The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-11-19

man and just returned home with
load of shavings and was caring for
his team when neighbor called and in
formed him that the roof of his house
was nearly ready to fall-in. But very
little of the property was saved and
Mr.. Freeman judges his loss to be
about $500 above the insurance.
Constable J. Berton Pike was in
New Hampshire the first of the week
on official business.
Dan Brown has moved to the L. ID.
Mute farm on the Cabot road.
James Rolfe has gone to California
to spend the winter.
Otis Freeman, who was burned out
last week, has moved to the Sanford
house on Depot Hill
Mrs. L. w. Gilman still continues
in very poor health.
Mrs. Cynthia Woodward is quite ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. e. Shepard visited
their son. B. M. Shepard, at Mont
pelier for day last week.
Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Lewis and
children of Barton Landing are visit
ing at @. e. Shepard S and E. A. Rose
brooks.
Some very beautiful flowers were
sent to Mrs. Lovina Packer last week
by her son, Ed. of Lowell, Mass. Mrs.
Packer is very low.
WATERBURY,.
Carl Forsell of Montpelier loosed
twenty nine pigeons here at 9 80
O'Clock this morning. The village
doves got in with them and they
seemed to be lost. They attracted
much attention.
Mabel Rainey Of Springfield. Mass,
is visiting friends in town. She will
go to Rutland in few days.
The funeral of Patrick King who
died last Friday was held at the
Catholic church Sunday. High
mass at nine O'Clock this morning by
Father Galligan of Burlington.
Q. E. Dighton is in town buying
Christmas trees which he will ship to
Cleveland and Cincinnati, Newark,
n. Y, and New York city. He ex-
poets to get about fifty carloads.
George Robinson, who is attending
Edmunds high school at Burlington,
spent Sunday at his home.
hT. anu Mis- II. 1lOW6 VI Bits
tol are the guests of O. s. Hatch for a
few days.
Reuben Hazelton, who is attending
Middlebury College, is in town to at
tend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. L.
H. Howe.
The funeral of Mrs. Louisa NJ
Morse was held Monday. Rev. T.. K
Whitman of Montpelier and Rev. p
A. Smith of Waterbury had charge
of the services.
The district meeting of Rebekah
lodge will be held Friday evening.
The initiatory degree will be worked
and banquet will be served after
after the meeting.
Frank Green of Waitsfeld was the
guest of A. Booker on Sunday.
DR.. d. D. Circuit leaves tomorrow
for New York and New Jersey to
travel with the tuberculosis commits
sion and will visit the health officers
and the New York sanitariums. His
trip will take about two weeks.
J. A. Burleigh fell throus h a scuttle
in Aaron Smalley's barn in Waitsfield
No bones were broken but on account
of his advanced age the shock was Sc
we're. He is doing well at this writ
ing.
Mrs. R. J. Coffey and daughter,
Miss Nellie, VINO have been the guests
of George j. Burnham and family,
have gone to Montpelier.
W. HI. Sleeper, a stone cutter in Dan
iels' shed, while grinding stone ham
mer, caught his finger between the ham
mer and the grindstone and it was sew
veIely crushed. Dr. Grout dressed the
wound. Mr.. Sleeper is very FORUM
ate in having an accident policy as he
will be kept from work for several
weeks.
Drew Daniels shipped a carload of
stone from his shed Saturday among
which was twelve column die eight
feet in height, of fine workman ship.
The car was shipped to Iowa.
]. W. Shipman's Uncle Toms Cabin
Company will play in the opera house
Friday evening, November 20.
The Catholic fair which closed last
Thursday was one of the most sue
cessful ever held here as the expenses
were small and the net proceeds were
$3.50.
SOUTH CORINTH.
Eugene Parker has returned from
his two weeks sojourn at the Pavilion
at Montpelier.
j. Madison Ballou has finished work
for Q. H. DeDing at Montpelier and is
at present at j. l.. Avery's.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. O. Wyman of Barre
were guests at A. l.. Parker's last
week.
Mrs. Julia Greenwood is spending
few weeks with her grandchildren
in Barre and Northfield.
The community was saddened by
the news of the death of W. B. D..
Avery at Bradford last Thursday
Funeral services Sunday afternoon at
Bradford, burial at the South Mead
ow cemetery where many friends here
were assembled to pay their last trib-
ute to one who had long lived among
them and was respected by all.
Mrs. H. W. Bstchelder and son,
Vernon, of Raymond, N. H., returned
to their home last Monday after spend
ing a week.
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