The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24

hOWe MOrrlbOn visited III Barre
on Sunday.
Mrs. @. H. Haines is visiting friends
in Bellows. Falls.
Mrs. Will Patterson is critically ill
with pneumonia
Mrs. Helen Summerville returned
from Waitsfield on Monday.
Bert Taft was il Montpelier on
Saturday.
The mills and stone sheds shut
down on Saturday on account of short
age of water for their boilers.
Trouble with the strainer at the res
ervoir was the cause.
Mrs. Nellie Bates left last week for
Burlington for instruction in chiro
pody and shampooing.
Mrs. Nellie M. Chase has rented
her store to Burt Moody for furni-
ture and undertaking establishments
M. n. Cane and Ezra Clark have be-
gun 80 put in new counters and fix
lures and will put the whole store in
good repair.
The public dance at Barrett's hall
was the last in the series of the dane
ing class. About forty couples partici-
pated. many being from Montpelier.
The special town meeting is called
for Monday, March 49, There seems
to be quite little rivalry for the
Office of road commissioner, the
names of Dow Adams. W. E. Mar
shall, H. f. Hill of Waterbury Center
being most prominent.
Rev. P. A. Smith will preach his
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church next Sunday. His people re-
greet that he is not to return to this
charge.
Mrs. B. E. Wallace and Mrs. Ger.
trude Breen attended the Wright.
Burt wedding in Stowe last week.
A large number of Waterbury people
went to St. Alpsns last Friday to at
tend the funeral of William Manches-
ter who was killed in the Mortified
railway wreck
Jack DAILY was prosecuted for in
toXication on Saturday and fined $40. =
80 He took an alternative sentence
of ten days in Jail in Montpelier. L.
Q. Moody appeared for the State.
Archie Towne was spprehended for
breach Of the peace on Saturday, and
was convicted of assault on Henry
Gabree, before Justice j. X. Fuller
ton, and fined $l3. 80 which he paid.
Bickford, who was the real character
in the affair escaped. l.. O.. Moody
appeared for the State.
BROOKFIELD.
Br0okfield Grange will have a so
cable and box supper on Friday even
ing. March %. The public is cordially
invited. Every lady please bring
box with enough III 1t for herself and
one more. The boxes will be sold for
small sum to defray the expenses of
the evening. Hot coffee will be served.
There will be a short literary and mu-
steal program after which social
time will be enjoyed
U. A. Clark has been sick the past
week with the grip.
Miss Elizabeth Abbott at the Center
is sick with pneumonia
A. l.. Follansbee was in Mortified
last Saturday on business.
Gladys and Arthur Parker of the
East Hill spent two days hele last
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Crock
er.
Miss Catherine Benham is spending
her two weeks vacation from her
school in Hartford with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Benham
Twenty-Five members of Brookfield
Grange visited Snowsville Grange last
Saturday evening
Mrs. Carroll Crane was in Randolph
on business last Friday.
Charles Parmenter of Henniker, N.
H., came last Saturday to spend sew.
eral days with his brother, j. w. Par
menter and family.
Miss Minnie Smith of Randolph
spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs.
Lavilla Green.
Mrs. John Brown is sick and con-
fined to her bed. Much sympathy is
expressed for Mr.. and Mrs. Brown in
their ill health.
Last week Mrs. william s. Graves
had visit from two nephews, both
physicians, DR.. Brigg Babcock Of St.
Richards Falls, N, Y. and DR.. 9ab-
cock Of Waudena. MINI.
Miss Eva Sargent has been engaged
to teach the spring term OF school in
the primary department at the village,
Miss Bessie Panton at the Center and
Miss Thomson of Colchester on West
street.
Clayton Tucker moved his goods to
Barre last week.
The seleotmen have appointed j. NJ.
Angel Of East Brookfield to fill the