The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03

Warren Guild is visiting his parents
at Coventry.
Forrest st. John is working for Leo
Guild.
Mrs. f.. ID. Waldo, who has been
confined to the house as the result of
fall, is reported better.
Mrs o. p. Boyles is confined to her
bed with hard cold.
Several from this place afforded the
G. A. X encampment aG Morrisville.
Henry Smith slipped on the ice and
fell. dislocating his shoulder. DR..
Warren was called to attend him.
H. d. Cole of Barton visited his
brother, Lew, over Sunday.
Amos Wiley, an aged resident of
this town, died at the town farm Fri
were held Sunday.
Mrs. Beetle, who was reported last
week as very sick, died on Saturday,
February q.
Misses Alice and Julia Blodgett are
visiting friends at West Burke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Mears are stop.
ping with Mrs Abbie Smith, mother
of Mrs. Mears.
George Cummings of Hardwick is
working for'J. @. Kimball
Mrs. M. D. Wells and daughter were
in Montpelier on Tuesday
The town officers for the ensuing
year, elected March 1st. are as fol.
ows: Moderator. B j. Lance; town
clerk, M. ID. Wells; treasurer, Orvis
Fits seectmen, s. ]. Norris, A. A.
Perry. Harry Morse constable, l.. q.
Lance listers, l.. @. Lance. Burt Ly-
ford, W. l. Abbott. overseer, H. l..
Lyford; auditors. B. G.. Rogers, II.
G. Williams, H. o. Dwinell; road
commissioners, j. M. Southwick law
agent and town grand juror, B. j.
Lance school directors, j. M. Fisher,
Howard Carpenter, l.. K. Houghton.
Rev. l. E. Kimball is visiting his
mother, Mrs. j. E. Kimball.
Miss Nellie Kimball is at home from
Montpelier Seminary.
At the annual meeting or the stock.
holders of the Cabot Creamery Co.
the reports of the secretary and audit
ors showed the business of the cream
cry in more prospectus condition than
year ago There was an increase of
butter made of II, 900 pounds over that
made the year before. Over 1000, 600
pounds of milk and 100, 900 pounds of
cream were received in the past year
ending February /, 1904 The butter
made from this was 252, 1863 pounds.
The entire amount paid the patrons
was $52, S43. or nearly 81 cents per
pound. The cost of making including
the reserve fund and packages was
small fraction over two cents. All
the directors and auditors we're re-
elected except l.. @. Fisher, who is in
California, Howard Carpenter being
elected in his place.
DANVILLE.
Mrs. Augusta Colby has been quite
ill the past week with the grip
1. l.. Shatney, who has been ON T.
@. Fletcher's farm for several years,
has been employed by F. r. Palmer to
work on the Palmer place.
Prof. Ernest Hamilton and Miss
Alice Hamilton are home from Mont
pelier Seminary for the spring vaca-
ton.
Miss Bessie Brown of Wentworth,
n. h.. is visiting her brother, DR..
David r. Brown.
There will be singing convention
here under the direction of Prof. H.
H. May March 3 to .. There will be
a promenade concert, Thursday even
ing, matinee Friday afternoon and
a closing concert Friday evening.
Mrs. Martha ". douglass, widow of
the late Guy Douglass, died on Satur-
day night at her home in this village,
after about a months illness Mrs.
Douglass was the daughter of Nathan
iel MeseIve. She was born in New
Hampshire, was twice married, first to
Stephen Williams of Sheffield, and la
ter to Guy Douglass of this town.
She is survived by one son, Edwin
Williams. The funeral was held on
Wednesday, Rev. G.. W. Cummings
officiating.