The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
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ington, ID. O.
Mrs. Frank Harvey Martin has been
more poorly of late.
Leslie ID. Gale has lately gone to work in
the Adams House, Boston.
Clayton Martin is visiting his brother,
Allen Martin, at Essex Junction.
Egin j. Gale hopes to have the Gull
House open in about two weeks.
The Grange is preparing for dramatic
entertainment to be given next month
Mrs. Oney #. Seaver has been ill enough
of late to employ physician.
Arthur, son OF the late Fernando O. DAY.
export, has been made sexton for the viii
lage cemetery.
Rev. Carleton Hazen will remain here
through this week, and preach again at the
Congregational church, next Sunday.
Union services will be held each evening
this week. except Monday and Saturday, at
the Methodist church.
A. ID. Brown, who formerly had work in
our creamery, is working at the carpenters
trade, in Plymouth, N. Y.
Presiding Elder j. o. Sherburne preached
at the union service at the Methodist
church, last Thursday evening.
Mrs. Clinton N Field, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George w. Brush, left for her
new home in New York. last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George l.. Edison and
daughter, were in West Lebanon, N. H.,
over last Sunday.
Merton, a grandson of Albern Briggs,
who has lived here for q few years past, is
attending school in Barre,
Several of our young people are attending
school in Barre, both at Goddard Seminary
and the Spaulding High school.
DR.. Elan G. Lewis writes from Rutland
that his wife is very sick with Inflammation
of the stomach. He fears she cannot live
many days.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Lynde purpose to at
| tend the installation of Rev. 2. p. Womer
| at West Lebanon, N H., on Wednesday,
January "a.
John f. Winslow OF Berlin thinks he is
already getting marked relief, as to the cam
Ger at a corner of one eye, from DR.. K. b.
Watson's treatment.
Miss Annette e. Edison was in Burling-
ton last week again to consult eye.specialist
| DR.. Twitchell. He thinks her eye is i'm
| proving somewhat.
Mrs. Ella Hutchns, now of Eden, has
| been with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jason
Johnson, for some weeks. She is suffering
with cancer in her breast.
| Melvin E. Church's house will be occu-
pied for time by the gang OF score or so
of men who are to get out shoe-last blocks
here for f. V. Hassam of Gaysville.
Henry Downs, who came back to his
work in j X, Lynde's store last week Mon
| day, had to return home the next day,
| where he has been in bed since then. He
is threatened with Bright's disease.
Winifred Cram is at school in Biddeford
Me-, in the family of a former resident here,
William son of OTvis Marston, who has a
good position there as the superintendent
| of cotton mill.
Mrs. Jason Johnson for two years past
the leading officer in the Woman's Relief
| COrns has bppu nraaantan nv the Ladies' nj
the corps with alpretty pie knife, in token OF
their appreciation.
j. W. Brown of the Monument House
will take possession of the Red Lion Inn al
West Randolph, this week, but will also
have charge of the house here till Febru
airy 1. 1t is not known who will slcceed
him here.
Mrs. E. s. Ormsbee of Brandon is to be
here on Tuesday afternoon of this week tC
speak to the Ladies' Reading Club on
Samoa, where she at one time resided She
speaks to club in Mortified on the next
day evening.
One of our Oldest farmers was telling not
long ago. he remembered the talk and the
sport people had over it, many years ago
because one of our village merchants had
the habit of "mealng" his cow, after the
fashion of the present day.
Miss Saba Mckee returned last week
from a two weeks visit in Boston. On hel
way nome she spent sunday with the lam
lily of Rev. p. P. Womer at West Lebanon
N. II. He seems to be very pleasantly stu
ated there and has much larger congre
cation than he had here.
Governor Roosevelt OF New York, hai
appointed our tx-townsman, Charles III
Beckett, manager of the Emira. N. Y, Re
formatory. The last issue of Christian Worl
of New York city says "Mr. Beckett is a
lawyer of this city, and man of character
whose appointment will be generally ap
proved"
Bert Hawley of our creamery returned
last week from the funeral Of his brother
who was recently killed at State Line, N
Y, by railroad train lie had been walk
ing on the track, and seeing an express
train approaching, he stepped off the
track, between that and another one, or
which a freight train was coming from the
opposite direction. 1t was the latter train
that struck and killed him.
John Ance, lately burned out on the
South hill, desires TO thank our citizens TO.
the help extended him after the fire. He
is living at present in part Of How lrd
Wholesalers house. He will rebuild on
his farm later. Contrary to first reports
$3.50 was realized as insurance on the build
ing. Mr.. Ance thinks now that there must
have been fire in the ashes, that he made d
practice of setting away for safety in metal
| receptacles for q time before finally depos.