The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-07
MarahneI0.


Miss Lillian Sanborn is visiting in East
st. Johnsbury.
George Mears OF Boston was visitor in
town two days recently.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. G.
q. Lamberton on Tuesday, February q.
Mrs. @. j. Bell OF East Hardwick was
guest at &c. V. Spencer's few days re-
Gently.
The creamery is now receiving milk every
day and last Thursday made 612 pounds OF
butter.
Notwithstanding the bad roads and
stormy weather 159 books were loaned from
the library last Saturday.
George II Wilder OF Montpelier was in
town Monday afternoon to tune the piano
recently purchased by the Grange.
At the Congregational church next Sun
day morning a collection will be- taken for
the benefit Of the famine sufferers in India.
The next cotillou party under the man
agement OF the orchestra will be held in
Marshall's hall Friday evening. Refresh
ments will served.
MIS-. Cora Preston and daughter Lizzie
are visiting in Barton. Mrs. Henry Lam
berton is staying with her sister, Mrs. Ban
croft, while they are away.
Owing to the inclemency of the weather
the musicale under the auspices of the La
at IL. ID McCrilis' Saturday evening, was
postponed until Tuesd-y evening, March 6.
The friends of Fred Ellis will rejoice with
him in his good fortune in securing tho pc
sition as second man In the creamery al
Plaiufeld which pays a salary Of $500 Il
year. A man is not without honor save IN
his own town,
Henry Lamhertou reports gathering an
egg that measured in circumference eight
tV..I, xnynv Avn tln 9TH. md
which contained three distinct yoks. His
flock of hens is principally of the white
Plymouth Rock variety.
Mrs. Deborah Hathaway, aged eighty
two years, died last Wednesday at the
home OF Mrs. Harriet Davis where she has
lived TOR . number OF years. The funeral
was held Friday and the remains were
placed ia the vault al Cabot Burial will
be in the cemetery at the south part Of the
town.
How many of the legal voters of the town
as hey go TO the town house Tues lay TO
help adjust the town affairs and elect Off
GERS for the year ensuing, will be cogniz4nt
of the fact that one hundred years ago that
day, March, 1900, their forefathers met and
organized the first town meeting OF the
town?
A long and very interesting letter was
received by ]. Berton Pike, March /, from
Alfred j. Smith. The letter was postmark-
ed at Manila January 26, and was written
upon an "insurgent enlistment paper"
captured by his regiment few days before
and which is now on exhibition at the post
office. Following is an extract from the let
ter: 81 will write you few lines today as
/ am laying around quarters with nothing
in particular to do. l have no pen, ink or
writing paper, 80 am writing with pencil
ON an insurgent enlistment paper which
our boys captured few days ago. sup
ba will h.. RI
you, especially the heading which is writ
en- in the Filipino language. We are sta
toned at a small town by the name OF 81
lang, sixty miles from Manila, doing garri.
rison duty. Our quarters are in an old
Catholic church which is built of split
stone. The church il said to have been
used every day since its erection go years
ago. We had q two hours fight with the
| rebs the 3rd of January, driving them out
of town and for three days followed right
| tight behind them, fighting every little
ways. We took four days Grip with two
days rations, captur I'd three rapid fire can
non, 1000 pounds of powder, 100 prisoners,
a large quantity of ra,ions and lots of other
things too numerous to mention. We lost
| two men and seven wounded. We have
plenty of food now. The Filipino's chick
ems and pigs fare slim. Our band, the as h,
has disbanded and / am now orderly fol-
our colonel / take care OF his horse and
mine and his room for which | receive SIC
|
per month extra, 80 you see l have a bet
| ter job than before. / have to accompany
the colonel wherever he goes, so 1 get the
benefit of the Filipino's bullets. 1 have no
| guard duty to do but must carry orders, &C
| and come at the colonels command. We
expect to stay here some time and dom
care, for have seen three good battles, and
that is enough to satisfy me. There is
| plenty of good fool, water and air and our
quarters are comfortable though dirty.
am writing on the ground with my feet
higher than my head. Write often as news
from Marshtield is very welcome"
A CARD.-We, the undersigned, do here
by agree to refund the money on a 50-cen
bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Ia
II il fails 10 cure Your cough or cold, w,
also guarantee 25-cent bottle to prove sat
isfaclory or money refunded.
E. w. Gilman, Marshfeld,
r. r. Leavitt, Plainfield,
f. I. Carr, East Montpelier,
A A Bliha SOdOm.