The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-07
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j. M. Seaver went to Boston and vicin-
ity on Monday.
Will Kinney Of Northfeld was visiting in
town last week.
Granite Gutter George Mari is working
for Henry Nixon.
Ex-Conductor Frank W. Flint is still in
Washington, ID. q.
Sanford buttons oldest daughter Is at
tending school in Chelsea.
Luther Bailey is visiting his brother, Bert
Bailey, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Spencer are visiting
at his old home in Plaintield just now.
Crows were seen here on Monday, though
the mercury was eight below zero in the
morning.
Henry Brekner, who is secretary of the
Granite Cutters Union here, is to move to
Plainfeld.
Mrs. Anna Benedict Frankum is in
Washington, assisting in the care Of Mrs.
III. A. White.
Henry Downs hopes to be we'll enough to
get back to the Lynde store in week or
two.
Miss Maud Hutchinson is said 20 be quite
successful canvasser for goods worn by
| ladies.
James NJ. Beckett and wife are aboutSto go
to Washington, d. o., for the rest Of the
| winter.
Granite polisher Joe Murray is about to
return with his family to his old home in
| ST. George, n. b.
Horace M. Farnham and wife, now OF
| East Montpelier, were among the snow
| bound here last week.
Albert Reed of East Brookfield thinks
his little daughter is being much benefited
| by osteopathic treatment here.
Mrs. Henry f. Erskine has barganed for
Ed. Houses place in our village and will
| take possession of 1t this week.
John Ance, recently burned out has had
the misfortune to have several ribs broken
| OF late by the kick OF an animal.
Some farmers are saying that their cows
have been suffering from sort of epidemic
perhaps winter cholera, this season.
Mrs. Joseph Sanders has been staying
with Mrs. O. M. Lathrop for several weeks
on account of Mrs. Lathrop's i'll health.
The Universalst ladies will have their
sale of useful and fancy articles, etc, at the
town hall on Friday evening of this week.
Orrn Smons has this winter cut some
$50 cosds of sixteen-inch wo I'D on the David
Gale place for e. p Odds of South Barre.
Frank o. Beckett of Washington, ID. c.,
has been very i'll this winter, but is again
at his post in the district government SER
vice.
Could anything speak more for our far
mers than the number OF new barns TO be
built, and the improvements to be made in
the old ones here this year?
Merrill Martin, son of George and Mrs.
Julia Beckett Martin, has been transferred
from d sadwood, s. D., to the mint in San
Francisco, much to his delight.
Our older townsfolk here and elsewhere
will doubtless be interested in facts con-
corning the first Masonic lodge here, to be
found on page two of this issue.
Mrs. Flora Benedict Colby, now of Bur-
lington, was snow bound here last week,
and unable even to send q telegram to Bur-
lington for time, much to her disappoint-
ment.
Next week Tuesday afternoon the annual
election of officers for the town library will
be held. The association is trying to make
the library more of success than it has
been at times in years past.
Arthur Davenport, one of the leading
characters in the drama given by the
Changers at the town hall last week, slip.
ped and spraned his ankle while on the
way to the hall that evening. He had to
do his part on clutches.
The Universalst society will hold Lenten
services at their church on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday evenings OF next
week. Rev. Frances A. Kimball will be
assisted by the lady pastor of the East
Montpelier Universalst church.
Rev Carey III. Watson and wife and their
sister, Mrs. Ladd, attempted to start from
here last Thursday morning, the first two
for their home in Greenfield, Mass, and the
latter for Hanover, N. H., but were forced
by the storm to return for day.
goodly number for Rev. G. M. Shell
don's experimental paper the Topeka Capt.
tai for a week have been subscribed for here.
The Epworth League list numbers eighteen,
and the Christian Endeavor society has an
other list.
The speedy settlement of the granite
matter in Barre and here last week was the
occasion OF great satisfaction. IL Is said
that the new arrangement of eight hours
per day and minimum basis OF 80 cents per
hour, will last for year to come.
We are panied to hear of the death of lit
tie Sybil Dobbs, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Burt Dobbs, who died in Barre, of diphthe-
ria last Friday, at the age of nearly seven
years. She was bright. pretty, little girl,
who had lived in our village, and her face
had come to be familiar one here among
the school children.
Rev. William Scofeld preached at the
Congregational church last Sunday. 1t is
hoped by the com mittee of the church to
have another candidate for the vacant pull
pit next Sunday. Only three candidates
have been heard thus far, and there are, 1t
is believed, several hundreds of unemploy-
ed ministers in the country.
Our train was unable to reach Barre City
at all last Thursday on account OF the great
buOW obOlll' lHo W6uJ Us ldr do
Lewis Gates place in South Barre, but WAS
unable to get back here only AZ it was help
ed by another one, sent from the north,
with snow pillow. The result was that
there were forty-eight hours between our
mails on Wednesday and Friday, much to
our discomfort.
j, w. Flint, for years past our depot
agent is taking rest of some weeks, being
in impaired health and tired out. For 10
years he has been in the employ OF the Cen
trail Vermont, and in thai time has taken
but two weeks vacation. He has been a
Woodworking faithful servant of the com.
pany here. and deserves this much-needed
rest His place is supplied temporarily by
u man from Williston.
1t is not known whether much granite
work will be done here for some little time
yet. In the first place it is said 1t Is not
quite sure the agreement of last week be-
tween employees and the union, here
abouts, will be permanent and IL IL is,
manufacturers here are not certain of any
new orders for some time. Then stock is
short at some shops here and in Barre, 80
hat Il H. a.