The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30
South Ryegate.

The selectmen did a good job this week In
planking the iron bridge.
Rev. S. A. Jackson attended the ordina-
ton services at Topsham on Thursday.
The South Ryegate creamery paid nine
teen and one-half cents for April butter.
Mrs. George W. Blodgett OF Montpelier
was in town last Monday, looking for a ten
ement.
Henry Tarsey has moved from the George
Hall house TO Groton, where he has opened
barber shop.
Miss Nellie M. Bone arrived here last
week from Clearfield, Iowa, where she
spent the winter.
Henry Goodline has purchased the quar-
ries in Groton owned by the Blue Mount
ain Granite Company.
II. Mandigo will move into Thomas Kas-
sons tenement on Pleasant street, lately
vacated by John Wilson.
Joseph Bedor lost the end of his finger
last Thursday at the Quint place while un-
loading stones from a car.
Mrs. James Beaton returned last week
from Boston, where she had been several
weeks for the benefit OF her health
DIR. j. B. Darling and wife went to Barre
to visit their son James and family last Sat-
urday. They will return some day this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. r. McNiece have return
ed to South Ryegate for the summer. They
have gone to their former boarding place
with j. r. McAllister
Bart HIATT and w. Terry were in West.
Vile last week, trying to sell cream separa-
tors and arranging for the cream to be
brought to the creamery.
N. Robinson has had several sheen and
lambs killed by dogs ip his pasture. He has
called upon the selectmen OF the town to
appraise the damages.
Walter Hartman and Miss Emma Good
Fellow were delegates from the local Chris
tian Endeavor society to the union meet
ing, held last week at McIndoes.
Mrs. A. Hall Is very sick with erysipelas.
Little Dick Darling came home from
William Thompson's last week quite sick.
He is having light run OF typhoid fever.
James O'Rourke of this village lectured
in Beattie's hall Saturday evening on
america, Its Wants and Customs :" The
hall was comfortably filed and the lecture
was enjoyable.
Rev. and Mrs. s. A. Jackson, Mrs. James
Doe and Mrs. Gates attended the county
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
held Tuesday and Wednesday, May % and
%, at Peacham.
T. A. Meader and j. d. McAllister have
been appointed truant officers for the re-
mainder OF the year. They propose to ex-
ercise their authority aud see that certain
boys attend school regularly.
Wilbur Renfrew and A. X. Moore have
been drawn as petit jurors at the June term
OF Caledonia county court, which convenes
at st. Johnsbury on Tuesday, June o, Chief
Judge Taft presiding. W. T. George has
been drawn as grand juror.
The selectmen have all the bridges to
look after these days that they care to at
tend to. Ole near Thomas Morrison's
place went down last Thursday with load
OF gravel and one near o. Il. Broadway's
last Friday with load OF stone.
At the special town meeting held this
week the article to see If the town would
vote an additional tax to lay main sewer
through the village was dismissed. The SO.
lectmen were instructed to build new
bridge across Wells river at the Quint place.
The plans for this bridge drawn by Robert
Farquharson have been accepted.
Rev. George III. Credeford of Wells
River lectured Friday evening in the First
Presbyterian church, under the auspices of
on what christianity Has Done for Civil
ization." The proceeds went for the benefit
OF the society under whose auspices Mr..
Credeford spoke.
Contractor Martin Gibson, who is at
present doing some work at Hotel Lookoff
in Lisbon, N. H., was the victim of curl
Gus accident this week He was examin-
ing clockwork cigar cutter and In testing
IL stuck the end of the first finger OF his
right hand into the opening used to place
the end OF the cigar. The mechanism
worked all right and Mr.. Gibson Is minus
the end Of his finger.
The repurchase OF the Beatte block by
M. III. Gibson, after its occupancy by Mr..
Beattie OF only FIVE months caused much
surprise. Miss Marion Hall and Charles
Abbott will run the main store for Mr.. Glib.
son at present. 1t was rumored Friday af-
ternoon that the trade had fallen through.
Mr.. Gibson was not In town and the rumor
could not be verified through him, Mr..
Beattie has had no notice Of any such thing,