The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-11
Cabot.
Mrs. j. A. Harrington is very low.

Mrs. j. A. Harrington is very low
There ia great amount OF sickness:
throughout the town.
Miss Nellie Williams has gone to Boston
| to visit her aunt
Mrs. Charles Gilman, who has been very
sick, is now convalescent.
Frank Blanchard is to have charge of the
| hearse the same as last year.
Mrs. L. @. Bnrnham OF Burlington visit
ed her sister, Mrs. s. j. Morse, last week.
G. o. Boyles, Mrs Hiram Wells and Miss
Nellie Williams are in Boston this week.
Mrs. Arthur NJ. Hodgdon has been very
| i'll for few days. Appendicitis is feared.
Eugene and Henry Paige were in town in
attendance upon their fathers funeral.
Mrs. Albert Oagood is i'll with pueumo
mia. Master Orion is also at home sick.
Miss Julia Fisher has been very sick
with the grip while visiting at Bethel the
| past week.
The services of Mr.. Fifield have been en-
| gagged at the town farm Tor another year by
Overseer Lyford.
Eighty dog licenses were granted by
Town Clerk Wells up to April l and still
there are more to follow.
George Boyles, of the firm Of Wells
| Boyles 81 Rogers, is in Boston this week
purchasing GODS for their spring trade.
The selectmen have appointed #. s. Morse
lister in place of Charles I. Adoms resign
| ed. This appointment makes an entire
new board.
Miss Lizzie Packer of Marshfeld presid
ed at the organ at the Congregations
| church last Sunday in the absence of the
regular orgsnist, M. d. Wells.
B.R. Dow has graduated from the vet
Urinary college in Toronto, P. O., and is ex
pected home this week. He intends to To-
cate in this town to practice his profession
The hay scales have done big business
for the past few weeks. The large surplus
of hay that has accumulated in town for the
past two years will all be used up before
| grass grows.
Samples of the water from the village
pump here have been sent to Burlington c
| be Analysed. It is reported to be pure or
nearly 80. All can quench their thirst al
this fountain with safety
Rev. Mr.. Chase left for Conference last
Monday. II is generally hoped through
| town that he bewill returned az he has been
a faithful minister for the past two years
and an excellent citizen.
Elmer Wheeler lost the fore finger of his
right hand and had one or two Others badly
cut while at work with a saving machine
last week The wound was dressed and
cared for by DR.. Burbank and is now doing
well.
The community was much surprised and
panied last Saturday to learn OF the sudden
death from heart failure of George l..
Paige. He lived only about six minutes
after the attack. MIR. Paige was born in
Greensboro August 81, 1928 He resided
here until his marriage TO Mary Rice in
1862. About two years after this he moved
into this town going on to the farm now oc-
cupied by Ira Rice, moving to the village
about three years ago. To Mr. and Mrs.
Paige three children were born-Eugene
W. of New York city, Henry III. OF Ran
dolph, and Mrs Ira Reed of Cabot. Mr..
Paige suffered the loss of his wife in 1860
afterwards marrying Miss Kate Maxfield of
is an enviable and exemplary one, both in
public and private life. He was scrupu-
lousy honest and upright in all his deal
ings with his fellowmen. He had filled Of
fees of trust and responsibility in the town,
at one term being its representative to the
Legislature. The town has lost valuable
citizen and the family kind, affectionate
and indulgent parent Interment was in
the village cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
One of the old landmarks of the town
known as the starch factory succumbed to
the long weight of snow on the roof and
went to pieces one day last week. This
building was built by the late Isarel Gut
ting in 1910 for the purpose of making po-
tato starch. The master machinist was
John Tyler of Barre. 1t was first run by
an over shot wheel and equipped with all
the modern machinery of that day. The
starch business proved very lucrative in
the hands of the proprietor, like everything
else, with one or two exceptions. In 1912
a saw mill was built in connection with the
factory and later q grist mill was added.
| Both were run by the same wheel that ran
the factoy. These did not prove very
profitable investment and after few
! years were abandoned but the starch bust
| ness was continued for number of years
| and was always a successful investment in
the hands of Mr.. Cutting. Before the build
| ing went down it was interesting 10 see the
names and pictures Of the men on the walls
| inside that worked in the factory sixty
years ago. About twenty-five years ago
the starch business was abandoned and
the building and privilege WAS purchased
by B. j. Lance. Mr.. Cutting was one OF
the most successful men, financially, that
ever lived in town, notwithstanding his
great number of law suits, notable among
which was the suit between himself and
| Nathaniel West, the controversy beginning
| over half a pound of tea, and the cost reach
| ed into the thousands before the end. He
always said he made money the fastest
| when in law.