Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-09-27
Waterbury Items.

William r. Elliott and wife OF North Duxbury |
started last Tuesday for western trip, 10 be alb
sent about month. Miss Stone, mission |
airy Of the American board located at Samokov, |
Bulgaria. where DIR. and Mrs, Kingsbury and Miss |
Sara Graves, who went from this place last year |
are also laboring es missionaries, was in town |
a day OF two last week on visit TO Mr.. Levi
Graves family. Mr. and Mrs J, W. Conant
on Little river, Friday last buried their little
daughter, Nettie, OF about seven years. who died
after brief Illness OF diphtheria.. The Water
bury reporter last week was somewhat pre-
yious" In reporting Henry Coburn and Miss
Martin among the newly married. Mr.. and
Mrs. s, X. Huse are making preparations for a
family gathering on the I'd Of October, II being
the twenty-ffth anniversary OF their welded life
Mr.. Frank M. Parcher and younger brother,
who removed from here TO Minnesota with their
father, Truman Parcher's family, twenty-seven
years ago, were In town last week on their way to
Stowe looking up old friends. Henry, the
Youngest son OF James X Fullerton, had the mis-
fortune to break the bone Of his left leg above the
knee while running and jumping with some
playmates last Thursday evening The bone was
put in place by Drs. James and Hooker. The stage
now running 10 Stowe In the forenoon and back
in the afternoon will be discontinued October LIST.
80. M. G. Stewart, whose apple orchard Is near
the railroad, found that the gang OF hands en-
ployed on the wood train were helping themselves
TO his fruit quite too freely Upon demonstrating
with them one day he was knocked down and
kicked by one of the party, burly negro named
George jackson, who Immediately escaped on his
train Ascertainng that jackson was to pass
through town on the accommodation train Satur-
day, Stewart had an officer In waiting and on the
arrival OF the train had the dusky rascal arrested
and taken before Justice Lease, who fined him
ten dollars and costs each for theft and assault.
Having no money he was sentenced to the work
house at Rutland, with which sentence the pris-
oner seemed highly gratifed az he should now
have a comfortable home for the winter .. Joel
Remington, guardian for Matt Mccartney, has
sold the farm again, this time to Dan Smith. SO.
hQ nj NJ In far I'd arA
was buried last Friday. Mrs. Erastus Parker
was taken very Ill while on a visit to her niece
Mrs Eldredge, at Middlebury. The last informa-
ton was that she was In a dangerous condition.
go. Deacon Arms Of Kalamazoo, Michigan, an
uncle OF Mr.. c. N. Arms and Mrs Isaac Wells, Is
visiting his relatives here and in Duxbury.....
The house OF julius Pixley, near RandalPs mill,
was burned to the ground Saturday evening the
23d instant Understood TO be insured. Mrs
Ainsley and her daughter-in-law, who have been
spending several weeks with Heman Morse,
returned to Boston, their home, last friday.
Misses Jessie and Mary Carlton have finished a
short visit with Mrs Cecil Graves and have re-
turned to Barre. Their father, Rev. Marcus
Carlton, went from Barre twenty-seven years ago
as missionary to India, under the Presbyterian
church. where he has been successful, and Is now
at Alabha In northern India. He married Miss
Celestia Bradford Of Barre. Fifteen years ago
this faithful woman returned from India with
their six children two girls and four boys) to
have them educated at Barre leaving the father
relative on that side Of the globe. Last fall Mrs.
Carlton prepared to return to her husband in
company with their Oldest son who had gradu-
ated at Amherst and taken a course OF medicine.
little bunch upon her neck 1t was thought best
| to remove before mourning change OF climate,
but when taken off 1t proved to be a cancer and
| she died in few days. The son went back alone
to tell his father the sad news and give him the
| first sight that he has had OF one of his chill
dren for fifteen years. The other children re-
main in Barre. Miss Jessie is about to commence
| a medical course at Philadelphia, after which she
will go and labor with her father in Asia. The
daughter Of Allen Wooster aged eighteen years,
was buried Saturday. Geo. w Jackman has
| returned from the west, where he has been setting
up monuments His stone.cutters have been
at work at Barre since his shop was burned here
| last summer. Rev Mr.. Cushman of Waterbury
Center preached at the Methodist Episcopal
church on Sunday forenoon, and Rev. 7. II. Rob
erts of Enosburgh in the evening. Charles o.
Graves Is fitting up the Pierce estate on Winoosh
| street for a residence, where he will remove his
in few days. The buildings have been raised
with new wall, walks and lawn, and is very
fine place. Charles Wade, who has been in
the employ of W. II. Ashley the past year, started
for Minneapolis, MINI, yesterday lie is going
to work for his brother there in fruit and pro-
vision store.