.
| At the directors meeting OF the creamery
company on Monday evening David Nelson
was hired to make the butter another year.
| OF the two bids for Secretary, Mrs. 8. G..
| Voodry and Ralph Hoyt the work was
| let to the latter, he having in the lowest
bid A. M. Foster is to secure the services
| of the second man at the creamery. Three
candidates present themselves for the
place.
Morse Brothers would invite your atten.
| ton to the following reductions in summer
| goods Straw hats from %, 90 and 70 cts
to ID and 10 cts. crash hats formerly rs and
30 cts to IA and % cts; we have some fell
hats which will receive the same discount.
We have a few pieces more OF underwear
on which we shall discount thirty per cent
On low summer shoes we shall offer yot
the following prices: Those marked 81 81
to 10, 81. 20 to SO Cts, and BLOC to 70 cts
In order to close out the stock in pique an(
crash shirts we shall discount from SO 90
$50 and 2 90 to So 20, l 98 and LAT. Now il
the time for fruit jars. We have both the
Mason and Lightning in a large stock and
at low prices.
| Calais.
H. e Burnap was in Mortified the frs
OF the week.
Sergeant Ridout of the Boston polio
force Is visiting in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. l.. White visited /
Wolcott and Craftsbury the first Of th
, week.
Archie Lamphere and Mrs. l.. Hunt wer
in Hardwick Monday. Mrs. Hester Ken
and Ola Dwinell of Cabot were in town o
Monday.
, Nearly three hundred people attende
the Wheeler picnic and reunion at Curt
pond last Saturday. All report a very 81
1 ioyable time The Calais >band rendere
efficient service, and literary and musi
8 | al progr anime was presented. Among thos
| present from out Of town were DR.. o.
q Wheeler of Athol, Mass, Mason o. Vince