The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-18
Calais.


pelier the first of the week.
The patrons of the Calais Creamery AS
sociation received twenty .one and one-half
cents for December butter.
There will be public installation of the
officers of Stow Post and Relief Corps and OF
the camp of Sons of Veterans at Memorial
Hall next Saturday afternoon.
There is to be q change in the mail route
March /. The to 70 will start from North
Calais on the wal of the mail from Hard.
wick, from there to Calais post-office, then
to Sodom and Montpelier. Returning at
night make connection at North Calais with
the stage from Plainield to Hardwick,
thereby securing better communication
through and about the town.
East Calais.
Several cases of the grip are reported.
j. O. Lamb has been confined to the house
two weeks.
Howard Leonard has purchased the
Loomis Pierce farm, with immediate pos
session given.
The young people are preparing the
comedy drama, "New Hampshire Gold"
which they will present next week Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings for the benefit
OF the circulating library.
At the annual meeting of the Creamery
Association the following officers were cleo
ted: Secretary, W. E. Bliss; treasurer, G.
r. Dwinell; directors, A. G Dutton, A. H.
Holt. W. II. Waite, l. W, Gray, and Lean
der Parker.
West FairIee.
Bert Haywood is confined to the house
with cold.
e. F. Dudley is quite sick. DR.. Simpson
attends him.
Sidney Ward has gone to Burlington to
learn the creamery business.
Mr.. Clay has moved into the house on
Mill street formerly occupied by William
Burr.
Mrs. Lyman Wilson of Corinth was in
town last week as a guest of her daughter,
Mrs. Ward.
Allen Bixby of Manchester, N. H, is
in town, visiting his father, William Blk
by, and other friends.
E. # Smith has returned from New York
and will make experiments at the mine in
Copperfeld. He boards at the Eagle hotel.
The West Fairlee Cornet Band gave
promenade concert last Friday evening,
which was very pleasant affair. The
band played several marches, and then the
dancing commenced. The dance music
was rendered by Hiram Kinney and MIR.
Johnson, pianists, with Fred w. Kenney
and Clark Barstow, violinists. The music
was good, and the dance was kept up till
one o'clock.
Worcester.
George Putnam and wife are sick with
the grip.
Mrs. G. ii. Stone has returned from South
eTn Dakota.
A. G. Austin has been visiting at Rev g.
WedgewOrth's.
Bert Jones has been employed as sawyer
in Ladd's mill.
Mrs. George Stone and daughter returned
from the West last week.
A. G. Austin of East Burke is visiting at
Rev. Clark Wedgeworth's.
There was no singing school Saturday
evening on account of the storm.
The singing teacher did not put in an ap.
pearance Saturday evening owing to the
storm.
Communion services were held at the
Methodist church Three persons were
baptized.
At the hearing between Abbott and Ami.
don January IA Abbott received Judgment
against AmidOn.
The Mite Society of the Congregational
church held sociable at the town hall last
Thursday evening.
The grip has reached us and claims many
victims. The attendance at the schools is
greatly reduced on account of sickness.
Quarterly meeting services were held at
the Methodist church Sunday. Rev. CLARK
were babtized and entered on probation.
Middlesex.
8. o. Baxter and family are all ill with
the grip.
#. ID. Maynard of Burlington ia spending
a few days in town.
The Ladies' Aid meets this afternoon
with Mrs. M. j. Scott.
Sidney B. Hastings is confined to the
house with the stylish disease.
James Mackin is confined to the house
with the prevailing distemper.
Mrs. Magff of St. Adams was the guest
of heI brother, Peter Conlin, last Thursday.
G. Dexter and family have moved from
the Holden block to the Otis G. Leland
house.
Foster Brothers of Moretown are at work
on j. w. Eagan's Klondike lumber lot at
the top OF Mount Hunger.
Nearly every one has the grip, and your
correspondent begs to be excused for lack
OF items this week on that account.
The family of Joseph Robinson, with the
exception OF Mrs. Edgerly, are convalescing
under the care OF DIR. Haylett Of Moretown.
Illness and consequent inability to attend
renders 1t impo sibe to do justice to the
excellent affair at the church last Wednes-
day evening. However, the oyster supper
WAS success enjoyably and financially. A
most excellent supper was served and rel
ished followed by pleasing and we'll rem
dered program. There were nearly one
hundred and fifty present and the society
realized about 500 for its efforts.
West Fairlee Center.
Mrs. Julia Richardson has learned that
her daughter Annie is quite sick with pneu.
monia at the home of 1. e. Bond OF Thet.
ford.
This people were much panied to learn OF
the sudden death OF Mrs. Lizzie Hurst Bry,
ant at her home in Sanbornville, N. H., on
Thursday of last week. Mrs. Bry ant was
born and spent her childhood years in this
place, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Hurst. She was we'll and favorably known
by all. She married Rev. Oren Bryant In
early womanhood.