The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-09-24

Mr.. and Mrs. James McVay of Phila-
| delphia, Penn, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Silas Mills last week.
Miss Anna Clark goes to Columbia
College, New York city, this week.
Mrs. E. E. Benham is visiting rela-
tives in Richmond.
Mrs Fred Hollis son, Henry Blanch.
ard, of West Virginia, spent last week
with her and his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Chauncy Carpenter.
Hon. Cassius Peck of Burlington
visited his brother, Marcus Peck last
week.
Mrs. Mary Ralph returned home last
Thursday from three weeks visit
in Thomaston, Conn.
Mrs. Lena Bartlett of Barre and
Roy Blanchard of Burlington visited
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Holt,
last week.
Clayton Tucker has bought Clarence
Fullam's land on Ralph Hill. Consid-
Grafton $3.50.
John Lamson has been quite sick the
past few days but is convalescent at
this writing.
Mrs. John Raymore at the Center
and her daughter Mrs. Alice Middle
ton, returned last week from their
visit in Bridgeport. Conn.
Carroll Crane has bought the bust
ness of carrying the cream to Ran
dolph of of Ferren Williams. and COM
menced carrying it Monday.
Mrs. Nellie Nichols is soon to move.
back to her farm on the hill.
Ferren Williams is to take up his
old business of filling silos and thresh-
ing.
The Cleaves family did not exhibit
before very full houses Friday and
Saturday evening.
@. B. Fish, mail carrier, is soon to
move his family into Deacon William
Graves house in the village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vassar of Williams
town visited Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Holt
one day last week, while on their we'd
ding trip.
The ladies aid society of the second
church give sociable this (Thursday)
evening at the church parlors The
California excursionists will tell about
their trip.
Walter Ketchum and Erie Batchel-
der have put in new silos.
OORINTHsCORNER.
Mrs. Balch and sister of North
Thetford visited Mrs. Fred Worthley
part of last week.
W. H. Chalmers and daughter,
Mary, of West Topsham. were at H.
Wallace Chalmers Saturday and Sun
day.
Miss Sadie Mckenzie from South
Carolina with her little nephews,
Archie and Arthur Stewart, of Wor-
cester, Mass, is visiting her parents,
MI, and Mrs. Donald Mckenzie,
Mrs. Henry Heath and daughter,
Miss Hattie, of Bradford, recently
visited attGeorge Heath's and J. f.
Merrill's.'
School Director Merrill is making
much needed repairs on the school
house. The underpinning has been
reset, a new floor laid and inside paint-
ed and papered. New seats. doors
and windows have been ordered and
will soon be in place. Then he will
clapboard and paint the outside.
This is move in the right direction.
The house was Luilt fifty-two years
ago and no changes have ever been
made. The room was cold and I'M
slightly, the seats straight backs and
very uncomfortable Tor the children.
1t may be with feeling of regret by
those who years ago spent such hap
Ply days on these same old seats, to
part with those old relics but not so
with the pupils of today. School be-
gan on Monday with Miss Helen
Southworth of Post Mills as teacher.
We predict a profitable and pleasant
term of school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Capepenter
visited relatives in Topsham and
GIoton the latter part of last were.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Eastman of Cooke
vile visited Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. Mer-
rill on Sunday.
George Ward returned to Lebanon,
N. H., on Sunday.
Wallace Chalmers dug from one hill
eleven potatoes which weighed eight
pounds. Will others please report.
Mrs. Rue Eastman and children of
Newport, N. H., visited at Z. ID.
Spears last week.
Nobody is wise all the time. The most
prudent of us occasionally eat under