The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-05-08
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The social at Rev. A. @. Dodge's was we'll
and fine time is reported.
Mrs. Clogston and her daughter, Mrs.
Thayer, have come from Barre to their sum-
mer home here.
A son was recently born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Gamsby.
f. d. Parker has returned from Fitch
burg, Mass.
Mrs. Ely is teaching in West Fairlee and
Miss Darling at Copper6eld
Arthur Cotton of Thetford has been look
ing after his business interests here.
May flowers are abundant and have been
30 during the last part OF April.
George Church has housekeeper, Mrs. |
from Corinth
There was some very warm weather in |
April and the last day brought fine rain. |
Grass and foliage seem much advanced for |
the time of the year.
Mr.. Abar has sister from out of town |
visiting him.
Perley Willis has new pair of matched |
horses, which he bought in Corinth.
Ed. Church has moved to Mrs Allis'
house at Post Mills.
Rev. A. O. Dodge was in Barre the last OF
last week,
Mrs. Warren Lathrop, former resident
OF Vershire, has retur ed from her months
stop with her sister in New Hampshire.
Elder Drown preached at the Advent
church last Sunday.
The creamery paid twenty-five and one
half cents for March butter.
B. f. Fuller and S. B. Darling have been
appointed commissioners on the estate Of
the late A. j. Clough.
Mrs. Thayer OF Corinth is to move into
the tenement vacated by Elder Mead.
Frank Mum OF Lancaster, Mass, was
in town last Sunday.
There have been several frosts OF late.
Cabot.
Mrs. Fannie Farr, widow of the late Ros-
we'll Farr, died OF apopexy at her home in
this village April 80, aged eighty-three
years. In the death of Mrs. Farr another
OF the oldest ladies in our community has
passed away. She originated from Puritan
stock. She was a woman who always at
tended strictly to her own affairs and one
that no person ever said ought against.
Pleasant and easy in her ways she made
friends with jail she met She united with
the Congregational church in 1869 and was
constant attendant upon church services
until the weight of years aud declining
health prevented Funeral services were
conducted by her pastor, Rev. d, billiard,
on the afternoon of May l. and the burial
Was in the cemetery at East Woodbury..
The library has been moved to Mrs. j. l..
Kimball's and will be opel on Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
Rev. d. L. H ard and family are visit
ing Mrs. Hilllard's parents at Sheldon
Springs.
Union services will be held at the Meth
odist church next Sunday and evening
Mr.. Il. A. Durfee Of Burlington, secretar y
of the snti-saloon league, will address each
meeting. All should hear him.
L. j. Clough has purchased the Britt
house and will move into it next week. W.
II 10 TO trfn fhn ~ of
bis fathers house..
All those interested in the "Old Home
Week" festivities are equested to meet at
the town Clerks office on Friday evening to
decide as to the ACCESSIBILITY OF observing
the same.
Mrs. Oscar Morrill, is with her sister, Mrs.
Laura Adams, very i'll, and with rather
| poor prospects Of recovering.
| All those who took part in the operetta
last March and any others interested are re-
| quested by the officers OF the Association to
| meet at the town hall next Saturday even
ing at 1880 for the purpose OF discussing the
advisability Of repeating the same in the
near future. Numerous requests have been
so made by the public.
N. B. Rogers shipped carload OF live
stock from Marshf9ld station last Monday
morning.
Fl. g. Williams is at East Calais this
| week.
Sodom.
A daughter was born on I thursday to Mr.
and Mrs. Ferris.
A. A. Lewis Is in Bridgeport, Conn,
where he was called by the report Of his
sons illness, which report proved to be
false
George Newton with his family has re-
turned to his farm where he will occupy q
tenement in his house The farm is still
rented to Alonzo Holt.
Mrs. George Farnham, her son Herbert
| Farnham, and his two children OF West
| Topsham, have been visiting Mrs. Theodore
| Wood, Mrs. Farnham's daughter.
Granite lodge OF Good Templars installed
officers for the present quarter, Saturday
evening as follows: Q. t, Walter Jacobs
V. T., Mrs. W. 1. Rickard secretary, Clara
Bliss treasurer, Bepjamn Hatch chaplain
Mrs, DeGreene; marshal, Charles Weeks
guard, Mrs. IRVINE Holmes; sentinel, Err
vine Holmes; assistant secretary, Clarence
Fitch; deputy marshal, Viola Rsth
burn; lodge deputy, W. l. Richard; finan
cial secretary, Carrie Daley.
The officers of Myrtle Juvenile Temple
are: G. L Emma Rathburn V. T., An
ME Holt; secretary, Martha Bailey; tnan.
cial secretary, Harry Daley; treasurer, Ag
mes Taylor; chaplain, Gordon Guy; mar
shall, Elmer Mathers; guard, Gertrude
Mathers; sentinel, Allen Bailey; assistant
ocCTobdTyt Nclllo uopuJy
Hattie Guy: p. @. T., Jennie Taylor; 8. j
T., Mrs. e. o. Bailey.
Lillian Kelley is at work for Mrs. james
Young.
Wright Conner is i'll at Lucius Sanders
Waits River.
A few OF our children observed May day
Miss Eva Laird of Bradford is visiting
her father, Lemuel Laird.
James Richardson was in Barre the frs
OF the week.
Edwin Chase aud sister Bertha we're in
Bradford on Tuesday, visiting relatives.
We had no minister here last Sunday
Dexter Prescott led social meeting at the
regular service hour. We have Sunday.
school every Sunday at 11:30 and all are
Cordially invited to attend.
Miss Blossom Chase who has been sick
for some time, is now much improved, anG
expects to be out before many days.
Roxbury.
Rodney Wiley has moved into George
Fiske's house.
Mr.. Wheeler has moved into the house witt
George Goss