The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-27

Josephine Perkins, Louise Newell Minnie
Talbot Stephen Anderson, Oliver III zeton
Laura Cutting. Ruth Jones, Halsey Edger-
ton and Eugene Parker. This contest will
be held some time In the spring term, prob
ably near the close.
j. III. Talbot, Esq, is confined to the
house by the prevailing epidemic.
Frank L. Abbott Is working for II. g.
Thresher this week drawing hay from the
West Hill.
Miss Anna Fsrr has gone to East Licking
ton, Mass, to take care Of Mrs. Rumrill, who
| Is i'll with pneumonia.
l.. @. Fletcher had the misfortune to frac
ture bone in his hand by dropping an
iron ring on to it.
Waterbury.
Frank King Is taking few weeks vaca-
ton from his duties at the Lyman market.
e. I. Houston was in Stowe Friday to at
tend the funeral of a relative.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Wallace have return
ed from their trip to Washington, -. @.
Fifteen couples attended the dance held
in Duxbury Thursday evening.
The annual village meeting will be held
| Monday, March 4, at half past seven o'clock
in the evening. There are six articles in
the warning including the election OF viii
| lage officers. There is an innovation in the
articles In the one which provides for alter
| ing or amending the bylaws OF the viii
| lage. The reason of this is to restrict bu Id
ing in the village along certain lines. The
town meeting is to be held at Waterbury
| Center and the ladies Of the Woman's Re-
| lief Corps are to serve dinner to the voters
| In Seminary hall
| The members OF Ezra Stetson Woman's
Relief Corps gave Mrs. Julia A. Robinson
surprise party recently the occasion being
her eightieth birthday. She is the Oldest
member and first president Of the corps and
the occasion was most pleasant.
The Hypatia club was entertained Friday
afternoon by Mrs. r. l.. Knight.
Frank Goss has moved from the johnson
to the Garner tenement at Mill Village.
Aaron Smalley has moved to the farm in
Middiesex which he recently purchased.
Mrs. Luke Town was called to Buring-
ton last week by the death of an uncle.
B. j. Fullerton OF Willimantic, Conn, is
the guest of j. K Fullerton his father,
Mrs. w. v. Bryan and Mrs. James Som
erville are confined to their homes by i'll
| ness.
Miss Sarah Reynolds has returned from
q months vacation in Burlington
Mr.. and Mrs. James Marion has finished
work at the American House and gone TO
their home in Waits6eld.
Mrs. G. w. Randall was in Montpelier
| Thursday to have an operation performed
Oh ner eyes.
Red Letter Day was celebrated last
| Wednesday by the Hypatia Club at the
home OF Mrs. Darwin Cooley.
Miss Julia Moody is still unable to per-
form he duties az teacher at the school.
w. V. Bryan is not a Buffalo yet but he
has to suffer from the epidemic. The local
Buffalo tiends use the back room OF his
store as an initiation chamber. Thursday
night when he came down the back way to
l.. - al
locked and was forced to go around by the
street entrance.
W. A. Ellis and daughter of Montpelier
visited in town Friday.
The following statistics are given by
| Hawley Robinson, who has just completed
the school census: Number of children be-
| tween ages of and years, 102; between
10, 256; between 10 and IS, So; total, 444;
number of boys in town, 220; girls, 512.
Alhambra Encampment of Odd Fellows
was visited Friday evening by Montpelier
and Mortified encampment teams, which
worked all three degrees on twelve candi-
dates.
If you wish style and perfect fit get But
terick patterns at Homer Fits, Barre.
The annual meeting of the Waterbury
| Congregational society will be held in the
vestry of the church Thursday evening,
March 7, ter the close of the prayer meet
| ing.
I. 7. Farrell, who came home from his
duties as deputy collector Of customs at
Canaan, sick, is still confined to the house.
Cassius Chesley has so far recovered from
his injury as to be about the house aud
hopes TO dispense with crutches next week.
Rev. l.. IL. Elliot preached in Norwich
last Sunday.
MThe Philomathesn Club celebrated WASH
ington's birthday Friday afternoon at their
rooms in Odd Fellows hall in very APP
propriate manner. The costumes worn by
the members made them Yeritabl Colonial
danes of "Ye olden time" The exercises
made it an occasion OF great interest.
Rev. L. X. Whitman attended a preach
ers' meeting in Burlington last week
Exercises were held in the lower grades
Of the High school Thursday afternoon, In
honor of Washngton's birthday.
East Calais.
DIR. B. l.. Dwinell OF Taunton, Mass,
made flying visit to his mother last Satur-
day.
Mrs. Israel Wood of Orange has been
spending week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Pike.
Ed. Lane has moved to Fred Slayton 3
farm in Pekin, which he will carry ON the
comm year.
Thirteen tables were filed at the whist
party at Lambs hall last Wednesday even
ing. There is to be another this evening
A delegation from Moscow Lodge of Good
Templars are planning to visit Winooski
lod g OF Cabot next Saturday evening The
next regular meeting will be held on We'd
nesday evening OF next week.
Hattie, wife of Fred Burnham, died last
Friday night OF pneumonia, after an illness
OF eight days. She leaves husband, three
sons and an aged father, who has outlived
his wife and all his children. The family
have the deepest sympathy of the entire
! community. The funeral was at the house
Mfnday al IL M, con ucted by Rev. Ell
|, fe X. Jones OF Barre.
J The creamery paid twenty-five and one
half nts on actual butter for January