The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-08-01

| Az bu6 regular ntbIlnR tnb DOHru OF
| aldermen, held last week, 1t was voted to
lay out and work street from Park street
to Washington stree This thorOughfare
will cross land owned by Mayor Jersey, @.
Il. Currier, l.. w. Averill, II, c. Patterson,
W. II Richardson, l.. X. Averill and Gilley
Il Abbott These property owners have
agreed to work and grade the street where
IL crosses their land The committee on
streets recommended letting the building OF
surface sewer on South Main street to the
lowest bidder, and this recommendation
was adopted. The property committee
recommended that the lower BALI OF tue
rests in the backs of the opera house seats
be cut out, the lessee to pay one half the ex-
pense. The petition for public sewer on
Beckley stree was referred to the commit
tee on streets. Building permits were
granted James Mcdonald, Burke Brothers,
A. Anderson & Son, Fred King, Alex An
derson and Andrew Bjorn. Adjourned
Chelsea.
Zoe and Elsie Hill are visiting in West
Fairlee.
Fred e. Atwood is in Boston and else
where for week or more
Grace g. Bacon began school at South
Washington on Monday.
Annie J. Ross of Maiden, Mass, has been
visiting Emma L Darling.
Eva e. Alderman OF West Farlee is in
Mrs. Kate j. (BryanD Allen OF Barnard
with her young son is visiting her parents.
Mrs. Mabel K Simmons of Boston is WIS.,
iting her parents, Mr.. and M 8. George IL.
Bacon.
Harry II. Lyford, who works for f. 9.
Waldo, was badly kicked in the face by
horse last week.
Mrs. p. L. Sargent and her daughter
Maud attended Ben. e. Ssrgent's wedding
at Beachmont, Mass, last week.
DR.. and Mrs. S. N. Goss, with the latters
sister and nephew, have been spending
few days in Burlington.
Shirt waists, tailored suits and washable
skirts at sacrifice prices during the August
sale at Homer Fittss Barre, Vt.
c. f. Hemenway and family have come
from Lowell, Mass, to occupy for few
weeks their place on the West Hill
New windows have been put into the
West Hill Westinghouse and extensive re-
pairs on the building are contemplated.
Charles W. Bacon recently suffered
painful injury by getting fork run into his
arm to the length OF about three inches,
while haying.
ton of three weeks from the creamery,
where Mr. Wetherbee of Vershe is taking
his place.
w. A. Lamprey OF Washington, d. c.,
and Fife Stevens OF Orfordville, N H., Wis.
tied last week their aunt, Mrs. j. G. At
wood.
w. FL. Cummings OF Meriden, N. H., was
in town for a short time last week. He Is
to sail from New York next Saturday for
European trip.
Fl. w. Lyford Of Warren, special agent of
the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance COM
pany, Is in town, inspecting the risks held
by the company.
Road Commissioner NATION is putting
the state tax into permanent road, working
north from the point opposite the post office
where he stopped last year.
Lena e. Spslding has rented the rooms in
the Dana house formerly occupied by the
late Mrs. Adeline Robbins, and will move
in with her mother from Barre this week.
Mrs. Fred e. Allen is to leave town, and
will sell her household goods at auction
next Saturday. +, III. Keneson will move
into the house vacated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen.
L. d. Parkhurst has bought of Mrs. B. H.
Adams for S765 the Scribner place in the
$425 to O. o. Slack. The families may not
move for month or two.
Hale X. Darling went to Boston on Sat-
urday, purposing to take before his return
an outing in Nova Scotia, where he will in
spect the gold mine in which Messrs.
Smith, Davis and Dufur have an interest.
Rev. L. II. Elliot, secretary of the Yer
mont Bible socity, spoke at union services
on Sunday in the morning at the Congre-
| gational church and in the evening at the
Methodist. In the afternoon he spoke on
the West Hill.
Mrs. Elisha Nation, seventy-four years
old, met with serious accident a few days
since. She fell down a flight OF stairs and
| broke one arm near the shoulder, besides
| hrniaaa
now being cared for at the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. G. M. Medcalf
News has been received here of the death
OF Rev. William r. Puffer on Sunday at his
home in Richford. Mr.. Puffer, who wat
seventy years old, lived here from 1883 tC
1887 at time when on account OF poor
health he wa. unable to undertake the
he died was cancer. Three sisters reside
here. Mrs. Samuel Beckwith, Mrs. T. P
Moore and Mrs. Philena Davis, Mrs. g. II
Corliss, who is niece, attends the funera
at Richford,
A temperance meeting will be held at tn
Methodist church next Sunday evening.
DR.. A. A, Minott and George Tewksbur,
OF Worthwhile were in town Sunday.
Miss Belle Camp of Randolph was her
NipiIicB ifiouus pdrb Vi ldbJ Wetk.
Frank Gushea and wife Of Roxbury, wer
in town to attend the funeral Of Mrs. Kin
son.
Mrs. Carrie A. Towne has gone to Hyd
Park to visit her sister, Mrs. Calvin Stay
ton.
Mary j. Hinkson. aged seventy-six year,
died OF pneumonia July 90 at the home {
her daughter, Mrs. Clark Holmes. TIL
funeral was held from the house Wednel
day afternoon, Rev. M. FL. Ryan OF Middle
sex officiating.
Shady Riu.
} e. r. Tarbox is at home on vacation.
Miss Emma Stone visited in town lsl
week.
W. B. Thresher's aunt of Northfeld,
visiting here.
, Mrs. L. A. Flint's father and mother
Montpelier, visited her last Saturday.
Q Elsie Hatch, who is working at w.
l Cumming's, visited at her home in Worce
: ter last week.
Mrs. Malcolm Herrick OF Florida, who hs
{ been visiting relatives in other parts OF tn
: state, joined her husband at A. 8. Alden
t last week.