The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-01
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Susie Blodgett is i'll with the German
measles.
Mrs. Emily Lazelle is staying at Merton
Chase's few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick Durkee attended
his brothers. funeral at East Randolph Mon
day.
Fred Royce aud wife have moved to bis
mothers to care for her. She is in very
poor health.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Smith are visiting
friends and relatives in Barre, Montpelier
and Morrisville.
Dorothy Peck OF Burlington is staying
for time with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles III. Bigelow.
Friday afternoon at half past one will lie
the preparatory lecture, and next Sunday
communion will be observed.
Mrs. Emma Peak returned to Burlington
Monday after vacation of two weeks with
her daughters at @. Banister's.
Susie, daughter of Leon Ditty of Williams
town, is spending few weeks with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Erie Ditty.
There was an attendance OF over one
hundred at the Good Templars' sociable
held al Frank Tracy's last Friday evening.
All had good time.
The many friends of Grace Dirty are
pleased TO know that she is enjoying her
new employ ment very much at the asylum
in Northampton, Mass.
Next Sunday Rev. r. II. Abercrombie's
discourse will be to the young men He
desires that all shall be present to hear
what he has to say to them.
Ezra Durkee, formerly of this town, died
last Saturday at the home of his daughter
in Quechee. The funeral was held at East
Randolph Monday and interment was at
East Brookfield
ha
supper of the East Brooktield Aid Society
will be held at James w. Parmenter's
Thursday afternoon and evening to which
everybody is invited.
East Brookfield.
G. II. Bigelow returned from Boston last
Thursday. Charles Angel finished
work for his brother j. M. Angel, and re-
turned to his home in Gaysville, last week
- William Shepard has returned from
in New Hampshire. - Mrs. Oliver Dut-
ton is seriously i'll with what is feared may
develop into muscular rheumatism. -
w. II. Medcalf, j. M Angel and W. III.
Sprague were in Williamstown last We'd
nesday evening to attend regular COM
munication OF Summit lodge of Masons,
when work on the Master Mason degree
was exempli6ed.
Chelsea.
from st. Adams.
Alva Bohonon, now Of Granville, has
been visiting in town.
l.. S. Allen has sold out his harness shop
to K. ID. Abbott of Hartford.
Emma B. Rowell of Tunbridge has been
visiting at B. III. Adams Jr's.
j. Oliver Perkins is visiting his uncle, N.
III. Perkins, at Tewksbury, Mass.
The Congregational ladies will give their
usual dinner on town meeting day.
w. r. Hood and wife returned on Thurs
day from an absence of considerable length.
r. Wilfred Allen. Jr., g visiting his
father from Canaan, N H., = few weeks.
Mrs. Zelma l. Slack has returned to the
house on Maple street where she formerly
resided.
Ira Thompson and wife are to take care
OF Mrs. Thompson's mother, Mrs. Minard
at the latter's house.
Richard II. Bacon's twenty. first land in
cidentally Washingtou's) birthday was cele.
brated by an enjoy able gathering at j. A.
r. Corwin's last Wednesday evening.
The fire district committee has purchased
four more fire extinguishers, and the over.
seer has bought one for the town farm
Several have been bought by individuals.
8. f. Harrington has given up his position
on the town farm to take charge of the G
X. Cushman farm near Randolph village
and Bonnie +. Moulton and wife have been
engaged to fill the vacancy. They went
there on Monday.
The concert by Beedle's Orchestra or
Thursday evening, which closed the series
of entertainments in the lecture course was
fine performance, and called out "a large
audience There Is a substantial balance
in the treasury at the close of the series
which will be carried over till next season
West Fairlee.
Arthur Whitcomb has been sick, but il
convalescent.
There is to be dance at the ball on Fri
day evening, March 3.
n Miss Eta Burroughs is helping about tn,
work at Mrs Whitcomb's,
Ephraim Davis has gone to live with hi
son, in Vershire, for awhile.
Mrs. W. G. Gilman is quite sick. DIR
Simpson was called to attend her.
The cornet band will give concert OF
Wednesday evening, March !, for the ben
eft OF Mr.. Ellis, the pastor. The ladiel
will furnish the supper
Charles Whitcomb has gone to the Cop
perfield mines to work. Quite humble
have gone 10 work there, who live in thu
place. The company, at present, employs
about sixty men.
Mrs. Eta Woodcock OF Vershire was il
town Saturday. They will probably COM
here to live, as George Kimball will NOV
into the house they now occupy. Mr.. Kim
ball has bought the store in Vershire an,
will move about April l.
West Corinth.
Bert Virgins and family moved fro1
Vershire TO this place last Saturday. s-=
O. l.. Speare closed a very successful teri
of school here last Thursday. - Georg
Mcguire Is once more To drive the stag
from here TO Bradford. =-= Mr.. and Mrs
X. III. Williams visited in Vershire last FIR
day. - Mrs. s. M. Richardson is wit
her sons family not hers AS was reporte
last week. - Town meeting is near a