The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-02-05
CHELSEA.

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bon, N. H., is spending a few weeks with
her mother.
w. A. Hood and family arrived home
from North Carolina on Wednesday of
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. s.. II. Barnes of Barre
have been visiting in town for several
days.
The Rogers-Grilley entertainment on
Monday evening of last week was much
enjoyed. Mr.. Grilley is undeniably the
best %reciter who has visited this town in
recent years. The course will close with
Dewitt Miller's lecture Oh the Uses of
Ugliness on Saturday evening.
The stockholders of the Bell Shoe
Company are notified to meet at the hotel
on Wednesday, the 10Th inst to close up
the affairs of the company. A very small
dividend is likely to be declared.
Hill roads drifted badly Sunday night.
The Thetford stage did not succeed in
crossing the heights Monday morning,
and returned.
SOUTH RYEGATE.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. Morrill, of Montpelier
brought their infant son here for burial
last Saturday. The funeral was from
the Old Church. Rev. Mr.. Wallace off
ciated. w. T. George was funeral di-
rector. Burial was in the new cemetery.
Rev. f.. Collins of Ryegate occupied
Rev. Mr.. McArthur's pulpit last Sunday.
The annual barrel opening and supper
of the childrens' missionary band will take
place in the Reformed Presbyterian church
Endeavor room on Thursday evening of
this week. These children are support
lug and educating a girl in Rurki, India.
All are requested to come and help the
children have a good time also to encour-
age them i'll this good work.
The Bohemian glass blowers, under the
auspices of the Wells River Valley Camp,
Modern Woodmen of America, will hold
forth every evening this week in Gibson's
hall. A grand social hop at the close of
each entertainment. Prizes will be given
to the %prettiet baby, the handsomest
woman, the homliest man and the nan
with the largest feet, with other things
that usually go with shows of this nature.
The town auditors will meet at the
clerks Office on Tuesday, Feb. II, to
audit accounts and will continue
from day to day until all accounts
are rightly adjusted.
Rev. William Wallace wife drew
the prize for the handsomest lady in
town at the glass blowers contest at
Gibson hall on Monday evening.
WAITSFIELD.
Mrs. Cassius Joslyn is very sick. Drs.
james and Grout of Waterbury were out
to see her last week.
came on Sunday. Eighteen or twenty
inches fell Sunday night and on Monday
the wind blew hard, making the hill roads
nearly impossible.
There was no school at the village on
Monday, the teachers being unable to get
through the drifts.
The fftieth anniversary of the marriage
of Charles Smith and wife occurred on
Sunday. Their neighbors and friends
sent them a purse of $3.50.
j. R. Dale, who has been quite sick fol
several weeks, is now able to sit up
little.
Mrs. Badger is ill, having been confined
to her bed for several days.
c. j. Green has been in st. Adams for
few days.
w. Z. Jones and wife have been in Bos
ton for the past ten days.
- WATERBURY CENTER.
At the last regular meeting of the Re
lief Corps Mckinley day was observed
The members of Ezra Stetson Post, G. A
R., were invited to assist in the exercise
which they did to the mutual pleasure o
each society. Speeches were made b
!, Comrades Foster and Mansfield and sc
~lections read by members of both sc
%cieties.
Walter Ayers, one of our e%nterprisin
t, young men, has gone to Palmer, Mass
l where he has employment in a grocer
!. store. The Good Templars and tn
S Grange will miss Waterfront their NEE
t ings, which he always attended. All joi
: in wishing him success in his new home.
e Miss Diantha Newcomb of Waitsfield
visiting her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. f
Newcomb, of this place.
SOUTH CORINTH.
5 Several from this way attended Il
concert given by the Leet Sisters at Coo
vile last Friday evening and pronounce
it very good.
j. S. Chapman has been fearing a 7
). turn of the cancerous growth on his Ii
&c but feels encouraged at the present that
is not so to be.
b p. +. Norris is at work at West Fairl
i'm Rean's saW-miU
Up Mrs. Smith is now occupying her far
known as the Albert Martin farm.
Married in South Ryegate, January
by Rev. William Seward Wallace, Da
60 Huntington and Ila Marston, both of Il
of place. Mr.. and Mrs. Huntington will
Us ceive their friends at their home on Tu'
day evening, February IL.
CALAIS.
The whist club met Saturday night
pr Mr.. Moves.
s. Miss Frances Kent visited in +
Montpelier several days last week.
Ed Lamphere has been at home fr
Craftsbury for a few days.
The educational meeting at No