The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-06-02

pany with general office in Des
| Moines, Iowa. A handsome catalog
has been issued by the company in
which are set forth the high hopes en-
tertained for brilliant financial sue
cess in this mining undertaking.
Three families consisting of fifteen
persons, altother, are living in the
| General K. Bass house.
Sanford III. Dutton seems to be in a
feeble condition. He has lately had
an operation for cancer on an ear.
Rev. John P. Demeritt, former
Congregational clergyman here, has
been in town for few days past. His
family lives in Exeter. N. H. His
older son, Frank, is living in Sya-
ouse, N. Y, and his younger son is in
Brown University, Providence, r. 1.
Sidney Martin, grandson of the late
Allen Martin, was here from Esex
junction, last week.
G. Vernon Lewis. who came back,
hereabouts, from Texas, few years
| ago, recently had paralytic stroke,
| at the Gulf Springs House He lost
thereby the use of one side He has
been taken to the home of his brother
in or near North Randolph.
Rev..F. E. Currier is expected home
| from California next week
Gilman l. jackson and wife, now
OF Barre, have returned from win
ter in Georgia. and come here one day
| last week to visit friends.
Station Agent L. o. Morgan thinks
| the business done at this point by the
| Central Vermont Railway Company
| increased twenty per cent, perhaps,
| in the four years he has been here.
I
noon, sent out from his store to the
quarry district and elsewhere here
abouts over six thousand pounds of
groceries. etc., to his customers.
Mrs. Mary Simons Snow Of Mont-
I pelier is visiting family friends here.
Probably by far the largest number
of the large city dsilies sold here is
that Of the Boston Globe. Leon Nc
Ailister tells US be sells some twenty
five copies of it.
Bert CLARK, former section boss here,
has employment at the Barker Granite
| Works.
The fine weather on Memorial Sum
day favored a large audience at the
union services at the Methodist
the national colors, and with flowers.
The pulpit was occupied by Revs.
Frances A. Kimball, D. H. Strong
and John +. Demeritt Rev. Mr.
Strong preached good sermon, TAX
ing as the text, the words. "And the
victory that day was turned into
mourning unto all the people, 1.-THE
second verse of the 10th chapter of
Second Samuel. The music. under
the direction and training of Mrs. J.
K. Lynde, was very fine. Mrs AFRO
A. Reed was organist. and the choir,
made up of singers from three or four
denominations here, was strongly re-
inforced by Mrs Clinton N. Field
and Mrs. l.. o. Barker. Members of
the different organizations growing
out of the late civil war were present
| as usual.
Mrs. Anna Benedict Franklin of
Montpelier was here over Sunday,
with family friends.
Miss Matte of Montpelier, only
daughter of the late George H. Wat
son, is here visiting the family of her
cousin, DR.. +. B. Watson.
| There are in our cemeteries the
| graves of fifteen soldiers of the war
| of 1879; one of the Spanish war;
and thirty-six, of the War of the Re-
bellion.
We have recently had the pleasure
of a chat with Gilman Jackson His stay
in the south has beer at Tallapoosa,
| Georgia, where he owns real estate.
He reports that there are many north
| ern people in that place, and he likes
| both the northern and the southern
people as he finds them there. 1t is
the matter of health that keeps him
there so much as he has been victim
of the rheumatism here in Vermont in
years past. We hardly recall when we
have seen him look so we'll as just
now. He will remain in the north for
the present.
Darwin Goodrich died on Wednes-
day morning. Further particulars
next week.
EAST ORANGE.
Mabel Hutchinson is spending a
few days at home.
Mrs. Arbuckle of Berlin is visiting
Mrs. Coleman for a few weeks.
Annie Wilson Of Corinth visited at
H. G. Simpsons few days the first
of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hutchinson are
making their first visit of the season
at their cottage at Fairlee Lake.
A nice monument has recently been
placed at the grave of the late Wor-
then Moore.
Hilas Davis of Newbury has moved
his family to his house here in the
village to spend the summer
Miss M. A. Merrill of Barre is WIS.
iting her nephew, O. M. Colby.
A. E. Prescott and family and Ora
Hutchinson and family took a few
days fishing trip to the lake the first
of the week.
EAST ROXBURY.
Carl Bancroft and Ralph Denney of
Montpelier spent the 30th at George
Wardner'S