The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-29
WEST TOPSHAM.

| The crop of deer promises to be un.
| usually abundant this season. Six
have been shot in Topsham and on the
| east side of Orange since the opel
season. commenced. Ed. Miller killed
one in that territory, that they
claimed weighed about 400 pounds.
Hunters have never been so persistent
as they are this year. Almost every
one that can shoot gun and is not
| too lame or too lazy to hunt is out
| after deer.
! S. X. Dexter and Sylvester l.. Til
lotsou did not 80 after deer but were
content to hunt muskrats. Mr.. Dex-
ter handled the gun and Tillotson put
out his foot to prevent the rat from
going into the wall, and the charge
was blown through his foot DR..
! willard has the case and he hopes to
save the foot, but it is very severe
wound. Mr.. Dexter is doing every
thing that he can for the comfort of
the young man and his family.
!, Mrs. H. M Jackson is improving
and they hope to move her to Groton
soon Mr.. and Mrs Henry Glover of
Groton were in town Sunday to visit
her mother Mrs. Jackson.
Gilman w. Bagley has resigned as
has been appointed to fill the vacancy.
A. r. Smith and family went to
warren, N. H., last week to visit his
son, Roy.
w. H. Chalmers has placed a new
water wheel in his saw mill, and it
does good work He expects to do
a large business for the coming year.
Freeman Cunningham is failing and
there is no reasonable prospect that he
can recover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Templeton were en-
tertained several days last week by
Or and Mrs Willard. The doctor
and Mr.. Templeton would have been
more than pleased if they had cap
tured good buck. All the physi-
clans in town are good marksmen, but
have never succeeded in killing deer.
James Rouhan is better and is able
to take his seat in the Bradford stage.
Jimmie is always sober and has no
trouble in finding the West Topsham
post-office.
EAST ROXBURY.
Miss Aurilia LaRose of Warren spent
last week at Peter LaRose's.
Arthur Washburn and Mrs. Helen
| w llSOA VI SJOhb
at George Wardner's.
Cilzens ia this vicinity felt on
Monday morning that winter had sure.
ly arrived.
f. o. Allen and wife spent several
days with their son, DR.. l.. B. Allen,
in Post Mills last week.
Mrs Sarah Blanchard and Miss Dora
Martin spent Wednesday at George
Richards in Brookfield
Miss Kate Wilson returned on Mon
day from her visit in Barre.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wardner and
two daughters spent Sunday at Will
liam Spears in Graniteville.
Mrs Bagley and little daughter of
New Hampshire visited at @. j. Bak-
ers and Clarence Mudgetts last week.
George Jacobs of Vergennes and
Walter Kidder of Barre were guests of
w. o. Pride the first of last week.
DR.. WEIGH of Mortified was in town
last week but as yet we haven't been
able to learn whether his calls were
professional or not.
Mr.. and Mrs j. j. Steele spent
Sunday in East Brookfield.
James Hakey had the misfortune to
step on a rusty nail on Saturday, driv-
ing it completely through his foot.
Dr. Ellis was called.
Creamery patrons received twenty
one and one-half cents for September
butter.
Willie and Minnie Ruiz visited in
North Randolph Saturday and Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Preston from
Woodstock were guests at George
Foss' last week.
Reinholdt Ruiz has finished work
for H. H. Martin of Williamstown.
Bertha Thayer is at home from
Montpelier for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Brooks have
finished work for +. O. Allen and re.
turned to their home in Granville.
GROTON.
.. Rev. G. W. Clough exchanged pull.
pits with the minister at McIndoes
Sunday.
Mrs. D. Mazzuohi has purchased the
,, Daniel Ooffrin house and moved to tie
, same.
Miles Mandigo has moved from Rye
gate to a tenement in the M PlummeI
house.
{ John Baldwin is in quite poo- health.
, Charles Heath has moved into the
3 house of Hall d Cochran recently pur.
chased of Charles Evans.
f Mrs. Charles Ross is visiting he1
: father in Meredith, N. H.
George Heath has moved his family
from Fairlee,to Darling's mill.
Fred Hayes and ELY Page have each
shot deer.
Bill Brown has sold his place or
Granite street to Mrs. Neil McRae.
Irwin Clough left Monday morning
for Bellows Falls, where he has en-
gagged to work in store.
: Charles Evans has moved to H. O.
Clarke's tenement.
WASHIN GTON.
Mrs. Jospeh Corcoran is quite ill al
the home of her father, @. d. Quinn
by.
+ Miss lila Downing and friend, Miss
| Adelaide Butterfield sDent Sunday