The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-09-03

The many friends of Tom McCutch-
con, who has been so seriously i'll n
Burlington, will be pleased to learn
that he is convalescent.
Mumps is the prevailing distemper.
Mrs. S. Mills and son Of South Rye
gate was i'll town on Wednesday the
guests of Mrs. Edward Kelly, her sis
ter.
Miss Loretta Sheehan of ST. Adams
is visiting at Rob Paine's for few
days.
Miss Maude Bradley of Worcester is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. j. L. Stone.
The Modern Woodmen of America
held meeting on Thursday evening.
A lawn party will be held tomorrow
evening at the Center. The band will
be in attendance and good time is
assured. The proceeds are to repair
the fence and fountain at that place.
| Should it rain the affair will be held
in the drill hall of Norwich Univer-
sity.
Lucier's uminstrels played before a
fair sized audience on Tuesday even
| ing. Uncle Tom Cabin also was in
town that evening, which was we'll at
tended. Both gave street parade at
nc on. The parades, as such events
usually do, called out nearly every
member of the younger generation of
boys. Sufficient it is to say each boy
was up and doing and it was not a
difficult task to tell by the looks Of
their beaming faces they had obtained
complimentary tickets.
Editor and Mrs. F. n. Whitney
were at the capital on Thursday.
Miss Ruth Kinsworth has returned
to Littleton, N. Ii. She has finished
her duties at the hotel.
Belle Houston has returned from
Burlington. She was the guest of her
brother, Frank Houston.
Mrs. Ferd Houston and Mrs. Jack
Loveland spent Saturday in Braintree.
Mrs Jennie Moseley of Dedham,
Mass, left for that place on Wednes-
day after a visit with John Moriarty
and family.
Charles T. Webb has returned to
Philadelphia after spending his vaca-
ton with his grandfather, A. L. Wi
ley, in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Blanchard of
Montpelier were in town Oh Friday
the guests of Peter Gilbert, Mrs,
Blanchard s father.
Mrs. Abbie Walker of Chicago, who
is spending the summer in town held
a sale of bead work. burnt wood.
painted china ETC., at the home of heI
mother, Mrs. Emily Pope, on Main
street. The display gave great evi.
dence of Mrs. Walkers artistic ability
and was well attended.
Elmer Kelley's horse attached to q
fish and fruit wagon ran away OIL
Thursday evening The horse had quite
a run but not much damage was done.
Miss Lizzie Knapp is ill.
DR.. j. H. Judkins took the second
degree at the meeting of the Odd Eel
lows on Thursday evening.
Richard w. Giffin was quite i'll last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Cannon anG
child of Augusta, Me-, left for Nortl
Hartland on Saturday. They expect
to visit in Keene and other New
Hampshire towns before returning
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Cannon have
been the guests of Mr.. Cannon's moth
er, Mrs. Daniel Sullivan.
, John Cornell. wife and children lef
for their home in New York last weel
after visit at the home OF Mrs. Bird
! get Council.
Mrs. Fred Fuller and Mrs. O. V
! Kent spent part of last week in Eas
! Calais at the home of their parents
Mrs. Evelyn Cole of Montpelier Wis
tied her sisters, Mrs Kent and Mrs
: Fuller last week She was on her wa,
to Nashua, N. H., where she expect
, , to spend some time.
Misses Katie McCarty, Marcia an,
: Lepha Hutchinson and Ethel Hoyt re
> turned on Saturday from Ogunquit
Me-, where they have been for tn
past two months. Misses McOarty an
Hoyt leave for their schools in Eas
> Calais this week
Joseph O. Coulombe of Island Pom
is in town. He will attend Norwic
: ! University this fall.