The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-11-05

George Huntington and George
Richardson Returned home from their
camp in Orange the first of the week
where they have been hunting deer.
d. p Smith is ill.
Emily Calef was at home from God
dard on Sunday.
Mrs. G. A. Bohonon and daughter
Hazel were in Barre on Saturday.
Corduroys in all the popular shades
at Fits.
WALDEN.
Four deer with horns have been killed
in town, so far heard from. Their
combined weight was $50 pounds. The
late snowstorm was one cause of the
hunters success in capturing so many
in this town.
Mrs. j. B. Rogers is visiting her
daughter, Mrs Carl Foss, at Concord,
N. H.
BROOKFIELD.
Carroll Crane has bought a pair of
very handsome mules for his teaming
business.
Miss Abbie Smith, after spending
several months in Burlington, returned
here last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Billings of
Morrisville and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Heath of Bethel recently spent sew
eral days with their parents. Mr.
and Mrs Solomon Smith, at the Cen
ter.
Mrs. Glysson at the Center, who
has been helping take care of her
grandchildren the past two weeks in
Barre, returned home last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sargent have
returned to their home at the Center
after spending several months in
Manchester where he had employ
ment.
A. j.. Follansbee is improving tie
looks of his buildings with new coat
of paint, Solomon Smith and Wesley
Coburn doing the painting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alec Worthen of
Hinesburg are spending few DAYS
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Rumney.
Hon. Cassius Peck of Burlington
was in town two days last week.
George May of Cabot was a guest
at j. W. Parmenter's the first of the
week
Mrs. Helen Wilcox visited her
daughter, Mrs. f. d. Ladd, in Barre,
on Sunday.
About sixty attended the Grange
sociable Friday evening and enjoyed
a pleasant time.
Mrs. @. @. Upham and daughter,
Mary, 90 this week to Worcester,
Mass, to spend the winter.
Children's beaver hats at special
prices at Fits.
WOODBURY..
Woodbury. may feel proud of her
record for deer killing during the
open season, which ended ON Satur-
day. Seventeen bucks have been
killed in town and three does have
been slaughtered. II. +. Record
killed buck that weighed $685.
pounds, and had fine set of horns with
three prongs on each horn Joseph
Carr shot buck that weighed only
1902 pounds, but all of his neigbhors
can vouch for it's goodness for they
had the pleasure of eating some of it /;
our game warden came up to see if
it was doe but went away satisfied
that it was buck
Halloween was observed by some of
our boys by running wagons into
swamps, and placing boxes at doors,
etc.
J. F. @. Hammond and wife of Calais
took tea with W. @. Peck's family
last Sunday.
GRANITEVlLLE.
Rev. W. A. Morrison, former pastor
of the Presbyterian church, spent the
past week among friends here.
A quiet wedding took place here
parties being Miss Annabelle McAuley
and Norman Mcleod.
Hugh Garvey is seriously i'll.
A committee representing Robert
Emmett Court, O. O. F., Maple Leaf
Camp, M. W. of A., and Court Rob
Roy, f. of A, met Wednesday even
ing and made arrangements for a
cribbage tournment of twenty four
games to be played for cup. A great
deal of interest is being taken in it
and it promises to be very exciting
affair. The first game is to be played
Monday evening, November 2.
ID. A. McFarlane is putting on a large
addition to his house which will be a
marked improvement.
AT a meeting of the board of select
men held hero Saturday, October 81,
the resignation of W. j. Lebarron as
license commissioner was accepted.
Mr.. Lebarron is leaving town.
CHELSEA.
Mrs. Eta G. Allen has gone to
Irasburg, to spend the winter in the
family of Rev. j. e. Knapp.
j. X. and II. K. Darling were in
Montpelier last week in attendance
on Supreme Court.
The annual hunt was held on We'd
nesday of last week with W. Q.
Holmes and e. A. Oorwin for cap
tains, the former obtaining the larger
csore. 1t was agreed beforehand that
no questions should be asked as to
when or where the game was pro-
cured, and consequently some of the
game was decidedly "gamy." Each
side produced deer, but neither was
shot IN town. The banquet was held
at the hotel on Friday evening.
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