The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-01-02
Clroton.

last Saturday.
Misses Mabel and Maud Robin OF Barre |
are visiting their sister, Mrs. Thomas |
Sheriff
Eugene Wilson OF Manchester, N. H., Wis
|, ed in town last week.
AT the annual election of officers of Gal
edonia lodge, Knights of Pythas, II. W.
was elected, @. c.; e, D. Kicker,
V. q, Rev. w. X. Mather, p; @. @. Lord,
M. of w; G. II, Pllsbury, X. of r. s.; A.
w. Grown, M. OF f.. L. G. WEIGH, M. of e
Fl. Wallace Chalmers, M, at A; O. O.
Lord, trustee.
j. Frank Perry of Barre made Editor
Lord pleasant visit Wednesday, return
ing home Thursday.
W. Harry Hoyt, our enterprising drug
gist, made each Of the physicians in town
and DIR. Fox of Topsham, q Christmas
present OF handsome leather covered
prescription case with name in gold. These
CAFES contained each filler of 100 prescrip-
ton blanks. They will be a convenient
article for each physicianand a reminder Of
the drug store where reliable prescriptions
are compounded.
The Epworth League meeting will be
held Sunday evening in connection with
the regular services
Ernest Clark spent Christmas with rela-
tives in town, returning to his school in
Montpelier after the holidays.
A large crowd attended the promenade in
the school house hall last Friday night.
Horn of the Moon.
Miss Emma Cooley has finished her work
in Montpelier and is at home. - Mrs.
Will Thayer is visiting in Calais. -
Mrs. Ann Dillon is visiting her grandson,
j. W. Dillon at Myron Longs. - Ar
thur Nelson finished working for W.T..
GlsddiDg last Saturday. - Mrs. r. 9.
jackson was at A. @. Tempeton's a few
days last week. - Burt Jones is quite
i'll. 60 Mrs. Jerry Hutchinson from Bar
re is at w. f. Gladding's. - Mrs. Sarah
Jackson returned from William Maoy's
last Thursday. Mrs. William Dillon
is in Montpelier caring for her daughter,
Mrs. e r. Plaisted who is i'll with the
measles, - The friends Of Mrs. j. W.
Dillon, now living in Barre, are panied to
learn OF her continued poor health
Berlin.
Prof. A E. Winslow OF Norwich Uni vers-
ity. spent the Christmas vacation at the
home of his father, j. r. Winslow.
Miss Josie Perkins is at home for two
weeks from her studies at the Mortified
High School
The sale and chicken pie supper was a
success both socially and financially The
Lend a Hand society cleared about $40.
Miss Mabel Stewart WAS i'll last week
with the chicken pox, in consequence Of
which the school at the head OF the lake
was closed few days.
Christmas was observed Tuesday even
ing by appropriate exercises and tree at
the church. The children did much credit
to themselves and the teachers who trained
them.
There was a watch meeting at the church
Monday night.
Wednesday evening the Christian En-
deavor society is to give an oyster supper
at the church vestry. All are invited.
The young people gave party to Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar MacNchol Saturday evening at
the home OF her mother, Mrs. Emma Bailey.
An earthquake shock was distinctly
! heard in this vicinity early Sunday morn
| ing.
The watch meeting at the Congregational
church Monday evening was largely at
! tended.
The Christian Endeavor Society will have
an oyster Wednesday evening The annual
church meeting will be held at two o'clock
on Wedn esday.
South Barre.
The ir FAINT daughter Of Nelson Durham
is very i'll will Group. - Cora Ford is
visiting at H. j Slsyton's. - Adolph
| Buck Lane returns to Hanover on Wednes-
day. - The grip is quite prevalent in
| this vicinity. Christmas exercises
! were observed at both the Universalist and
| Methodist churches.
Post Mills.
Ralph Powell, who has been spending the
holidays with his parents, has returned tC
| Boston,
The Christmas entertainment at the hal
Christmas night WAS well patronized and
everything passed off nicely.
Skating at the lake both day and evening
has been in order the past week.
The students at Thetiord Academy who
have been enjoying a weeks vacation have
returned to Thetford.
The roll call of the Congregational church
will take place on Friday evening, January
4 at the parsonage.
Truman Aldrich was at home from Barre
| Christmas.
| There was some excitement over the re-
cent lawsuit between E. N. Coffin and
| George Edwards. The trial took place al
the store. f. A. Bailey was counsel fol
Coffin and T. A. Gordon for Edwards
Edwards was the successful party in the
| case.
| The sound Of the Woodman's axe is
heard in the land, completing the devasta
tion which the worms OF previous years
began.
West Topsham.
Miss Nellie Tillotson was at home from
her school in Groton over Sunday.
Mrs. r. p. Church, who las been sick for
several weeks, is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. David e, Bagley have q
daughter born December %.
The schools in this vicinity had short
vacation at Christmas
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Fl. Hight and
| George Hight visited at Jack Harvey's in
| Groton the last of the week.
Mrs. Gilman W. Bagley is at Bradford.
Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Chalmers have a
daughter born December 30. They have
three sons and nine daughters. Mr.. Chal-
mer's business at his mill ls increasing rap
| idly, He has large stock OF lumber for
this season OF the year. He ia cutting his
hard wood into spool heads for Jackman
brothers of East Corinth He has recently
built a bridge over the river so he can pile
lumber on both sides of the pond, and the
probabilities are that he will soon need an
| addition to his house.
james B Smith is drawing lumber from
the territory TO Chalmers mill.
Mrs. Charles Mills is i'll.