The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-14

deaths and marriages In the past
year. Births, 11-7 male, 4 female {;
deaths, 5--5'male, 10 female; mar
riages, 8. This has been the average
number of marriages for the past ten
years. Three people over ninety years
of age have died in the past year,
the oldest being Mrs. Fanny Blaisdell,
aged ninety five, the others being
Ruth Mellen, aged ninety three, and
Ira Stone, aged ninety.
John Ryan is loading another car of
potatoes at this station this week.
He pays fifty cents bushel This
maKes nine cars he has shipped from
Plainfield this season.
If the outside world has any idea
that Plainfield has nothing to induce
the bachelor to locate in our midst
that idea is far from being correct ;
for outside of the budding beauty of
the fair young ladies OF our village
we have thirty widows, any one of
whom would be prize worth seeking.
At the whist party held at Richards
hall on Saturday evening, Mrs. j. P.
Wells and John Foss had the highest
score.
Nathaniel Town is to have recep-
tion for the neighbors in the district
on the east hill, the last of the week.
The Sunday school recently organ
lied on the east hill is very we'll at
tended and much interest is manifest
ed. Rev. Mr.. Sheaf has the class in
charge.
The Plainfield hotel is being wired
for electric lights. M. E. Beckley
has the work in charge.
Mr.. Beaulac is having new heater
installed in the hotel to furnish hot
water for the house.
E. j. Bartlett sold fine yoke OF
oxen to William Cove on Tuesday.
Consideration $135.
The concert given in lecture course
by John Parker and daughter, Mildred,
was well attended and much enjoyed.
Miss Mildred Parker is only eight
years old, yet plays the mandolin with
banjo playing of Mr.. Parker was ex-
ceptionaliy good.
The Good Templars will have so.
cial after their regular meeting on
Thursday evening. The Perry Bros.
of Barre have been engaged, with their
Edison monograph. The public is
invited to attend.
Henry Flood of Keene, g. N. H., is
visiting at his home for few days.
Maurice H. Eddy of st. Johnsbury
was in town on Saturday.
W. II. Little of North Montpelier
came to the station with a large owl
in a box which he was taking to
Montpelier to see about having 1t set
up. Mr.. Little lost turkey recently
and suspecting the cause of his loss
set three traps about the turkey. In
the morning he found the owl in one
of the traps Ii is beautiful speci :
man and should be preserved
At the annual meeting of the Meth
odist Sunday school, H. Q. Perry was
elected superintendent This is the
fiftieth year Mr.. Perry has served as
superintendent of this Sunday school.
Alison Smith was elected assistant su-
perintendent; Mrs. A. N. Lane, treas
urer; I'ertha Chamberlain, recording
secretary; Wallace Bartlett, statis-
tical secretary; Mrs. Wallace Bart.
lett, librarian; Miss Ethel Colby, as
sistant librarian.
DR. Charles Newcomb of Montpelier
and DR.. @. j. Rumrill of Randolph
have been in town looking over the
ground with the view Of locating here.
7. H. Bartlett bought the place
owned by the late Dr. w. +. Lazelle,
on Monday. Consideration SO, 600.
S. D. Gate has gone to Burlington to
the hospital for treatment. Mr.. Gate
has been in poor health for long
time.