The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-06-06
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Solomon Anderson and family of Hard
wick have been visiting In town since the
small pox scare there.
The Keenan, pond brook has been recent
ly stocked with trout from the State hatch
cry by II. o. Weed
MS. Andrew Benze left last Wednesday
for a few weeks visit to her old home at
Prince Edwards Island.
II. g. Glover has been drawn ~ 10 vn
grand juror. The petit iurote are Seth
Welch and Austin Morrison.
Mrs Frank Smith has returned from
Burlington where she hos been under medi-
cal treatment ut the Mary Fletcher hospital.
1. NJ. Kicker has completed saving at his
mill after a run Of eight weeks, during
which time no accident resulted to man or
beast.
The Groton base ball team In response to
4 challenge from the team at South Rye.
gate, went there lsst Wednesday and won
out Dy a score OF % to 10.
Mrs Martha Jones is in Montpelier visit
ing Mrs. g. r. Richardson, her sister, until
the close OF the high school there, al which
time Miss Eva, her daughter, will graduate.
At the Republican caucus held this week
M. ID. Coffin, @. q. Lord, K. ID Sherry and
DIR. S. A. Blodgett were elected as delegates
| 20 the Caledonia county convention. Hon.
I. B. Hall, M. d. Coffrn and r. ID. Sherry
we're chosen as town committee
CYRUS 7. Darling, business manager OF
the Davenport Qowa) Democrat was in town
this week visiting Judge and Mrs. h. j
Darling, his parents. He attended the an.
uual meeting OF the Imperial Council
Knights Templars, recently held at Wash.
iDgton, D. O., ~ delegate from Daven-
port. He returned home last Wednesday
accompanied by Mrs s. n. Eastman, his
sister, who will remain for some weeks
~ ~
| has outRrown his present quarters and ID
hitting up the basement of bis office prepar.
atory to placing his presses and engine
there. He Is also to erect q house at a dis
lance from the building in which to keep
his gasoline tank 1t will be connected
with the engine by feed pipe under
| ground. This will take about two weeks
time and will give him double the floor
space he has formerly occupied Editor
| Lord Is hustler and it is necessary that he
| should have ample room.
The M T. Benzie Granite Company IL
building sixty foot addition to Its present
plant and will put in place travelling der
rick and air compressor. The granite bust
ness is the best this season 1t has ever beer
here, q large number OF workmen being EN-
ployed IN town. When the local branch O.
| the Granite Gu ters' Union was STARTED
there were but seventeen members Will,
now it has forty-eiRht. A meeting of thu
| stOCBnoluerS OF Jne flne Mountain quarry
Is to be held at Bos on next week afte
which 1t Is expected the work Of opening
up these quarries will be resumed. Consid
cradle in the building line is also on thu
tapis for this season. Groton is keeping
abreast with the prosperity wave.
Memorial Day was very quiet here, no ex
ercises being held. The local veterans
decorated the graves of their fallen com
rades in the morning Several went Il
Wells River to participate in the exercises
there. On the Tuesday evening previous
memorial exercises were held in the Baptis
church by the departments of the graded
school under the direction of the fou
teachers. About 1875 pupils took part anC
the church was crowded to veriowing
The exercises, which opened with praye
by Rev. W. r Mather, included music
Rotations and flag exercises, the latte
being novel and interesting. Those who
had Rotations were j. A Chalmers Jen
ME Hood, Harold Gilman, Charlie Adams
George Morrison, Virgie Kicker, Caro-
Kicker and Katie Downs. The program a
a whole was replete with good things ant
was appreciated by those present, the voca
selections 10y the quartette being especial.
| well received.