The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-10
MARSHFIELD.

feger on Sunday.
There is to be cotillion party at
Marshall's hall Friday evening under
the auspices of the quartette club.
The social at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bernis Cameron last Thursday
evening was largely attended and a
verv pleasant evening was enjoyed.
Mrs. Horace Mesder has been very
sick for the past few days but at pres
ent is somewhat better.
Work on the new knights of Pythias
building is progressing rapidly and
with the present force of help will
soon be completed.
The Boston Minstrels played to a
small audience in Marshall's hall last
Tuesday evening and as they had no
date for Saturday evening played a
return engagement. A free dance
which followed the entertainment
proved to be the drawing card.
Rev. WinnifIed Eddy was in Water
bury part of last week.
Mr.. Blake of Boston is in town look
ing for work horses.
Merrill Hall, who was in town last
week to help care for Mrs. Cynthia
Hardwick the last of the week.
a. W. Slocum was in town on Sun.
day visiting his family.
Charles [. Preston, who has the con-
tract to move the Capital creamery
building from Montpelier to Sheldon.
was at home i'll this place over Sun
day, returning to Montpelier Monday
morning.
Earl Kellogg and his sister, Miss
Ethel, were in Peacham, Sunday.
Stores in town are rapidly taking on
gay attire for the holidays. The win
dows of O. S. Adams q Co., already
present an attractive appearance.
Miss Blanche Page of Groton, who
has been visiting friends in town for
the past week, has gene to Stowe
where she will teach during the win
ter.
Miss Florence Robinson, who has
been trimming at the Adams millinery
parlors for the fall season, went to her
home in Boltonville last week but ex.
poets to return for the season of 1904.
The Danville stage horses took a
lively spin all by themselves one day
last week, having been left standing
in front of Hotel Spencer. They piled
up i'll front of the Commercial House,
their usual stopping place not much
the worse for their trip
Miss Mary Brown, who has been in
Barre working in the millinery par
Tors of Miss L. e. Townsend, re-
turned to her home in this place the
latter part of the week.
Herbert Emery, who has been very
sick for the past two wee ks is slowly
gaining.
Mrs. George Drew of Barre visited
Mr.. Drew at his lumber camp recent
ly.
Harlo Folsom has ten or twelve
boardeIs, who are employed at the
Drew lumber camp.
Fred leighton has recently pur-
chased a fine pair of draft horses of
H. N. Farnham of East Montpelier.
A. E. Lamberton purchased horse
recently of parties in Boltonville.::
Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins of Montpelier
were in town last Thursday to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Cynthia Wood
ward.
o. H. Smith has moved into the
recently purchased of the Joseph Will
son estate.
James Bouldry and Otis Freeman
have recently sold to p. L. Kellogg
of Whitefield, N. H., portions of their
farms.
Fred leighton has moved to the
Vandioar place on New Discovery"
where he will be nearer his work with
the Drew Lumber Company.
Wesley ID. Lamberton IS in Mont
pelier where he has employment with
the night shift in the round house of
the Montpelier & Wells River Rail
road.
Line men in the employ of the New
England Telephone Company were in
town Monday and removed the switch
board from the local Office which con-
nected this place with the depot,
Wood Brothers and Lanesboro; these
places will In the future be called
through Montpelier central. A tele-
phone booth was to have been in
stalled at this time but Mr.. Mears in
whose store the local exchange is To-
Gated refused permission because of
lack of space.
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the late Loomis Woodward, and one
of the Oldest residents of the town
died at her home on Creamery street
Monday morning Nov. 80. Mrs.
Woodward was eighty-nine years of
age and the last of family of ten
children. She was born in Corinth
and when quite Young married Mr..
Woodward and not long after moved
to this town where they had sine
lived nearly forty-four years. Mr..
Woodward died seven years ago and
since that time Mrs. Woodward had
been cared for by her niece, Miss Lo-
vina Remission. The funeral was held
from the house Thursday afternoon
the Rev. Winnifred Eddy, pastor of
the Congregational church who had
been a daily visitor at the home of
Mrs. Woodward since her sickness,
officiated and the burial was at the
cemetery on "New Discovery" beside
her husband. She was member of
the Christian church of Cabot and
person much liked by all who knew
her.
Mrs. Amelia M. Fellows, who has
been with her sister, Miss Lovina NJ.
Remission for the past three weeks