The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-21
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Mrs. Herbert Emery is anita II

Mrs. Herbert Emery is quite ill.
Mrs. W. E. Lamberton visited in
Mortified part Of the past week
Miss Mabel Young is visiting at
the home of O. 1, Preston.
G. F. Bliss purchased a horse last
week of parties from st. Johnsb1ry.
During the present season P. G. Be.
mis- has harvested in the vicinity of
5000 cakes of ice at Mob Hill pond.
O. l.. Dwinell is completing wood
saving machine at the shop of A. W..
Cole.
Messrs. Goss and Swasey of St.
Johnsbury were in town the past week
buying COWS.
A. E. Lamberton has sold his bay
morse TO U. 5. Goss of st. Johnsbury.
The ladies aid society of the Meth.
odist church are making preparations
Tor chicken pie supper and hsndker.
chief bazaar.
Miss Inez Bond. who has been criti.
cally i'll with pneumonia the past
week or ten days, has passed the crisis
In the disease and is now GONZALES
cent.
Marshfield COOPERATIVE Creamery
paid patrons for December butter
! twenty. five and one half cents per
| pound Oil test, or twenty one and one
fourth cents churn test Surplus TWEEN
ty per cent.
Several new sleiglis nave been sold
about town lately by Frank Talbot.
They were from E. Baldwin's reposi =
tory at Wells River.
The completion of the records of the
! Methodist Sunday school for the year
1908 shows that Mrs. George 0. Davis
was the only member who was in at
tendance every Sunday during the
year.
memorial service for the late Min.
ME Rowe Gilman was held by Myrtle
Temple No 2, Rathbone Sisters, at
their hall, Saturday evening Mrs.
Gilman is the first sister removed by
death since the organization of the or
der here.
There was a clothespin social at the
nome OF T.. L. Spencer on Wednesday
evening of last week. There was a
good attendance considering the in
clemency of the weather and other at.
cial hour was much enjoyed by those
present.
The Plainfeld basket ball team
failed to appear for game with the
second team of this place on Saturday
evening as scheduled, and game be-
tween picked members from the first
and second teams of this place and
Cabot entertained the audience in two
twenty minute halves after the Barre
game. Score 10 to 10 in favor of the
home team.
The first and second basket ball
teams go to Cabot on Thursday even
ing to play the return games with like
teams OF that place. If you can make
it in your way to go to Cabot on that
evening, do so and give the boys your
support, they deserve it.
Sunday, January Gath, Rev. W. E.
Newton will deliver discourse upon
education. The subject will be treat
90 rs universal and no particular in
stitution will receive prominent men.
ton.
Nearly sixty of the members of the
Methodist Sunday school gathered at
the home of j. A. Woodward Oh Wed.
nesdy evening of last week for sur.
prise visit and to impress upon him
their appreciation of his three years
services as superintendent of the
school. The evening was pleasantly
passed III social way and more than
one surprise was sprung by host and
guests, principal among them being
the presentation to Mr.. Woodward of
handsome willow rocker The pres
entation remarks were fittingly made
by d. BertoD Pike and were feelingly
responded to by Mr.. Woodward. he
! closing with surprise for his visitors
by having in some manner obtained
an mixing of the intended visit and
provided oysters for their refreshment.
MIR. Woodward afterwards informed
your correspondent with much feeling
that 1t was one of the most pleasant
occasions of his life.
There was not sufficient attendance
for cotillion party at the hall FRI
day evening. 1t might be added that
ventilation is good thing if properly
arranged and handled, but the present
status of the hall as regards furnishing
heat and shutting out cold, is pretty
thoroughly understood by the public.
Warm firesides are preferable to court.
ing grip or pneumonia at the hall in
its present condition.
The funeral services of the late AL
yah A. Cole were held from the home
of @. ID. Cole on Wednesday the 18th,
Rev. Winnifred Eddy officiating. In.
torment was in the Dwinell cemetery.
Mr.. Cole was seventy-six years old
and veteran of the civil war He
enlisted in Company l, eleventh Yer
mont, heavy artillery in 1882, and was
mustered out at ths close of the war.
That the G.. A. r., is rapidly answer
ing the last call was strikingly brought
out at the funeral by the fact that
there were only two comrades pres.
| ent.
Marshtield Athletic Association first
basket ball team met defeat at the
hands OF team representing Co. e, Of
Barre in Marshall hall Saturday even.
ing, by score of 10 to lS. The home
team was clearly outclassed by the
visitors in passing the ball and they
also had hard luck in throwing bskets
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