The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-31
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phia to work, writes of the very reasonable
house rent he will have to pay there lie
finds his coal will cost him IS per ton; butter;
just now, 80 cents per pound; and potatoes w
cents per bushel.
Albert Il. Martin took advantage OF the
excursion rates to Boston last week
Perley Carlin, who died last week at the
age of nineteen years, had life insurance of
$1,000 in the Connecticut Mutual Company
Mr.. Hoag, who lived on the Horace White
farm some tive ty-seven years ago, and now a
resident of Grand Isle was visiting old neigh
bors here last week His son, resident of
Burlington was with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. oiv'TI Martin, nov, of Mont
peler, are with friends here Mr.. Martin has
been unable to work during the pas few
weeks on account OF jaundice.
Our creamery has changed hands again as to
ownership. Among the present owners are
said to be Messrs Darlington of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, New York city, and V il and
Powers of Lyndonville.
The body of little Gladys only child of Mr.
and Mrs. r tert G mble, was brought here
for burial last week She was four years of
age and was sick but short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will j. Young began house
keeping in James NJ. Beckett's residence last
week.
Mrs. Anna Benedict Franklin, town school
superintendent for this place and Barre town,
is finishing the school begun, by Luther Bal
ley in Websterville, Barre. Mr.. Bailey is inn
proving little in health.
Bert, son of Joshua F. bailey and for years
a salesman for a Philadelphia publishing
house, has given up his work and moved to
Montpelier, where he will take up the study
of law with his brother Frank. His family
will occupy Frank Bailey's house.
Will Kibbee's family occupy Hall" Cheney's
house.
Leland Green, known as a good scholar in
our village school some two years ago, ID at
tending the academy at Barton, where he
hopes to be for the coming two years.
At Alvah j. Little's recent auction sale, ten
cows averaged little over 500 each and eight
yearlings and calves little less than 81 Hay
sold for $3.50 and 1915 per on, to be taken
at the barn. Mr.. Little expects to move to his
place in Chelsea.
Ernest Cross went to work last week for
Grearson q Beckett
Howard Winchester has Id seve ty acres
of pasture and woodland to Erwin III. Martin
for $3.50.
Rev. Loren E. b xby, son of the late Ebene
ger Bixby, recently died in Belvidere, Ill, at
the age of ninety one. He was minister in
the Free Baptist denomination, and had
preached in Vermont New York, Illinois,
Iowa and Dakota. He married twice and had
seven children, three of whom survive him.
Of his fathers family one son and four daugh-
ters are now living, among these being Mrs
Ichabod Tucker, and Mrs. Francis Carleton of
Tunbridge. Rev. Mr. Bixby is said to have
died in the triumph of faith.
The mercury stood at twenty-four degrees
above zero one morning last week in our vii
lage
Warren S. Covell and son lately dug 400
bushels of potatoes from one and half acres
of ground, Irving Covell took 800 bushels
from two acres. We hear that thirty cents
per bushel is being paid for potatoes.
The first performance in our entertainment
course for the season was given last Saturday
evening to good house by the Durno Emmett
Combination, which was heard herebouts last
season. The Central Lyceum Bureau, EN-
ploying them, says that for an all round
evening of magic, mirth, mimicry and mystery
there is not its superior on thu road" and GER
tainly it proved such here. Our next enter
tainment in the course will be 1.-The Passion
Play" an illustrated lecture by j. l.. Lewis
on Tuesday evening of next week. On No
vember 10, A; W. Hawks, Laughing Philoso-
cember, by d. W Davis. author, lecturer
and humorist. On January 7, 1901, the Park
Concert Company will be here, to be followed
February 8 by Hon G. A. Gearhart.
While away, Arthur Simons met A. d.
Brown, a former employe in our creamery,
whose home is in Plymouth, N. Y. His work
now is building silos. Mr.. Simons says they
are built almost wholly of octogonal shape,
ranging in heigh t from twenty-four to thirty
feet, They are placed outside of, but near to
barns.
Frederick Staples, son of the late Joseph
Staples, who died in Bradford recently left a
family of several sons, who are carpenters
Mrs Grorge l.. Williams is sick with fe-
YER
F. W. Winslow has taken contract to cut
500 cords of wood for George Beckett on por-
ton of the old Calvin Flint farm Mr.. Wins
low Is also considering job OF team wo X in
Barre that may take several weeks to do.
Orlando Flint is confined to the house and is
nearly sightless His brother, Jacob Flint is
mostly confined in doors, but can see better
than formerly
EAlonzo Bohonon of Washington has been
staying with Thomas Waldo for several
months. Through misfortune in the partial
loss of his sight, he has found a home with
Mr.. Waldo, s chore man through tue win
ter
We are glad to hear that Preston Cross has
improved in health since going to his old home
in New Brunswick. He is now able to assist
his father some in farm work. 1t is said that
he will not BE- likely to return to this place.
We have lately heard inquiry as to where
certain letters have tarried why they have
failed to reach their destination altogether
Apropos to these questions, we have just bee N
told that one of our acquaintance took letter
containing an express money order, several
years ago to mail for another person. The
coat in which he put the letter was just then
put aside in a trunk, where it has remained a
long time and until lately On bringing it forth
and examining the pockets the long lost letter
was found. The person who sent the letter
had died in the meantime. Although the or
der was likely duplicated at the time there
was Inconvenience of course and wonderment
and anxiety in plenty
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