The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-06-14

Oreeb FrluHy.
II. o. Kiser and wife Of Montpelier visit
ed friends in town over Sunday.
Henry White who is at work for e. b.
Martin in the mill had the little finger on
one hand taken off by saw last week.
Chidren's Day was observed at the
Methodist church on Sunday, and will be at
the Congregational church next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Goss and children
from Lancaster, N H., have been visiting
their cousin, M, w. Aiken the past week.
Mrs. Joseph Davis OF Pawtucket II. l.,
and Mrs. James Martin and daughter OF
Hyde, Lancaster, Eng, are visiting at
James Warhurst's.
Vernon White died of pneumonia last
Thursday. Funeral services were held at
the Bolles school house Saturday and the
burial was in the Center cemetery.
Miss Emily Spencer and Joseph Butter
field and wife were chosen by the members
OF the Congregational society as delegates
to the convention to be held at Barre this
week.
Mrs. Charles Lombard, Mrs A. Batch
elder, Mrs. III. Cutting, Mrs. @. Martin,
Mrs; L. F: Fortney, Mrs. II. Holt, Mrs. s.
Willis, Mrs. f. Jackson aud the Misses
Jane Edna and Abbie Clark enjoyed a pic
mic at Marshfield depot last Wednesday.
The regular meeting of the woman's
christian Temperance Union was held in
Methodist vestry on Friday, at which time
one new member was received Mrs. A.
Smith, Mrs. II. Frederickson, and Mrs
Baldwin were appointed delegates to the
county convention, with Mrs. e. Colby,
Mrs A. N. Lane and Mrs John Hill BY
virtue Of their office.
Chelsea
George e. Kimball is here from Boston
for short time.
II. s Annis began his weekly trips with
his bakery team on Friday.
DR.. j. e. Prescott OF Brattleboro, an ocu-
list, is making ten days stay at the hotel,
j. B, Coriss is SICK and Joe Abbott is
driving his stage.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. b. Copeland OF Ran
doiph visited in town the latter part of last
week.
A petition to the governor, looking
toward the pardon of Amos b. Wright, is
in circulation.
DR.. G. j. Helmer's two children, with
their maid, arrived at w. f. Hoods on
Friday, to remain through the summer.
Rov. and Mrs. w. E. Allen did not re.
turn last week as was expected, but will
return this week, and MIR. Allen will oc.
cupy his pulpit next Sunday.
Mrs. David Dewey, aged eighty.four, who
lives with her son, w. r. Dewey, broke her
hip by fall in the house on Friday morn.
ing. She is doing as well as could be ex.
pected.
Children's Day was observed at the vii.
lage churches with pleasing exercises on
Sunday morning. There will be similar
service at the West Hill meeting house
next Sunday.
The following officers of the West Hill
Sunday school have been chosen for the en-.
suing year: Superintendent, A. l.. Sprague;
assistant superintendent, e. Ralph Walker
+. +. Moxley; secretary, E, Ralph Walker
treasurer, Mrs. w. f. Dewey; librarian,
Mrs. A. l.. Sprague.
Moretown
Mrs. ID. S. Phillips Of Bethel and Mrs.
Lucy Sawyer of Boston were in town Sstur-
day and Sunday. - Miss Grace Moulton
visited in town part of last week.
Mrs. A. e. Lovejoy went to Peterboro,
Mass, last week to help care for her
brother, George Towle, who is very ill.
- A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. William G. Somerville, June 6.
Waitsfeld took place in the Catholic
church last Sunday. - E, A. Dumas
and Mrs William Howe of South Fayston
were in town Sunday. - Some OF our
young people attended the band concert at
Waitsield last Saturday evening. -
Rev. W. f. Hill is to be one of The gradu-
ates at the Montpelier Seminary this week
and Miss Florence Haylett at the Union
school. - Rev. Q. s. Hubert attended
a Congregational convention at Berlin last
week. - Mrs. Heaton OF Massachusetts
is visiting Mrs. A. " Phillips, her mother
WaitstieId
q. H. McAllister is i'll.
NJ. j. Waterman sold three horses last
Saturday to go down country.
John Barber and George II. Hastings
each sold a nice mare to Mortified parties
last week.
George A. Howe has finished work at 0.
q. Eaton's mill, and expects to go to Proc
tor soon to work for the Vermont Marble
Company.
Eugene McCarty died last Friday after
long illness. His funeral was from his lat o
home on Sunday and the interment was a
Moretown.
The Ladies' Aid Society will have a
Fourth of July celebration on the church
lawn. A literary programme will be ZEN
dered and ice.c cream will be served
South Duxbury.
H. L. Ward, E. Atkins, B. johnson and
j. Davis, went to Shelburne last week, ON
a fishing trip. They caught about sixty
pounds OF pickerel. - Rev. G. S. HUI
bert attended the convention at Berlin, last
week. - Mrs. L. Sterling of Wells
visited their father, Mr.. E. Johnson, last
week - Mr.. and Mrs. j. Crossett of
Crossett Hill, called on Mr.. and Mrs. S.
Somerville on Tuesday. Mrs. B.
Godfrey OF Stowe, was the guest OF Mr.. and
Mrs. e. Atkins the past week. - There
was light frost seen by some of the early
risers last Sunday morning - The for
est worms are fast stripping our trees. 1t
is hoped II any one knows preventive they
will speak, that our shade trees NAV be
saved. - Albert Phillips found hedge
hog on his cellar stairs at an early hour last
Friday morning. IT. Hart led the
evening prayer service.
CoNEY ISLAND, June 9.-James j.
Jeffries, the California pugiist, de.
feated Robert FitZsimmous here TO-