The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-12-04

| winter i'll the lumber woods.
Willie Turner was at home from his
work i'll Plainfield a portion of last
week.
Hon Volney b. Gushing of Maine
will give q free lecture in school
house hall this evening. Subject,
"Political Prohibition. Lecture to
commence at 80 O'Clock.
EAST CALAIS.
Lewis Nelson and Charles Adams
are both critically i'll.
Mrs. Austin Sanders has been quite
i'll the past week, but is more COM
Portable.
DIR. b. L. Daniels of Taunton,
Mass, spent Thanksgiving day with
bis mother
! L. O. Leonard has been under the
weather the past week. Guy Ban
croft has been taking his place III the
creamery.
With the mercury eight degrees be-
low zero, the snow rollers out and peo-
pie getting stuck i'll the snow drifts,
we had an old fashioned Thanksgiving
day this year.
The gristmill of A. Dwinell & Son
began running last week with Frank
Gray in charge The grain room is
well stocked with feed and flour.
Schools began on Monday Carrie
White succeeds Mary Dwinell i'll the
village primary room, and Miss Swerd-
feger of Marshfield takes Miss Mar
tins place in District No. 6.
Alexander Dwinell died at his
home in Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. 2S,
aged eighty-seven years. He was the
oldest of the eight children of Israel
and Philo Dwinell, only two of whom,
Albert, of this place, and Mrs. Jane
Hale of Redlands, Cal, survive him.
Death was the result of paralysis,
from which he has suffered for nearly
two years He left one son, with
whom he had lived for some time.
CABOT.
E. T. Hopkins, who has been con-
fined to the house for three weeks past,
is convalescent.
The selectmen have settled with Gil.
man for the damage done his family
by their running off the embankment
in the village by paying $500. They
have Furthermore made the old say
ing dlbtl lllN ilOl DO 10 obOiSi
lock the barn, by putting up 6
good strong railing where the accident
occurred.
Hon. J. M. Fisher was elected las
Sunday a delegate to attend the ordi
nation and installation, with the pas
tor, of Rev. L. f. Reed, pastor O
. the Bethany church, Montpelier, mex
Friday evening.
mi. -, l., toh
:, man entitled ga Severe Winter
laid aside. Unless it proves tru
: that all signs fail in dry time, an
unusually severe winter is before us
Chester Walker has gone to tax
care of Dean Blodgett, who is yer
sick with typhoid fever in Hardwick
. 1t seems strange that the peopl
along the stage line from Marshfiel
to Cabot do not avail themselves c
the rural delivery when it can be
easily done and be such great COL
venience to themselves.
RYEGATE.
Mrs. F. W. Whitehill is reported {
some better.
i James L. Buchanan is able to
e. about his work once more.
Mrs. G. F. Smith has received VOL
that sister in New York is DANCE
= ously i'll. If there should be !
70 change for the better soon, Mrs. Smi
~, will visit her at once.
~ Miss Eva Buchanan of South Ry
gate visited her sister Ida at &
home of W. H. Sargent, last week.
The annual meeting of the Gran
occurs on Wednesday evening.
&C Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Gage of
~ Johnsbury were the guests of Mr. a
''n Mrs. @. f. Smith last week, N
IL, Gage being in town that day to vi
my Blue Mountain Grange in the cal
city of district deputy.
Irving H. Gilfillan is the delegt
to the State Grange from here.
Anderson Holmes and family visit
49, at w. Thompson's Thanksgiving di
i.es WATTS RIVER.
ent Charles Folsom OF Montpelier
we at home the first of the week
Mr. and Mrs j. A. Dodge were
Barre ON Tuesday.
Sidney Wallace is at home after
absence of about six weeks
Albert Richardson of Peacham is
home for few days.
w. G. Richardson has recently p
chased very handsome horse.
Several from here attended
drama at West Topsham Thanksf
ing evening.