The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-29

some OF our pnlIanthroplc citizens
have caused recent survey Of public
property. What's coming?
About fifty, including members
from Winooski Lodge of Cabot, were
present at the regular meeting of
Good Templars on Tuesday evening,
October 90, when six candidates were
initiated. Refreshments of fruit and
candy were served.
Mrs E. Q. Pitkin was in Burling-
ton last week as delegate from the
Methodist Sunday school 70 the State
Sunday school convention held in that
city. Mrs. Pitkin gave very in
teresting report of the convention last
Sunday.
Our first selectman is vainly seek.
ing horny head for center decora-
ton for that new gun case of his. If
does heads would have answered he
might have had a decoration clear
around it for he has caressed several
of these with the end of his rifle bar
rel with nothing but a tree top in
tervening.
Mayo Wyman and his brother-in-
law, Harry Northrop of Meriden,
Conn.,, were at the "Sleeper place.
back of Lords hill' on Friday,
hunting deer Not many hours after
their arrival at the old house and
while endeavoring to build fire with
some old boards large buck came
out of the thick timber near by and
began to Craze in the open, making
splendid target; but under the excite
ment of the opportunity, Mr.. North
rop, who fired twice at him, missed
of hitting and at this point Mr.. Wy
man in bringing forward his rifle for
shot in some unexplainable way dis
charged the weapon and the bullet
passed through Mr.. Northrup's leg in
ficting wound which, though not
serious, will confine him to the house
for time. Mr.. NorthIop fired twice
at the deer after being shot himself
and they then moved out to secure
medical aid leaving the deer grazing
as when they first saw him,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Shaw visited
their uncle, H.. A. johnson, in Hard
wick. last week Wednesday.
MIDDLEsEX.
F. L. VIM and Q. @. Bancroft
were at U. Ii. Hammond's on Sunday.
H. K. Ward and W. o. Comstock
start Saturday for Albany, N. Y. to
take course at the Albany business
college.
Mrs. Carrie E. Ward has sold the
Nash place at Duxbury Corner to W.
H. Haley of Waterbury.
Mrs. Mary McElroy died on Sunday
evening at about 8 o'clock An opera
ton was performed on Thursday by
Drs. Grout and Wheeler.
Daniel SWEET was in Waterbury
| Sunday.
Guy Knapp of Montpelier was in
town, Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Jones was in Barre,
Friday.
j. H. Daniels is confined to the
house by illness. George Steinberge
is attending the store.
Miss Ruth Angel was taken with
diphtheria few days ago and is re-
ported as being critically ill. Hers
, is the most serious case in Mr.. A L.
CELLS family, who are confined to the
house by this illness.
Mrs. Carrie Hale of Gill, Mass, is
here on account of the illness and
! death of her sister, Mrs. Mary NIGEL
roy.
w. II. vaughan and wallace Good
win had the good luck to shoot large
buck deer on Saturday. Arthur Bing-
ham also shot a handsome buck
Mrs. S. A. Bryant. who has been
spending the summer at M. W. Miles,
left for her home in Lawrence, Mass,
on Saturday
M. X. Price was in Rutland Thurs
day on business.
George w. Sanders died on Friday
of heart disease brought on by diph-
liberia. Burial was immediate. He
was bright little fellow and will be
missed by all. His parents have the
sympathy of the community. Four
children and Mr. Sanders have been
i'll with diphtheria but this has been the
only fatal case.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. O. Ward returned
home on Friday from their wedding
trip having visited in Montreal and
various places in New York State.
H. @. Gearen of Brockton, Mass. is
spending week in town.
Mrs. Addie Phillips of Moretown
has opened fall stock of millinery
| &C DDS at Mrs. Comstock' and will be
there every FRIDAY