The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-31

Rev. Mr.. Wright was pleasantly re-
membered on Christmas by present
of $lb, given by the Odd Fellows at
their last meeting.
The officers elected at the last meet
ing of the Rebekah lodge are as fol-
W. ID. Kidder of Barre, who has
been visiting friends In town the past
week, returned on Monday.
lows: Mrs. Annie Wnitcomb, N. g. 4;
Mrs. Clara Bartlett. V. G. Mrs. Ger
t1ude Holt Sec ; Mrs Irene Jackson,
treas.
The work of papering and painting
the hotel will be finished this week.
Every room in the house has received
coat of paint and also new paper.
The interior of the house presents a
very fine appearance.
Preparations are being made to move
Or. Lazell to his sons in Barre just
as soon as he is we'll enough to travel.
John Ryan shipped car of potatoes
from this station on Tuesday, to Sa-
lem, Mass. He paid fifty cents a
bushel.
M. E. Beckley has the Contract for
wiring the Plainfield House for eiec-
trio lights. He expects to commence
the work this week.
Nelson Hamel began cutting ice on
the river for the creamery on Tuesday
morning. The ice is about fifteen
inches in thickness.
Oonstadt Parks, who mas peen Ill for
a long time, is more comfortable at this
writing.
A special town meeting is called on
Saturday, Jan. 8, to see if the town
will vote to instruct the school direct
ors to postpone action in regard to
building the new school house until
after the annual meeting to be held,
March l.
MAKSHFIEL
Cecil Town of Boston is visiting his
aunt, Miss ENERGY Benton, for few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marshall of
Montpelier were visitors in town on
Christmas Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. E. Shepard and
Mr.. and Mrs. G. +. Bliss spent Christ
mas Day at the home of B. NJ Shepard
in Montpelier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Raymond and
children visited in Mortified at
Christmas.
Frank Talbot of Wells River was in
town last week selling sleighs.
Frank Merrill met with a painful
accident at the Mears e Pitkin shop
one day last week. The bone of one
of his little finger was broken by a
board kicking back from saw.
Miss Goldie Smith arrived in town
on Christmas Day from Medford,
Mass, to visit for a week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. @. D. Smith.
Lee Aiken is at work In the Smith
& Carver shop making square butter
boxes.
The four months old child of @. L.
Goliath died on Monday of last week.
The funeral was held on Tuesday
Rev. W. E. Newton officiating.
Miss Eleanor T. Cole returned to
Barre on Tuesday, after visiting for a
week at her home in this place.
Owing to the absence of the pastor,
Rev. w. E. Newton, the mid week
prayer meeting at the Methodist
church will be omitted this week.
Mrs. Nancy Nownes Simpson, who
has been the guest of her brother, B.
b. Nownes, for several weeks, re-
dtrned to her home in Barton, Mon
day.
The local basket ball team is to play
the Cabot team in Marshall's hall on
the evening of January 7. 1t is hoped
that game can be arranged between
the second teams of these places for
the same evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice H. Eddy of
st. Johnsbury were guests of Mrs.
Mary Z. Eddy Christmas Day.
Asa Spencer is again boarder at
Samuel Bemis'
"Gramp" Carver is confined to the
house by recent fall on the ice.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Caustic of
Montpelier visited Mrs. Mary P. Eddy
on Christmas Day.
Mrs. l.. d. Mute was in Groton,
Sunday, to attend the funeral of Mrs.
o. Kicker
The annual harvest of ice for the
creamery is being gathered. p G..
Bemis is cutting it at mob Hill"
and j. w. Mears and b. +. Chester
have the contract to fill the store
house.
Martin Freeman is understood to
have engaged as second man at the
creamery, to fill the place of Harry d.
Cole. who will finish has duties with
the close of the present year.
The Christmas exercises at the Con-
gregational church were held on Thurs
day evening. The church was taste
fully decorated, the tree we'll laden.
The singing and speaking passed off
very smoothly and the presents passed
out caused ripple OF pleasure to pass
over the faces of little ones, as we'll
as some of the big ones.
O. j. Wood and family were in
Worcester, Christmas Day, visiting
with an uncle of MRS. Wood, whom
she had not seen in seventeen years.
The reorganization of the Methodist
Sunday school was effected last Sun.
day by the election of the following
officers: j. Berton Pike, superintend.
emit; S. O. Pike, assistant superintend-
emit; Mrs. b. w. Davis. secretary, and
b. w. Davis, treasurer. The teachers
are to be elected by the several classes
next Sunday.