The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-17
NORTH MONTPELIER.

| Mr.. and Mrs. o. e. Stoddard spent
Saturday and Sunday at Peacham
with Mrs Ellen Nye Gray.
Mrs Sarah W. Patrick has returned
to George Kelton's to spend the win
| ter.
The band boys gave Mr., and Mrs.
| O. III. Little serenade last Monday
evening, Nov. Z.
The dance given by the Sons of Vet
Grams last Thursday evening, Nov. 10.
was attended by a large crowd and all
enjoyed cool time.
The North Montpelier band will
give promenade and dance next
| hall, Plainfield Everyone cordially
| invited.
Miss Bess Butterfield was at home
on Sunday from Goddard.
BROOKFIELD.
Mrs. Josiah Smith spent several
| days last week with her sister in
| Montpelier.
Last Friday Mr. and Mrs. Hall came
from Jericho to visit her brother, E
Benham, and family, retu rning to their
home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus Peck returned
home last Saturday from their visit
in Uxbridge. Mass
Last week Mrs. Fred Holt visited
her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Bartlett,
in South Barre.
Sixty attended the neighborhood
dance at Merton Chases last Friday
evening.
Last week Tuesday night Sunset
lake froze over and Thursday the
young people were skating on it. 1t
seemed tu the older people like very
dangerous sport.
The ladies aid society held their
annual meeting at the parlors of the
Second Congregational church last
Thursday afternoon and elected the
following officers: President, Mrs
Albert Rumney; vice president, Mrs
Abbie Hyde; secretary, Mrs. r. II.
| Alb efcrombie; treasurer, Mrs. Adeline
Peck; directors. Mrs. Maria Caligan,
Mrs. Nancy Abbott. Mrs. Huldah
Parmenter, Mrs. Louise Clark and
Mrs. Lunette Durkee.
j. w. McDerment has recently
bought pair of nice farm horses.
1t is reported that Edwin Sprague
has purchased Harry Freeman s place
Miss Mildred Peck closed her schoo
last Friday, and tomorrow the high
school closes for it's Thanksgiving va
cation
Will Ford was in Montpelier last
week to attend a soldiers reunion
EAST ELMORE.
Miss Alma Carpenter is working for
Mrs. ii. f. Duane.
A. A. Hollenbeck is moving to VOL
colt into Mrs. M. A. Bunnells' house.
Sanford Archer, who has been sick
for two months, is able to sit up most
of the day.
A. @. Merriam. uverseer of the poor,
WAS in the place on Saturday to see
Mr.. Archer.
| Mr.. and Mrs John H. Morse of
Woodbury. visited at B. F. Morses.
Alton Lawson was at home over
| Sunday.
WILLIAMSTOWN.
Daniel @ Townsend has sold his
farm to A. E. Batchelder of Barre.
has what he hopes, may prove good
quarry not very far from this farm.
Cynthia Townsend has sold her
house in Mill village TO Mrs. Charles
! Brockway.
Mrs. A. l.. Baker returned to Mas
| sachusetts last week.
A largely signed petition will be
sent from here to the Central Vermont
Railroad Company for better train
service. Our public is not satisfied to
\ have the first train of the day 90 out
of here at 8 30 a. M.
George Mari of Barre has decided
not to move up here this fall, sorry to
say.
Mrs Geor T. Colby has been quite
out of health OF late and Miss Alice
| Walker has been with her on that &C.
count.
o. j. Gdle, the purchaser of Lucius
S. Simon's farm. r.ised this year 12(
bushels Of onions from about three
eighths of an acre of land. He finds
the Flat Danvers variety specially
satisfactory with his customers.
Mr.. and Mrs George Beckett have
just began boarding with Walter Will
liam5,
Miss Myra Sargent, younger sister
of Mrs j. Howard Winchester. wal
taken 70 the asylum in Waterbury las,
week.
Mrs A. E. Stearns to whom twill
daughters were born not many weeks
ago, has been poorly of late and from
hearsay 1t would seem her case is seri
Gus.
The chicken pie supper and enter
tainment given by the Universalis
ladies' society last Friday evening
proved "A success. A first estimate
given is some 500 taken in on th,
occasion.
Our ladies' reading club, the HON,
Study club, will meet next week Sat
uriay with Mrs. L. o. Barker. Their
will be quiz on ST. Petersburg By
Miss Work, paper on Moscow b,
Mrs Will ]. Young and one on Min
Novgorod by Miss A. e Edison.
A courts committee was held her,
last Friday to confer about roa'
that had bsen asked for to 60 arount
the south side of the lower baru ON tn
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