The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-06-20

gil Ayers II. Il Ward and wife and
Grant Lane have returned from weeks
visit in East Cabot - Those who have
been ill with measles are all able TO be out
again. Considerable excitement was
shown on Saturday last concerning the
horse race between Hope So, owned by Ar
thur Miles, and j. NJ. Wards black mare.
Hope SO covered the distance o. ten miles
in thirty-t~o minutes and ffty-hve seconds
and the mare in about thirty-three minutes.
Vershire
Children's Day was observed at the Con.
greRatioual church with appropriate exer-
cises. The church was tastefully trimmed,
and everything passed off according to the
program. Much credit is due TO Mrs. e p.
Brown, who has done very much to make
1t q success.
Our community has met with great loss
In the death OF j. j Parshley, which occur
ed at his homo in Vershire May %. He was
about seventy-two years OF age aud had liv-
ed in Vershire twenty.eight years, where
he was universally esteemed. He will be
much missed in every walk in life. His
immediate family mourn the loss OF q kind
husband aud father and the town an obllg'
ing neighbor and public minded citizen.
The funeral wrs held at his late home and
the burial was in the new cemetery AT West
Corinth.
Bethel.
ING tthtltId VI inc RIAAtu FChODl hENO
all returned to their several homes Prin-
cipal Wright TO Middebury, Professor Reed
to New York, Miss Richardson to Waits
field, Miss Kendall to RoyaltOn and Miss
Fisher 10 Calais.
a lively runaway on the main street Mon
day demolished or overturned several
buggies standing in the street, bnt FORUM
| ately no one was injured.
Mrs. w. II Bartwell is spending 4 week
In Fitchburg, M ass, with relatives.
Mr. aud Mrs. b. G Walker of Leomin-
| ster Mass, are in town for few days
where Mr.. Walker is looking after the tau
merry interests of Phelps 81 Harrison.
Mrs. f. e Lsdue and Miss Kittie Waldo
are wishing in Lynn, Mass, whore Miss
Kittie will remain with her parents, MT,
and Mrs. j. II Waldo. .
.. Fayston
Miss Marion Dana returned from Ran
| dolph last Friday having successfully COM
pleted her first year at the State Normal
school
Mrs Anna Brown, widow OF the late
| Daniel Brown Of Berlin, is spending few
days with her niece, Mrs A. d. Bragg
Robert Kew's new barn ia nearly finished.
Mr.. Kew will be a smiling man when hay
ing comes as he will pitch his hay down in
stead OF up
Miss Ella Kelly whose illness has been
| noticed is gradually talnng.
I'M. Thompson of Montpelier spent last
week at the parental home on account OF
an injured shoulder.
Mr.. and Mrs. " @. Pierce visited in Bris.
toll last week.
Politics are quiet in town just now. Ev-
cry one seems satisfied with Plumley and
Dillingham;, and the several names men
toned for county Offices Since Wilbur
Browns name has boon mentioned for
Senator we have been looking back to see
| when Favston was honored with a political
plum" and find that although we have an.
nually attended the conventions and helped
Others yet we have been neglected. This
ia true not only In regard to important
county officers but we have had only one
grand juror called to county court during
the last sixteen years. my brethren these
things ought not to be-" The fact that we
have more teachers than any town in the
county of the same and much larger populs
ton and today we have ten normal school
graduates who are doing duty in this and
other towns shows that we are not lacking
in qualifications. The truth is we are an6
have been very modest but we hope the
good people of the county will remember
that Fayston will have candidate in thu
field in 1902. .. t.II.. .
Orange.
Clifton Hurd is very i'll with inhsmma
ton of the bowels, He is at Orville Curtis
DIR. II. L. Watson OF Montpelier was il
town last Saturday to consult with Dr. j
III Macarthur in the case OF Mrs. Sophie
Dickey, an old lady who is i'll with lunl
trouble.
Last Saturday r. p. Lord while at worl
in his saw mill caught his right arm in tn,
shatting and cut it and his hand very bad
ly. His face and head were also br oised
But for the breaking OF some Of the mschir
cry he would have broken his arm.
The children Of j. l. Lord, who have ha
the pneumonia, are convalescent, as is Z
G. Crockett, who has been very i'll wit
rheumatic fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvah Martyr Of Plaintiel
spent Saturday and Sunday with his broth
er, A. g. Martyr.
f. A Gale returned to Lowell Saturda
night after spending two weeks at his farm
| building a barn.