The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-06-30
HOMER Fits.
BARRE VERMONT.

Mrs. Della Albee Beale is visiting
her parents, 7. j. Albee and wife.
W. w. Goodwin, wife and daugh-
ter, came home from pleasant vaca-
tion spent with his parents and
friends in Groton.
Mr.. and Mrs. H E. Palmer and
Mrs. e. G. Baldwin spent the day
Saturday at Joe's pond in Danyille.
Arthur Hale and wife spent Sunday
in Barre. M. Hale has also been at
tending the State Undertakers' con.
vention in Darlington this week.
DIR. Fletcher is in Burlington this
w eek attending the annual meeting
of the State board of health. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Fletcher.
Mrs. E. G. Osgood aud children
have arrived in town for the summer,
stopping with Mrs. Mary Farnham.
Miss Alice Crook left for Boston last
weekA She goes with her sister, Mrs.
Shaw of Cambridge to spend some
time at the sea shore.
At the Republican caucus held on
Saturday evening TIE following dele
gates we're elected to attend the State
convention in Montpelier d. S. Co
nant, j. b. W. Prichard and E. G.
Baldwin.
CORINTH CORNER.
Miss Adeline Stanhope of Berkshire
closed a second successful term of
school here ON Thursday. Prizes were
awarded to Nellie Beede, Mary Har-
rington, Helen Worthley, GAYLE Mer-
rill, Anabel Chalmers, Clifford Chal-
mers, Alvin Magoon and Harry Worth
ley for perfect attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs Ormsbee of Chelsea
visited at J. f. Merrill's on Saturday
Earle Wilson, with his bride, are at
fathers, Lyman Wilson's.
Mrs. Sidney Ward and son, Bernard,
of West Fairlee visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Wilson, on Sunday.
Most of the farmers began haying
this week.
W. H, Chalmers and son, Ben, of
West Topsham were at II. Wallace
! Chalmers on Sunday.
Mis- Sarah Fellows, who has been
, very i'll for the past three months, is
suffering severely with neuralgia.
Mrs. Orrin Hood has been visiting her
son, Ezra.
EAST CALAIS.
The Children's Day concert will be
held at the church next Sunday at
! 10 40.
Mrs Kate Kelley and daughter,
Dorothy, of Trenton, n. j., leave this
week for their home after stay of
several weeks at M. d. Hawkins.
| Rev. and Mrs w. j. coates, baby
John, and Mrs. Nettie Gray arrived
| Saturday night from Canton, N. Y,
where Mr.. Coates was recently gradu-
ated from the theological department
of st. Lawrence University.
| A largely attended union of district
! No. IL, /. .. G. t.. was held here
Saturday, June IL, eight of the nine
lodges in the district being well repre-
sented. At the public session in the
! afternoon in addition to music, 1ecita-
tions, and manuscript paper, the
question, "Are Our Country Towns
Deteriorating? II so What Is the
Cause and What the Remedy" was
ably discussed and while to some,
signs of decadence were visible, these
were not looked upon as cause for dis
couragement but as incentives to
more earnest effort in all lines of in
dividual improvement and social SER
vice. The next union will be at
CALAIS with Maple Grove lodge in
August.
A dance will be held in Memorial
hall at North Calais on the evening
of June "a. to which the public is
generally invited. Music, Violin Rome
Van Ornam cornet, Mark Waite piano
Mrs. Lura Bancroft.
wEBSTERvILLE.
About forty couples attended the
dance in the P. M. Crowley building
on Saturday evening.
George Liberson has force of men
at work getting his new Blondin
derrick ready to start up He will
also have the big 100 horse power
boiler on the upper section of this
quarry ready to fire up in few days.
This boiler will be one of the largest
on the hill.
All the local sports will go to Viii.
Jamestown Gulf on the Fourth of July
to attend the ball game between the
Williamstowns and Webstervilles.
Francis A. Beatty and Tim Coll
were at Oobble Hill today looking
over the formers quarry property
there. 1t ia understood that Mr.
Beatty will begin operations on thil
property In a short time. He already
has derrick and .hoisting machinery