The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10

fishing trip to Granville on Friday, return. |
ing on Sunday. - Miss Lou Worcester
visit in Montpelier, South Barre and East |
Nv. j. Carpenter was
quite seriously i'll with the grip last week,
but is now better. - Mrs. Melissa
Warner Is repairing the interior Of her
house. - Rev. j. Il. Henderson is away
on vacation. His place in the Congrega.
tIonal pulpit is filed by Miss Nellie Jones.
a lady evangelist - The many friends
OF Miss Matte Dunsmoor are much pleased
to learn that she is recovering from her
recent Illness - Mrs. Melissa Warner
has rented one Of her village tenements to
M. W. Dickinson. = Several from this
place spent dewey Day" in Mortified.
- Miss Ada Nichols is spending few
days with friends in Barre. - Joseph
Howe has moved his family into part of
village school commenced on Monday Of
last week with Miss Anna Woodward of
Braintree, as teacher.
BrookfieId.
DR.. Quinn returned from Concord, N. H.,
Monday night.
Miss James OF Elmore visited Mrs, Will
Haggett last week.
Infant child of Frank p. Lamson il quite
sick at this writing
John Brown is in very poor health. He
is great sufferer with rheumatism
Mrs. Calvin Fullam has returned to her
home from Burlington. She is in very poor
health.
Jason Nye, the new proprietor of Lake
View hotel, has taken possession and is
ready for business.
Brookfield grange had very interesting
meeting May 5. d. e. Herrick gave nice
entertainment with his monograph.
Mrs. 9. @. Upham and daughter Mary are
expected home to-day from Worcester,
Mass, where they have spent the winter.
Several of the Masons from Mystic Star
lodge attended the burial Of Hon. j. b.
Cleveland. at Lebanon, N. H., last Thurs
day.
Edwin, the ten-year-old son of Frank and
Mary Lamson, died last week Tuesday.
The funeral was held from the home, Rev.
r. I'll. Abercrombie officiating.
Last Sunday evening at the Second
church Rev. G. W. Morrow gave an inter-
esting temperance address which was en-
joyed and appreciated by full house.
John r. Cleveland, a former and honored
resident Of this town, died May 2 at the
home OF his niece in Pompanoosuc aged
seventy-nine years. Interment was at Leb.
anon, N. II.
East Montpelier.
Mrs. Diana Ormsbee is improving.
Alvin Pierce is i'll with pneumonia.
Levi Mallory was taken suddenly ill last
Saturday.
Fred Sibley has commenced work on his
new barn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Reyes of Warren
were called to town last week by the illness
of her mother, Mrs. Ormsbee.
Mrs. Lord and son of Chicago, who are
spending the summer in Calais, are visiting
at the Peck farm.
lor II nlr no;l
be married this evening at the home of the
brides parents. Sincere are the many con-
gratulations and good wishes for their fu-
ture happinnss.
West Berlin.
Leslie Streeter has gone to Bethlehem,
N. H., as porter in boarding house for the
season. - Earl, the second son of Ed.
Cove, is in critical condition. Miss
Lizzie Reyes is very sick with pneumonia
- Barrett, Atherton and Farrar of
Waterbury with their wives spent Sunday
at G. A. Stickney's. II. B. Ayers has
bought his daughter a new buggy to re-
place the one burned with the store.
Miss Blanche Granfeld will teach this sea-
son. She was one of the successful caudi-
dates at the Northdeld examination.
Wells River.
Mrs. Charles Coy Of Summerville, Mass,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Cheney.
Mrs. White and Mrs. Slack came home
from Boston Monday where they have been
spending the winter. - Thomas Aulis
returned from his vacation last week and
has opened the barber shop which was
closed by the death OF the proprietor, Rob-
ert Terry. g. There will be an entertain
ment in the vestry Friday evening for the
benefit OF the library. Ice cream and cake
will be served. - Regular meeting Of
Corinthian Chapter, Order of Eastern Star
Wednesday evening at 730 - Mrs G.
FL. Carpenter and children of Bradford
spent few days here last week with Mrs
A. f. Mullikin. - Mrs. Mary Vance re-
turned from a visit in Groton ON Thursday.
- The Over Sixty club will meet with
Mrs. e. A. Evans at Woodsville Wednes-
day afternoon. - Miss Hartwell has
gone to Mrs. Rumsey's to board. Mr..
and Mrs. Springer have gone to Lancaster
to live on the farm he bought last fall.
- Quite crowd gathered at the depot
Tuesday afternoon to see Captain Clark as
he passed through here on his way to Brad
ford.
Fairlee.
Mr. and Mrs. #. A. Messer started last
Saturday for visit in Newport, N. H.
The Sunday-school had Mother Goose"
entertainment Thursday evening. "Mother
Goose" and her children all did well. More
than So was realized.
A severe storm visited this section last
AuCoudJs Wluu
with hail lasted nearly half an hour Hail
was two or three inches deep on a level
Some hailstones were nearly as large as
hens egg. Considerable damage was done.
West Fairlee Center.
Springs work is being pushed by all the
farmers.
The services of Rev. Charles Fogg have
been engaged for another year as pastor at
the Congregational church here and at Post
Mills.
The Christian Endeavor Society elected a
new board OF officers for six months at their
meeting last Sunday evening, with Miss
Effie Hubbard as president.
Very many suckers were taken from
Middle Brook week before last. Truman
Hatch got one weighing four and a half
pounds. Other large ones were caught,
A most violent hail, rain and wind storm
passed here last week Tuesday, its course
being from northwest to southeast. It
was accompanied by lightning and thunder,
adding much to the terror OF the storm.
No hail storm in the last fifty years, or
within the memory Of the Oldest people of
this place has compared with this in inten-
sity. Hail stones as large as hens eggs
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