The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21

markable and If Mr.. Taggart ever
comes to Danville again he will be
sure of a still larger audience.
The selectmen are consulting with
the railroad officials in regard to an
underground pass at the Clement hill.
o. II. Stevens is serving on the
grand jury at the United States court
at Windsor this week.
from his illness.
The base ball nine will play with
the East Hardwicks on the common
here Saturday afternoon of this week.
George leighton of Dover, N. H.,
is visiting his parents here for a few
days.
CHELSEA.
Rev. and Mrs. f. A. Poole of Barre
and their young son spent some days
last week az Rev. j. Wyckoff's.
At the annual meeting of the trus-
tees of Chelsea Academy last Thurs
day, A. l.. Sprague was chosen trustee
in place of H. l.. Bixby, deceased.
Harry N. Sanborn is employed at
the hotel barn.
Lillian M. Robbins has returned
from South Royalton, where she has
been doing table work in the hotel.
d. A. Boardway of Barton Landing
is working in tire meat market.
@. A. Crocker has gone to Oxford,
N. H., to work at his calling of horse
trainer.
w. A. Hood has begun large job
| in the rebuilding of his barn. H.
W. Spear is in charge of the work.
There will be a union service at the
Congregational church next Sunday
morning, at which the annual memoir
ial sermon will be preached by Rev.
Mr.. Wyckoff. Rev. W. e. Allen is
to be the speaker on Memorial Day.
A. H. Powers and Calvin Goodwin
| have been drawn as grand jurors for
the evening term of county court, and
! Azariah Barnes and @. A. Bacon as
petit jurors Judge Munson is to pre-
side at this term of court, which opens
June 2.
M. Blanche Townsend returned on
Saturday from her studies at the
Emerson College of Oratory. She is
to take the leading part i'll an enter
tainment to be given on the evening
of June g.
Mamie E. Earle is doing housew ork
at H. f. Mattoon's.
On Wednesday evening o next
week the concert by Wilder's Orches-
ira will be given it being the long de-
ferred last entertainment of the regu =
lar course. The orchestra will be ac-
companied by Mrs. Maude Hunting
...I III 4
/ Hines, fine baritone singer. To low
ers of music this will be undoubtedly
the finest entertainment of the course
Parker W. Burbank has been COM
mitted to the State asylum at Water
bury and was taken there on Monday
Mrs. Alice M. Hackett is keeping
house for @. w. Bacon. on account of
the illness of his mother VINO is slow
ly improving.
Mrs. Alice M. Hadley left on Mon
day for New York where she is to
take the steamer ON Wednesday for
Europe. She expects to be gone a
year or more.
MIDDLESEX.
Mrs. E. A. Earle was in Montpelier
ON Saturday.
NJ X Price and Miss Nancy Price
attended church in Montpelier, Sun
day.
Mrs. Addie Phillips wishes to note
that Wednesday, May 20, will be her
last day for the present, to show her
millinery goods in town and that she
will make low prices ON that day.
Mrs. D. @. Turner of Waterbury
was guest of ]. w. Egan on Satur-
day.
H. X. Ward was in Burlington on
business, Thursday.
Mrs. P. S. Lewis and Miss Maud
Lewis have returned to their home in
the Lewis district, after spending the
winter at G. 7. Miles
William Manson of Burlington was
in town on Thursday.
Lee Short of Cabot was in town
on Monday in the interests of the
Deering farm machines.
= August Gunther went to Plattsburg
on Monday for short visit.
The many friends of Mrs. W. O.
Silloway will be pleased to leai Il
that she is much improved.
| SODOM.
Mrs. Fidelia Daggett died on Satur-
day morning, May l6, at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. William Daley,
Her funeral occurred the 18th, Rev.
Benjamin Wheeler officiating and the
inteIment was at Calais The deceased
was born in Maine in June, 1918, but
her early life was spent mostly in and
near Chelsea Mass, where three sis.
tiers and one brother still reside. She
came to Calais. VT, with her hus.
band, Sullivan Daggett, nearly thirty
five years ago, since which time she
has resided in this town, living on a
farm for some years and later al
Kent's Corner. Since her husband
death, which occurred in 1884, she had
made her home with her only child,
Mrs. William Daley of this place.
Mrs. Daggett was woman of refined
sensibilities, with character imbued
with Christian grace and charity, and
through her long life went on making
friends with old and young The chill
: dren about her have delicate keepsakes
which are the work of her skilful
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