The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
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| Mrs Francis Hayward IL Ill with tonsi.
| litis.
Ebenezer Baldwin is seriously i'll with
| periiouiis.
Mrs s. p. Kicker il confined to the house
| by Illness.
Eddie Clark H. IN Pennington, N. III ell,
where he Is leai ming The plumber's trade.
Nelson Whitche Gro on's oldest resi-
dent, is recovering from his recent Illness.
Rev. w. II Mather cid series OF evan.
gelicalistic meetings III BOltonvill5 this
week.
The snow roller driven by John Hatch
was out this week for the first time this
winter
Miss Julia Ford is teaching in Nswburl
Center, entering upon her duties there thi
week.
The Woman'u Christian Temperance
Union met with Mrs. A NJ. Heath Thurs
day afternoon.
MIS-. william Stha'l, who has been vis
ing relatives in town, has re urued to Der
home in Brighton, Mass.
Lee Blanchard, clerk IL the store OF Hall
& Cochran, was confined TO the house d
few days this week by illness.
j. II. Mcleod is employed in the stone
shed of Andrew Benzie and Bert Webber
by e. t. Raymond in the Hatch shed.
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treatment for deafness. Mrs. Alexander
Welch, her sister, and Charlie Frost, her
brother, are with her.
Judge j. r. Darling has exchanged his
property in the village known as the Car
lysle Renfrew place with Moses Plummer
for valuable timber lot.
News has been received OF serious acct.
dent occurring TO Mrs. Martin Weld, who is
visiting Il. M Weld, her son, in New
Haven. She fell recently breaking one hip.
The recent snowfall has made good
sleighing and the lumbermen of this Sec
ton are taking advantage Of it. The mill
yard Of 1. NJ. Kicker is being rapidly filled
with logs.
The irm of Vincent & Co., Is doing an
extensive ice business this season. Already
several thousand pounds have bt en- cut
and packed for customers and it has or.
ders for 1900 pounds more.
The funeral Of James Mckay, who was
killed at Webber's quarry Tuesday after
noon, was held from the house Thursday
morning, Rev. w. r. Mather officiating.
The remains were taken to Jefferson Hill
for burial.
Mrs. w. j. Mills holds the palm in this
section for the successful growing of hen
fruit. During the past year she has sold
eggs from her brood Of seventy hens to the
amount of SIG TO say nothing of those used
for family and brooding purposes.
The lyceum will meet in the school house
hall next Friday evening. The question
for debate will be Resolved. That the
Philippines should be annexed to the
United States.'' George Hatch, Guy
WEIGH and Roy Blanchard will speak in
the affirm alive, and Nathan Caldwell,
Henry Goodwin and john Chalmers in TIE
negative.
Ralph Evans, son Of Rev. John Evans,
was severely wounded last Saturday after
noon by the accidental discharge of revolt
yer. He and Sternie Pierce were in the
formers room when in some unaccountabe
manner the revolver, which he was about
to put away, was discharged. The ball,
which was of twenty-five caibre, lodged in
his breast. When the wound was examin-
ed it was found the ball had penetrated to
the breast bone but being of such small cal
ibre the force was not sufficient to shatter
the bone or the result might have been IA
tai The ball was removed and the young
lad is recovering from his painful expe-
rience which should be a most practical
warning 10 his mates against the careless
handling of firearms