The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-12
SOUTH RYEGATE.

Town meeting was warned to begin
at ~ O'Clock but people we're l. to in
getting there, although at noon quite
a number had gathered among them
being E. @. Holmes. a man of sixty
seven years Mr.. Holmes on entering
remarked, ave have got here agai n
but | don't know that it will amount
TO anything now that we are here. :"
These were his last words as nearly as
can be remembered, for few minutes
after he fell from his seat and although
two doctors were close at hand his
death occurred almost Instantly. The
excitement occasioned by this sudden
and unlocked for event prevented &C.
ton for some time but the meeting
was finally called to order and the fol-
lowing officers elected: Moderator, L.
A. Meader; and j. A. Nolan clerk,
George Cochran, @. H. Mcclure,
George p Sanders, selectmen N.
H. Kicker, treasurer; George Coch-
ran, overseer of poor; j. d. McAllis-
ter, LIST constable A. Z. Gay, End
constable; listers, w. N. Gilfilan
w. Il. George, H. e. Chamberlin,
auditors, Il. A. Meader, B. M. Full
Ter, NJ A. Park N. A. Park, trus-
tee of public money; B. A. Hart,
pound keeper; M. I. Sargent, sur
veyor of wood and lumber; select
men, fence viewers W. Thompson,
road commissioner; w. L. George,
9. H. Grant, town grand jurors; T.
A. Meader, to prescribe and defend
rector for three years; N. H. Kicker,
L. Nolan, cemetery commissioner for
RI
of the auditors report; support of
the poor left in the hands of the over
seer; voted to raise 81. 30 on the dol
lar 30 per cent to apply on the town
, debt. License vote: ITO no, 10 yes
county grand juror, c. A. Whitehill
petit juror, N A. Park; J. F. White
hill. @. M. Libby, A. T. Gay, J. d.
McAllister, B. Manchester, NJ S.
Whitehill. The purchasing of a steel
lookup and the sewage at South Rye
gate left in the hands of the select
men; the furnishing of another room
in the school building at South Rye.
gate left with the school directors.
H. W. Lamphere moves this week
from W. T. Georges tenement to
Wells River where he has job on the
/ M. q w. r. r.
william Corwin went to Boston last
! Saturday to bring his wife home
/ this week from the st. Margaret S
! Hospital where she has been for medi.
cal treatment She has entirely re.
covered.
The people in this vicinity can not
complain for the want of entertain
ments the past winter, especially the
past week Last Thursday evening
the young ladies quartette gave an en-
tertainment with refreshments q
united affair for the benefit of the
Christian Endeavor society in Glib
sons hall. Friday night the Forest.
ers had ball at Gibson's hall and
supper at the hotel; Monday night
the Woodmen had ball and refresh.
ments at Gibsons hall Tuesday
night at the same place the Boston
Minstrels.
lucky day, ID. j. Mcdonald smashed
his fore finger on his right hand while
loading a stone cutters tool chest into
the car, DR.. G.. W. Darling was called
to dress it. On the same day as Rod
erick Murray the man who tended the
derrick on the b. M. quarry was hoist
ing big stone the whiffletree broke
and let the sweep to the capstone &c
round the wrong way 1t came bach
with such force that it broke his les
in two places. Drs. j. b. and S. W.
Darling were called.
Rev. j. A. Macarthur and Mrs. j
B. Nelson went up to n. Davidson 4
in the afternoon. >On their return
home in the early evening just at Peacl
Thomas spring the horse, Ia the
spirited one, made "A leap to ont
side of the road to pass team before
him. AS he did so he upset til,
sleigh, liberating himself and throw
ing the occupants out and ran rs fla
as the hotel where he was caught
Mrs. Nelson's arm was broken jus
above the wrist and Mr.. Macarthur
knee was badly hurt. The sleigh wa
wreck. DR.. S. w. Darling wa
called to set the bone.