The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-02-21
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Gertrude Lee OF Montpelier was a guest
at 6. G. Bates over Sunday.
George Huntley is In New York city
where he hopes to get employment.
Bishop Hall will make his annual vista.
ton to ST. Mary's parish March IS.
II. B. Converse was unable to officiate at
the Methodist church Sunday because of
illness
The Theata Chi fraternity held their mi
tistion banquet at the Mortified house last
Friday evening.
Harry Cady entertained number of his
friends Thursday evening last, it being his
| fourteenth birthday.
Five candidates took the examination
| Saturday evening for non-Commissioned Of
| ticers OF Company II.
The gentlemen of st, Mary's parish will
serve boiled dinner at the parish house
Thursday noon of this week.
Among the articles in the warning for the
annual town meeting is one to see if the
town will vote to abolish the liquor agency.
The funeral of Hayes Stebbins was held
| from the Episcopal church Thursday after
noon, Rev George G. Sutherland officiating.
! His class at the graded school attended in
a body The bearers were Cadets Hutch
| ingson Ossier, Swenson and Ellis. j. X
Egerton had charge of the arrangements.
Intermeni was in Elmwood cemetery.
There were several accidents at the Har-
low bridge last week. A new iron bridge
| is being constructed to replace the old
wooden bridge, which was built at the time
OF the late Harlow bridge disaster. One
workman fell about forty feet and was se-
verely bruised, but will recover. Several
narrowly escaped drowning in clearing the
stream Of ice during the high water. One
man was struck with board which nearly
| severed his ear.
Orvis Darwin Edgerton died Sunday
morning at his home on Main street OF
Brght's disease, aged 79 ears. Mr.. Edger-
| ton was born in Potsdam n. Y, August 10,
1921, and was one of family OF seven chill
dren. In January, 1849, he married Rox-
ana Sophia Taylor, daughter of the senior
member of the firm of f. & 7. r. Tayl Tor,
who were in the business of making forks
and hoes at Brasher Falls, n. Y.
| Mr. Edgerton was afterwards in the mer-
camille business in that place, selling out to
his partners in the spring of 1856. For ten
years he kept an Office of justice of the
peace, held several town offices, was post
master under President Filmore's admins
tration and was four years justice of the
| sessions,
In August, 1856, their first and o ly child
was born Charles d. Edgerton, awyer Of
Mortified, and at the present me one of
the associate judges OF Washi1 ton county
| court. In 1866 Mr.. Edgerton moved from
Brasher to Mortified, whera he associated
himself with his brother in the mercantile
business, and has since resided there. He
has held the offices of town treasurer and
selectman, trustee of the Savings bank, and
at the present time its president. He has
always taken an interest in political mat
ters, being staunch member of the Repub-
lican party.
Corinth.
e. W. Wright was in town on Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Colby has returned from Man
chester, n, 81.
Clinton Sargent has moved his family to
his farm near Fairlee.
Mrs Abbie Wilson OF Southern Pines, N.
c., still remains very feeble.
Mrs Lucy Ovitt is stopping for while
with her brother, o. II. Tenney.
Samuel Durgin received Monday the in
| telligence of his wite's death on Sunday, at
| Plaintield.
There is to be a donation visit at Elder
| Trafton's Tuesday evening and one at Elder
Sargent's Wednesday evening.
The rain did very little damage in this
vicinity only to the travelling. We had no
| mail Tuesday evening on account of the ice
breaking up in Waits River
A feeling of sympathy is very general for
| the people of Montpelier who have not only
| been inconvenienced but suffer so great loss
| by the great freshet OF last week.
There was a party at Eugene Morse's
| Friday evening, previous to Mr.. and Mrs.
| Morse going to Hyde Park, Mass. Mr.. and
Mrs. WEIGH are to carry on Mr.. Morses
| farm.
| Not far from $50 relatives, neighbors and
| friends gathered at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lyman Wilson Friday evening, Feb
| rdary IS, to remind them of their twenty
| fifth wedding anniversary. They were the
| recipients OF some pretty presents aside
| from sum of money which was presented
| in behalf OF the donors by #. l, Sargent, to
which George G. Hastings responded. COT
| fee and cake were served.
Randolph.
| At about three o'clock Monday morning,
| night operator Storms discovered flames is
suing from the barn Of Q. O. Blodgett. An
| alarm was quickly sounded and the fire
| company was soon on the scene. Before
they arrived eight horses, a COW and calf
were burned TO death, The barn was en-
| tirely consumed and the house was badly
| damaged by fire and water. 1t was only
| by hard work that the fire company pre-
vented the flames from spreading to other
| buildings, The fire is thought TO have
started from small stove in Mr. Blod-
| getts office located in one corner OF the
| barn. There was an insurance OF 81 900 on
| the buildings. As the stock was not insur-
| ed Mr. Blodgetts loss IL considerable.
| Twelve harnesses and thrse-seated sleigh
were bnrned also good deal of clothing
| belonging to the hired men and some house
hold furnifura.