The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31

Miss Alice Stewart finished working
Saturday night in the store of Mr.. Ly
ford.
d. @. Turner and wife spent Christ
mas at u. p. Child's, Waterbury Cen
ter
Farnsworth Tice of the University
of Vermont is spending few days at
his home in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Moody, who
have been visiting in town for few
days, returned to Providence, r. L.,
last Friday.
Gen. william w. Henry, U. S. Con-
sui at Quebec, and wife visited in town
last Friday. They were accompanied
back to Quebec by Mrs. Henry's moth
er, Mrs. Heaton, who expects to opend
the winter there.
Edward Gotta of Morrisville is Wis
iting in town for few days.
DR.. Grout has returned from Boston
| where he was present at the clinics
given by DR.. Lorenz.
Mrs T. Z. Farr has been assisting
in the store of f. G. Luce through the
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Ashley of Royal
| ton are visiting in town for few
| days.
Mr. and Mrs w. r. Knowles spent
| Christmas in Burlington at his home.
! Rev. f. P. kellogg delivered the
| fourth sermon of series of five, on
Sunday evening, for the benefit of the
young people.
Tho Christmas exercises were well
attended at the churches Wednesday
evening The trees were well laden
with presents. All went home pleased
with what they had seen and the pres
ents received.
Miss Josie May and Miss Davis are
spending few days in North Dux
bury.
I John Kennedy, who is employed at
the Waterbury House, is away for a
fe " days vacation
Timothy O'Brien is very poorly. 1t
is now thought that he cannot possibly
recover.
Tom Kennedy, who has been EN-:
per factory, has closed his labors there
and Will take position in Barre.
W. j. Boyce had large family gath.
ering at his home Christmas evening.
P. d. Ladd of Montpelier spent
Christmas at his home in town.
Henry Elliot. who is attending Yale
college, is at home visiting his par.
ents
Wallace Green has recently received
from Edward Colby of California q
mounted tarantula measuring about
three inches across and also buncl
of roses picked from his garden.
Miss Irene Henry, who is attending
school in Middlebury, is spending the
holidays at her home in town.
Christmas was observed at Nortl
Duxbury by exercises and tree.
Richard Burke of Richmond was il
town Saturday on business.
Miss Susie James began work OF
Thursday at the telephone office, taking
| Lena Carpenters place.
FAIRLEE.
Christmas exercises were held in thu
church Wednesday evening. A yer,
nice entertainment consisting of song
and dialogs was given by the children
with some assistance from the olde
singers. The last exercise was a~can
tata, in which shepherds, fairies, ant
brownies all were actively engaged
| NnllC tilSy NCiC lidN lDS JOlly
, Old Santa himself suddenly appeare,
i'll the midst After announcing him
self and his errand in rollickin
song, he began taking bricks, no
brick bats but softer kind, file,
with sweets, from the chimney an
s distributed them among the fairie
. and brownies, when they all disap
I peared. The tree was then strippe
of it's load. of fruit and dispensed t
s the waiting company, who went HON
: with smiling faces and pockets an
hands full of Christmas gifts.
Mrs. W. H. Child had severa
> friends from out of town to dinner o
= Christmas day.
\ The students from K U. A., are a
: home for the holidays. Herbert Pric
a was quite ill with cold when h
: came home; they feared it might dc
: velop into pneumonia but he seem
q better now.
Mrs. n. Rogers has been quite il
n but is gaining.
There have been several cases c
slight sickness but all are convalescine
It Harry Kendall is home from Noun
HermOn for the holiday vacation.
y WESI CORlNIH.
II Rev. Almon Shepherd came her
d from Tunbridge last Saturday an
= preached here on Sunday.
y Fay Blake has closed his labors 8
the City Hotel in Barre and he an
a his family are stopping with his pal
IS ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. f. Blake.
Is A daughter was born to Mr.. an
l. Mrs. Fay e. Blake, December 20.
Miss Lena Williams was at hon
10 from her school at Thetford last wee
8 and returned Monday of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Virgins al
ia children spent Christmas with hi
parents in Vershire.
Our. nearest physician, w. E. Lock
expects to move to Bradford this wee
le but intends to be in town three da,
Of each week for a while.
IN Several from here attended Il
dance at Cookville last Friday nigh
81 Mrs Kenyon has returned from Ea