The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-18

temporarily into Mrs. Richards building
until room can be finished in the Arch
Batchelder block
Mrs. Clinton Bartlett is in New York this
week buy ing millinery goods for the spring
trade
Merchant Flood is dangerously sick with
typhoid pneumonia.
Fred Perrin is making extensive repairs
in the store recently purchased OF j. A.
Foss, painting and papsring, etc
Rev. f. T. CLARK is attending conference
at Bellows Falls this week.
A call has been issued for the Republican
voters OF Plainfeld to meet at the town hall
Saturday at seven O'Clock NJ for the pur-
pose OF electing two delegates and two al
ternates to the district convention at Mont
pelier April II, also to elect two delegates
and two alternates to the ate convention
at Burlington.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. N Greeley are visiting
| their daughter, Mrs. Perrin, at Sanbornton,
| N. H., this week
| Victor Reed, formerly OF this place, for
| the past four or five months canvassipe in
Maryland, called in town last Saturday.
| he says the climate agrees with him in the
| South. He intends to return this week
| Murray Martyr aud Raymond Martin
| each lost valuable COW last Thursday.
Jacob Cutler OF East Barre, father OF II.
| e. Cutler, visited him last week, returning
home Saturday.
Rev. f. T. Clark returned from conference
at Bellows Falls last Saturday to attend
funeral on Sunday.
j. B. Wells and wife, who have been
spending few weeks with their son, e. O.
| Wells, at Cambridge, have returned home.
Road Commissioner Joseph Bartlett was
in Montpelier last Saturday to attend the
me ting of Washington county road com
missioners.
Evelyn, the young daughter Of F. II.
Bruffee, is sick with the measles.
Murray Martyr entertained large COM
pany at his home the first OF the week. The
refreshments were new sugar, pickles and
doughnuts.
Mrs. Charles Lombard. who has been car
ing for her daughter, Mrs John Worcester,
of South Barre, has returned home.
Merchant Flood after a short illness died
OF typhoid pneumonia at the home OF ii. r,
Moore, his grandfather, last Friday. The
funeral was attended Sunday at the Meth
odist church, Rev. f. T. Clark officiating.
S. 8. Smith has shown himself to be one
OF the generous sugar-maker5 OF the town
by inviting all who can to come and par
I take OF the elegant new sugar which he al
ways makes.
Mrs R. d Richards was in Barre on Fri
day visiting her mother who is sick
George Benjamin is at work on his new
house at Barre.
Carl Foss has an appointment as transfer
l clerk at st. Adams. He will have full
. charge of the transfer of all the mail of that
!. place. He finishes his duties on the Lam
q caster and Montpelier run on Saturday,
April IA.
8 Will f. Whitcher came home Friday
from Barre where he has worked in the
p bakery for ten days, he having resigned his
position there for one at Woodsville, n. III. ,
h in large dry goods and clothing store with
q relative of his, 9. Whitcher. He be-
gins his duties there on Thursday, April 16
q If we have any police in town that have
y the authority or the disposition to use it
why don't they stop such disgraceful row
as was seen on the street Friday night.
d Fred Batcheder is at work for DR.. G. B.
b Nichols at Barre. He is to GO to the noun
D. tains later.
Merchant Flood died Friday at Henry
:, Morse's, OF pneumonia.
1t D, A. Perry and w. P. Paine of Mont
pelier were in town Friday.
y The funeral of Merchant Flood will be
:. held Sunday afternoon in the Methodist
9 church.
The Offering next Sunday at the Easter
! concert will be sent to the relief of the
u starving in India Collection open to ev-
cry one. Two dollars will save life I'M
T, til the harvest.
y Rev. F. T. Clark went to Conference
- Tuesday.
- Rebeccs Lodge held a sugar social Thurs
~ day evening.
h, Ernest Leavitt is some better.
J. Sunday morning a horse attached to 9
g. road cart was seen coming up the railroad
g track. 1t was stopped just in time to pre-
q vent its going through the bridge. It,came
., from East Montpelier and belonged to ar
'' Italian.
y At the Republican caucus held Saturday
- night @. w. Whitcher and Fred Bancroft
"a were elected delegates to the State conven-
d ton at Burlington on Wednesday and Eze.
kiel Skinner and L. F. Fortney to the dis
"a trict convention at Montpelier on Tuesday
y, The citizens of this village for the past
70 few years have been hoping the time would
come when they would have police force
n that would not be afraid to do do their duty
is when they were called upon. Last week
e when two men got to fighting in front of the
store, Chief of Police Bstchelder and Bailey
G. were on hand and did good work.
s. A. Batchelder has commenced repair
ing the old shop purchased of f. L. Hoyt.
k DIR. G. E. Chandler of Montpelier was in
n town on Monday called here as council
1t with DR.. Smith.
ID L. l., Knapp on going to his barn Sunday
rs morning, found his cow dead, sShe appar'
emily was all right the night before. 1t is
n quite loss for him, as 1t was his only COW
Do The breaking of blood vessel was the
Ar cause.
Our creamery paid its patrons twenty
n three cents for March butter.
10 Miss Emily Spencer of Barre was in town
|. over Sunday, visiting her mother.
IL The ice is beginning to break up in the
5, river above the dam.
~ West Corinth.
3, Mr.. McAuley from Barre has bought the
II Charles Hanson place at the borough and
d has recently moved his family here.
10 Very little sugar is being made in this
% vicinity, The reason is not for want OF
l. snow as there is yet enough and to spare
3. Only very few wagons have been seen on
o the road and yet it is not the best of slei h.
r ing.
Rev, +. I. Sargent has occupied the pull
pit here the past two Sundays he having
10 been engaged TO preach here this year
<. Charles Avery has gone back to Mrs.
l. Wason's and is sugariug with Mr.. Patrick.
Lester Blake is at home from Lowell,
t. Mass for a while and is carrying on his
ID fathers sugar place
The sick ones at Mr.. Stills are now i'm