The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-21


At the Republican caucus held in
3ewb bury last Saturday afternoon the
following named delegates were elect
edit to the district convention held in
Montpelier: James Johnson, e. j.
Tuttle, W. w. Buck, Jr, W H. Tux
bury, and H. L. Baldwin, Horace w.
Bailey. Fred e. Russell and Jerome
+. Hale, to the State convention held
in Burlington on Wednesday, April 20.
H. T. Baldwin went to Burlington
on Tuesday.
Mr.. Root of Montpelier was in town
on Sunday.
Mrs. Lottie Munsell went to Thet-
ford last week to teach school and
Miss Antha Munsell goes next week
as teacher in school near Thetford.
VILLA MSTOWN.
Miss Lena Wales of South Barre is
teaching in the George W. Slavery dis
trict; Miss Elsie Poor in the Clog
ston district; Miss Lou Whitney of
Granville, in the Kinsman p. Martin
district. There will be school in
the David Gale district, and none in
the Charles Wolcott district. Frank
Royce is to bring the scholars Of the
last district to the village school.
Ophir S. Martin was in Brookield
last Thursday buying cattle for the
supply of his meat market here
Vern Slavery will work for his faith
er, G. w. Slavery, on his farm this sea-
son at $26 per month, We hear.
A supper and entertainment will be
given by the Ladies' Circle of the
Universalist church at the town hall
on Monday evening, April %. A
baked bean supper will be served from
5 to O'Clock. Entertainment at 8
O'Clock BY the celebrated Orangeblos-
som Family (colored) The farce, ga
DANGEROUS Trick" will be presented
Plantation songs and recitAtions with
instrumental music and cake walk
by Theodore Roosevelt Orangeblossom
and Belva Lockwood Orangeblossom,
wlGh other attractions, make up the
evenings program.
The handsomest garments made of a
low priced silk ever exhibited in
town at Fits. Boxlay Never Tear
Silk is the Silk used.
At the Republicn caucus, last Satur-
day evening, Messrs. @. U. Lathrop,
j. X. Lynde, and l.. M. Seaver were
elected delegates to the State conven-
tion at Burlink ton, and Messrs. Frank
| Martin, George Beckett and r. M
Jeffords, delegates to the district con-
vention at Montpelier.
Miss Amy, daughter of James H.
| Walbridge, is to teach in or near East
Brookfeld village the coming season.
| Mrs. Charles Hayward decides to
| try osteopathy under DR.. Lewis D.
| Martin before going to the Mary
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appendicitis.
We are in receipt of government
publication that we prize highly and
many families in our place would be
richer for the possession of copy that
4 postal card to our State Representa-
tive in Congress would doubtless bring
to them, gratis of course. 1t is the
Year Book of the department of agri-
culture 1902. 1t is a mil of valuable
| information
| The vote last March in our State
| showed what a large number of local
option voters had evidently been dis
appointed in the working of the new
law, in the past year. Among this
number was one well known to us
here and in other parts, whose advo-
cacy of this law was great surprise
|
no longer speak for himself. but we
have just been told on what should
be excellent authority that he lived
long enough to see ami to acknowledge
his disappointment in the results of
the law. Let it be blotted from our
| statutes, at the first opportunity
| Will Salter has moved from East
Brookfield to the old Squire Benedict
place now owned by H. III. Martin.
Charles r. Benedict began work this
week for George l.. Edison, having the
care of his horse. etc.
Chauncey Lougee has bargained for
| the Mrs. Hubbard house near the
Poole bridge. He is expected here
from the west in the near future.
The Miss Kennedy from Waterbury,
who has teen teaching in the quarry
district and boarding with Mrs. John
Farnham, is to teach in South Barre
and continue to board with Mrs.
Farnham. At this writing she is at
her home, called there by the sudden
death by of her mother.
sODOM,
Mrs. Myron Daley has been criti-
caily ill the past week but is now i'm
| proving.
| Jennie Taylor has not been WE'LL
| but is reported able to be out.
Maurice Ferris has disposed of one
of his horses to @. V. Kent of North
| field.
Mrs. A. A. Lewis, who has been ill
| for some time, is better.
Miss Isabel Templeton of Montpelier
has been visiting at the home of
| George Newton.
A. A. Bliss and Miss CLARA are soon
to go to Mortified to live with Frank
Carr.
There has been much sickness here
of late, but the general health seems
| to be improving.
| G.. A. Newton is now on the Peo-
ple's line of telephone.
| PEAOHAM.
| Rev. p. M. Granger will occupy the
pulpit at the M. e. church for time.
Miss Mary McLachlin has gone to
her school at West Concord.
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