The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-31
NORTHFIELD.

This is the season for that tired
feeling, spring poets, house cleaning.
marbles, high water, new sugar, and
spring medicine.
James and Jacob Ulegg left on Thurs
day for six weeks visit to their
home in Frankfort, Me.
Hugh Thresher left on Wednesday
for trip to Boston and vicinity.
The warnings for the annual village
meeting have been posted. The meet
ing will occur on Tuesday, April D.
The lumber for the new stone sheds
of e. B. Ellis has been drawn by the
Rabiduu Lumber Company on to the
property. and construction will begin
in the near future.
Peter Gilbert has purchased of II.
K. Brown, administrator of the Elisha
Williams estate. house at tine Center.
Consideration 81, 900.
Ozro Winch is confined to the house
threatened with rheumatic fever.
Will Gokey suffered partial shock
at his work at the blacksmith shop
on Friday5morning. He was taken to
DR.. Mayo's office ana thence to his
home on Vine street. At this writing
ne is able to sit up and it is hoped
that he may soon recover his health.
Fred Sawyer lost horse OH Thurs
day. The animal dropped dead on the
common.
George H Wilder and wife of Mont
pelier attended the funeral of F. A.
Wilder last Tuesday.
The Mortified Grange held a meet
ing on Saturday evening.
Fannie Storrs returned to Mont
pelier on Saturday after few daus'
visit at the home of Mrs. Sarah Wild
er.
The funeral of the late Fred A.
Wilder was held at the home of his
mother on Pearl street on Tuesday at
2 p. m. Rev. w. S. Hazen was the
The Vermont Association of Boston
is to mold its annual sugaring off
April and the committee of arrange
ments includes Addison Denny and n
l.. Sheldon. Mr.. Denny is a former
Mortified boy and Mr. Sheldon is
graduate of Norwich University.
A. A. Joslin expects to have his new
house on Union street finished by April
10.
The practice of base ball has begun.
Miss Myra Morse was visitor in
town last week, returning to Barre
on Saturday.
Mrs. E. l.. Smith and Mrs. Chauncey
Wiley of Barre spent Friday and Sat
urday in town the guest of the latter's
mother, Mrs. James Morse.
officiating Clergyman and the bearers
were: Edward Kerr, William MORT
arty, Mayo Blake and James A.
Giffin. The remains were placed in
the receiving vault at Elmwood Gene.
terry and will later be removed to
Montpelier and laid to rest beside his
father.
At the auction held on the Peter
Gilbert farm on East Hill on Saturday
the live stock was sold to Joseph AL
mon, who recently purchased the farm
of. Mr.. Gilbert.
The new stock for the furniture
store of Lance q Wood has arrived and
is being placed in their rooms in the
Mayo block.
The village report is in the hands of
the printers and will be finished this
week.
Miss Sarah Mayo of Stowe is in
town the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Charles Previer.
f. l.. Field returned from business
trip to Boston ON Friday.
The "Elite Lady Minstrels" played
to large audiences on Friday and Sat.
urday evenings in Concert hall. There
was street parade on Friday noon in
which all the actresses participated
The affair was under the direction of
Prof. Leonard who is to present the
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near future. Several were repeatedly
encored and most especially Miss Kate
Joyce with her harmonica solos and
little Beatrice Paine, the latter little
miss who acted her part in most sue
oessful manner provoking much laugh
ter and merited praise.
The sheds of e. B. Ellis are not
running on full time as Mr. Ellis is
unable to get cars at present to bring
stock from the quarries in Bethel.
A meeting of the directors of the
telephone company was held in the
office of O. d. Edgerton on Thursday
evening. Several new phones have
lately been installed and the COM
pany's lines extended to provide for
the numerous applicants for new
phones already in. This company
seems in most furnishing condition
under its new management.
James Cannon has the foundation
stone drawn for the erection of new
block on South Main street. The
process of laying the foundation will
begin at once.
Sam Winch has not sufficiently re-
covered from his recent accident as to
be able to resume his duties in the
blacksmith shop as yet but hopes to
be able to do so in the near future.
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