The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-07-09

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and is at his home here for few days
vacation.
Miss Josie Cookson has finished
work at Hotel Spencer and is now
working in the home of @. l. Preston
Lee Aiken and wife of Lisbon, N.
H., are at the home of his father, II.
II. Aiken, for few weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred B. Hickie and
children of West Burke passed through
this place Friday on their way to visit
friends in Cabot.
Miss Matte b. Ormsbee of Barton
is expected this week and will re-
main for a week or ten days visit
with her people here.
Mrs. Mary Kellogg has returned
from a few weeks stay in Cabot
where she has been as nurse for Mrs
Kinney at the home of Bemis Pike.
Miss Anna Burnham returned home
Wednesday from visit of several
weeks with her brother, Fred, in Chi
cago.
Mrs. A. W. Slocum and child have
been visiting in Berlin and vicinity
the past week
Mrs Sadie Rosebrook was at home
from Greensboro for day or two the
past week.
S. w. Cole and son have newly
painted their large farm barn. Mayo
Wyman is likewise improving his vii
lage property.
F. G. Merrill fractured one of the
bones of his right arm just above the
wrist joint while adjusting a power
belt in Mears and Pitkin's box shop,
Monday of last week
M. E. Beckley was in the vicinity
of Hardwick Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday stringing wire and put
ting up telephones for shareholders
in the Union Telephone line.
A small plot of land on Main street
flowed with milk if there was no hon.
ey in sight as result of l.. A. Tuck
er's attempt to do double quick turn
with his milk team in front of E. A.
Thomas store Tuesday morning. No
one was injured in the fracas and the
milk was fortunately SKINNED milk.
One rear wheel of the wagon was nice
ly despoked however.
Mrs. M. II. Eddy of st. Johnsbury,
who has been with Mrs. Mary p Eddy
since the death of the husband of the
latter, went to Barre Thursday for
visit in the home of w. H. Gale.
Mrs. Mary Eddy has closed her
house for the present and gone to
Montpelier for visit in the home of
J. w. Caustic.
Among those who came home to
celebrate the Fourth were James
Wheeler, Charles X. Cole and Mark
Davis of Barre, O. Brooks Hudson and
j. f. Sanborn of Lisbon, N H., and
Miss Eleanor r. Cole of Barre.
Rev. and Mrs. O. T. Dwinell and
two SONS of watseka, Ill, are expect
ed to arrive in town Wednesday and
remain for ten days or two weeks.
Rev. Dwinell is son of Mrs. Jerusha
Dwinell and brother of &. L. Dwinell
and was for many years a resident of
the place.
On day not long ago, known to the
civilized world as Sunday, certain
parties from neighboring town came
to this place with bull dog, whose
record for scIapping it was claimed
was up to the minute. There was an
other nan and another bull dog of
local origin ready for sport and the
place chosen for the great combat was
not so very far from the village.
There seems to be little more to say ex-
cept that these parties had better choose
different day and the out of town
party bring better dog next time his
appetite for such sport needs appeas-
ing.
First Selectman u. A. Thomas was
called to Maple Hill Wednesday after
noon of last week to adjust damages
done by dogs among a flock of sheep
belonging to Cassius Martin. Several
sheep were killed and injured for
which damage Mr.. Martin holds the
town responsible. The dogs which
were running the sheep were caught
in the act and it was learned that they
were owned by parties in Groton to
whom or the town of Groton our au-
thorities will look for reimbursement
for the damage.
The local lodge Knights of Pythias
have formed a stock company among
their members for the purpose of build
ing block suitable for their accomo-
dation. The following board of di-
rectors have been elected and they in |
turn chose officers as Indicated. E. @. |
Pitkin, Pres, M. E. Beckley, Sec.
and Treas, J. A. Ennis, @. g., and |
f. G.. Lamberton. Application will |
be made at once for charter and |
the erection of the building pushed to |
completion as rapidly as possible. The |
site chosen for the building is Just |
west of the residence of M. E. Beck
ley, and according to present plans
the building will be three stories high |
with store in basement, banquet hall, |
kitchen, ETC., on the second floor and |
lodge room on the third floor.
We wish to return our sincere thanks
to the neighbors and friends who have
aided and sympathized with us during
the sudden illness and death, of our
beloved granddaughter, daughter, and
sister; also, all those who kindly con-
tributed flowers: Mrs. Lucinda
Northrop. CLARK Northrop, Milton and