The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-05-08
WnOdhmrY.

Fred Buchanan returned from his vsca-
ton last Tuesday and commenced his sea-
sons work for q. w. Foster & Son We'd
nesday morning.
Rev. j. o. Sherburne preached to large
audience in the Methodist church last Sun
day and announced that Mr.. Nye, a student
AZ Montpelier Seminary, would preach next
Sunday.
Charles Reynolds, who has resided here
for some ime has moved back to Maine
It'll his family.
Mr.. Fort Of Wolcott has opened the old
backsmi' h shop, and Is to occupy the house
recently vac tied by Mr.. Reynolds.
Mis- May Rollins died last Thursday az
ter q long and painful illness. Funeral was
on Saturday, with interment at South
Woodbury..
Two accidents occurred at the quarries
last week. One OF Henry Webber's men
had one foot badly bruised, and man at
the lower quarry had an arm badly cut by
falling on sharp stone,
Our new road commissioner is proving
| true the old adsge, "a new broom sweeps
clean" The work he il doing in the gulf Is
very creditable to his good judgment.
Wednesday was an exciting day for the
disciples OF Isaac Walton, the only trouble
| being that there we're not enough trout to
| go around. II is roughly estimated that
there were ten small boys to every trout.
The Sunday school at the Methodist
church is now in very prosperous condi-
| ton under tie superintendency OF Miss
| Flora Drenan. A partial list of the officers
is as follows: Chorister, II. s. Benz amin
| secretary, Earl Baldwin; teacher OF the
adult Bible GLASS; Charles II. Dana; teacher
OF the young peoples Bible class, Flora
| Drenan teacher Of the juvenile department,
| Orpha Holt.
Archie Omstead, a brakeman, fell be-
tween two cars Saturday afternoon at the
Chase treste on the Hardwick and Wood
bury railroad and was instantly killed.
East Roxbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Blanchard from
! Williamstown were in town last week.
DIR. and Mrs. l.. B. Allen from Randolph
were guests of f o. Allen recently.
Avery Ladd went to Brattleboro last
| week.
The contract for carrying the mail for
four years from July l has been awarded
| to Georg- Foss for $500 year. After July
| l we are TO have tho mail twice q day.
L. G Kidder was in Montpelier on Fri
day
Ell Howe and Lewis Steele were in
Bethel last Tuesday.
Nathan Clark has been Ill, but is much
| better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman Blanchard OF
| Brantree visited at l.. W. Blanchard's on
Sunday.
Mrs. George King of Mortified was at
L. A. Eastmau's on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs George Csdy and two chill.
! dreu OF Mortified we're guests at N. w
Cady's on Sunday.
Ell er and Mrs Ora Boyce went on Sat
urday 10 Maple Hill.
e z. Martin and son Guy of Brookfleld
were guests at 8. ID. Blanchards on Sun
| day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Hart are very much
| pleased with heir daughter born April rs
Mr.. and Mrs. James Merrill are staying al
| Leon Harris for short time. They expect
to occupy the Pettingill house in Brook.
| field this summer.
South woodbury.
Our milkman, Dana Conner. after leaving
home with the milk last Monday morning
had one Of his horses drop dead in the har
ness.
ing the winter his sister, Mrs. Farnsworth
and his aged mother, left last Wednesday
| for his home in Dakota.
Jason Town, who has been very feeble
for some weeks, has been worse for a few
! days.
Gertie Stowell, who has been working fo
Mrs Willis Laird through the winter, will
commence work at A. II. Hollis this week
DR.. G. G. Hall and wife attended Souss's
concert at Montpelier last Wednesday.
Lizzie Bumps has gone to Waterbury tt
work.
Officers installed last Saturday night il
the Good Templars were as follows: 9. 7.
A. NJ. Benjamin. P, G. T., Mrs. A. M. Ben
jamin; V. T., Eta Angel; Q. d. @. Wilbur
f. g., Morton McKlnstry; T., Eunice Sui
ham; secretary, Willie Strong; assistan
secretary, Myrtle Lance; g., Grace Nc
Kinstry; g., Earl Wheeler; M, w. III. An
CELL; d. M, Hittie Goodell Captain Com
pany A, Elmer Sabin;. Company B, Flor
ence Wheeler They also worked the de
gree on one candidate
Mrs. Satirs L. Sabin has been awarded
the prize offered by a western publisher TO
the best contribution written In story form