The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
SOUTH DUXBURY.

MIS-. ODeu BAKER is V1S1tlnR ner SIS
ter, Mrs. Samuel Dainez in Stowe.
Miss Rhuey Sherman and Will
Boyce's daughter of Waterbury visited
at Ezra She1man's last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Harmon florence
were in Waterbury, Wednesday.
The presiding elder, Rev. @. Nutter,
preached at Union church Sunday af-
teInoon.
Joice Bisbee visited her grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Turner, last
week.
Miss Anna Hart has returned to
William Wards in Moretown. Her
health is very much improved
Arthur Coffrin of Williamstown Wis
tied his brother, William, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. @. Turner were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George Da-
Wis on Saturday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Nelson were
in Stowe on Sunday.
Mrs. A. Butler has her friends with
her again, Miss Ferguson and Mr..
Clark of Brooklyn. The people have
boarded with Mrs. Butler several sum-
mer seasons and the family not only
and people are glad to have them with
Us again.
Mrs. Samuel Turner led the Sunday
evening prayer service. The Friday
evening meeting will be with Mr. Hill
on the Waterbury road.
WATERBURY, CENTER.
S. A. Mansfield and wife have been
spending few days with their son at
Shelburne.
Mrs. Carrie Batchelder was called
to Morrisville last week by the illness
Of her mother, Mrs. o. w. Davis.
Mrs. D. @. Hayes is spending few
days with her mother Mrs. DIR. Wat
son of Montpelier.
Mrs. M. d. Young and son Gordon,
arrived at "Wayslde, T" their summer
home, last Tuesday
The Free Baptist quarterly meeting
was held here Saturday and Sunday.
There was quite large attendance.
Several summer boarders have ar
rived at Green Mountain Lodge.
Dr. E. J. Foster and S. A. Mans
field attended the Masonic meetings at
Burlington last week.
SOUTH RYEGATE.
j. r. McAllister died last Sunday
morning after lingering illness of
three years duration. The funeral
was from his residence on Tuesday
afternoon; services conducted by Rev.
Mr.. Wallace and interment in the old
cemetery at South Ryegate.
E. Metcalf has his new barn nearly
completed.
A good number of the village people
went to Wells River on Friday even
ing to attend the closing and the grad
uating class of the Wells River high
school. Among the number of gradu-
ates was Miss Eliza Wilson of this
place.
Mrs. r. Arthur has got her old
both inside and out is well under way
under the skilful management of R.
H. Gates.
1t seems almost incredible that so
many people should complain of so
much rainy, dark weather after so
short time yet it is fact that
there are many people who don't seem
to remember that ten days ago their
Cry was, eff we could only have rain
a shower or anything to keep the dust
down"
Miss Edith Rutherford of Potsdam,
N. Y, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Nc
Arthur.
CORINTH.
On last week Wednesday Mrs. Sarah
Little had closer call from an electric
shock than she cares to have repeated
She was seated in her sitting room at
about A O'Clock p. m., about sixteen
feet from the telephone and was
stunned for an instant by the shock.
When she regained consciousness the
lounye directly behind her was on fire
also some cloth on the sewing ma
chine, and the ceiling around the tele-
phone were blazing. She succeeded
in getting water and quenchlng the
flames before any serious damage was
done. The ground wire of the tele-
phone and about twenty feet of wire
outside the house was entirely des-
troyed. Mrs. Minnie Linton also had
a narrow escape as she had been seat
ed close in front of the telephone Just
before the she ok came. If no one bad
been at hand to put out the fire it
would have been beyond control in a
few minutes and the whole set of
buildings have been consumed.
Rufus Gransby has gone to Canada,
it is reported, and that his fam lily
will move there soon.
Henry Mead and his new wife have
settled on his mothers farm at the
Center.
EAST CALAIS.
Next Sunday will be observed as
Children's Day with concert i n the
afternoon.
Over thirty from Moscow lodge OF
Good Templars attended the district
union at Marshfield last Saturday.
Miss Mabel White of Barre his
been spending week visiting in
this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. r. Dwinell have
been spending few days with rela-
tives in Montpelier and Barre.
A stone culvert is to replace the
sluiceway across the highway near
Henry Carley's house.
During the thunder storms last We'd
nesday an Elm tree standing near
Herbert Gray's house was stIuck nv