The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-16
Waterbury,

Waterbury.
II. q. Fullerton OF Montpelier visited rel
atives in town last week.
Viola Magoon OF Stowe is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. W. b. Gibbs.
Joseph Somerville is making trip
through the western country.
Bert Savage has moved into the G. w.
Chesley tenement on Main street.
Henry Elliott has wired the residence of
Charles Griffith for electric BELLS
Henry Coburn has moved to the Charles
Clark tenement on Elm street.
! The Ladies' Aid Society Ia to meet with
Mrs. o. e. Scott this afternoon.
Mrs w. M. Towne and child of waltham,
Mass, are visiting with Mrs. Grace E. Boyce.
DIR. Hooker, who is confined to his bed
| by illness, is being cared for by Seth w.
| Jones.
Miss Gertrude Ryder is taking few days
vacation from her duties as nurse at the
| hospital.
DIR. W. f. Minard and little daughter
went Friday to Chelsea for few days
visit
A. j. Durkee and wife of winooski are
visiting their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
| Norton.
Max Green has returned to his home at
| Waltham, Mass after visit OF few days
in town.
The Ladies' Union meets this afternoon
with Mrs. James Fife instead of Tuesday as
usual.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Whitehill visited at
the home of his parents in Groton few
days last week.
Electric lights have been put in at the
house of w. V. Bryan and at the store OF
Boyce & Hatch.
Rev. l., II. Elliot preached at Townshend
last Sunday, and will be at Walden next
Sunday, the 20th
The Hypatia club was entertained Friday
afternoon by Mrs. W. V. Bryan. The sub
ject considered was "Authors of the Day"
Will o Bren has opened barber shop
and billiard parlor in the Odd Fellows
building at the corner OF Main and Elm
streets.
The extended addition to the hardware
store OF Smith u Somerville is rapidly APP
| preaching completion and makes a most
commodious addition.
Miss Mabel Morse, who for several
months has made her home in the family of
@. e. Richardson, has gone to Waitsfed
| where she Is TO reside in the family OF Rev.
Mr. Badger.
Hiram Coffrin, aged sixty-nine, passed
away at his home last Sunday. He leaves
a wife and two children. Funeral services
took place yesterday afternoon, Rev. L. II.
| Elliot officiating.
The carriage in which F. G. Luce was
driving was demolished near Colbyville
one day this week by the horse, which,
frightened by the electric cars, became un-
manageable. Fortunately Mr.. Luce escap-
ed without injury
Mrs O. l.. Towne died at the home OF her
son, W. e. Towne, last Sunday morning of
pneumonia, aged seventy-eight years. Flu
neral services were held yesterday after
noon, conducted by Rev. L. X. Whitman,
burial in the village cemetery.
Luke j. Roberts, OF the firm OF Randall &
Roberts, who has for some days been suffer-
ing from acute hernia, underwent surgi-
cal operation Friday which was performed
by DE-. James assisted by Burlington and
local physicians.
r. M. Allen OF Yarmouth, Nova Scotia,
and Q. f.. Smith and w. f. Davis of Chel-
sea were in town few days last week on
business connected with the International
Mining Company. Messrs. Allen and Da-
Wis have been elected directors of the COM
pany
At the auction sale of lots in the Farrar
addition to the village of Waterbury, there
was not large crowd but lots sold fairly
well. G. e. Moody bought the new dwell
ing house at 50 900 and one let at S155, an
other at S130 and some acre OF property at
$500. Charles Keene bought three lots
800, S2O5 and S185 respectively. Henry
Kicker bought one lot at S2O5, G. I. Hatch,
one at S125, K. Q. Luce one at $105 and d.
d. Watts one at 1925. Some other lots
were sold and the proceeds of the sale were
nearly $1,000 Prices are considered low but
the result was quite satisfactory to Mr..
Farrar The pasture land was sold to j. w.
Moody for $500, making the total sale
nearly $4,000.
A rumor gained currency in town Friday
that John Q. Farrar had run away. Such
was not the case and the only found alton
Tor such fumor was the fact that he went
that morning to visit relatives in West Ber-
lin. The friends of Farrar say he has made
every preparation for meeting the penalty
which may be imposed upon him at the
next session of the United States court at
windsor. After paying over the $1,000 10
the bank. he transferred to mis- father GER
tain property on which the father had a
claim. "A settlement has been made with
the bank officials in the matter OF their at
tachments Of such rights he held in certain
real estate which are said to have amount
ed to some $500. The father is to sell at
auction next Monday certain building lots
he owns on lower Main street. He is do
ing everything in his power to adjust his
sons Indebtedness. Farrar's friends ex-
pect he will get light sentence Of not more
than five years and also expect this will
be shortened later by pardon. 1t is said
the brothers of Cashier Charles Wells of
the firm Of Wells, Richardson & Co. of Bur-
lington, who with j. W. Brock OF Mont
pelier, are surety on the cashiers bonds of
$4,000 propose to assume the whole
amount OF the bond and not.draw upon Mr..
Brock.