Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-30
Silver Wedding In yershlre.

Dr and Mrs T g. simpson Of vcrshirc, cole
bratcd the twenty-fith anniversary Of their mar
riage on the evening Of December 25th by receiv.
ing about sixty invited guests at their house.
DR. 5. came 10 Ncrshirc about seventeen years
ago, from New Hampshire, and has gathered
about himself and family large circle Of friends,
who proved themselves friends in more than name
on this occasion by their generous gifts and
pleasant greetings
A few friends from Ely, the portion Of the town
occupied by the copper mines, presented a silver
table service, Of exquisite design aud finish, the
open pieces being gold lived
4 great variety Of silver articles from friends in
New Hampshire aud Massachusetts,, added TO those
from the Vermont friends, went to make up a
collection Of rare beauty and value, and to those
who received them, Of priceless value. rs the gem
erous offerings Of tried and true friends
A variety Of other things beside silver. very
beautiful aud appropriate, deserve honorable
mention
Rev Mr Menifeld made some very appropriate
remarks, and offered prayer, after which refresh
ments were served Then an original poem was
read by J G. Goodhue, followed by remarks from
William Paul, OF Ely
Or Simpson responded by referring 10 the pleas
ant relations which had so long existed between
himself and people and thanking each and every
one for their generous gifts aud kind greetings
An houror two Of genuine sociability closed The
evening.
To professional man, such expressions Of ap-
probation are the silver living ~ the clouds
which all Of that class know SO well, and DR. and
Mr. Simpon say with Tiny Tim God bless
as every one
CAnor Mr. Charles e. Durham has reopened
his Photograph gallery, where everything in his
line can be found, and people can secure pictures
Of themselves and friends, which will compare
iayoiably with those Of any city artist Machine
warranted not to break ia the hardest cases
Mrs Cree and Miss Huntington have opened
millinery and dress making shop in Harrington
& lance block
At the annual meeting Of the village held
Monday evening, December 2ist the following Of
fccrs were elected for the year
Moderator ~ NJ Fisher
Clerk aud rietsuror-G W lioyt
Agent II Lance
Collector Jason Britt
Trustees IT II lance, Enoch Ho,t, Jesse
Morse J. o Morse Allen Perry
Chief Of Fire Department. NJ Fisher
Fire Wardens-Joel Goodw in, Horace Morse, II
A McCnlls, G. W Hoyt l.. d Smith
Auditors Caleb Fisher, T. W Harrington,
Hiram Gardner
The chief Of fire department reported two hun
drcd and thirteen stoves set up in the village
OF this number. eight were found to be unsafe
seven brick ash safes were found All others
kept their ashes n wooden boxes. and barrels
either in their cellars sheds barn, or near the
house. This last was considered to be very I'M
safe, but the stoves, pipes and chimneys etc.
were found 90 be IN better condition than last
year engine and fire department in good work
ing order Every man should have at least his
full share Of credit and for the fremen il is just
90 say they were never in SO good condition as now
Christmas was duly celebrated at the Ad-
vent church az the Lower Village The tree
WAS well loaded with presents, almost every one
in the large audience getting something. But the
presents appeared. most Of them To bc-owing to
the hard times, We presume-less costly than
n former years They were So nicely arranged,
however upon the tree that they made a fine ap-
peamuce The Rotations aud singing were all
very fine. and great credit b. due TO the different
committees for making so enjoyable an occasion
AT East Cabot there was large gathering at
the school house on Friday the 2jth. and we UNI
derstand some very rich presents were made
Very fine rhetorical exercises were also had from
the children, Santa Claus and his wife being per
sonated to perfection. On the whole, we think
Christmas in the town was very generally observed
hy old and young
Matchmaking at the Methodist church Thurs
dag night, commencing OF 81 o'clock r. NJ
AT the annual communication Of Green Noun
tain Lodge No. 6S, , q A. NJ, held Tuesday the
sd the following officers were elected for the
year ensuing " NJ, W K Marsh 5 W, L.
D. smith j W. j. e Pike; Secretary, j. NJ
Fisher Treasurer A r Durant; 5. D., 7. O.
Parker j. D., j. Campbell Stewards, g. A.
Town, l.. j. Mack Chaplain. H. Osgood Mar
shall, b Rogers Tyler, r II Lance Regular
communications, Tuesday Of the week in which
the ruoou fulls