The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-07-23
VERSHIRE.

| Darling.
Harold and Clyde Brown are helping
their brother, e. p Brown, in hay.
ing.
Rev. A. @. Dodge is spending his
vacation will relatives in the State
of New York
Miss Matte Clough, Boston teach
| or, is the guest of her mother, Mrs.
Jewett Clough of Vershire Center.
Florence Carlton of Boston is with
| her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
| Carlton, for her summer vacation
Most of our young people are at home
this summer. Miss Gross from the
Randolph Normal, Miss Johnson from
| Oastleton, Miss Church from the
Moody school at Mortified, Mass,
Miss Ethel Fits from Bradford acad-
envy. Miss Florence Titus, Bernie
Titus, Edward Woodcock and Clyde
Fuller from Thetford academy.
Miss Hattie r. Darling, Miss Matte
Clougb, Mrs. Ely, Miss Iona Fits
and Miss Edith Parker are at home
from the schools where they have been
teaching.
The life of Josiah Flanders, who
has for many years been the oldest
person in town, ended OH Wednesday
afternoon, July 10. Funeral services
were held Friday afternoon at the
home whore he has so long lived.
ROXBURY.
The S. S. social last week was quite
success, considering the bad wealth
or. About $6 was realized from the
supper and Ice cream.
r. w. Dunsmoor was at home from
Burlington on Sunday.
Mrs. E. H. Ford has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Julia Chaffee who is
quite i'll.
Charles Wiley has sold his farm to
Walter Wiley, retaining the right to
occupy, the house until next April, as
he as not decided where he will locate.
An accident which might easily have
had serious results occurred last week,
when William Flynn was returning
home from the creamery. His horse
became frightened at car which had
been left standing very near the cross
ing and sprung out of the road strik-
ing the wagon against the railing of
the bridge which is near by, and
wrecking the wagon and harness. The
horse went over in a dangerous fash
Mr. Flynn escaped unhurt.
George Foss has sold his stage wag-
on and bought new one of E. Howe.
Dora Heney of Worcester, Mass,
and Mrs. O. H. Holden were guests
at George Foss' Thursday.
Roy Foss, who has been spending
his vacation in town, returned to his
home in Rochester, N. H.. Saturday.
Mrs. E. E. Blanchard and son Paul
from Cambridge, Mass, are at l.. W.
BlanchaId's.
Winifred and Roy Foss visited in
Brookfield on Friday.
Creamery patrons received twenty
two cents for June butter.
EAST BROOKFIELD.
Judge and Mrs. O. H. Bigelow en-
tertalned relatives from the west last
week.
Seth McNorton left last Saturday
for visit in Hartford, Sharon and
Pomfret.
John WSprague returned last Satur-
day from Mortified where he had
spent week with his grandmother,
Mrs. A. B. Smith.
Frank L. Peabody returned to his
work as machinist at Hyde Park,
Mass, last Saturday.
Last week Thursday twelve neigh
boring ladies met with Mrs Frank
Richardson by invitation and spent
the afternoon in lacking quilts Ice
cream and cake constituted the re-
freshments, and the ladies greatly en-
joyed the revival of the old time quilt
ing party. Let the good work of re-
viving the substantial pastime of our
pioneer women, the genuine Colonial
Danes" go on.
Captain Samuel E. Paine of Xlina,
Illinois, and his son, the author, AL
bert Bigelow Paine, of New York
city, were here last week, registered
at W. f. Metcalf's, and while the
captain is gracefully carrying the
| burden of nearly four score years, yet
his ready wit, good humor and genial
disposition, together with mis- elastic
step, his unusually we'll preserved
stature and physique, gives one the
impression that new lease of life has
been granted him. Truly it is a
pleasure and an inspiration to visit
with the venerable gentleman, and all
whose good fortune it has been to
| make MS acquaintance during hlsaD1-
ennial visits in these later years to
this his boyhood home come to regard
and speak of him as the Grand Old
Man" from Illinois And the son, who
is we'll known in way to all readers
of the Century magazine, is like his
father, gentleman of rare personal
ity. And while this is his first visit
to Vermont, being an astute student
of nature, he, finds here in East Brook
field attractions of especial interest to
him. And he tells US that it woul d
afford him great pleasure to bring his
family here to the "land of his ia
theirs" for an annual midsummer out
ing We wish to assure these gentle
men and all other old Brookfieldites
through the columns of the press that
hearty welcome ever awaits them
and their kin whenever they may find
it convenient to again visit and review
the haunts and scenes of their youth.
CHELSEA.
Julia V. Cummings of Hadley, Mass.
is visiting her grandparents Mr.. and
Mrs. A. III. Powers.