The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-25
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george w. Holden sprained his ankle |
last week
Almon Downing and wife OF Barre are
visiting In town.
Miss Florence Henry has so far recovered |
from her recent illness as to be able to ride |
out.
@. W. Huntington is making his yearly
harvest OF Ice and has his ice house nearly
filled.
George M. Seaver is seriously i'll with the
grip and 1t Is feared 1t will end with pneu-
monia.
@. l.. Slack is again working full force
at the stone shed with John Elphinstone as
foreman.
O. A. Corliss has returned from Jackson
vile, Ill, and at this writing Is confined to
the house with the grip.
The Good Templars realized about fif-
teen dollars from the sale Of the boxes at
their sociable last week Monday evening.
1t is expected that the South Barre dra-
matte company will in the near future pre-
sent their drama "Rough Riders" at the
school house hall.
Last Friday evening the friends Of Mr..
and Mrs. Austin J.. Patterson gave them a
surprise party, it being the tenth anniver-
sary OF their marriage.
Miss Lillian Chatfield the teacher of the
primary department of our village school,
on Tuesday of last week was suddenly
called to her home in Randolph by the se-
we're illness of her mother.
The seven-months- old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mark Eastman died at their home in
Williamstown last Wednesday. The funer-
al services were held from the home of @.
A Eastman in this village on Friday last
Rev. #. K. Briggs officiating
The following officers Of s. g. Smith Post,
G.. A. r for the coming year were INSTALL
ed by Post Commander M. b. Curtis on
Saturday evening, January 81: Command
or, @. III Smith senior vice-commander, A.
f. Bohonan; junior vice.commander, Ed
ward Emery; adjutant, Willard Clough
Beede; quartermaster, A. III. Pepper; officer
Of the day, ID. P. Smith; officer of the
guard, @. E. Emery; guard, George Bishop.
Miss Adah Hewitt of Bristol is visiting
in town.
Miss Bertha Miller was home from Waits
field over Sunday.
Will Miner has gone to Huntington to
work for the winter.
V. l.. Perkins and wife OF Hancock, were
in town over Sunday.
e. w Slayton was away the past week
week on a business trip.
V. l.. Perkins has sold the Fassett farm
to A. A. Lamb for Sl400.
The infant child of Charles Miller is dan
gerously sick with whooping cough.
Fifty couples attended the social dance
at the Town hall on Friday evening.
j. l.. Gleason was in Middlesex on
Monday, after his new engine and boiler.
Miss Nina Divoll is home from Andover
Mass, where she has been attending school
e. f. Thayer returned from Burlington
on Saturday, where he has been attending
the dairy school.
F. j. Tillotson has closed bis labors for
w. Fl. Cardell and is soon to move to his
farm on the East Hill.
II. r. Kennedy is home from Montpelier
and is moving his family into the new
house OF A. A, Parsons.
Hazen Lyford, an OLD and respected citi-
zen OF this town, was burieu on FRIDAY.
His age was eighty-eight years.
Mrs. p. Laramy returned home from Bur.
lington on Friday where she has been re-
ceiving treatment at the Mary Fletcher
Hospital.
South Duxbury.
Mrs. George Robnaon of Williamstown
is very i'll. Her father, Albert Phillips,
was called to her bedside on Saturday.
Mrs. Henry Psrcher is very poorly in
health, being confined to her bed. DR..
Haylett is her attending physician.
The Dorcas Union met at Mr.. and Mrs.
e. G. Atkins on Wednesday. The young
people came in in the evening and all en-
joyed a merry time until the small hours.
The proceeds of the evening were nearly
three dollars which is to go into cushions
for the church seas.
The young people gave a reception at
Lester Hills, Thursday evening. There
was large number out, and all seemed to
ha Ia
served. Remarks were offered by Mr.,
Boyce of Waterbury, and responded to
by Mr. Hills. A number of presents were
left as token Of friendship, and it is hoped
the worthy people may live to enjoy many
years OF prosperous life.
Roxbury.
George Allen was ill with the grip last week.
All of the children of Alfred Constne are
i'll with the mumps.
Mrs George Fisk spent last Thursday and
Friday in s.. Adams.
William Bashaw visited his children in St.
Johnsbury few days of last week.
Mrs. Hannah Turner returned last week
from a visit to her sister in Peterborough,
N II.
J. II. Worcester of South Barre visited his
father, ii. p. Worcester on Tuesday and
Wednesd " of last week.
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attend the musical convention which is to be
held at Randol h this week.
Joseph Boulais, the genial day operator at
the station is spending much needed vacation
at his home in ST. Johns, z. O.
Z. A. Fits and wife and Mrs. B. A. Tilden
attended the Spiritualist convention at Mont
pelier ON Saturday and Sunday.
There was social dance at Clark Flint's
last Friday evening. About ninety were in
attendance. Chase's orchestra furnished music.
The attendance at the village school was
quite small last week, owing to the prevailing
distemper with which a number of the pupils
have been suffering,
East Calais.
Obel Provost and Charles Foster OF New
ark are visiting L. l.. Provost.
The Levison q Lamb Manufacturing
Company has few orders on hand.
James Felch has gone to Marshfeld to
work in the box factory OF Wood Brothers.
There was good attendance at the Ban
croft. Wilson wedding. A large number OF
presents were received.
d. d. Lamb and wife are expected to re-
turn to-day. They have been visiting at