The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-27

| MISS May Briggs OF dranVllIe, mas De00
spending few deys in town.
Rev. Mr.. Axtel of Warren, was guest OF
Rev. Mr.. Henderson, last week.
Martin Richardson OF Braintree, visited
at G.. A. Roys' and E. A. Fits last week
Mrs. Ross has returned from Pomfret and
| is making her home with her son, M. E.
| Chase.
Leon Roys has 80 far recovered from his
! recent serious Illness az to enter business
| college in Boston.
Baxter Durgee was in Brookfield, Sun
| day. His mother returned with him for q
| visit OF a few weeks.
Horace w. Bailey, State fsh commits
sioner, was in town looking after the
interests Of the fish hatchery, last week.
Several OF the young people attended
| Miss Whtmarsh's dancing school at Brain
tree last Saturday night, and report fine
time.
DR.. Fletcher has taken possession OF the
Columbian house he bought of l.. M.
Heath. Q. d. Dickinson, the former land.
lord, has moved to the Munroe HIGH house.
Ralph Dunsmoor went to Hanover Mon
cay to take college course at Dartmouth.
lie had only one year more to graduate at
Norwich University, but for some reasons
preferred to graduate from that school.
His many friends wish him success
Several weeks since man was seen GO
Ing away from g. A. Tilden's back store in
the middle of the night with what looked
like bag OF flour on his back. Investiga-
| tions revealed that the store had been en-
tered by back window, the steps having
been loosened so they could be removed
easily. Mr.. Tilden had the steps securely
fastened but noticed last week they had
again been fixed 80 they could be easily
removed He quietly obtained the services
OF Constable W. C. Shepard and he with
the clerk, Dwight Howe, stayed in the
store one night without beiug disturbed.
Last Thursday night Mr. Tilden and Shep-
ard were to stay. He closed up at eight
o'clock rs usual and told Mr.. Shepard to be
there at $3.50. Shepard got there a few min
utes ahead Of time and stepped in the cor
ner of the shed to wait for Tilden. He had
no sooner got there than Alfred Constine
came ia with bag Of meal and laid it at
his feet. AS 1t was 30 early in the evening
Shepard had not commenced to look for
thieves, or for reasons best known to him
self he did not arrest him but stepped out to
look for Tillen, Constine took to his heels
and has not been seen since. On looking
around it was found he had put out at the
back door three bags of feed, one box Of
butter, one broom, twenty. five pounds Of
sugar, and filled his oil can he took from
home. He was bringing his groceries in
the shed where team could get to them
when he discovered Shepard. The next
morning Tilden had warrant made out,
and with Deputy Sheriff M. X. Chase, with
| Shepard for an assistant, searched the
house. They found three barrels of -four
in barrels and sack, ten pounds OF tea, i've
new wrappers, several ipairs OF shoes and
stockings, seven new cOmfortables all ready
to bind, razors, rubber boots and several
smaller articles. Mr.. Tiden identified the
articles with his cost mark and removed
them, Sheriff Graves came on the noon
train. ID. l.. Nichols had a warrant made
out, went to the house and found two pairs
Of pants and razor with his cost mark,
and several other things that he was salts
fed belonged to him but could not prove
them. His wife said he started for the vii
Iage with his oil can Thursday evening and
that Ia the last she has seen OF him. She
seems to be nearly frantic with grief and
well she might at the loss Of so bountiful a
provider AS she must have thought him to
be, as she claims shes thought he bought
them all. Sheriff Graves and his deputies
are making every exerton to find Con-
slime.
East Roxbury.
Harris Holman of Randolph was in town
Thursday.
George Wardner received quite severe in
} uries Friday by falling from cherry tree.
Miss Lou Blanchard and Miss Stevens
were at Roxbury Saturday to see the fish
hatchery.
Guy Martin, who has been visiting his
grandmother Mrs. S. ID Blanchard, the
past week is now at work for Lewis Steele.
Mrs. l.. w. Blanchard is sick. Mrs. G.
, f. Blanchard, who expected to return TO
her home in Boston Saturday, remains to
, care for her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baird and son of Randolph
Center, DR.. II. Smalley and daughter Alice.
and Everett Edison OF North Randolph were
guests at ID. L. Bucks Thursday.
Waterbury.
, Rev. L. Fl. Elliot will preach at Groton
next Sunday.
Pearl Randall returned to Wellesley Col.
lege on Friday.
Miss Bell Cooley returned from New
|, York Thursday night.
j. S. Batchelder and family are now re-
: siding on Randall street.
Miss Julia Shipman expects to enter
! Bradford Seminary this fall.
The Ladies Union met Tuesday after.
noon with Mrs. James Hattie.
w. II. Carroll has begun the erection OF
Z his new building on Main street.
3 Next Sunday there will be Communion
{ services at the Methodist church.
: Mrs. X. g. Wells and children left for her
3 home in Redlands, Cal, last week Tuesday
The water commissioners have added &c
our water supply by laying four inch pipe
,, TO another spring.
I A lecture ON Alaska was given last nigh,
, stereoptican views.
A The Ladies Aid society will hold tes
meeting at the Methodist church this after
| noon from five to eight.
The stewards OF the Methodist church
will meet with w. X. Elliott next Saturday
evening at eight o'clock.
There will be a cabinet meeting of the
Epworth League at close OF the prayer
meeting Thursday evening.
Miss Maud whitman who has been the
guest of her brother, Rev. l.. X. WillmaI
left Monday for her home in Pottston, Pa
, Charles Keene expects to witness the
Z Dewey celebration in New York. He
left for Bridgeport Tuesday and will re-
turn by way OF Boston in about a week.
/ Work is now progressing rapidly at the
: Bolton Falls dam, the masonry will soon be
4 ON n level with the water above the old
i. dam, which will enable them to use the
water for IA limited amount of power.
h. George Almon reports electric wires laid
| from Bolton Falls To MiddleseX and by