The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-11
SOUTH RYEGATE.

Fred Exley arrived home from CAL
| ifornia last Monday afternoon after
| an absence of several years. He
stopped at st. Louis for two months
OH his way home.
The ladies aid society of the Pres
! bvterian church will meet with Mrs.
! George Grow Thursday afternoon of
this week.
! the ladies' aid society of the Re-
! formed Pre- 3by terian church will meet
with Mrs. Charles Grant. All men,
bers are requested to be present as
| there is important business to be
| transacted. Tea is to be served from
/ B until O'Clock and the men and
outsiders are invited.
Frank and Fred Whitcher are home
from Maine to spend two weeks va
cation with parents and friends.
! The selectmen and road commission
ers were looking over the roads last
| Friday to see where the state money
| could be laid out to the best advan-
tage. They decided to use $50 Oh
ledge near Georges Coburn S. $125 near
the North Ryegate creamery, $1C)
near the Liddle Bros. road, and the
balance on the mountain road. This
town draws nearly 5000.
! John Nelson aud Mrs. @. S. Mills
are Mt home from Boston. spending
q short vacation with parents and
friends.
Mrs. Marion Hall, post mistress,
has not returned yet. She is away
at some place ON the coast of Maine
! spending her vacation.
The Republican caucus will be at
| town hall, Aug. Is, at 2 "A. M, The
candidates are as follows: For the
south part, j ID. McA,'ister; center,
J. A. McLane and Nathan Kicker;
| the east part of the town. M. Ii.
! Gibson and Benjamin Manchester !;
the people of the north part has not
| made the rene of their candidate
| public yet, but they have never failed
of having one so it is expected there
| will he six candidates.
Check lists are out and posted. We
notice that fourteen ne mes are erased
in two years caused by death. The
authorities meet August 49, and Sep.
! TENDER B. to correct errors and add
new names to the list, there being a
goodly number OF young fellows that
: have become of age in the past two
years and who have never taken the
rreeman's oath.
W. Tony has his new barr COM
pleted and his foreman, George r.
Browp is erecting M. H. Gibson s
new derrick at his new stone shed. 1t
will be the largest in town and capable
of lifting twice as much as any of
them.
WAITSFIELD.
The remains of Doris, daughter of
10 oh 10
this town and inferred in the Irasville
cemetery Tuesday. August 2. Doris
was bright winsome child, two yeaI3
and six months old. she was sick only
about one hour, with acute indigest-
ion. Her parents have the sympathy
of all.
Rev. DR.. e. A. Bishop of Montpelier
Seminary will preach at the Metho-
dist church on Sunday, Aug. H.
Reuben Downer dropped a heavy
stick of timber on his foot last Friday,
bruising it badly.
l.. M. Savage and wife, who have
been visiting Mrs. Savage's parents
for few days. have returned to their
home in Fowler
George Miller of Boston is stopping
with his wife at II. j. Browns.
Mr.. LavanWay, while at work in
the woods for W. and d. Moriarty.
last Friday, in telling tree got caught
in some way, hurting him badly,
breaking one rib, and otherwise bruis.
ing him.
Mrs. W. G. McAIlister, who has been
critically i'll for few days, is more
comfortable at this writing.
Miss Abbie Minor has been confined
to her room for some days with neu-
ralgia.
e. O. Persons was in Barre Satur.
day.
Mrs. Alice Berry is in Calais thil
week visiting her sister.
Miss Garlic Richardson of Mont.
; pelier is visiting her uncle, o. M.
Richardson, for few days.
Miss Lydia Bigelow of Lowell
Mass. 10 spending her vacation at hel
brothers., A. M. Bigelow's.
James r. Joslin Of Boston is visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. w
Joslin.
Mrs. Rufus Buckiin, while visitin,
friends in Warren, was taken sick ant
has been unable to come home.