The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12
HOMER Fits
Barre, Vermont
WATTS RIVER.


Mrs. Carrie Locke closed her school
at West Topsham last Friday, and in
the evening gave an. exhibition in the
hall which was we'll attended.
Ernest Locke and E. A.. Chase at
tended the school exhibition at West
1opsham on Friday evening.
Mrs Miller Richardson is in quite
poor health and Mrs Henry Hood is
! working for her,
Bertha Chase is visiting her uncle,
II, Q. Holmes, in Barre.
Alphonso Heath was in Bradford on
Tuesday.
Miss Blossom Chase closed her school
in the Keenan, district, Friday.
SOUTH WOODBURY..
j. c. Brown of Boston spent Sunday
i'll this place, as did Miss Lucy Sabin
OF Burlington.
Miss Glee Lilley, who has been
teaching in Berlin, returned home
last Saturday to spend her vacation.
E. M. Daniels, is ill.
Eva Felix is working for Willis
Laird.
The regular meeting of the Sons of
Veterans will be held at Memorial
hall, North Calais, February IA.
Alonzo Summers and wife, who
came here recently from Duncanon,
Penn, have rented tenement in the
Good Templa1's hall
The Good Tembpla1s will hold a
whist party in their hall next Monday
evening.
The village school taught by Miss
Waterman, of Haldwick will close
next Friday afternoon with an exhibit
ton at Good 'remplars' hall.
Warren King. who recently had
shock, is gaining.
Dwight Coolidge. is expected home
from st. Johnsbury academy this
week.
Lewis Lyford and A. M. Benjamin
carr ed about thirty of the local Good
Templars to North Montpelier last
Saturday to attend the union of Wash
ington county lodges. There has been
an addition of three lodges to the
union within the last six months, max
ing a total of eight. This lodge in
forms your correspondent that they
were highly entertained. There were
about 200 representatives present from
the different lodges.
Gee Lilley, who has been teaching in
Berlin. closed her school last Friday and
returned home for the spring vacation.
Lucy Sabn of Burlington is at home
for few days.
About thirty three of our lodge MEM
bers attended the district union held at
North Montpelier last Saturday, and a
most enjoyable time was had by all.
John Tebbetts an old-time resident re-
ceived a shock some two weeks ago which
resulted in death last week. He was a
man over eighty years old. His funeral
was held at the house on Sunday, Feb. /,
Rev. Mr.. Dixon of Hardwick preached
the funeral sermon.
The little son of Bert and Mary Ben
/ jamin, who has been quite sick with pneu-
nionia, is much better.
Rev. Mr.. Coolidge preached at Wor-
cester last Saturday in exchange with
Miss Haskins who is having series of
evening meeting here this week.
Most of the schools in town closed
last Friday the village school taught
by Eleanor Waterman of Hardwick
will close next Friday with an exhibit
ton in the afternoon. Miss Waterman
has done good work in the school this
winter and it is to be hoped her SER
vices can be secured for the summer
term. Mr.. and Mrs Summers have
rented and moved into the tenement
under the Good Templars lodge hall
recently vacated by John Morse.
The Good Templars' social union
which was to be held Tuesday after.
noon and evening, February 10, has
been postponed until Thursday, Feb
ruary ~, at Mark Waite's. A cordial
invitation is extended to all
The Good Templars installed their
officers on Friday night. They we're as
follows: @. t., Albert Haskell; p.
@. T., A. NJ Benjamin; V. T., Lulu
Carr; c., Cora Benjamin; f. S., Lee
Goodell; T., Morton McKinstry ;-Sec.
Hittie Goodell; A. Sec, Eta Angel
NJ, Walter Sawyer. ID. M, Theresa
, Lawson.
The next meeting of the Good Tenn,
plars will be held next Friday night
instead of Saturday the regular night
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