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

Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Daley went to
Hardwick on Monday TO attend the
funeral of Mrs George Daley.
Edwin Ravcroft has moved into the
tenement just vacated by Burt With
am, who has moved back to his farm.
Neil Knapp, who with two others
broke jail Saturday night, came to the
vacated house of f. K. willard, broke
into the house, and made himself at
home, finding some provisions and an
oil stove with which he prepared
himself q meal. At about 2 O'Clock
Sunday he ventureu forth and was ar
rested, by the pursuing officers in the
woods east of the Peck farm.
SOUTH RYEGATE.
Rev. Mr.. Macarthur is moving into
the parsonage this week. For the
past week the old parsonage has been
ia the hands of the ladies of the Re.
formed Presbyterian church. They
have bad it newly papered and painted
and given it a general cleaning up,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Macarthur will find
everything neat and clean for them
A. D. Grant has his new blacksmith
shop completed and and therefore has
had nice rush of business.
The village improvement society
met last Friday evening and voted to
accept and adopt the rules and regula-
tions presented by the committee, and
it is expected that in a very short time
the village streets will be provided
with nice lamps to give us light On
the dark nights.
DR.. Ooswell of Lisbon, N. H., a
specialist on dieases of the brain, was
called to town last Saturday to exam
inc S. f. Carpenter. His report of
Mr.. Carpenters condition was not
very favorable.
The ladies' foreign missionary So
ciety will meet with Mrs. William
Gown on Friday afternoon of this
week.
Dr. j. B. Darling has his tenement
| completed over the old drug store and
report has it that harness maker
from Wells River is to move in soon
and open up harness shop in the old
drug store.
The lecture next Monday evening
given by the Clan Farquaharson lee
ture course is expected to be the best
of the season. All interested who can
attend will be highly entertained.
S Mills has been painting, paper
ing and repairing IN general his tene-
ment house vacated by G.. Lanardy,
for the foreman on this section of the
Montpelier q Wells River Railroad.
The family moves here this week from
Wells River.
DANVILLE.
Miss Emily Davis is visiting Miss
Lucy Bell at Littleton, N. H.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Smith of .Iyn-
donville have been visiting at Aaron
Smiths.
Mr. and Mrs. Syms of Ryeeate are
visiting Mrs. G.. w. Cook.
P. W. Perkins of New York has
shipped four carloads of Christmas
trees from this station and two cars
from West Danville.
Mrs. James Somers of San Fran
cisco, CAL, made short calls on a
number of friends here on Tuesday.
George Crane is ill with laryngitis.
The singing school taught by Prof.
H. Fl. May of West Concord opened
with good class of pupils, and more
are expected to enter.
r. H. Vance has moved from his
farm near North Danville to this vii.
lsge.
Prof Ernest Hamilton and Miss
Alice Hamilton have returned to
Montpelier Seminary.
Marshall Stooker is surveying for
John Goslant at Walden.
A very interesting and helpful Chris
tian Endeavor county convention was
held with the Endeavor society of the
Congregational church last Friday.
Mrs. s. @. Currier has been called
to Barre again on account of the con.
tinued illness Of her sister.
The State board of agriculture will
hold meeting at the town hall We'd
nesday, Dec. IS. The morning session
will open at 10 80 O'Clock with an adj
dress OF welcome by Hon. @. D. Brain
ard and will be addressed by Prof. G.
M. Gowell of Orono, Me-. Prof. L. X.
Jones of Burlington, Charles w. New
man of Oak Hill, N. Y, Ernest
Hitchcock, George Aitken and others,
and promises to be a most interesting
aud valuable session.
BARRE.
The winners in the school boy COM
petition for sweaters, started by Rog-
ers & Grady, the clothing men, are
hereby announced, with the percent
age: Willie Simmons 81, James
Even 81, Mark Davis 81, Ralph Ben
nett 96, Wallace Watt SO, Raymond
Martin SO 6. George Watt 50 8. Ly-
man Whitcomb 95. Andrew Blaukmore
"a 8. Paul s. Davis "a 8, Willie Stew
art "a 1, Emery Newhalt a. The
sweaters were offered to the twelve
boys who should stand highest in de-
pertinent and school work. There were
about three hundred boys trying.
The winners should call at the store
for their sweaters.
Edith, the eight-year-o daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Louis SASH of Foster
street died at o'clock Monday even
ing after three weeks illness with
spinal meningitis. The funeral will
be held from the house Wednesday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock. Burial in the
Cath0lic camatarv