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

| MI. ana Mrs. Eugene Wardner OF
Randolph spent Friday and Saturday
at George Wardner's
| Miss Lue Blanchard was the guest
of Mrs. Steve Holden in Brookfield
on Sunday.
Miss Hattie Kidder, who has been
teaching at Jamaica Plains, is spend
ing her vacation with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G. Kidder.
Mr. and Mrs. f. e. Howe and son,
| Alton, spent Wednesday at John
Browns in Brookfield
Mrs. John Davis is in poor health
and Dr. Ellis of Brookfeld was called
there on Saturday.
Mrs. L. A. Eastman spent last week
with friends in Gouldsville.
| Miss Cora Bagley is spending sever
al weeks at Clarence Mudgett's.
| Mary Mudgett spent the first of the
week at Carl Paine's in West Brook.
fielo.
Raymond Hall is working for Mr.
| Flanders in Chelsea.
| Miss Mabel Virgo and her grand
father of Mortified spent Sunday at
George Virge's.
DR.. G. N. WEIGH of Mortified was
at Bert Williams Wednesday.
| Miss Addie Knowles has finished
work at Northfield and is stopping
with her sister, Mrs. John Davis
CHELSEA.
Town meeting was somewhat longer
| than utual but good. natured. An at
| tempt was made to persuade A. ii.
| Powers to remain in town and accept
a reelection as first selectman, but in
vain. After he declined, the refusal
became contagious, and over twenty
were elected and declined before the
board of selectmen was completed.
There were ballots only for clerk and
road commissioner. For clerk, q. l..
Stow had 45 votes and w. p. Town
send LOG, and for road commissioner
Henry Clarke 70 and M. o. Gates 90.
The license vote was Yes &c, No 80.
The Yes votes were just as many as
last year, while the No votes were 40
less. This does not indicate grow
ing license sentiment. but rather an
effort Oh the part of the license leaders
to get out their whole vote, while no
like effort was made on the other
side. The town tax is 1876 cents, high
way 90, and school 60. The bill for
breaking roads is to be paid, as last
year, out of the general fund. The Sc
lectmen were authorized to contract
for electric lights for the streets and
the town hall at an expense not to eX-
coed $780, Fifty dollars was appro-
| priated for the public library. The So
I lectmen were instructed to get posses
sion of the Sleeper place and turn it
into school yard, so that this eyesore
may be expected to disappear the COM
ing season. The following officers
were chosen Moderator, @. .. Emery !;
clerk and treasurer, W. p. Townsend !;
selectmen, F @. Waldo, G.. L. Hay.
ward, Ii. F. Mattoon; overseer, G.
M. Medcalf; constable, q. P. Dickin-
SOD; listers, Alvah Carpenter, K. N.
Bacon, F. j. Alderman; school di-
rector for three years, M. A. Carpenter;
auditors, j. M. Comstock, W. G.
Holmes, H. N. Mattison town grand
jurors, J. X. Darling, J. B Atwood.
E. d. Barnes; agent, @. S. Emery;
road commissioner, Nj. o. Gates; trus-
tee of public library for five years,
Rev. II. j. Wyckoff; cemetery COM
missioner for five years, j. A. r.
| Corwin.
! Mrs. A. b. Sargent and Mrs. Minnie
| Quimby wish TO return thanks to their
| neighbors in their old home for their
kindness during the sickness of their
husband and father, and to the neigh
burs in the new home FOR similar kind
ness in the last days of sickness and
at the end
o. Fay Allen went last week to Bos-
ton to work in the hardware store of
Frye. Phillips & Co.
Mrs Jed M Scott of Scottsmore,
Que, is visiting her siser. Mrs. j. II.
Griffin.
Mrs w. F. Adams on Tuesday of
last week slipped in her front door
way and fell down flight of steps,
receiving severe bruises and rupture
of the ligaments of one wrist. She
was fortunate in escaping even more
serious injuries.
Miss Luvia @. Hatch received on
Saturday letter from Philadelphia
with the news that Luther S. Allen
was dangerously ill with typhoid fe-
yer in hospital in that city, had
been for some time delirious, and was
in very critical condition.
A reception will be given to Mr..
and Mrs. A. H. Powers at the yes.
tries of the Congregational church On
Monday evening next, at which all
their friends who wish to greet them
N the eve of their departure from
town are invited to be present.
On Tuesday evening OF next week
will be given the last entertainment of
the regular course, the lecture by De-
Stanley l.. Krebs on "Marvels and
Mysteries of Mind This lecture is
expected to be very entertaining as
we'll as instructive,
Prentiss W, George, whose accident
last Friday Is mentioned elsewhere, is
doing well, and the prospect is that
he will recover the use of his arm.
Julia Clarissa (Jones), widow Of
John Crockett, died on Sunday Of
Brisht's disease aged eighty years, ten
months and fourteen days. Her hue
band died in December, 1900. and her
only near relatives are q sister. Mrs.
Erastus Bugbee, who is now in Water
bury Asylum, and q step.grandson.
Fred W. Vogel, who has made his
home with Mrs. Crockett tor year
past. Rev. Mr.. Allen offioiated at the
funeral service on Tuesday, assisted BY