The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-05-26

LOWER CABOT.
E. Knowles has completed his du.
| ties as night Waterman at the lumber
mill of George May & Son.
The sale of the place at auction in
| this village advertised in the Watch
| man for June offers great chance
| for some one that wants, not only
home, but is well adapted to keeping
| summer boarders; fine mineral spring
within 100 rods of the buildings aud
| a fine pond one mile distant and build
ings in first class repair make it very
| desirable.
We are pleased to notice that Wesley
| Atkins of this town was one of the
successful disputants in debate last
week between Goddard Seminary and
the Montpelier Seminary students.
Mrs. Moses s. Haines is quite ill
| with several of Jobs comforters and
and nervous trouble
Carl Harvey is to be one of the
speakers at the annual prize speaking
on June ID, at Montpelier Seminary.
1t is hoped to make the Memorial
and Decoration services very interest
ing this year.
| The governor question appears to
be assuming some proportions and
some interest in this section and as
near as your correspondent is able to
learn in this, and adjoining towns are
about as follows: Promotion seems to
have no following whatever; when a
man has been we'll served for the past
! twenty years he should be satisfied
And ss for the farmers candidate this
1 g. ~. e.
years and the old straw has been
threshed over and over until there is
no seed in it to take root. But the
office seeking the man is what the peo-
pie demand and all agree that the
Office is seeking Hon. j. A. DeBoer
of Montpelier.
NORTH RANDOLPH.
E. A. Flint went to Montpelier ON
Thursday to attend the funeral of a
relative.
Leslie Durkee of Randolph visited
friends here the last of the week.
Laurison Fits of Sunapee, N. H.,
visited friends and relatives here last
week.
l.. B Kibbee sold his herd of nine
COWS to E. N. Lewis last week.
Miss Stella Vinson has finished her
work at Enfield, N. H., and returned
home.
Miss May Newell and Vernon
Barnes, both of East Brookfield,
were married at Brookfield on Thurs
day evening by Rev. Mr.. Abercrombie.
| G. V. Lewis was stricken with par
alysis on Tuesday of last week. while
| at Williamstown. He was moved to
the home of his brother in East Brook
field. Saturday, and is in critical
condition.
Several little ones gathered at Mrs.
A. Fl. Fetcher's Saturday afternoon
to help celebrate the birthday of Mrs.
Fletcher's granddaughter, Ruth Trask.
Miss May Sargent spent Sunday
night with her grandmother. Mrs.
Sargent, in East Brookfeld.
WATERBURY,.
Leo march, of Waterbury was in
Montpelier on Monday on business.
Raymond Britton and family from
Richmond were in town few days
last week visiting friends.
Mrs. Thomas Phillip and son visit.
ed her people in Bolton last week.
J. M. johnson of Waitsfield was in
town Monday on business.
Mrs. Ii. Cass will 60 to Concord on
Wednesday next, the Goth, to remain
until about September l.
Louis Shambo is at present painting
W. H. Carroll's house which will add
greatly to its appearance.
Mrs. John Greenough is moving her
household goods to Burlington.
Myrton Patterson and Gus Kan
nerdy spent Sunday in Richmond.
The household goods of the Billings
estate were sold at public auction
near the post Office on Monday.
j. H. Dumas and Ed. Sylvester
went to Burlington Monday On bust
ness.
The Consolidated Lighting Com.
pany is changing the wires on Dux-
bury side from the iron bridge to the
Fair grounds, which makes distance
of about three miles. This gives an
independent circuit to Barre and
Montpelier
The Memorial, services are to be
held next Sunday at the Congregations
al church. Rev. Mr.. Smithers will
conduct the services. The regular
Memorial Day services will be held
in the Congregational church Mon
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock. Rev. +.
b. Kellogg will officiate.
W. H. O'Brien is improving the
looks of his house on Stowe street by
adding a new piazza.
Miss Beaton of South Ryegate il
visiting Mrs. Jean Nelson for few
days.
The Morrisvillel high school bal
team played the Waterbury high
school team at Waterbury with re-
suit of 23 to 16 in favor of the Morris
villes.
Rev. 1. p. Chase of Barton Landing
was in town on Monday.
The Star Minstrels will appear il
the opera house in town on Friday
night, May ~, with thirty perform
ers. This will be given under the
auspices of the Queen Esther chapter,
o. e. s.
The graduating class of nurses al
the asylum held their exercises last