The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-13
Marshnoid.

| Mrs Lydia SpsffOrd is ill.,
Herbert Eddy is driving team for Wood
Brothers.
NJ. Kicker OF Groton was I'm town last
week, looking for cows
j. a. Woodward has leased A. 7. Du-
rants saw mill for Que year
Mrs W. e Lsmberton visited at her
cousins Ia N0rhlield last week
Martin Newton was in Topsham and
Groton last week, looking for oxen,
Miss Lizzie Packer spent Saturday aud
Sunday In Montpelier aud Plaiufeld.
@, A. Morris recentlv dressed yesrliug
bull that weighed $40 pounds, dre5sel
weight.
NE Bsc<loy ia now fnishiue of his tsn-
ement. c, l. Preston is assisting him in
doing The work.
Mark Mears has much improved the looks
of the front Of his store by the addition Of "a
new piszza f'or and frout Steps
@. Abbott has returned to his home in
Topsham. He purchased twenty-one new
mich cows while In this vicinity.
Mrs. Ooha-kee has brought suit and at.
tached the property of Aeck Guietta TO Sc
cure claim for work and money lent.
Alanson Shepard spent Sunday in town.
He drove up from Montpelier, horse rs-
Gently purchased there by S. Swerdieger.
The annual meeting and election OF Off
GERS Of the Grange will ue held in Msf-
shalPs hall Wednesday evening, December
90
Owing tn the scarcity OF seasoned lumber
j. Marshall has dismissed his Carpentets
ana will not 10 present finish the remainder
Of his building.
II. G. Carpen or is pacing tie Of shelves
aud drawers upon Que side Of Jue room 10
his block recently vacated by l.. B. Adams
and otherwise ii ting 1t no,
j L. Shaw has purchased Of l.. D Nute
the buildings and about two acres Of land
on the farm be recently nurcha ed of $. d.
Baker Consideration, $500
The band met for rehearsal Saturday
evening aud voted 10 continue them through
the winter. They are % havs fo reh-ar-
sal room the one ia which NJ. r. Beckley
formerly had his iewelry store.
The envelope which contained the last
letter from Alfred j. Smith at Honolulu
bears Hawaii postage stamp. This is
probably The first stamp OF ms kind ever
seen ln TIE place. IL Is on exhibition AZ
the posroftice.
The Knights Of Pythiss worked first and
second rank on four candid tes Monday
evening, December 4. A banquet was
served a. Hole Spencer. There were a faw
visiting Knights but not a. mduv AZ was
expected owing to the iuclemency Of the
weather and bad travelling.
Mes.rs. KEEPER and Miller, who have been
quartered at the Commercial House for
some time this fall engaged in g4iheriug
Christmas trees, have returned TO their
homes In Long Poud, Pa. Mr. Miller, who
was the last TO 60, left town Friday al ar
noon They cut and shipped seven car
loads, each car carrying from 45O to 800
trees. Mr. Miller said that they would pro-
bably return another fall,
c. Baldw of Plaiutield and their home for
the present will he broken mp. Murray ex-
p cts TO attend the next session OF the Yer
mont Dairy School at Burling on which
opens January and continues until about
the first OF May. He has not yet decided
what he will do after hen. Mrs. Bemis ex-
poets to go to Plainfald 10 live with her
sister. Flora is dressmaking and Ethel is
attending school at Goddard Seminary,
Another interesting letter has been re-
ceived by j. Berton Pike from Alfred j
Smith which il dated at Honolulu, No
vember % and %, in which lie states that
they arrived IN that port on the morning
Of November % on the transport City Of
Sidney, which Is fine boat and carried
$50 soldiers and officers. 1t was the first
ii they had sighted land for eight days
and il looked good. He was very sea sick
the first six days ont as were many others.
On the evening of the 22nd he writes that
for their supper they were to have beans,
hard tack and coffee. In addition TO these ra-
tions on the way out they had bread, rice and
pruues. Although plain their fare is very
good, The band, OF which he is a member,
is quartered on the boat with the officers Of
the regiment and they had TO play four
hours each day. 1t was as warm there on
the island as June day in Vermont. The
| regiment was permitted to go ashore where
they saw many sights, among hem the late
! queens throne. They were more than
made welcome by the inhabitants Of he
island who consist chiefly OF Spaniards
and Chinese and were given by them
all the tropical fruits they could eat
He never felt better in his life and it
was worth ten years OF his life to see the
sights alre dy Witnessed They were TO
weigh anchor at 43O M, November %,
for Manila, d thirty days trip or $3.50 miles
yet TO go.