The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-01-29
MARSHFIELD.

to Morrisville Friday, returning Mon
day.
Mrs. II. e. Hadlock is visiting
friends in Concord, N. II.
Mr. and Mrs. j. p. Newton are Wis
iting friends in Woodstock
Frank Taylor and wife of Walden
were guests of G. +. Knapp part of
the past week.
j. S. HENDERSON of Barnet was in
town, Saturday in the interests of the
fertilizer company which he is repre-
senting.
The Methodist society are making
preparations for holding their annual
old folks concert in the near future
Alfred Kidder is quite ill and un-
able to attend to his duties in the
stable of G. f. Bliss.
AFRO Slayton and Mrs. Robert'Little
of North Montpleier were in town,
Sunday the latter TO visit her brother,
Alfred Kidder who is ill.,
Mears and Pitkin butter shop was
shut down part of last week for lack
of water power The ice in their mill
pond is reported to be over three feet
in thickness and frozen to the bottom
of the pond so that there is little room
for what water runs in the river chan
mel.
The young child of c. |. Preston has
been critically ill with pneumonia but
is reported better.
Mrs. Lucy Currier of Andover n .
H.. and brother, S. S. Smith of Plain
field called on friends in town Satur-
day.
Rev E. f. Hutchins and wife of
Plainfield and Bert Hutchins and wife
of Orange were guests of G. f Knapp
and wife for day, recently.
Road Commissioner O. j. Buxton
and wife were in Barre over Sunday.
A daughter weighing ten pounds
was born to Mr. and Mrs Brooks Bux-
ton on Sunday January IS.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wood and Mr..
and Mrs. l.. G. Moody of Peacham
were guests of Elvira Carr and daugh-
ter on Sunday.
Mrs. II. d. Cole has been ill for a
number of days with inflammatory
rheumatism. Her friend, Miss Alma
Leonard of Calais, has been assisting
her during the time.
Everything seems to be in a fair
way for the Organization of basket
ball team. The baskets and ball have
been purchased and two evenings of
practice have already been held in
| Lamberton's hall.
NJ. ID. Bemis and NJ. H. Wyman have
| finished moving their household effects.
and Mr.. Wyman now lives on the
| place he recently purchased of Mr..
Bemis on Main street, and Mr.. Bemis'
future address is 90 Long street, Barre.
H. d. McCrillis' store and Harry
Daniels place in Cabot, known as the
| Coburn farm, were connected with the
| Molly's Falls Telephone line last week.
There are now twentv-four instru-
ments OH this line and three more
| places are to be connected in the near
| future.
Mrs. Harriet Bouldry, who has been
| ill for some time at the home of her
son, James Bouldry, passed away on
Tuesday of last week funeral services
were held at the house, Thursday, Rev.
O. ID. Clapp officiating. A quartet
from the Methodist church choir fur
| nished music Interment was made
in the cemetery at Lower Cabot.
Austin Spencer who has been an in
| mate OF tne asylum Tor the insane at
Waterbury for some time past, died
from a complication of diseases at that
retreat last week. and the body was
sent home TO friends here. Funeral
services were held from his former
home on Depot hill, Sunday, Rev. Win
nifred Eddy officiating.
\. E. Lamberton has new st. AL
bans circular saving machine and
with his gasoline engine is taking con-
tracts for cutting wood. Messrs Beck
| ley and Ormsbee have ordered, and
daily expect the arrival of an electric
motor for which they have machinery
ready fitted for cutting wood with
both circular and drag saw. They
have large number of contracts
ahead, it being anticipated that this
will be the most satisfactory power to
engage, where the work to be done is
within one thousand feet OF the Mol
ly's Falls Electric Light and Power
Co.'S, wires. Later-The motor ar
rived Monday night.