The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-08
Chelsea.

Eunice A. Noyes has gone to Boston for
fortnight.
Joseph Silva from Brookfeld, is working
for j. r. Heminway.
DR.. #. l.. Beckwth went to Danville, last
week, to remain till the 18th.
III. s. Annis made his last trip for the
season with his bakery wagon on Friday
Two OF Joseph Abbott's children, Joe and
Laura, were taken on Tuesday to the Home
for Destitute Children, in Burlington.
son was born recently to Mr.. and Mrs
Herbert Bowers of Lisbon, N. H., Mrs
Bowers being Mary E. Slack, formerly of
Chelsea
At the Methodist church on Sunday morn
ing, three young people, unable to be pres
ent week ago, were baptized and received
on probation.
The Congregational church at commun-
ion service on Sunday received twenty zone
persons to membership by confession and
four by letter
r. W. Aliens meat cart was pretty thor
oughly smashed up on Wednesday near A.
f. Morey's, the driver, Arthur 9. Slack,
being lost out by the way.
A hearing on one of Miss S. A. E Wal
tons cases was had here on Friday before
c.. S. Emery as referee. Il. M Harvey and
O. Z. Tarbell were the counsel.
Edwin L. Larkin, who has been living of
lobo IL iuSCb LOS bOuhhb uhO bioiiJ
Chamberlain farm of Mrs. Gertrude A
Goodrich, and moves there at once.
Grace f. Ordway, formerly of Chelsea, is
to be married at Arlington, Mass, on We'd
nesday, to William Chaplin of Springfield,
Mass. proprietor OF the Massasoit House in
that city.
Elizabeth f. (Ober) wife of Austin l..
| Skinner, died Sunday morning, as the re-
suit of the fracture of her hip in a fall on
the 18th of October. She was 81 years old
and had been for many years a member of
! the Methodist church.
The next entertainment in the lecture
course will be dramatic reading and i'm
personation by Frank K. Conklin on FRI
| day evening OF next week Mr.. Conklin
was much enjoyed when he was here last
summer, and an enjoyable evening may be
expected.
A hearing was held on Thursday and FRI
day il the case of K. o. Tracy Va. A. r..
Tracys estate, before E. W. Smith of
| Wells River as referee. The case was not
to the 28Lh inst, Il, M. Harvey of Mont
peier is counsel for the plaintiff and W.
b. g. Stickney of Bethel and G. L. Stow for
the defendant.
A. II Powers met with an accident on
Thursday evening which might easily have
been fatal. He went under his gristmill to
| make some adjustment of the machinery
backward into the wheel pitt distance OF
OF some eight feet, and struck upon his
head. HIS face was badly cut and his body
severely bruised If he had fallen squarely
upon his back OF if his head had struck a
stone lying near, the fall would very likely
resulted in his death. AS it is, the injuries
are serious and painful
East Calais
II. II. Gray moved the first Of the week
from the village back 10 the farm.
Obel Provost and his aunt Mrs Foster o
Newark, are visiting at l.. l.. Prevost's.
f. B. Gray has bought the Fay tehemen
recently occupied by r. III. Gray.
The next meeting OF the Ladies' Leagu,
will be with Mrs Ii. W. Bullock Novembe
16. Mrs. l. w. Gray will have charge o
the literary program.
At the annual meeting of the Ladies
League Mrs. Mary Sanders was elected
president, Mrs. Susie Lamb vice presi
dent, IueZ PeaIce secretary, Mrs. Laur
Marsh treasurer, Miss Anna Bancroft, Mrs
, Matte Gray and Annie Pierce executiv
committee.
One of the boys Of this town recent
shot bird that seemed to be stranger il
these paris and brought it to W. V. Peck
taxidermst, for mounting. Ii proved TO b
a pheasant. The lad did not know OF tn
S bird or OF the severity OF the penalty 10
shooting it, Pheasants are imported an
p protected by the game laws Of the stat
which impose heavy fine on all infringe
ment OF the law,
The pheasant recently set up by w.
Peck is considered one of the handsome
o of birds, second only TO the peacock. 1t
n impossible to describe the beauty OF il
o plumage when lighted by the rays Of III
sun. L feathers ON head and neck shin
T. like silk, changing with the light from blu
/ or purple TO green. On the back toward
10 the tail they are similar to those of the pei
cock. The breast and tail feathers change
N from reddish brown to crimson and al
40 mottled with black. The latter are abo,
10 eighteen inches in length and few in nuI
~ Der. The work of preparing the skin, wi
ing aud stuffing such bird requires gre
kill and delicacy in handling, but M
Peck proved himself equal to the task 4