The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-10
WATERBURY,.


dates.
The regular meeting of Mentor
lodge, l. o. Q. +. will be this even
ing.
The regular meeting of Waterbury
chapter, r. A. M, will occur We'd.
nesday evening, March 8.
The Tryphene club and the Volun.
teers of the Congregational church
held joint meeting with Miss Ollie
Summerville on Saturday evening.
About thirty Of the young people were
present and a very pleasant evening
was enjoyed.
The Christian Endeavor Society will
hold social tonight at Miss Alice
Seabury's.
The ladies' union of the Congrega-
ional church will meet with Mrs. M.
Hutchinson Wednesday afternoon at
2 80 O'Clock
The Volunteers will meet Saturday
evening with Joe Smith at 80.
L. q. Moody and wife spent Sunday
i'll Stowe.
Elisha Moody celebrated his ninety.
first birthday on Monday with several
of his relatives and friends Mr..
Moody is very active man at his age
and it is the wish of his friends that
he may live to celebrate many more
birthdays.
Mrs. AFRO Slayton of Stowe is visit
ing in town.
r. S. Morse of Montpelier spent
Sunday in town the guest of DR.. II.
d. Bovine at the hospital.
At the adjourned town meeting held
last Saturday in Bolton the people
showed that they did not want license
by big majority, Yes 8, No, 60.
The vote last year was Yes 43, No A.
At the Masonic banquet held at
Seminary hall, Waterbury Center,
last week the tables were spread for
200 guests and fully that number par
ticipated. About ninety went from
Waterbury. The affair was great
success every way.
Sumner Blaisdell has purchased of
Martha A. Lease her residence on
Union street, consideration 50, 600.
He taos possession March 10.
p. D. Ladd has position with L.
A. Averill of Barre. He will begin
his duties on Saturday.
f. @. Stone of Cabot is in town
helping Mrs. Lease pack her furniture
in preparation to her moving to Cabot
to live with her daughter there.
G. @. Graves left on Monday for
business trip to Olaremont N. H.
Rowe Morrison spent Sunday at his
home in I'arre.
e. d. Field of Montpelier was in
town on Monday.
Mrs, Wallace Green has returned
from week S business trip to Boston
and New York.
Mrs. H. E. Boyce, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. p.
Riford in Maiden, Mass, returned
home on Tuesday
W. H. Carroll is on the sick list.
Miss Eva S. Fuller spent Sunday at
her home in Montpelier.
Subjoined is list of the unclaimed
letters advertised at the post. office,
March 3: Miss Emma Cataract, Mrs.
Geo. Haynes, Miss Grace Lucas,
Mrs. y. E. Smith, Jessie Duforge.
Ola NJ Bennett, .Glorio o. Burnett,
Mrs. Gracia Lawrence, Mrs. William
Smith, Tom Wrine.
James Phalen has finished work at
f. @. Evans livery stable, E. f.
Clifton taking his place
Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Palmer spent
Sunday in Waitsfeld.
Miss Daisy Davis, local operator
in the telephone exchange, went to
Morrisville on Friday returning on
Monday. Mrs. Nellie Bates looked
after the exchange i'll her absence.
The three year old boy of p. J..
Chase. who lives on Crossett hill,
had narrow escape from death on
Wednesday. The boy was playing
on the bed probably with matches.
His mother smelled smoke and looking
in the bedroom found the bed and
child's clothing in flames She car
ried him out into the snow and ex-
tinguished the fire. James Breene, a
neighbor living near, threw the bed.
ding out of the window thus saving a
oonflagration. A delay of few min
utes would have caused the death
of the child and probably the house
would have been burned.
Florence, the five year old daughter
of Martin MoManus, broke her leg
while coasting ON Friday. She is do
ing as we'll as can be expected at thii
writing
Emerson Johnson, who has beef
drawing wood for the last week, go
aload stuck on a railroad crossing be
tween Waterbury and Middlesex. H,
heard freight train coming and start
ed to unhitch He had one tug un
hitched when the train was upon him
He got out of the way himself by 90
ing over bank. The train strucl
his load completely smashing his sle'
and strewed the wood in every direc
ton. Although the horses were some
what mixed up they were PRACTICAL.
, uninjured,
} f l.. knight left ON Monday for
business trip to Boston and New
York.