The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-21

with hard practice in certain lines
they ought to finish the season with
credltable showing to their account.
clipping from paper published
near Lake Helen, Fla, gives very
interesting account of recent enter
tainment at that place. The follow
ing note of portion of the musical
part OF the programme is of especial
local interest 1.-The solo by Miss Ber-
tina Swedfeger deserves especial no.
tice. She possesses a sweet, plajntive
voice, which she controls with a
daintiness that aide charm to the song
and to the singer.
PLAINFIELD.
Nelson Hamel began harvesting a
second crop of ice on the river ON
tuesday. The ice is about eighteen
inches thick and as this same space
has been cut over before it shows
without the aid of thermometer the
severe weather of the past few weeks.
q. H. Raymond of Barre, W. J.
Royce of Montpelier, +. G. Lamber
ton, Marshfeld, H. II. Cham berlain,
Newbury, were registered at the Plain
field House OH Monday
Rev. L. f. Fortney will preach in
Lyndonville aud West Burke next Sun
day.
The Rebekah lodge will hold their
regular meeting on Friday evening,
). Jan. go
The post office will be open hereaf-
ter on Sundays between the hours of
. and 10 a. M, and II and l p. IN
! DR.. @. A. Brown IF Worcester, Vt,
has located in town and has taken the
Lupine house which was recently va
Gated by Fred Cree. He will move his
effects here at once.
Fred Gree has moved into the house
| owned by Frank Hoyt.
Arcadia lodge, l. o. o. F., con-
: ferred the initiatory degree on two
candidates on Monday evening. Their
next regular meeting will be held on
Monday evening, Jan. 20. The initi-
atory and second degrees will be con-
ferred
The Wesleyan Quartet will be the
! fifth attraction in the entertainment
course. They will be accompanied by
Miss Juanita Boyntun, reader and &C
companist. Press notices are In the
highest terms of all. The quartet
is we'll known in this vicinity and has
always given entire satisfaction. The
date is February 3.
The fourth entertai nment in the lee
ture course, which was to have been
on Tueday evening, was postponed IN
til Wednesday evening. Jan. 90 This
lecture on "Uncle Sans Land, by
Rev. A. j. Hough of Groton, ought
to be we'll attended.
The annual roll call of the Method
list church will be held on Friday,
Feb. s.
Mrs. Merrill Aiken has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Chamberlain, in
East Barre for few days.
Mrs. Charles Hoyt returned to Barre
on Monday accompanied by her moth
er, Mrs. @. j. Goodrich.
The W. @. T. U. will hold an at.
ternOon and evening social with Miss
Eva Bailey on Thursday. Tea will
be served to the ladies and gentlemen
being especially invited for the even
ing
Mrs ..Azro King, who has been i'll
since Christmas. is gaining slowly.
Miss Eta King continues very weak.
Mrs Herbert Emery is ill with jaun-
! dice.
Mrs. E.. V, Duke is reported quite
ill.
MIS-. E. NJ Kidder will entertain
her friends at whist on Wednesday
evening.
William Rivers of Montpelier was
in town on Monday.
AT the whist party held at Rich
ard S hall on Saturday evening, Mrs
l.. M Johnson and J. B. Wells had
the high score, 80.
| The headquarters of the weather
I bureau should have been in the post
office on Tuesday morning, for the re-
port of the weather came here from
all sides. Ii reports are true the dam
age to thermometers in town is an
| item to be considered in the annual
report. One man, whose veracity
has never been questionable least
until Tnesday-stated that the mer-
Curry in his thermometer went an inch
and half below the numbers, and
they registered 56. He said if there
had been more numbers it would have
been colder. Another had the mer-
curry go down four clspboards below
! the bulb which was broken by the
strain.
The reception at Nathaniel Town
! schu was Ncly piodndut dnhiTs
every one enjoyed it and the hours
passed quickly. The item in last
week s issue in regard to the reception
was written Nathaniel Towne and
should have been as above.
Mrs. II. S. Sheaf of Skowhegan,
Maine. is expected to arrive in town
the latter part of tbs week.
NORTH CALAIS.
Several nave bean cutting their ice
the past week and report very fine
quality.
A. M. Cameron has recovered from
his recent illness.
Stove Wop-ans Relief Corps are
making some repairs at Memorial hall.
Miss Sadie E. Ingalls, of Lakeport,
n. H., and Mrs. w. l. Riokard of
Sodom visited at y. b. Fairs last
week.
l. S. Tabor and John Mills were in
Montpelier on Wednesday.
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