The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-02-26


farm.
G. P. Carr has closed his labors with A.
| II. Kicker and will move to Kimball Cor
| ner.
George Kicker and family have all been
having the prevailing colds but are inn
proving.
E. ID. Kicker is selling his cows.
SOUTH DUXBURY.
Miss Jessie Crandall of Berlin visited at
Samuel Turner's also at John Bisbee's last
week.
Miss Merticc Butler returned from
Massachusetts short time ago, she is
now ill.
Miss Anna Hart has finished work for
Mrs. William Ward on account of poor
health.
The ladies aid will meet with Mrs. E.
l.. Athens on Wednesday afternoon and
! evening
Miss Bessie Bruce has returned to
Waterbury. She will remain at Mr..
Barrett's till the summer months
Mrs. Omri Bruce is suffering with
rheumatism.
Herbert Ward has hired Mr.. aud Mrs.
Gilligan for the coming year.
Mrs Hutchins and son, Roy, of Lynn,
! Mass, were at Mrs. M. Phillips last
week. On her return home she took her
grandchild, Arnold Cheney.
Rev. G. Emery was called to West
Burke to attend funeral last week, and
was called again to the same town on
Monday of this week.
William johnson is ill.
Walter Turner led the Sunday evening
prayer service.
CABOT.
Although little is being said about
the meeting for next Tuesday, yet ru-
NOR of some changes are heard
M. d. Wells and wife went to Boston
last week Mr.. Wells is buying goods
for Wells & Boyles of Montpelier.
The Order of Eastern Star entertained
officers of the grand lodge last Friday
evening at its regular communication.
Refreshments were served. The evening
was very proftably and enjoyably
passed.
The lyceum-the last of the seasonal
Lower Cabot was very well attended and
enthusiastically applauded. The ques-
ton, "resolved, that Washington was a
greater statesman than Lincoln" was
handled on the affirmative by Cabot
school and on the negative by Lower
Cabot school. The board of decision
gave the result of the debate in favor of
the affirmative. The debate and the pa
per were both of more than ordinary in
terest and if we are not mistaken some
orators and writer's are well on the road
to success. The result of such lyceums il
conducted properly, can be only benefi.
cial.
The townspeople were sadly shocked
when on Sunday afternoon they learned Of
the death of Mrs. Lucy Borland Lang
wife of William j.. Lang. Tine couple
were married February 6 last and are
we'll known and much respected Mrs
Lang was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
George Borland of Walden and was
twenty-nine years of age. Mrs. Lang
3 had been sick only about a week from
s typhoid fever and had previously beer
) quite healthy and rugged Mr.. Lang alst
t lost his father about two years ago. Th'
: entire community would extend to Mr.
Lang their deepest and most sincere sym
pathy in this sudden and sorrowful loss
The funeral took place in the Congrega
9 tional church ON Tuesday.
j. A. harrington went to Burlington Oh
4 Tuesday to return last of the week.
Quite number of the Good Templar
visited Marsbfeld lodge Tuesday even
It ing.
Miss Flora j. Atkins is at home on &C
g count of the illness of her sister, Luna.
! Mrs. o. R. Collins presided acceptabl
. at the organ in the Congregations
{ church last Sunday, in the absence of MI
:, Wells.
: Miss Luna Atkins, who has been suffer
>. ing from pneumonia for the last week,
Z very low, her life hanging by slende
= thread, it being the turning point in tn
! course of the disease. All hope that tn
- excellent and skillful medical attendant
of her physician, DIR. Burbank. will rG
y store her to us again she being youn
lady of exceptional moral character an
ID ability.
G. c. Smith went to STAFFORD La
a. Saturday to see about the sale of his RET
he estate in that place.
81 Three of the children of Mrs. Agn,
=. Rogers are to be taken to the children
% home at Burlington this week.
" Contrary to some reports the oversee
:, of the poor has very creditably perform'
IN the duties of his office and has supplied q
I'LL needful things literally both in quanti
and quality. In his services all around
I'D has very commercially executed all and
st rousing reelection should be given hi
III Not very often do we get better.
nd