The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-03-13
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I0e annual meeting or the OOnRr0gat1On-
al society was held last Thursday evening,
when the following Off ,ers were elected.
Il III. Elliot, moderator; j. j. Colby, clerk;
l.. II. Elliot, treasurer: H. l., Knight, col
lecter and auditor; @ O Evans, j. S Batch
elder and b. Il. Demeritt, prudential COM
mittee.
A special village meeting has been
warned to be held at seven O'Clock Monday
evening, March IS, to see IL the village will
vote to rescind the bylaw passed at the re.
cent annual meeting providing for the PEN
atty OF $500 to be paid by any person erect
ing building within twenty-five feet OF
the sidewalk line. There is considerable
feeling against this bylaw and an effort
will be made to reduce the penalty to 1926
for every thirty days that this provision is
ignored,
Benz amin Barrett visited in Montpelier
on Friday.
Nj. o. Evans has improved his house on
Randall street by putting in hot and cold
water fittings and electric lights.
The Hypatia Club was entertained Fri
day afternoon by Mrs. Fred Atkins.
w. r. Parmenter of Brookfield and w.
K. Babbitt of Montpelier visited in town on
Friday.
Verne Perkins is in Richmond this week
purchasing lumber for the International
Paper Company.
the Methodist church and is to meet in the
classroom OF the church each Tuesday
evening.
Or. W. II. Minard has been confined to
his home this week by illness
Mrs. l. G. Moody ia in Boston and New
York for two weeks studying the styles in
dressmaking.
Miss Mary Marvin closed her school at
Waterbury Center this week.
Miss Belle Cooley is in Boston and New
York, buying her spring stock OF millinery
goods.
T. S. Blondin has rented the d. T. Har-
vey tenement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mason s. Page of Barre
were guests Of j. w Moody this week.
Mrs. Francis Atherton of Burlington, is
visiting relatives in town.
Warner Moody is to move into the George
Che5ley house as soon as it is vacated by
Albert Savage.
Rev L. H. Elliot will occupy the pulp
Of the Congregational church next Sunday.
TIL lecture of Rev. @. o. Judkins, Mon
day evening was worthy of a crowded
house and had the weather permitted, 40
doubt full house would have greeted him.
As it was goodly number were present
and enjoyed exceedingly his lecture en-
titled "Old New Eng and in New Amer
lea" II is hoped that he may repeat it at
some future time when he may be sure a
large audience will welcome him.
At the communion service at the Congre-
gational church last SUNDAY, one person
was admitted to membership by letter, and
the baptism of q child WAS celebrated.
Chelsea.
Town meeting passed off with little fric-
ton and reasonable amount OF harmony.
No ballot was had except for road commits
sioner. This ballot resulted as follows:
William Robbins /. Henry Clark 8, w. M.
lighting of The streets caused the most dis
cussion, and it was finally voted to appro-
pirate S240 for lighting the streets and town
nall. Fifty dollars was appropriated to the
public library. The tax voted was town
1875 cents, school 90, highway 20 Following
Is list Of the principal officers chosen
| Moderator G. l. Stow clerk aud treasurer,
| w. P. Townsend; selectmen, A FL Powers,
w. II. Emery, Fl. F. Mattoon; overseer,
| w H. Emery; constable and collector, b.
| III. Adams, Jr road commissioner, M. o
Gates; listers, NJ. o Gstes. A. L Sprague
II. 8. Fits; auditors, II N. Madison, e. A
Corwin, j. NJ Comstock school director
| for three years, G. M. Medcalf; for one
year. G. l.. Stow; grand jurors, c. p. Dick
insOn, G. l.. Hayward, w. +. Dewey; agent
O. s. Emery trustee public library, G. l..
| Stow,
County Examiner Pric ard will. hold a
teachers examination here on the 9th and
| 2Sth.
Fred V. fuller of Tunbridge assisted II.
o. Bixby in his store last week.
John B. Oorliss, now of West Topshsm
has been visiting his son, G. II. Corliss.
Mrs. Alice T. Hackett and her dau ghter,
Ina, Went to Rutland last week for a three
| weeks visit.
W. NJ. Flanders moves this week into the
rooms which Mrs. Ellen S. Cooley has occu-
pied, and Mrs Cooley moves upstairs in the
same house.
Don Ballou is to work for the season for
9. f. Button.
A son was recently born to Mr.. and Mrs
| Edward A. Davis in Bethel.
Almens Fl. Coburn has left her work a
j. b. Bacon's on account OF poor health,
and her sister Psmalia has taken her place
L. Belle Chandler began this week tc
work in the telephone office at Montpelier
Hale X. Dsrling's disease is now pro.
nonnced typhoid fever, and his condition
is such as to cause much anxiety.
Kimbsll Union Academy has been sud
denly closed on account OF an outbreak Of
scarlet fever, aud M. Blanche Townsend
Mary Il. Scales and Chorene o. Barnei
have come home, Two other X. q. A
students are also here, Julia V. Cummings
who is visiting her grandparents, and
Ralph Pierce, whese mother is at j. @. At
woods.
Eva e. Alderman, who has been carinI
for Mrs Sarah Godfrey, has returned Il
her home in West Fairlee. Mrs. l. O. Car
penter, whose daughter Minnie returns this
week from st. Johnsbury is to stay at Mrs
Godfrey's for the present.
On Friday afternoon, fire broke out IL
some unexplained way in the sitting room
of G. II. Folsom's house. while he was al
work at his barn and his wife was at tn
village. Neighbors saw the smoke and
gave the alarm, ;snd the fire was extin
guished. Considerable destruction of tn
contents OF the room and damage to tn
building had resulted. The loss Is partly
covered by insurance..
W. f. Hood was called to Lowell
Mass, last week by the serious illness o
his mother, but she is better and he ha
returned.
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