The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
PLAINFIELD.

The union Memorial service will be
held at the Methodist church next
Sunday, May 24th. conducted by Rev.
G. H. Wright.
The ladies' aid of the Methodist
church will clean the church next
Thursday All members are invited to
attend and assist in the undertaking.
The metal ceiling for the Congrega-
tional church has been ordered and it
is expected that it will arrive shortly.
This will be great improvement
to the church
Past Grand Bert Townsend and Past
Grand E. W. Page attended the
Grand lodge of ODD Fellows at Enos-
burg Falls, Tuesday.
Rev. Mr.. Walzpreached in exchange
with Rev. Mr.. Poole of Barre last
Sunday.
The Montpelier Seminary String
Quartette will give an entertainment
Tuesday, May &c. There will be
three mandolins guitar and banjo,
| assisted by cornet player and read
er. Everybody come.
| The last lecture of the coarse was
delivered last Friday night by Rev.
Fife X. M. Jones of Barre. 1t was
pronounced the best one on the list.
! Mrs. Richards of Ohio who was to
| speak at the Congregational church
! on Monday evening will be there on
| tuesday instead, on account of delay
| A very fine lecture is expected.
Mrs. Helen Duke is confined to the
! bed at present with lung trouble.
V. H Lovely has recently sold his
house on High street to Archie Nye.
Mr.. Lovely has not yet decided where
he will locate.
The Abe Martz's new big speciality
company will play in hotel hall Mon
day. May 20,
Mrs. Maria Duke who lives in
Woodsville, n. H., mother of Z. V.
Duke of this place, is in very feeble
health, being eighty-six years of age.
The work on the new Advent church
on Maple Hill is progressing finely.
They are now giving it a coat of paint
on the outside. The dedication will
occur on Sunday, June IA. Elder Nc
Clurus will deliver the sermon.
Mr.. and Mr.. George Duke, who
went to Los Angeles Cal, last De-
cember are very much pleased with
the place and have both been in fine
health since their arrival They nave
recently sent his father and mother.
Mr. and Mrs. E. " Duke, many Curl
osities, shells and flowers, pin cush-
ion about two inches square covered
with shells made from the bark of
tree; they also sent photographs of
Pasadena park and other places of in
! terest and a mounted tarantula that
measures six inches across.
! Mrs. William Brown died at her
home in Plainfield on Saturday even
ing at 10 80. Death was the result of
child birth, son having been born to
about thirty years of age and is sur
vived by a son, Bernard, her husband
and her mother, Mrs. Cheney Batch
elder of Barre. The funeral was
held on Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Brown
is brother of Mrs. f. G.. Colburn and
Mrs, Charles A. Smith of Montpelier.
EAST CORINTH.
The creamery paid its patrons twen-
ty-four cents for butter for april.
Mrs. Charles Page visited in Brook
field several days last week
S. T. Thompson, who has been an
invalid for several years. died at his
home on Saturday, May is, aged sew
enty-four. The funeral was held
Monday, burial in the village ceme-
terry.
E. p. Sawyer expects to open his
meat market this week.
G, @. Taplin of Boston is visiting
at Mrs. Julia Burgess.
Miss Wayne Jackman, who has been
at Chester for the past several months,
returned on Thursday.