The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-11
Exceptional Values
18 and 40 State Street.
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improved the looks of his house with
new veranda in front
Albert Mays has had a telephone
installed in his house.
The Advent conference commenced
its session at the Advent church in
! Lower Cabot last Tuesday morning
with a fair attendance of ministers
and delegates.
Dea. Moses Haines and W. r. Put
nam have each purchased fine pianos
for their daughters.
Hay is selling at 500 per ton. L.
W. Walbridge, it is said, has one hum
dred tons in store with which he
first intends to supply the wants of
the people of town.
A recent measurement of the roads
in town shows that we have eighty
seven and one-half miles of road in
Guiding Ave and one.half miles of
post road.
At the recent auction sale at L. 9.
Fishers farm COWS sold from S14. 80
to $50. 80 each.
George Annas, agent of the YER
mont Waterman, was in town last
week and procured large nubn1er of
new subscribers to the paper. The
Waterman is considered by the people
of the town reliable, newsy paper,
both the weekly and daily editions,
and the very low terms at which it is
| furnished is appreciated as the large
number of copies taken in town in
dicates.
The Band of Mercy in this town is
in very prosperous condition, hav-
! ,,,ev at Ia, hA, i,tx
bers 1t holds it's meetings regularly
once in two weeks and IS composed
of children. The officers..a ARE Presi-
dent, Marjorie Wells; treasurer,
Susie Nelson; secretary, Eva M.
Clough The object of the society is
| the prevention of cruelty to animals,
which is truly laudable one, and of
all the numerous societies in town
this one should be encouraged by all,
old and young.
Arrangements are in progress for an
old fashioned Fourth of July celebra-
| ton. Further particulars, later.
John Southwick, road commissioner,
has completed the working of the
roads and they are in good condition.
This is great improvement on for
mer years work was not finished
until the last of August or the first of
September. The selectmen are to be
commended for looking after the bridges
and placing strong ratings at the
dangerous entertainments.
There is no certainty of electric
lights until there is more water.
Ivers Batchelder of New York visit
ed his mother last week.
The Apollo Male Quartet of Boston
will give concert in Plaintield,
Thursday evening, June IL,
Tom Osgood, who has been spend
ing his vacation in New Hampshire,
has now returned to his work at Wells
& Rogers store.
Miss Lou Northrop, who has acted
as landlady at the Winooski House for
the past few weeks, returned home on
Wednesday,
DR.. Warren was called to Wolcott as
council in the case of Mrs. Boswell,
last Saturday.
Mrs Ernest Bliss is visiting her
sister in Hardwick. She is recovering
from an attack of measles.
Leon Collins of Barre visited his
aunt, Mrs +. A. Collins. on Sunday.
Orie Dow's barn, which is now
nearly completed, is by far the finest
in town, being circular and eighty feet
in diameter.
The village has had its sidewalk re-
paired, its soldiers monument dressed
over and now plea is put in for the
poor old town pump. Won't some
| one speak kind word for that or pay
the funeral expenses?
SODOM.
| Mrs. Mitchell, the mother of Jesse
Mitchell who committed suicide here
last week, has been critically i'll since
the tragedy. Mrs. Charles Leslie of
North Montpelier came Sunday night
to care for her. Previous to that
time the neighbors had done what
they could. DR.. Grimes attends her.
T. L. Wood took the body of Jesse
Michel to Morrisville on Saturday
for burial.
Rodney Campbell has moved to
the Nye farm.
Deer seem to be very numerous in
these parts OF late.
| The long -looked-for, long-hoped for,
| welcome rain came on Monday.
Mrs. DIR. j. s. Dodge of Warren
visited at Henry McLoud's last week.
Mrs. William DALEY is ill. -