The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-12
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Miss Edith Caligan has been very poorly
! in health the past week.
Mr.. Moore of Weston has been visiting
his sisters, Mrs. George Smith and Mrs. O.
e. Beard for few days.
Charles Beard is in quite feeble health at
the present tlDe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kibbee are attend
ing the State Grange meeting in session at
Brattleboro this week.
DR.. Brsley of Barre ives called last Satur-
day in consultation with DR.. Z. e. Ellis in
the sickness of Miss Edith Calligan.
DR.. Avery Of Barre, who is an oculist
was in town last week and fitted several
people with spectacles.
On account Of the bad travelling last
Wednesday there was a small attendance
at the town library meeting. The bids on
books amounted to nearly ten dollars.
There are thirty pupils in the high school
this winteriand twenty-seven in the prim-
airy department.
Mrs. Jerry Hall is taking care OF Mrs.
Lois Buck.
Mrs Emily Allen has gone to Milford,
N. H., to spend the winter with her daugh
ter, Mrs John Twiss.
The Pomona Grange meeting held at
Union hall last Thursday was we'll attend
ed and interesting. The officers elected are
as follows: Worthy master, Dana III.
Morse; overseer, Frank Martin; lecturer,
A. b. Manchester; steward, Albert Sargent;
assistant steward Charles Smith Chaplain.
Martin Flint; treasurer, Charles Erskine;
secretary, Miss Mary Morse; gate keeper,
A. s, Libby; Ceres, Mrs. ID II, Morse: Pc.
mona, Mrs. Frank Martin; Flora. Mrs. K.
II. Manchester; lady assistant steward.
Mrs. Charles Smith. The next meeting
grange in February.
West Fairlee Center.
This community was shocked by the sud-
den death Of William b. Kimball OF this
place, on Saturday, December 1. Mr.. Kim.
ball has been sufferer from the effects OF
paralytic stroke, sixteen years ago, which
caused many distressing hours. The last
attack continued for about three honra
His sad death was an unexpected blow to
his family, as he had experienced so many
similar attacks that it was expected he
would recover from this one until the
moment he died from heart failure. Mr..
Kimball was the second child of the late
Nathaniel and Sarah Kimball OF this town
and has spent the greater part OF his life in
West Fairlee. His mother survives him
and this Is the second time within three
months that she has been compelled TO
mourn the loss of a son. MIR. Kimball's
wife was the daughter OF the late Col
Elisha May OF this place. Mrs. Irving
Bond, daughter, lives at Union village.
Two brothers, George w. OF Greenwood,
Mass, and John n. OF this town, survive
him, also Mrs. Charles Morse, sister, who
lives in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Sorrow and joy are near neighbors.
James Wise was married TO Miss Laura A.
Barstow at his home on Thursday evening,
December 6, after which about thirty of his
friends gathered at the house. Refresh
ments were served and the young couple
were the r. cipients of many useful presents
Many good wishes go with them.
A remarkably heavy fall of snow on Tues.
day night laid all the small trees low and
made the roads impossible until axes and
shovels were used The face of the country
was scene long to be- remembered by those
who were obliged 10 travel over roads
lined by trees and shrubs.