The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-01-23

Lucy Sabin is at home from Burlington for
q few days vacation
Mrs Dolly White and cousin of Craftsbury
visited her aunt, Mrs Farnsw orth last week,
going from there to Barre.
Clarence Burnham of Bristol spent few
days last week with his father and brother,
Albert and Harry Burnham
The old and young folks have a dance in
Morse's hall next Thursday night
Mrs o A. WILDER is in very poor health
this winter.
Miss Myrtle Wheeler has returned to her
school after closing it one week on account of
sickness.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Burnham of Cabot visited
at Harry Burnham's over Sunday Mrs Burn
ham will remain week with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Freeman Lawson
Neil Tassev, son of r. B. Tassey, has had to
| give up his school on account of sickness
Died at South Woodbury. Dec. 20, Mrs
Hannah Mnard, age seventy-eight years
| and ten months.
Horn of the Moon
DIG. Scott is i'll with the prevailing dis
temper. - Curtis Clark is recovering
| from an attack of measles. = W. r.
Gladding recently killed u hog that dressed
| 375 pounds. - The Morse school Is
| closed because OF the prevalence of meas
| les. - For the first TINT for year Miss
Belle Dillon was at liberty from nursing
long enough to spend four days OF last
week at her home.
George Fiske has had an attack of the
grip.
Frank Getchell is slowly recovering from
his long illness of typhoid fever.
Mrs. Marietta Hancock, who has been
seriously ill, IL convalescent
Mrs James Cummings returned 10 her
home in Springfield, Mass, on Friday, after
| spending a few weeks with her mother,
| Mrs Hancock,
Miss Mary r. Abbott returned Tuesday
| from Montpelier, where she has been for
two weeks past caring for the Ii tie son of
A. K. Niles, who IL ILL.,
Miss frances Hatch is in town because of
| her school being closed on account of
measles. She l. filing ti,e vacancy in the
higher department Of the village school
here, Miss Jessie Baker the teacher, being
i'll.
Among those ill are Ms Amanda Stone
and M. p. Kent.
A daughter was born last Thursday to
Mr. aud Mrs e w. Brown.
Fayston
G.. Billings has purchased the Billings
clapboard mill and old home farm which he
recently sold to lumber company with
about 100 acres Of timber land, The com
pany still keeps the timber land although
il does not intend to cut any timber on it
for several years.
Peter La Rose and family have moved
into the house with Philip Valley
George Carey has been off work for a few
days nursing frt Zen foot
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Wallis who recently
moved here from Canada have returned to
their old home to visit son and other
friends in that locality.
This has been good winter for lumber
men, who took time by the forelock and had
their logs skdded before deep snow came,
rs there has been excellent Bedding here
for the last two months.
West Topsham.
The steam and saw mill situated in the
northeast corner of the town of Orange was
| burned last Friday morning. The property
was owned by S. l.. Griffith d Co. of Dandy
| The property was formerly owned by Hon. r.
M Harvey of Montpelier and was burned
while he owned it. 1t was run for several
years by Church, Hall d Cochran and was
broken down by snow on the roof. They sold
the prop rty to the present owners a year ago
last fall and it has been twice burned since it
came into their possession. The company have
large amount of lumber and it will be nee
essary to rebuild.
Hon. K Dexter of Lowell, Mass is at
his summer residence in town for few days
Mrs. Lucinda Cunningham is quite sick.
Hon. and Mrs o. d. Wiley of Topsham
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. M Clement of Orange,
visited at Freeman Cunningham last week.
Mamie E. White commenced her school in
District No. in Orange on Monday. They
have had a long vacation ON account of scarlet
fever.
Rev. James Boyd was at Washington over
Sunday, attending the Free Baptist quarterly
meeting, and we had no services here.
G. j. Richardson and S. l.. Tillotson are
drawing pressed hay from Corinth.
Saturday morning the mercury stood al
twenty eight degrees below zero, and Sunday
morning at thirty degrees 1t was the lowest
point reached for twenty years.
The village school was closed Wednesday
Ernest Locke, the teacher, was i'll with the
prevailing distemper. Mr.. Locke is a fine
teacher but sickness is keeping large number
of the pupils at home.
STAFFORD.
There were ten marriages, eighteen births
and twelve deaths in town In 1900.
The annual Congregs ional church re-
union was held At the PASTORS residence OF
Wednesday, January 16 Notwithstan I
ing the unpleasant weather the house wa
well filled. Reviewing the years work i
| appeared JnaI Jne DeneVOlent cOntrlOuJlOns
OF the church were more than 1886. 1t Il
only fair, though hardly agreeable, to ga.
that the larger part of this sum was Rivel
by the pastor, Rev. III. Cummings, and hi
family.
At the annual meeting OF the dreamer.
company the officers of the previous yea
were reelected: s. b. Buel, president; j
I l.. Barrett treasurer, and William 4. San
born, secretary. The affairs OF the cream
cry go on tremendously and with fair de
Q gree of prosperity.
About one hundred men are now employ
. ed at Copperas Hill in mining for copper
: Plenty Of ore OF good quality is found.
!: At the South village Arthur Cook, VIII
J. has been long time seriously i'll with pner
: monis and Esq. Noah Powers are Gonzales
cent.
Miss M. @. Hstch, agent Of the Vernon
q Mutual Fire Insurance Company, returne
i Saturday from her visit to New York cit.
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