The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-11-28


bed Tor several DAYS With a complaint which
dates back to the time when he received an
injury in the army,
Amos whiting OF Wolcott was in town
Saturday to see his IA ll-brOther, j. N. Bliss,
who Is not expected to live but II short
time.
The annual meeting of the Ladies'
League was held on Monday evening. The
newly elected officers are: President, Mrs.
Susie Lamb; vice-president, MIS-. Ella Owl
nell; Secretary, Inez Pearce; treasurer,
Mrs. Laura Marsh; executive committee,
Mrs Lila Lamb, Mrs. Luceba George and
Mrs. Anna Bancroft.
Cabot.
Union Thanksgiving services will be held
in the Congregational church Thursday
evening. Rev. o. E. Aiken will preach the
sermon
Schools will commence next Monday in
stead Of a week from Monday as reported
last week. The same corps of teachers will
be retained excepting schools on Whittier
and South West hills. Teachers have not
az yet been secured for these two schools,
Miss Eunice Vail, teacher OF the interme-
date grade at the village, reports seven pu-
pills without mark for the fall term, viz:
Eva Clough, Clayton Kellogg, Cecil Fos-
ter, Clara Corlis, Susie Stone, Alton Paine
and Alice Kimball. Miss Vail has proved
herself a good teacher. Mr.. Hamilton,
principal, mas also ROOu ItCOTus lub Ddl-
ley, teacher on Whittier hill, reports those
who we're perfect in attendance as follows:
Bonnie Barrett, Russell Barrett, Ella Bar
rett, Wilbur Rowland, Ann Walker, Mar
ion Walker and Laura Urban.
There will be promenade tomorrow
evening.
w. p. Lance has leased his farm to War
rem Munson and has moved into K. 8.
Knowles, house at Lower Cabot. Will is
at work for Ed Smith for the year.
The Good Templars will have a Long.
fellow literary programme next Saturday
evening. ALI Good Templars should at
tend.
Morse Brothers ars selling wall papers at
twenty per cent discount for limited time.
Every pattern WAS put in stock last spring.
They wish to make room for their new
stock.
Kicker Mills.
A. II. Kicker finished making bobbins for
this season last Friday.
Sunday was very stormy day. About
fifteen inches of snow fell and on Monday the
rain dissolved the greater part of it.
There is another case of scarlet fever in
Groton, at John Welch's.
Nelson Pierce, the Oldest man in town. died
last Friday at about the age OF 80. The funer
al was at the house of his son ON Sunday.
Olive Orr is still quite sick
Mrs. E. d. Emery and children are visiting
friends in Massachusetts,.
Austin Aston went to Wells River on
business as Saturday
James Sanders and wife and son from
Peacham, visited in this vicinity last week.
South Woodbury..
Willie Carr has moved his family back to
their old home, from his fathers, where they
passed the summer.
Bernard Howard and wife of Hardwick
were in town over Sunday visiting Mrs How
ard 8 mother and sisters.
Mrs A. II. Holt returned last Tuesday
from Providence, r. l., where she has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Paine.
Mrs. j. G. Brown, who has been staying for
a few weeks with her sister, returned last Fri
day to her home in Dorchester Mass.
A, Benjamin and B. w. Wheeler have
commenced work on the new road from the
quarry to the widow Rollins place on the
Cabot road.
Professor Avery of Barre passed through
this place last Wednesday and examined the
eyes of several different people and furnished
them with glasses
South STAFFORD.
The remains of Spencer Clogston OF Tun-
bridge were brought to South STAFFORD for
was former resident of this place.
Mrs. Ora Curtis died at her home in
Washington last Wednesday. Her home
was formerly in Strafford and she was held
in high esteem by all who knew her.
Dora Whitcomb, sister of Mrs. Beckwith,
died very suddenly at Wilder on November
| %.
Susie Kendall is slowly improving fro q
her long illness.
Washington.
Miss Claire Carpenter is at home from her
school in Montpelier.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bradbury of South Barre
| was in town over Sunday.
| ID. S. Brown has gone to New Hampshire,
where he has employment in saw mill.
| V. W. Curtis of Waltham, Mass, was in
town last week to attend the funeral of his
brothers wife.
d, E. Worthley has so far recovered from
| his recent illness as to be able to walk about
| the house.
| L. w. Burnham is i'll with what is feared
may terminate in rheumatic fever.
Mrs. Roy Mcdonald and d. M. Flint are
ill.
E. Briggs is at home for a two weeks
vacation from his school in New Hampton
N. III.
A little daughter of John Dewey is i'll with
scarlet fever.
G.. III. McAllister and E. X. Houghton are
drawn as petit jurors from this town at the
| December term of Orange county court
The work of repairing the buildings ON the
ID. M. Miles farm has been completed.
o. W. Beland and son Peter, are at Leba
non, N H., for few days.
G. d. Parkhurst has been suffering from al
liberated tooth for the past week, and as YET
is unable to be out of doors.
c.. Il. Smith is soon to leave for South Roy
alton, where he will be employed for thu
winter.
G. w. Downing has sold his engine ant
boiler at G. w. Huntington's mill and is NOV
ing it,
Myrtle McCrillis, wife of Ora K. Curtis
died at her home near this village ON Novem
Der %, after an illness of several months. Sh
was twenty-eight years of age. She was be
loved by all who knew her and during her i'll
ness, even after she knew that the end mus
soon come the same patient Christian spiri
still prevailed as it had through all her life
and her only thought seemed to be in trying
to make the labor of those caring for her a
easy as possible large number of mourn