The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-08

Charles Godfrey, of Chelsea. who
has been working here for month on
the Congregational church repairs,
closed his labors last Saturday. He
would most gladly have been kept
longer but he felt he must go then.
We judge he has shown himself q
good workman.
We have before us a newspaper por-
trait of son of our former towns
woman, tire late Mrs. Emily Ware
Brown, Of Chicago. and a grandson of
the late Deacon Horace Ware. This
young looking man is "the manager
of the Brown-St. John Commission
Company, one of the largest concerns
at the Chicago stock yards. A
member OF the Chicago Athletic Asso.
citation for thirteen years and also a
member of the Chicago Yacht club
and for three years the captain of the
Farragut Boat Club, he in one year
won the eastern single sonlling cham
pionship at Philadelphia and the west.
ern at Pullman. He wears other ath-
letio honors in Chicago
Mrs. Fred Mudgett of Barre has Wis.
tied here in late months in the inter-
ests of the New England Order of Pro-
lection and has been successful in get i
ting a foothoid for it. The first meet
ing of the new organization was on
Tuesday evening last.
Representative Walter Il. GRAM err
had as guest at his home last Sun
day Senator Fullington of Cambridge.
Misses Bertha Clogston and Ethel,
daughter of George Holden, are kept
from our village school this week. the
former by whoopiDg cough and the
latter by her mothers illness.
II. A. Evans of Randolph Center
has been here in the last week as an
optician and is working up some bust
ness. He was formerly in the Meth.
odist ministry but had to give up
preaching for the time because of ill
health.
One of the carpenters, who has
worked on the Congregational meeting
house here in months past is Horace
Kibbee of Brookfield, whose wife was
a daughter Of Willard Snow, q son of
the late Thomas Snow, we'll known
here in an earlier day. When only
eighteen years of age, Mr.. Kibbee
met with a serious accident that in
jured his back permanently and he has
since had ailments and sorrow upon
sorrow at times and yet he tells us
now, that he has never been so we'll
since he was eighteen years old as at
present.
| The latest count of the money re-
ceived at the Congregational ladies'
sale last Friday makes it $112.
1t is said that tae Congregational
meeting house may be ready for dedI-
cation about Christmas or New Years
| If work goes on as at present.
One of our farmers who has son in
the ministry, gave the PASTORS charge
to him, privately of course, after this
manner: "Wheu you are preaching,
| don't look up at the ceiling, and don t
/ look down at the floor; but look at
your congregation straight in the
face" We suspect the charge took
dne effect
PLAINFIEhD.
ALI of the schools in town began on
Tuesday with the exception of the
south district. The village school &C.
oupies the new school house for the
first time.
George Tedford, while chopping
with a companion recently, was hit
in the hand and arm by his compan-
u.
is doing we'll at this writing.
The special town meeting called for
Saturday was we'll attended. The
town voted to pass over the article to
It soind the vote ITO remove the iron
roof from the school house" and i'm
mediately adjourned. 1t is good
deal like game of checkers-w whose
move now?
Rev. r. l.. Sheaf preached in Barre
in exchange with. Rev. Il. A. Poole on
Sunday last.
Mr. and Mrs. Truman Bartlett we're
in Barre on Sunday.
Miss Clara Perrin left for st. Adams
on Wednesday for short visit.
Rev. r. ~. Shesff returned from his
vacation on Friday He visited Bos-
ton and other places.
+. A. Salisbury Of Randolph was
in town on Monday.
Levi Bartlett and family have. had
almost hospital at their home for
the past week. Mr.. Bartlett has been
laid up with neuralgia and his wife
and son, Clarence, have had absceses
in the head. They are better at this
writing.
Will MaXtleld has been engaged as
hostler at the Plaiufield house.
At the whist party at Odd Fellows
hall on Saturday evening Arch Batch
elder had tho highest score.
Miss Latta Nutting was in Mont
pelier on Saturday.
Mrs. A. S. Martin is very i'll with
grip.
John Smith, son of Rev. A. N.
Smith, has returned from visit with
his grandparents in Stockbridge.
AT the whist party at Richards
hall six tables were used George
Whitcher and Mrs. j. b. Wells had
highest score.
Mrs. Hitchcock is quite ill at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Irene
Page.
Elmer e. Burnham of Calais and
Miss Evelyn A. Wood of Marshfield
were married at the Methodist par
sonsge on Monday, Dec. 3, by Rev. G..
II. Wright.
Rev. G. Ii. Wright and Rev h. l.
Sheaff attended the Ministers Monday