The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
MARSHFIELiD

j. W Sulham met with an accident
at George Drew's lumber camp on
Monday, by a log rolling on him.
From later reports we learn that MI,
Sulham did not suffer the fracture of
any bones and it is hoped that no Sc
rious complications will be the result
from several severe bruises which he
sustained.
Harry d. Cole and wife of Hard
wick spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Cole.
j.. Ward Carver was at home from
Barre on Sunday.
Several from here attended the en-
tertainment at Plainfeld, Saturday
night, and report that they listened to
a concert of a very high order of
merit.
Mrs. W. H. Mears is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. l.. p. Slack, in st.
J%ohnsbury.
The board of civil authority will
meet at the store of h. A. Thomas
Saturday, Feb. 10, at / O'Clock for the
abatement of taxes.
A. w. Mears has been a visitor with
his brother, ". r. H. Mears, for a
few days. returning to his home in
Barton, Monday.
Mrs. May Edison Hammett went to
Nashua, n. H., last Wednesday, to
join her husband who is a salesman
for an art calendar company.
Mrs. H. S. Tabor of Montpelier vas
in town last Thursday, calling upon
friends and acquaintance.
Mrs. Alice Fisher of Cabot was
called to town last week to assist in
caring for her mother, Mrs. Lovina
Packer, who is failing.
@. f. Sawyer, who will be pleasant
ly remembered as a visitor at g.. f.
Shepard's two years ago, was married
IN Henderson, n. Y, Jan. 4 Mr.. and
Mrs. Sawyer will 90 to California for
a few months stay.
@. E. Shepard and wife we're in
Montpelier on Saturday visiting their
son, B. M. Shepard.
WILDER Brown visited in Barre a
part of the past week.
O.. r. Denison has engaged for a
seasons work for j. W. Mears.
William Nichols, a former resident
of this place, died in East Montpelier
last week. The remains were brought
to this place for burial in the Dwinell
cemetery.
Verne X. Hudson left town on Mon.
day afternoon for Fayetteville, N. Y,
where he has secured employment on
a large poultry farm.
The ladies' aid society of the Meth
odist church will hold their annual
concert and chicken pie supper at the
church, Friday, Feb. 8. The choir
will be assisted in the concert work
by Rev. A. j. Hough of Groton, as
reader. Rev. Mr.. Hough is too well
known as the poet of the Vermont
Conference to need any endorsement
here and something well worth hear
ing may be expected from him. An
other feature of the entertainment
will be a handkerchief bazaar.
The M. A.. A. first and second pas
ket ball teams met with heavy defeat
at the hands of the clerks first and
second teams of Barre in games played
in that city last Thursday.
The ladies' basket ball team will
hold a promenade concert in Mar
sh8ll's hall Thursday evening.
The singing school will be held
Thursday night this week on account
of the concert Friday evening.
President J. W. Mears and the bust
ness manager M. Il. Beckley, of the
Molly's Falls Telephone Co., were in
Hardwick on Tuesday to confer with
the directors of several other indie
pendent lines.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Hudson have re-
turned from Corinth.
j. W. Mears lost one of his valuable
pair of heavy black draft horses the
first of the week.
WATERBURY,.
Fifteen couples attended a dance a.
Middlesex last week Wednesday even,
ing.
Grover Luce of Stowe was a visitor
in town last week.
Will Stowe. living on Loomis hill
lost the frame of a horse recent,
which would have peel a good subjec
for the humane officer. IL is said tn,
animal starved to death.
W. V. Bryan visited his brothe
Fred, at Randolph, last week Monday
Miss Mabel Reynolds of Chester wa
with her friends in town ON Sunday
The public dance at the hotel Of
Monday evening was attended by six
ty-five couples. Music by Gilmore
orchestra.