The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-11
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Patsy Elliott has 80 far recovered as to be
able to be out on the street last week.
New maple sugar sold here last Saturday
for fifteen cents pound, and syrup for 81 a
gallon.
Charles M. seaver and George l.. Edison
were in New York and Boston last week.
buying goods for this market.
Liberty Jeffords is not yet able to be ont
OF doors, though about his house. His
trouble is rheumatism.
Mrs. Joshua II. Bailey, a long time in
valid, from trouble OF heart and nerves, has
been quite poorly OF late.
Granite Cutter Robert ii. Jones is great
ly pleased with his job in Barre. His fam.
lily ID getting ready TO move there.
After next Sunday Rev. Frances A. Kim
ball of the Universalist church will be away
on vacation in Maine for a time.
j. W. Flint, station agent, was not able
to resume work the first of this week,
though he is improving in health.
Fred j. Austin will soon 90 to housekeep-
ing in the tenement occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs John Dow, when they move to their
new house.
Frank York's family OF six children are
exposed 10 the measles, his oldest daughter,
Devs, already having been sick abed sew
eral days with them.
Rev. o. d. Clapp OF Burlington preached
at the Congregational church last Sunday
morning and evening, and at East Brook
field in the afternoon.
The Easter service at the Congregational
church next Sunday morning will be made
up largely OF the children's exercises. All
are cordially invited to attend.
DIR. W. B. Mayo of Mortified was called
last week to see Mrs. j. K Lynde. Her
trouble is bronchial, and it is said she may
not likely be well till warm weather comes.
Mrs. j. w. Flint, our popular milliner,
who has been in such poor health for some
weeks past since her return from New York,
is now better, and her business rooms are
open to patrons.
wife was granddaughter of the late Cyrus
Seaver, buried his baby boy here in our
village cemetery last Saturday. The child
died of spasmodic Group.
Preston Cross, a granite cutter at the
Grearson- Beckett Company'5 plant, got a
severe cut in his eye on Monday, as he was
using bull-set. Drs. Watson and Tindall
were called to attend him.
Presiding Elder Walter A. Davenport has
been in town a few days past. His son is
i'll here. In the last year he has travelled
some 1000 miles in his work, ard quite a
good deal of it has been by private convey
ance.
Mrs. Mary Mclean of South Barre and
Miss Nellie Kelly of Barre are to teach in
the quarry district the coming season.
Miss Susie Benedict will teach in the Jason
II. Jeffords district, and Miss Edie Brush in
the William Hanson district.
We were reading last week letter writ
ten in 1854 by her father, to one OF our then
young ladies', well-known school teacher.
He advised her not to take certain school
elsewhere in the State, unless she could
get good pay, viz So week.
Mrs. Carl M. Seaver expects to be home
from Granville, N. Y, this week. Her
brother, Howell Roberts, is recovering
in an Albany, N Y, hospital and hopes to
be able to return to his home early this
week.
The Universalist ladies gave sugar So
cial at the town hall last Friday evening.
One feature of the evening was the pres
ence and help of DR.. Frank Lynde now of
Barre and Frank Benedict, both Tufts Col
lege boys. Their college songs and recita-
tions were highly enjoyed.
The marriage of Miss Nettie, only child
of Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Flint, now of Glib.
bon, Neb., will take place May 1. The
groom, Romano, ST. John, is owner and
editor of paper in Nebraska. We extend
the best wishes Of friends here OF the bride
to be and of her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. James g. Hopkins have
learned of the death OF their esteemed
friend, Mrs. Davis of Milford, Mass, who
has visited them here. Her death was the
result of blood poisoning that followed a
cut on her hand while cutting bread. Mr..
Hopkins for some time was employed by
Mr.. Davis in Touring mill in Gibbon,
Neb.
Drs Tindall and Watson removed an eye
of Andrew Burnham last week at the home
of his sister near South Barre. He had
been blind in that eye for long time, and
the sight of the other one had long been i'm
paired. 1t was with the hope that total
blindness might be forestalled, that the
operation was undergone, as the sightess
ball was affecting the other one. He is
said to be doing we'll.
In the absence of Rev. r. e. Currier at
the Methodist conference there will be no
service at the Methodist church next Sun
day. II need not be said that the usual at
tendants at the church will be cordially
welcomed elsewhere. Rev. Mr.. Currier has
the pleasure of feeling at the end of his first
year here that his almost certain return
here for further work will be very accept.
able to his own people, and to others out
side his parish.
At the business meeting of the Congrega a.
tional church last Friday afternoon a
unanimous call was given Rev. David II.
Strong of Bernar 1ston, Mass, to become the
pastor. 1t is hoped he will begin his labors
here early in May. The favorable things
that have been said of Rev. Mr.. Strong to
the church here and the impression made
by a recent Sunday here, lead to the hope
OF much satisfaction with his coming We
Judge him to be man some forty or more
years of age, Of ability and scholarly.
Preston Cross, whose eye was injured sc
badly Monday forenoon, was taken by DR.
Tindall to Barre in the afternoon TO con-
suit DR.. L. w. Hanson in the case. The
latter advised that no farther attempt be
made Just now to remove the steel from the
eyeball. The result cannot yet be foretold
The eye may heal, and it may have to be
removed. Warm sympathy is felt for Mr.
Cross in this injury. On Tuesday morning
he expected to start for the hospital in Bur
lington.
Our Grange had lively meeting last
Wednesday. Applications for member
| ship came in, and at the next meeting mex
| Wednesday class Of eight persons is to re
ceive tn first and second degrees. In ad
dition to music by Miss Sarah Burnham, {
recitation by Miss Lora Martin and an es
say by Mrs. Adams, two questions were
discussed, the one awakening the great
est interest being, "Can Successful
Business Man Be Strictly Honest?" w,
| Judge the result of the discussion was tina