The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-29

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Mrs. Eldred is in very poor health.
Mrs. f.. p. Bean has been i'll for a few
days. Miss May Wetmore is working for
her.
Daniel Worcester of Montpelier was in
own last week. He has rented the house
belonging to the estate of the late Mrs.
Julia Durkee.
Ralph Densmoor of Barre was in town
over Sunday.
John Ellis of Barre was in town Satur-
day night. His little daughters, Marion
and Ruby, will board for the present with
their grandfather, Calvin Ellis, OH account
of the i'll health of their aunt, Mrs. +. IL.
Cord, with whom they have been staying. |
An exhibition was given in the town
hall Friday evening by the children of the
village school and of that on the Warren
road, under the direction of the teachers,
Miss Hanlon and Miss Perkins. The
children showed that they had been care
fully and skilfully trained and gave much
pleasure to the large audience. The re-
ceipts of the evening were between eight
and nine dollars
EAST WARREN.
The Ladies' Mite Society will meet
Thursday forenoon, January 80, with
Mrs. o. NJ. James. All are invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Spalding, j. j.
Elliott and f. H. Elliott went to Bristol
last Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Elisha Hewitt, formerly of this place.
Mrs. Myron Goodspeed, superintendent
of schools, invited the school teachers and
the directors of schools and their wives to
a sugar party last Thursday night.
There was a pleasant gathering at
Henry Lamordir's last Friday night, it
being the seventeenth anniversary Of their
marriage. 1t was a surprise to them.
Cake and coffee were served and a pleas
ant social time was enjoyed. A nice ex-
tension table, also a set of dishes were
among the many presents left them.
Aurin Arnold of birmingham, Mass,
spent a few days in own last week.
EAST CALAIS.
Misses Sylvia and Grace Bliss and
Mrs. @. r. Dwinell are attending the
musical convention at East Montpe-
lier.
w. L. Pierce and wife were in
Barre on Friday and Saturday and
witnessed the presentation of Zehpra
Friday evening.
Miss Alma Leonard was in Montpe-
lier on Saturday and Sunday attend
ing the spiritualst convention.
The usual Wednesday, evening whist
party is omitted this week. On We'd
nemsday evening of next week the
party will be for the benefit of the
circulating library.
Twenty-Five members of Moscow
lodge attended the Good Templars
union of the twelfth district held at
South Woodbury. last Saturday, and
report a most enhuiastic and interest
ing union.
EAST MONTPELIER.
Harvey Jacobs is improving.
f. p. Willard is in bad health.
Raymond Kellogg has cut his foot
severely.
There were about one hundred and
twenty couples at the old and young
folks ball.
A musical convention is to be held
at the hall on Tuesday and Wednes-
day of this week under the direction
of @. f. Dudley. The closing concert
is Wednesday evening.
Eleven tables were played at the
whist party of last week. There will
be another whist party on Thursday
evening, February g.. All are cordial
ly invited to attend.
CHELSEA.
Mrs. w. H. Luce is very sick with in
fammatory rheumatism.
j. ID. Bolton recently lost a valuable
horse by disease.
Mamie E. Earle who has been working
in Tunbridge has returned home.
II. X. Darling and b. H. Adams, Jr.,
attended the Fish and Game League ban
quet in Burlington last week, and so are
able to give valuable pointers concerning
the trend of State politics.
j. X. Darling is seriously sick, but is
more comfortable at this writing.
These items must be sent too early to
give an account of the Rogers-Gr RILEY re-
cital on Monday evening. The sixth and
last entertainment in the course is the lee
tnre by Dewitt Miller on The Uses of
Ugliness, to be given on Saturday even
ing, Feb. s.. The lecturer and this par
ticular lecture are spoken of in the high
est terms.
The OldHome Week pamphlet is being
printed on c. |. Hoods press OF Lowell,
and will soon be ready for distribution.
The attempted suicide of Richard STRAIT
ton of Washington has been sufficiently
described in a press dispatch. He seems
to be failing and there is small chance of
his recovery.
Mrs. H. S. Annis' mother is visiting her
from Meadows, N. H.
Early last week another case of scarlet
fever appeared, Ralph, son of C. w.
Lyon, being the patient. On this account
| the village schools were kept closed for
another week but it now seem likely that
all except the intermediate will reopen
next Monday.
Mrs. Z. A. Locke and Mary A. Wills
are quite sick.
At the Congregational church next Sum
day evening, the Christian Endeavor
society will celebrate the twenty-frst an
niyersarv of the organization Of tho 6rst