The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-22
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young Miss Pero, in the quarry dis
trict, was buried last week.
Presiding Elder Sherburne is to be at the
Methodist church, next Sunday.
Will Levings of Oshkosh, Wis, sends
word here OF the sudden death Of his
brother Charles.
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert p. Martin have re-
Gently visited Mrs Martins brother, DIR.
Elan @. Lewis OF Rutland.
Landlord j. W. Brown was in Randolph
again last week, but failed to complete any
arrangement for hiring the Red Lion lnn
| there.
Mrs. Orcutt Abbott and daughter, Miss
! Lucy, left last Thursday for Ticonderoga,
| N. Y. They will, as usual, be away through
| the winter,
! Selectman Henry Martin and Carl M
| Seaver have been drawn as petit jurors
! from here for the December term Of Orange
| county court.
! Miss Ethelynd Gould will give reading
| AT Lynde halt next Friday evening, under
| the auspices OK the Christian Endeavor
society.
The Epworth League OF the Methodist
church here, is preparing to give a series of
| entertainments in the near future in aid OF
their organ fund.
Rev. o. d. Clapp's congregations are in
creasing morning and evening at the Con-
gregational church. He will preach there
again next Sunday.
j. b. Brockway is having a serious time
with erysipelas. 1t is said his arm may
have to be opened and the bone scraped be-
fore o can recover
Dentist c. w. Steele of Barre was in
| town last week, and extracted teeth for
three persons Dr. e. b. Watson admins
tering ether in each case.
Jesse Martin and Miss Kate Erskine will
| teach again the coming winter in the Quar-
| rv OF Miua pal1a Rnhiuapn will fgapl
in the George w Slavery district.
Rufus Walker Jr., was married last week
Wednesday to Miss Margaret Il. Christy of
| Des Moines, la. They will reside in Mo-
line, H., where he is in business.
John Farnham met with a narrow escape
last week while loading dirt. A mass of
frozen earth fell on his leg that took four
men TO remove. Fortunately the limb was
not broken. f9 4tNJ
Miss Carrie V, daughter of Ebert G.
jackson, was compelled by i'll health to
give up her school in the Opher 5. Martin
district. She has since been having hem
orrhages of the lungs.
Messrs. Van McAllister and r. G. French
freed aud killed six coons one day last
week. George Il. Bosw orth photographed
the group. The skins OF the animals are
said to be worth one dollar each.
The Masonic lodge will hold its district
meeting December 6. A large number of
guests are expected, as the district CON-
prises some eight or ten lodges. The Uni
versalst ladies here will provide the sup. or
on the occasion, at the town hall.
The entertainment in our course last
week by Fred Emerson Brooks, the Cali
fOrnia poet humOrist, furnished a goodly
amount Of pleasure. There was a prepond-
erence of the humorous, but there were
other parts that were also well carried out
Miss Mamie Brush desires to thank all who
participated in making the gift presented to
her recently. 1t was very pleasant sur
prise, as well as graceful token Of appre'
citation of her services in conducting the
musical training in Miss Woods school.
John G. Burnett, who came here from
Barre some two years ago and has been
living on William II. WitherelPs farm has
bargained for the farm and will take pos
session OF it in the coming spring. Mr.
Witherell will likely remain there for the
present
Edward Fl. Frye of Bos on, will next ap
pear, on the eve ming Of December %, in oul
entertainment course, as mCnologist
His subject cannot yet be announced A.
a sample of his indeiatigabe work it is said
he put into one of his moDologues fifteeI
hours daily study for five months.
Levi j. Bolster, Barrels wealthiest citi
zen, and the owner Of the Enoch Howe
house in our village, is doing good job Of
filling in about this house. having built
new sidewalk in front of it. He is talking
of raising the house in the spring, and put
ting story under it, with good attic
above it, He will also put one or more
piazzas to il, in that case making it prob
ably the finest residence property in oul
village.
No other persons in our town have haG
the experience in fancy stock farming thai
Return S. Davis and his son Harold have
had in Massachusetts, New York and Penn
| aNl mic in rl~ NJ torV Af . h.
men. SO far as possible they want now tC
put this experience into service here
though it must be necessarily only in
ANAL way at first They have taken
small herd of cows bought of Norman G
Davis, that have quite a quantity of jersey
blood in them, thovgh not full bloods, and
are doing their best with them November
7 they completed test of ,one hundred and
I've days milkings, and thirteen COWS, six
OF which were two-year-olds, averaging 6
trihe over one pound of butter each per day
in the time.
Fernando G. Davenport, who was buried
last Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Fances A
Kimball officiating, had for sixty-fve OF
seventy years been Familiarity called doc
tor Davenport" How the name doctor
was ever given him, probably but few here
know. AS he once told IL, to one Of our
oldest citizens, it came about as follows
His father, Daniel Davenport who lived in
the northwest section of the town having
been poor man, Fernando when a hoy in
the early times went to live with the late
Lebbeus Bennett on what is yet called the
old Bennett place near the Mortified line
Mrs. Bennett having met with painful &C
cdent to limb, and failing to get the helI
she sought was advised by this boy to try q
certain remedy that proved so successful
he was straightway called "the little doc
tor" and the little doctor followed him
to the day OF his death in his eighty-6rsr
year.
RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF coMRADE
LAWRENCE.
Whereas, The messenger death, has re-
moved from our Post, faithful friend and
Comrade, Charles H. Lawrence, the los.
sustained is worthy Comrade and a kind
husband and father
Resolved, That the sympathy OF this Pos
be rendered the widow and children Of
Comrade Lawrence in their sad bereave
ment.
Resolved, That these resolutions be plac
ed upon Il o records of this Post, and a copy
presented the family of our late Comrade.
o. y. SEAvER,
o. K. BLANCHARD. Com.