The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-05-19
LYNDONVILLE.

the Grand Enoampment of Odd Eel.
lows.
LYNDONvILLE.
Miss Ohristabel Brown left Satur.
day, May ID for Cape Cod, where she
has an engagement for the summer.
Mrs. Eugene Libby has been obliged
to give up her position in the New
England telephone office on account of
poor health Mrs. O. M. Parker will
have charge of the office. Miss Mabel
Lee. who has just returned from South
Carolina. where she spent the winter,
Will do the relief work for while.
Work is begun in good earnest on
the new school house.
DR.. Staples, who has been confined
to the house for long time. is gain
ing slowly.
Stewart Butler, who has been sick
with pneumonia for two months near
ly. remains about the same slowly
growing weaker.
Miss Alice Hutchinson of Lowell
is. spending a couple of weeks with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. @. B. Hutchin-
son. of this place.
Mrs. S. w. Proctor has returned
from Martinville, K. l., where she
spent the latter part of the winter, 60
ing there after the death of her hus-
band, Jan. 1.
| e j. Blodgett and wife are in Ran.
dolph. They started Sunday morning
in their automobile.
Mrs. Fred Pawood leaves this week
for Portland with her daughter, who
is to receive treatment for deafness
! LOWER CABOT.
j. O. Harvey by painting and put
ting in new windows has much i'm
proved the looks of his residence.
Thirteen persons were buried from
the tomb last week, the largest num-
Der for many years.
Frank Atkins of Portland, Oregon,
who was resident of this tow
thirty.fve years ago las been lately
calling on those of his old friends and
acquaintance that he can find. He
remembers the old residents of the
town but finds but few of them. -
! L CLYDE Lance has been appointed
! truant officer by the selectmen.
E. f. Smith bought eight head of
cattle for j. W. Brock of Montpelier
and delivered the same to him last
week. Mr.. Brock has these to stock
his pasture.
l.. Pason Walbridge, the largest
sugar maker in town, reports the maxi
ing. of $500 pounds of sugar, 1925
buckets hung, the largest part of
! which was made in seven days. Long
before the season commenced he re-
ceived orders which took all of his
output to fill, coming from many of
the large western cities as we'll as
New England. He sold the entire
| crop at twelve cents per pound. Mr..
Walbridge says all that is necessary to
command good price is to make good
sugar; which he certainly knows how
to do.
Rev. H. A. Sweet conducts services
each Sunday at the church in this
place at 2: 80 p. m.
Miss Julia Fisher of Montpelier
was at home on Sunday.
Road Commissioner Southwick COM
menced work on the roads last week.
He reports that the roads are in very
good condition considering the severe
freezing of the ground through the
winter
D. f. Clifford is the champion rat
catcher of the town, having caught
forty-four in two days, twice nine
! at time and not less than four at any
one catch.
Rev. Mrs. McKinstry will deliver a
course of nine illustrated lectures at
the Advent church in this place COM
mencing Tuesday evening, May "a, at
7:30 p. m. Subject, "The World IS
Great Empires. - Special revival SER
vices will be here in connection with
the lecturers. William f. CLARK of
evangelist, will be present to assist at
to be very interesting speaker and it
is hoped she will be greeted with a
full house at each lecture.
VERSHIRE.
Rev. l.. B. Steele is about moving
from Sharon where he has been for
! several years, to Pittsford. Mr.. Steele
was formerly for several years min
lister in Vershire and still has many
friends here.
| The Orange county conference meets
this year with the church at North
/ Thetford.
Joseph Avery died at the home of
his son, T.. Il. Avery, III Stanford.
Mr.. avery was brother of the late
Warren Avery of Vershire and an
uncle of George Avrey now living
here.
Miss Rilla Burbank OF Chelsea, a
former teacher. is visitinglin town.
Rev. Mr.. Merrill of st. Johnsbury
preached at the chorch here Sunday
before last.
Mrs. Elliott Worthley of Corinth is
reported as very ill. She was former
ly resident of Vershire.
Mrs. Nina Mattoon, who has been
spending the winter with her sister in
Kansas, expects to return east some-
time this summer and will visit her
old home here. Her many friends
here will welcome her return.
Mrs. Ora Hutchinson of East Orange
has recently visited her mother, Mrs.
Eva Parshley.
Among the speakers for the COM
mencement at the University of YER
mont at Burlington, we find the name
/ of Miss Della Harding. Miss Harding
| is a Vershire girl, and we all rejoice