The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06
MARSHFIELD.


over Sunday.
Miss Mabel Young of Bradford is
visiting at @. l. Preston's
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Peck of
Woodbury. were visitors in town Fri
day.
A. w. Slocum is in town for short
visit with his family
II. r. Ide II. E. Hadlock and f.
H. Brown have finished work at Wells
River.
Mrs. L. P. Slack is ill at the home
of her people in this place.
Alex Dunnett, of the law firm of
Dunnett & Slack of st. Johnsbury,
was in town Saturday.
Mr.. Lapeit, who is i'll at the home
of Howard Tanner, is reported little
more comfortable.
M. @. Ide has leased the rooms over
the postoffice which were recently va
Gated by A. T. Davis
Mrs. p. G. Salmon of Greensboro
visited her sister, Mrs. s. Swerd-
feger, part of last week.
L. F. Dudley of New Haven, Conn.
is visiting at L. d. Nute's.
Mrs. Jennie Hickie of West Burke
was in town Monday calling on friends
and former acquaintance.
Alph Lyndes is enjoying few
days outing at Greensboro pond.
Rev. Helen M. Jones is in East
Northfield, Mass, this week
B. E. Tucker of Montpelier is at
the home of his father, A. A. Tucker,
for "a two Wrbpka, visit
Miss Edith Smith is making prepar-
ations to enter the Moody school at
East Northfield, Mass, this fall.
Mrs. f. W. Ellis, with her four chill
dren, of East Corinth is a visitor with
her people here.
The freshet of Friday evening came
very near ca.Iying away about 1900
feet of soft wood lumber which Ellis
Preston had stacked on the bank of
the river near his new house. He
was aided in its rescue by several
neighbors who stood nearly waist deep
in the rushing waters and 1oated it to
secure place.
Gardiner P. Winter of Barre, ad-
ministrator of the Webster H. Has
kins estate was in town Saturday and
purchased Mrs. Lydia G. Haskins'
interest in the homestead
y Verne r. Hudson returned home
rom New York Wednesday afternoon
after nearly years absence. 1t is
understood that owing to the poor
health of his mother he may not re-
turn to resume his position in that
city.
The storm of Friday evening dam
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sections of the town but no bridges
are reported swept away. Consider
able hay was harvested in short order
on some of the river farms. Adjoin-
ing towns of Calais and Cabot are re-
ported as having suffered severely.
Miss Edith Gillette expects to start
from this place on Wednesday for
Stowe where, after a short visit with
friends she will, with her brother
Walter, go to Newman Grove, Neb.
to make her future home with her
grandmother. Miss Gillette has lived
for several years in the home of II.
d. McCrillis and will be much missed
by them as well as by the younger
set of the place among whom she is
very popular.
The selectmen met on Wednesday
and made a survey for a road to the
Molly's Falls Electric Light and Power
Company's power house. The route
which they laid out connects with the
highway to Danville little above
the farm residence of j. W. Mears
and gradually slabs the hill across the
pasture to the power house.
GA man under middle age ought to
be saving a little every year; he is
not likely to save unless he has
definite plan; the best plan for men
of small means is life insurance. :"
Moral Insure your life. The best of
everything is in New York Life
Policy. A. T. Davis, special agent.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Cleveland and
child Of Boston vii! be the guests of
A. A. Hopkins during the next two
weeks. Mr. Cleveland is one of the
Boston police force and his wife,
when young girl, was sent with sew
eral other children to this place for
two weeks of fresh country air and
they were then known as fresh air
children. The now Mrs. Cleveland
was entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. Hop
kins and the ties of friendship then
cemented have grown stronger with
passing years. Although Mr.. Cleveland
has summer home, they prefer to
spend the two weeks vacation which
he has each year with Mr. and Mrs
Hopkins.
A new enterprise has sprung up at
Peacham pond near the boundary line
between this town and Peacham and
large steam mill is is in process of
erection. The promoters of the enter
eprise have secured large amount of
timbered land in the vicinity of their
mill and they purpose to first dress
the soft wood timber after which they
will install machinery for the manu-.
| facture of bobbins and the hard wood
| finished in this manner 1t is estimat-
ed that nearly twenty years will be
required to clear the land. Some OF
the parties interested have leased and
moved to the house owned by W. E.
Lamberton near the livery stable and
the house recently purchased of the Idt
estate by F. W. Cole.
Mr.. and Mrs Duke feel deeply
grateful for the many kindnesse'
shown them by friends and neighbori
daring their late bereavement ant
would publicly express their graft
tude through these items.