The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-28
PlainneId


James Markham of Montpelier. was In
town last Thursday.
DR.. r. p. Gale was called on Tuesday to
Cabot as counsel.
Oscar Wheeler is to move to the Laird ,
house on School street.
James Warhurst and wife visited in |
Montpelier last Thursday.
1t cost about 800 to break out the roads |
OF the town after the recent storm.
Mrs. Beedy went on Saturday to West
Berlin to visit for a few weeks.
John Mansfield has moved to one OF the
tenements in II. e. Cutters block.
Harry Laird, III. Il. Cutler and Clinton
cutler were in Montpelier on Monday.
Rev. L. f. Fortney offciated at the fun
eral OF the late Mrs. White, Friday after
noon,
Henry Waldo and wife OF wililamstown
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. e. j. Colby
Thursday.
Mrs. Cutting and Mrs. Fortney spent last
Friday at the home of Mrs j.. ID. Mute in
Marshfield.
Vernon Slavery of williamson visited at
the home of j. M. Martin and other friends
| last week.
Mrs James Warhurst is sick with throat
trouble. Mrs. G. d. Kidder is also confined
to the house by illness.
Otis Cutting went Wednesday to st
Johnsbury TO spend short time with his
grandmother.
Martin Guyette and wife went Saturday
TO burlington to make short visit with
| relatives
The Easter collection at the Methodist
| church will be used for the relief OF the
famine sufferers in India.
Harry Wilson, the sewing machine
| repairer, has closed his labors here. He
went to McIndoes Monday.
The place where you can get your mail
orders the most carefully and promptly at
tended to is Homer Fits, Barre.
A very few Of the farmers here have at
tempted TO force the season by commencing
sugaring, but with rather poor results.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. L. Saunders and daugh-
ter and Mrs. A. K. White OF Montpelier
visited the Lodge of Rebekahs Friday even
mrs. Mary K. Spencer was called to Barre
last Saturday to assist in the care of her
niece, Mrs. Susie (Parks) Murray, who is
very sick.
The Misses Jane and Abbie Clark have
| been visiting the past week in Montpelier
at the home Of their niece Mrs. Allen
| Moore.
Mrs. George Bolles, who had but recently
recovered from long illness, is again I'M
der the doctors care, the cause being an at
tack OF the grip.
Mrs. Nelson Shorey and infant daughter
went to Barre Saturday to spend few days
with Mrs. Shorey's husband, who is en-
ployed at the Commercial House.
The water wheel at the mill getting out
of repair caused a short shut down last
week. The machinery has been put In or
der and business has again been resumed.
Erastus Batchelder, having rented his
house and land in the village to Nelson
Hamel, has decided to dispose of some OF
of lon,
day.
While our saw-mill has been kept busy
since logging time began the gristmill de.
partment has been taxed to its full capac.
ity in order to supply the increased demand
for feed.
A few OF the many who are down with
the popular disorder are Mrs. Henry Camp.
Mrs. NJ. L. Pike. pete" White and five
children, Mrs. Bert Townsend and Mrs.
Oscar Wheeler.
The Ladies' Aid held quilting at the
Methodist church last week and Thursday
of this week are to have day and evening
sale at the same place to close with co.
nundrum supper.
Ed. Fitzgerald, who was injured by a log
rolling on mis- leg while at work for H. E.
Lane, has gone to his home in Woodsville
n. II. His brother Will has been visiting
in town the past week.
The farm known as the Chauncey Cut
Ter place in Orange, will be sold at auction
by the administrator, Clinton Cutler, Sat
urday, April Z, at one o'clock p M Also
lot OF stock, farming tools, household
goods, etc.
Ill. Ill. Martins team started from the
creamery one day last week and ran nearly
to Mr.. Martins home on Marshfield road
w. W. Pitkin, who was coming to the vii.
lage, succeeded in stopping the runaways
But slight damage was done.
.Jamas Gadv. amn1ovad nv Patob.
elder a. the mill, while at work Friday.
| was taken with violent attack of indiges-
ton and had to be removed to the hotel.
Saturday he was much improved and hopes
to be about his usual work in a few days.
Mrs. Judson White, who has been stop
ping for short time with her daughter,
Mrs. Bert Hutchins of Orange, returned
home and was taken down with pneumo-
mia. She was an old lady who lived alone
and was sick in bed two or three days be-
fore the fact was known. When her con-
dition was discovered she was removed to
| the home of her son, Nirom, where she
| died Wednesday. Funeral services were
held Friday, the interment being in the
Center cemetery.
| Roxbury.
Mrs. Clark Flint is recovering from an
attack OF rheumatic fever.
Algernon Spaldlng of Worcester, Mass,
is in town for stay of some weeks.
Mrs. Diamond and son, Mrs. George Cady
and Mrs. Irving Cady of Northfel1, Lewis
Ellis and family and Henry Ellis of Barre,
were in town Wednesday to attend the
| funeral of Mrs. Calvin Ellis
g. B. Fisk died suddenly last Wednesday
aged eighty years. Mr.. Fisk had not been
in very good health for some time, and had
kept morphine and laudanum on hand,
which he sometimes took. Tuesday night,
in some way it happened that he took an
overdose, which caused his death. Mr..
Fisk leaves two sons, George and Charles,
| both of this town.
Godfrey Jacobs has taken his mother
home and intends to assume the care of
her. Mrs Jacobs is quite aged and some
| years since fell and broke her hip. Since
| that time she has been nearly helpless and
has required much care. Mr.. Jacobs has
not previously felt able to support her, and
it seeIus a highly commemorate feeling
which now prompts his action
Nathan Green OF "Bull Rum" committed
suicide Saturday morning by cutting his
throat. He was staying at the time at his
sisters in Randolph. Mr. Green was sent