The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-02-12
MARSHFIELD.

Allen Phelps is confined to the
house by illness
j. A. Woodward was in Canada on
business last week.
Mrs. L. c. Ide continues in failing
health.
Mr.. Hood of Lowell, Mass, was in
town on Friday looking for horses.
Mr. and Mrs G.. f. Bliss spent Sat
urday and Sunday in Montpelier.
About thirty couples were in attend
ance at the Cotillion party Thursday
evening.
The local order of Rathbone sisters
has received an invitation to visit the
Groton lodge next week.
Nearly all the schools in town closed
the winter session last week. No
special reports from any of them are
yet at hand.
Nineteen members of the local lodge
Knights of Pythias attended the dis
trict meeting at Groton last week.
Miss Waite b. Ormsbee came home
from Barton on Monday for an indefi-
mite stay to aid in caring for her
grandmother Mrs. i. G.. Ide.
| Mrs. .. D. Cole returned from VOL
| colt the latter part Of the week She
reports leaving her brother in an inn
proving condition.
The OrystalpleX glass blowers holds
the boards at Lamberton's hall this
week. A fine program is assured for
each evening.
The main wire for the electric lights
is now all up from this place to Cabot
and Plainfeld and transformers and
other sundry fixtures are now being
/ placed in position
Several branches of the Batchelder
water works throughout our village
have frozen during the past week and
there is small hope of again starting
| the water i'll some of them before
spring. Among those whose supply is
thus cut off are DR.. II. S. Carver,
Mrs. Eta Shepard and Ira H. Edison.
j. Ward Carver is at home from his
duties as principal of the South Barre
| graded school.
In the intermediate department of
! the village school, taught by Miss
Blanche Page of Groton, Miss Susie
Duke was awarded a prize for the
most marked improvement in penman-
ship, improvement i'll writing, clean
illness general appearance and rapid
| ity of work, as shown by amount
done, We're the points considered in
making the award.
| While seated i'll his store Saturday
forenoon G. s. Adams, one of our
most energetic and prosperous mer-
chants and business men, was over
come by shock of paralysis, render
| ing his left arm and leg entirely help
less. He was carried to his rooms up
stairs and medical aid was promptly
| given him. We are gratified to be
able to say that as these items go to
press his condition is reported a little
more hopeful.
The adventures of Alexander Find
ley and his endeavor to amass wealth
by the sale of kindling wood in Bos-
ton. as graphically told in two issues
of the Boston Daily Globe, make very
interesting reading indeed, especially
to one at all acquainted with the
| quaint and eccentric old farmer. The
local news stand was unable to near
supply the demand for these issues of
the Globe. one of which contained a
likeness of the old gentleman, true to
life. He makes some charges against
the town which are bitter pills to
swallow, but none have vet been
heard to gainsay the truth of his state
|
a copy of each of these papers and has
placed them on the reading room table
at the library. In the coming years
let us earnestly strive to attain a
reputation for the town at least equal
to that accredited to our sister town of
Peacham.
Following quickly the New York
| Central wreck, the other day. comes
news of another frightful disaster in
| New York city--the explosion of hun
dreds of pounds Of dynamite in the
excavation for the undcrGl round rail
way-from which n stropg lesson may
be drawn as guide for future needs.
Nothing is more clearly demonstrated
| by these horrors thar she need for a
| life insurance. William H. Tubbs, a
| stationary engineer aged twenty six,
was instantly killed. His wife was
dangerously i'll at the time-so ill that
up to now she has not been informed
of her husband S death The family
is in very reduced circumstances, her
only asset in this world being thou
sand dollar policy her husband held in
the New York Life. We cannot help
feeling that every insurable young
man in this world should take advan-
tage of the opportunity offered by life
insurance to protect himself against
such possibilities. Had young Mr..
Tubbs neglected to make application
for this policy last August, his wife
would today be absolutely penniless,
with the responsibility of bringing up |
an infant scarcely week old Moral: |
Take advantage of the chance while |
you are we'll and strong. You can't |
get them when you are sick or dead |
A. T. Davis, special agent New York
Life Insurance Co.
WOODBURY..
Elon Carr, who has been ill for
some time, died last Friday. Funeral
services were held in the Methodist
church, on Sunday, Rev. N. A. Ross
officiating Elon was one of our most