The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-12-12
Mortified.

MRS GnLCHRIsr was In Burlington last week.
ALMA Buntley went last week to Burlington,
where she has position In the orphans home.
]. NJ. HOLLAND began Monday a twelve
weeks term OF school In the Gulf Springs dis
trict in Williamstown.
Mrs. CHARLES DOLE started Monday to visit
relatives at Pawpaw Mich. She will remain
during the winter, and has her youngest child
with her.
LYMAN WRIGHT has sold his farm near
| Gouldsville to Joseph G. Cady. Mr.. Wright
will move into the Ducette house at the west
end Of Union street.
| C. ID. PERKINS has sold his truck team and
business to G. B. Mead OF Morrisville brother
Of T. s. Mead. As soon as snow comes Mr..
Perkins will move to farm In Chelsea, which
he has recently purchased.
hold their annual festival this "wednesday
evening. The basis Of the supper will be
chicken pie. Miss Flora Averill will give some
readings and Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Baker are
expected to sing.
WORK on the savings bank building Is stead
lily progressing. One OF the large plate glass
windows is In, but the other was broken before
| 1t was set. The windows have been put into
the second and third stories, and 1t Is evident
that this will be the handsomest business block
| In town.
THURSDAY there was quite change In tele-
graph operators. K. +: Buck, the night opera
tor, has day job at Essex Junction, his place
being filled by c. Z Randall, who has been
night operator at Roxbury for some time.
Will Spalding, a son OF E. N. Spalding, takes
Randalrs place
The county Good Templars' union will be
| held tomorrow Thursday in the Universalst
! church. The afternoon and evening sessions at
two and half-past seven O clock are public and
large attendance Is desired. The exercises In
| the afternoon will be interesting and the ad-
dress In the evening live one.
THE regular bi-weeky entertainment by the
young people of st. Msry's parish was held
Monday evening at Howe's hall and was an
unusually enjoyable affair. The first part OF
the programme consisted Of vocal and instru-
mental music and Rotations, and the second
| part WAS the pleasing little comedy, The
Boston Dip" which WAS we'll rendered.
THE telephone is in good working order, the
central office being In DR.. Nichols drug store.
A second wire has been strung to the South viii
lage by which the stores of John P. Davis and
E K Jones are connected with our central of
fee. Instruments have been put into the
houses of Dr. Mayo, DR.. Nichols and Nathaniel
Davis, and the stores of Boynton & Moseley
and L. P. White & Co.
The case OF George NJ Fisk Us. Charles W.
Norris Of Boston was tried at W. F. Baker
office last Wednesday, before Justice Judd.
Baker for Fisk, A. r. Willard for Norris. The
plaintiff sued to recover for professional ser
vices rendered over six years ago, and defend
ant pleaded the statute Of limitations, alleging
that he had owned real estate in this town for
| q number OF years, and that he had been In the
state several times before the expiration Of the
six years. The court ruled that as his deed to
the real estate had not been recorded and he
had not been resident of the state in the
time specified, he could not take advantage OF
that statute, and gave judgment for the plain
tiff for SOL the amount claimed. The judg-
| ment was paid