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

Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Steele visited in
Brookheld last Monday.
Raymond Hall returned fom Chelsea last
Tuesday.
Straw mating at from Eve to fifteen cents
yard discount Homer Fitts Barre.
Mrs. Minnie Boyce and daughter OF West
Brookfed visited Mrs. w. o. Pride last
Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. Emma Buck has been sick the past
week.
Several from this place attended the
Frink auction at Brookfeld last Saturday.
Dana Williams and Weitzel Webster each
had valuable COW die recently.
Mrs. Frank o. Allen visited her sister,
Mrs. Isabel Amidon, in Northfield last FRI
day.
Rev. Ora Boyce preached in Marshfeld
on Sunday.
Among the visitors in town last week
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Holden and lit
tie daughter Of Brookfield at Fred Blanch-
ards; Guy Fletcher of East Brookfield at
Jones Steele's; Mr.. and Mrs. Silss Mills
from Brookfeld at ID. l.. Bucks; Martha
and Cecile Peake of East Brookfield at l..
w. Blanchard's; Ray Chandler of North
field at George Foss' and Ethel Wardner of
Brookfield at Jacob Wardner's.
Mrs. N. w. Cady spent two days last
week with her two sons in Mortified.
Fred and Lou Blanchard were in Brook
field on Friday.
On account of illness Miss Leila Webster
did not return to birmingham until this
week.
Mrs. Leon Allen from Randolph has been
visiting at Frank o. Aliens this week.
John Ladd went to Greenfield, Mass, last
week to visit his sister, Miss Mabel Ladd,
| and Mrs. Will Andrews and family.
George Foss and w nifl ed Foss were in
Randolph one day last week.
Marcus Peck has sold his gray horses that
were reared on his farm TO Carl Bowman.
Elder Ora Boyce has an appointment to
preach here next Sunday, April 8.
Clarence Mudgett has purchased horse
OF G. V. Kent of Northfeld
Eugene Wardner and wife were in town
recently to visit his father who is sick.
Mrs. d. l.. Buck and Bert Allen have
both been ill with the grip the past week.
Jacob Wardner who has been sick nearly
all winter with heart trouble does not
seem to be improving.
Winifred Foss returned on Saturday to
Hillsboro Bridge, n III to teach the spring
term of school,
L. w. Blanchard our stage driver, who
makes trip to Northfield every day and
part Of the time t. ice a day, counted one
hundred and seventy-three pitch holes be.
tween the post Office and Northfeld depot
q distance of about five miles.
One of Fred Blanchard's woodchucks
was out last Sunday morning with a sur
prised look on its face at the vast amount Of
snow that would have to disappear before
it could do business
East Calais
Charles T. Pierce is at home from Tufts
College for a vacation OF one week.
d. ID. Lamb will open his meat marke
to the public for the first time next Satur
day.
Inez Pearce has been obliged to give VI
, dressmaking for the present because o
trouble with he. eyes.
@. j. Ainsworth of Gardner, Mass, wal
called here last week by the death OF hi
, brother-in-law, George Pierce.
John Thomas has been suffering for som,
tine from what he was fearful might prov,
to be cancer in his mouth. Last Satur
day Drs. Warren and Williams OF Cabo
paid him visit, and after extracting six
, teen teeth, cut apart his upper lip and re
! moved a tumor, which was thought to hav,
been caused by decayed teeth
The funeral OF George o. Pierce, VIII
died last Wednesday, was held on Satur
a day afternoon at his late residence, Rev
Effie X. Jones OF Barre conducting the ser
wee. Mr.. Pierce's death. after an illness o
only few days, was great shock to tn,
i community. He had been ailing with thu
, prevailing distemper but kept on working
drawing lumber. On Saturday he made
a trip to Barre returning home chilled
? through by the cutting wind. The mex
3 morning he was taken with pleuro.p neu
, mona. Everything was done for him tina
could be, but Wednesday morning his hear
began to show alarming signs OF not being
able to stand the strain, and in the even
t ing the end came. The deceased was
> quiet, unassuming man, who took littl,
l part in public life, yet whose good sens,
and judgment could be relied upon, who's,
integrity was unquestionable, whose kindl,
unselishness led him to be always ready Il
lend hand wherever there was need an(
and of whom people said HE was goot
man." His death came with sense o
personal loss to large circle OF friends