The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-07-02
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schools Mr. Mathewson will go to
Burlington this week to attend the
| American Institute of Instruction.
Earl r. Davis has purchased of G..
! A. Drew a cottage house on Allen
street where he will reside.
The engagement of Miss Edith
Kline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. @.
| K Kline, graduate of Goddard
Seminary and Tufts College, to Ernest
Hapgood has been announced. Mr..
Hapgood is a graduate of Tufts Col
lege.
DR.. f. NJ. Lynde was in Mortified
last week to act as one of the judges
of the Norwich University prize
speaking contest.
Two alumni trustees of Goddard
Seminary have been elected to sue
coed DR.. II. E. Packer, 10, and II. H.
Durham, 49, They are Duane White,
49, of Boston and Miss Blanche Til
den, 20, of Barre. O. n. Kenyon of
this city has been elected to the ex-
ecutive board to succeed Charles
Templeton, deceased. The officers
of the school for the ensuing year are
President, the Rev. W. r. Shipman,
Tufts College, Mass. vice president,
A. W. Pierce, Franklin, Mass. treas
urer, Homer Fits; secretary, o. X.
HOLSTER.
The officers of st. Aldmar Command
cry were installed Thursday evening
Right Eminent Grand Prelate of the
Grand Encampment d. G. Roberts of
Concord, n. H., was present. E. B.
Whitaker was installed as command
er by Past Commander G. T. Conner,
following which these officers were
installed: Gen. j. E. Smith Capt.
Gen. George Lamson 5. W. VIM
Mari J. W., J. w. Jackson; pre-
late, o. d. Mathewson; Treas, E.
w. Bisbee; recorder, T. r. Mills !;
Stan. B., Nathaniel Bond Sword B.,
N. S Love; warder, S. Wilson Sent,
@. O. Thwing.
Perley Pope, head clerk at the store
of Homer Fits. is taking vacation
which he is spending at his former
home in st. Johnsbury.
Rev. Daniel G. Roberts, D. D.. of
Concord, n. H., father of Brian @.
Roberts, came to this city Thursday
to visit st. Aldemar Commandery. DR..
Roberts is Grand Prelate of the order
and his visit was of official nature.
He left this morning to return to his
home.
1bHIN l.. DTdy VI IldGllOIu, OOuu.
brother of Mrs j. E. insolvency, of
this city, has received the degree of
doctor of medicine from the Univer-
sity of Vermont He was one of the
five honor men of the class.
The Barr Golf Club is receiving bids
for the new club house which is to be
built for the present summer The
members of the committee are @. NJ.
WILEY, Dr. F. NJ. Lynde and c. a.
Dodge. A social committee of the
club has been appointed as follows {:
Rev. Fife X. M. Jones, Mrs. c. H.
Kent, Rev. 7. H. Mitchell, Miss
Edith Allen and N. B. Ballard.
Miss Nellie Corskie clerk at Homer
Fits is taking two weeks vaca-
ton, part of which will be spent at
Wells River and st. Johnsbury
DR.. Lewis performed an operation on
Henry Phelps valuable mare recently for
inflammation of the tissues of the brain
and the mare was driven this morning for
the first time, being apparently all right.
She had been crazy previously and the
local horsemen consider the operation as a
marvel of skill. DR.. Lewis is an expert
and makes his headquarters at Nelson
Downng's stable.
WAITSFIELD.
Allen Mahuren is repainting his
buildings. Charlie Stewart of Water
bury is doing the work.
D. r. Bisbee and Richard Brown
were in Montpelier Wednesday, as
delegates to the convention. Abraham
L. Miller and W. NJ Taber have gone
on few days visit to Worcester,
Mass.
At the next meeting of the Mad
River Grange Wednesday evening,
July 2, the following program will be
rendered: Song by Walter Griffith,
defamation by Fred McCarty, five
minutes talk on high license, by O..
NJ Eaton, Mrs. W. @. Kelsey. Q. A.
Prentiss, W. G. Dana, W. @. Bragg,
W. H. Marshall, and volunteers, song
by Roy Boyce At the last regular
meeting Of the Mad River Valley
Grange, three candidates. We're in;
structed in the mysteries of the third
and fourth degrees, after which a
bountiful supply of ice cream was
served by the ladies of the Grange.
Mrs George Pape, who has been the
guest of friends in DuXbury, has re-
turned home.
Mat Carpenter OF MluuleSeN was tne
guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Carpenter, Sunday
DR.. Bisbee was the guest of his
brother, Daniel r. Bisbee, Sunday.
) H. NJ. Carpenter of Moretown line
was in the village on business Monday
, morning,
D. r. Bisbee has improved the in
terror of his house with paint and pa
per. Walter Taber did the work.
Sounds from what seemed very much
like fistic encounter, i'll the village
street was waited over the air in the
wee small hours of Sunday morning,
! and the people that heard it say that
a mans cry of "don't hit me again,
George" was plainly heard. Then
all was quiet, and peace reigned su-
preme throughout the remainder OF
! the night. But the strangest of al
: the principal one that heard it and
: who should know the details, wher
\ =, interviewed concerning the affair
disclaimed all knowledge of it what