The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
MARSHFIELD.

A. w. Blake visited in Orange the
past week.
Sheriff f. H. Tracy of Montpelier
was in town Tuesday.
The listers commenced the quadren-
NAL appraisal of real estate last Tues
day.
Miss Bertha Swerdfeger is at home
again after a two weeks visit with
friends in Greensboro.
Do we begin to hear the chime o.
wedding bells in which our citizens
and those of East Calais will be inter
ested?
S. Swerdfeger, DR.. II. S. Carver,
j. w. Marsh and A. c. Tucker expect
to go into camp beside Caspian lake
in Greensboro Monday and remain
four or five days Fish stories will
be rife when they return.
G. A Kelley has sold his bay colt
to Warren Davis of Bradford. 1t is a
very promising colt and in every way
worth the fancy price which it
brought
Mrs. Lydia Benton and daughter
ENERGY, expect to leave on Tuesday
for a weeks visit in Boston. The
manufacture of ladies summer fnery
will be laid OH the table in the mean
time while Miss Benton takes this
much needed and hard earned vaca-
tion and rest from duty.
f. L. Duke and \. E. jameson have
found employment at their trade of
carpentering in Montpelier Shrewd
tactics were practiced upon them with
the hope of getting them to Barre to
take the places of union carpenters
who are on strike there, but they
did not take.
A. a. Freeman has sold his livery
business to G. +. Bliss, possession be-
ing given last Tuesday, the 3rd.
Here's hoping that marked success and
prosperity will attend this business
venture, George,
We take the liberty of quoting the
following from the city news of re-
cent issue of the Argus" MARK
A. Davis of Barre sang a solo in the
offertory at Christ church on Sunday
This was his first solo in the church
and his work was complimented by
the members of the choir.
Mr.. and Mrs. Swerdfeger were in
Hardwick Thursday to visit H. G..
Swerdfeger and family who have Just
returned from a winters sojourn in
Florida.
There is S25 on deposit in the hands
of prominent business man of this
place, waiting to be recovered by
John Hall of South Cabot on wager
that the horse owned by Jerry Hut
ton also of South Cabot can defeat the
horse owned by Mr.. Hall in best
three in five one mile trot on Co.
burns fiat. Mr.. Hall has been duly
notified and local horse enthusiasts are
hoping to see some good sport.
The Republican caucus which was
held at the town hall on Wednesday
afternoon was very harmonious
meeting and a good representation OF
the party was III attendance. The
meeting was called to order by A. 7.
Davis of the town committee on &C.
| count of the absence of chairman J.
Berton Pike. After the reading of
the call, E. A. Thomas was elected
chairman of the meeting and Ira H.
Edison, secretary. B. B. Martin then
| placed in nomination W. H. H. Mears,
| H. p Martin and George E. Hollis
| ter as delegates to the State conven.
ton to support John G. Mccullough
| for Governor and they were duly
elected by ballot by nearly unani.
nous vote. On motion of H. p. Mar.
tin by fitting remarks stating that
Hon. Kittridge Haskins our present
Representative in Congress being an
old soldier, he believed it very proper
/ to send as delegates to this conven.
! ton three veterans of the civil wal
who would support his return to the
| halls of Congress for another term and
accordingly placed in nomination @.
+. Shepard, H. II. Hollister and r.
5. Hudson, who were duly elected by
reclamation. The election of a Re.
publican town committee for the two
years next ensuing then followed and
| the following were chosen as such
committee. A. T. Davis, chairman,
G.. l.. Dwinell, Ira H. Edison, Charles
Perry and Lee Lane 1t was then
voted to proceed with the call for the
caucus to elect delegates to the coun
| ty convention without change of the
organization of the meeting and the
| following were elected as delegates tC
said convention; Mark Mears, B.
B. Martin, G. l.. Dwinell, j. l.. Sew,
erance, H. H. Martin, H. D. McCril
lis, and the meeting then adjourned
Mrs. H. E. Hadlock spent Sunday will
Mr.. Hadlock at the home of the Baldwinl
in Wells River.
Mrs. j. w. Mears visited her friend
Maud Foster in Wells River for day tn,
last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. L. Taylor and daugh
ter of Barre were the guests of A. I
Davis over Sunday.
Mrs Eta Shepard went to Montpelier
Saturday to remain over Sunday with he
son, Alanson Shepard.
Mrs. Lewis Swami of Northfeld for
mer resident, visited in town the latter
part of the past week.
| Mrs. Warren l.. Mears is visiting at hel
former home in Cabot
A, j. Pomeroy of East Fairfield is car
ring considerable maple sugar at this sta
ton. The price paid per pound is under
stood to be seven cents.
+. l.. Duke and Iru H. Edison were a
home from Montpelier over Sunday. Mr.
Duke has sent to the post-offce for exhibi
ton a small souvenir of the Spanish war
piece of teak from the first Spanish bat
tleship sunk at Santiago In appearance