The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
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Lewis NJ. Seaver Of New York is in town
looking aitei his farming interests.
Miss Mida Thompson OF Barre was re-
Gently the guest OF Mrs. Henry Nixon.
Cornelius Perrin was lately visited by his
brother, Charles X Perrin of Montpelier.
Leslie ID. Gale returned on Saturday from
bis season at the Fabyan House, White
Mountains.
George Beckett and Charles M. Edison
have just had telephones put into their
places of business.
Mrs. Martha Dewey only child of our old
tow nsman, j. Marin Walker, of Reynolds,
Ill, is visiting here.
Harvey Blackmer of Stockbridge and In
Glen Blackmer Of St. Louis. Mo-, were re-
cent guests VI relatives here.
The younger Of the two sons now living,
OF our ex-towsmap, Rufus Walker, OF Mo-
line, ILL.,, is about to IN rry.
DR.. Lewis ID. Martin, osteopath, is
about to move his family to Barre. They
will occupy a house on Church street.
The Grearson- Beckett company has added
another polishing machine to their granite
works. They are doing fine business.
Albert M. Goodrich who is marking
specially OF some kinds of fancy stock has
taken four first premiums at one fair this
fall.
Ernest Young, who takes the place OF W.
Il. Noyes on Lewis M. Seaver's farm, was
recently married to Mrs. Kate Edwards Of
| Chelsea.
The women's Relief corps invited the
corps and Grand Army post OF Brookfeld
to dinner and social visit at our town hall
| last week.
John Riddell has moved from the Spen-
Ger place on the east side OF the town to the
| old Porter Martin farm last occupied by w.
4. Perkins and son. MIR. Riddell has
bought the farm.
The protracted drouth is still felt iu the
dry wells and springs and some people are
still finding their only supply OF water in
brooks near their homes.
The Young Peoples Society Christian En-
| deavor will give reception for Rev. and
Mrs. Womer, to their friends, at the home
Of j. X. Lynde, Thursday evening, October
~ from eight to ten.
Orlo Allen with his wife, formerly Fan
ME Jackson, is stopping for few weeks
| with his brother-in-law, Fred A. Jackson,
here. Mr., Allen has bought q place in Lex.
ipgtop, Mass
Misses Nina Gonlett, Carlotta Andrews
and Ina Fuller, students at the Montpelier
Seminary, were in town over Sunday as
guests OF Misses Susie M. Benedict and
| Gertrude Martin.
Incidental to the damages sustained by
| Henry j. Lasell last Saturday evening the
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any individual be legally responsible for
them for reasons that appear in another
| tenn
The second entertanme mt in our seasons
course will be lecture November by Hon.
G. A, Gearhart. The Central Lyceum Blu.
reau through which he comes here gives
him warm praise as scholar, orator and
man.
W. e. Noyes, a carpenter by trade, and
for some two years the occupant of Lewis
| NJ Seaver's farm, Is about to move to the
! depot village in Mortified. We commend
him to Northfield people as a worthy citi-
| zen and trust he may find return OF health
in the change OF occupations he will now
make.
Mrs. Joseph Gregory is passing the criti-
| cal days after her surgical operation we'll
and it is hoped she will recover Her years
Of i'll health and suffering, borne with little
| or no prospect OF relief, make this case one
of great interest. If now she may be well,
there will be rejoicing indeed.
Asa G. WILDER left last week for Louisiana
for the winter to look after quite a large
landed property there he bought some ten
or twelve years ago. His age and infirmi-
| ties made it seem hazardous undertaking
| to take this trip and alone but he was full
! of pluck in doing it.
| After two and one half years as minister
to the Congregational church here, Rev.
p. p. Womer decides to close his labors
| here next Sunday, two months before the
expiration OF the year for which he was last
engaged. He purposes first to take rest
| in Pennsylvania, the native State OF both
his wife and himself. IL is said, that later
he will come back to be installed as pastor
of the Congregational church in West
| Lebanon, n ii.
Mrs. James p Murphy, wife of our rail-
road section boss, died last week of heart
disease, in her forty-eighth year. Her fu-
neral was held from s.. Monica's church,
Barre, and she was buried in that place.
For years she had been resident of our
village. Some time ago she was partially
disabled by a paralytic stroke, but had i'm.
proved in the following years, though never
well. She was quiet, pleasant woman,
devoted 10 her home and family She leaves
husband and several children. Montreal
I and Lowell papers are asked to notice her
death.
Our late townsman. Perkins Bass, had
the honor OF the friendship of Abraham
| Lincoln. Mr. Bass was in his prime at the
time of Mr.. Llncoln's sec md presidents
| campaign. Illinois was in a greatly excit-
ed condition at the time, as there we're
many ersons in Chicago and other parts Of
the State who were in TOO much sympathy
with the eouth. Mr. Lincoln therefore sent
a mutual friend to Mr. Bass, asking that he
would look after the Illinois campaign, and
so pleased was he with The results of Mr..
Bass management, that unsolicited he ap-
pointed him u nlteu States district attorney
at Chicago. MIR. Bass was active in earlier
days. in school matters in Chicago, having
been a member of both the Chicago and
State boards of educa ion and in recogni-
ton of his services one OF the finest and
largest school buildings in Chicago WAS
named after him.
A very severe accident occurred last Sat
urday evening to Henry j. Lasell, son in
law of Ophir $. Martin, and proprietor OF
our meat market He was returning in his
, buggy from Barre aud about seven o'clock
had reached point opposite Chester FlinJ's
honse in Mill village, where he met a team
and turned out for it, 1t was very dark
and it seems he failed to come back fully
into the road, He had not gone far before
the front wheel Of his buggy, on the right
3 hand, struck pile of plank that had been
piled there by The road side. One of our
| town officials tells us that by actual meas
I urement it was only twelve feet from the
track In the road, that a horse would take
to this nile of plank. There was one OF the
a planl 8 that was split an the wheel of the
: buggy went into this opening. Ii is thong Al
this caused the horse TO jump with the re-
suit that the buggy was badly broken Mr.