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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-06-25
Business Locals.

DON'T fail to see those so and 50. so ladies'
kid shoes at George b. Walton s. Co.'S.
NEEDLES, oil and attachments for all kinds
OF sewing-machines at Griggs, Waterbury.
USE Clements Liquid Plaster for lame back
or Sides Twelve plasters, twenty-five cents.
J. c. GRIoGs, Waterbury, has a fine assert
ment of canvas shoes for men, boys and chill
dren See them.
DON'T forget that the glorious Fourth is
close at hand, and flags of all sizes can be
found at Phinney's, at bottom prices.
If you would have desirable head of hair
and retain it, use Glycerine Hair Tonic 1t will
remove dandruff and cleanse the scalp.
EY-"THE best is good enough" and if you
want a pure article go to Frank H. Bascom's,
who is proprietor of the Farmers Drug Store.
THE Boston Sunday Herald will be for sale
at Phinney's on and after July 9th. Those de-
sirous OF having them delivered will please
leave their names
A LARGE assortment of stationery in all the
new and most desirable designs, has just been
received at Phinney's bookstore; and the
prices are remarkably low.
If you are about buying anything in the
boot and shoe line, it will pay you to visit the
store 81 George b. Walton Co, and get their
prices on good reliable goods, before purchas-
ing elsewhere
WooD BOUGHT AND SoLD.-Those who wish
to buy or sell wood of any kind are invited to
call at the Office Of Angel & Morrow, South
Main street, opposite Henry Lowe & Son's store
This firm also buy and sell shingles.
REMEMBER and consider that George A. Aims
worth, Williamstown, Vt, wants you to write,
or see him, IL you wish to purchase an organ
or piano. Please send him the names of any
friends you may have who wish to purchase in
struments il You yourself do not want one.
LAST Saturday Aaron Bancroft of Montpe-
lier placed in the East Village cemetery, for
George A, Huntington, very handsome white
bronze monument, which cost 1888 Those in
need of work of this kind would do we'll TO
call on Mr.. Bancroft before purchasing else
where.
W. L. VAIL, post-office block store, has great
bargains this week and next in summer mill
linery new lot OF shapes in hats and bon
nets for ladies' misses and children. Also
bargains In plumes, tips and flowers. Be sure
and call before buying. Remember the place
Wallis, post-ofiice block
liz you think Of buying a sewing
this summer, remember this: j. c. Griggs,
Waterbury, keeps on hand a good stock Of the
leading machines in the market and will be
glad to show his customers the merits Of each,
particularly the White, which is the king Of
all sewing-machnes.
HATS and bonnets ready trimmed. II you
contemplate visiting the Capital on Tuesday
next, circus day, or on July Fourth, go to
Wallis and look at his millinery. Also the
great bargains In trimmed hats and bounets
for young and old from 100 to 81. These
goods are the latest, and stylishly trimmed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-06-25

Plainfeld.-The ladies of the Congrega-
tional church will hold strawberry festival in
the vestry on next Friday evening. Supper
from five to eight o'clock. -. The hours of
Sunday services at the Congregational church
are as follows. In the forenoon, at half-past
ten, with Sunday-school Immediately follow
ing, and in the evening at seven o'clock. The
change is in the afternoon service being trans
ferred to the evening The Wednesday even
ing meeting will remain as usual, at seven p. NJ,
in the church. -. II. Cutler has just completed
repairs and painting on his residence, making
fine addition to the appearance of that part
of the village. IA promenade concert will be
given by and for the benefit of the Plainfield
cornet band at Slayton's hall next Saturday
evening. We hope to see the hall well filled.
-. About fifteen couples of the young people
Of Plsinfield participated in ride to Plainfield
Springs, and report fine time. .. Farmers
are commencing haying, but do not seem to
rush business very lively as yet. They report
a light growth. =. The citizens are quite in
dignant over the shooting Of robins because
one man occasionally loses berry out of his
seven-by-nine strawberry patch II man has
no higher aim in life than the destruction of
birds, we hardly think there would be many
mourners left II he should emigrate to Florida,
or some other warm place.
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Waterbury,.

HOLDEN HAZELToN has rented Village Hall
at $40 year for a skating rink
FARMERS are complaining bitterly of the
drouth. The grass crop has suffered severely.
A VILLAGE sprinkler would be luxury to
the dusty jewellers and tradesmen ON "the
hill'
M. o. EVANS received, Monday, one hundred
and fifty-eight tubs of butter and six hundred
dozens of eggs.
REV. S. ii. WHEELER goes to Elmira, N. Y.
on Friday, to spend his vacation, and Rev. Mr.
Landon of Elmira supplies Mr. Wheeler's desk
during the latters absence. O.
MRS HEAToN has opened her house at Mill
Village for the summer. Her son, Frank Hea.
ton, from the West, and her grand daughter
Miss Jennie Stimson, Of Burlington, are with
her.
THE writer Of the base ball item in las
week. items could not understand the reluc
lance of Captain Dan c. Richardson of the vii
lage nine, to give him the score of that won
derful game. 1t came out when the itemizel
discovered that he had put the boot on the
wrong foot; that Captain Warren's "sky
farmers" had scored seventy-fve to the vii
lage boys eighteen. But then the farmers -
nine has an average age Of twenty, the village
sixteen. The Waitsfield boys play the villag,
nine on the common Saturday afternoon.
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Bradford.-There will be celebration here
July 4th, under the auspices OF the Sons of
Temperance. Mrs. Henry c. Jones and
daughter arrived from Orange City, Florida,
the 18th instant The republicans have pur-
chased new flag, twenty by thirty-six feet in
size, and Saturday afternoon unfurled it, with
the names of Blaine and Logan inscribed
thereon. Fay S. Sarfut returned to Nashua
Saturday. Mrs. ]. c. Stearns returned from
Chicago Tuesday, and Mr. Stearns returned
on Friday last Charles Jones goes about
July LIST to the Profile House as ticket agent for
the summer, as usual. O Brien's great show
is to be here July 8th. We had a very heavy
shower last Thursday, the lightning playing
some freaks but doing no particular damage.
...George F. Morris and William Eastman
have the job Of laying the brick on the new
building and have been at work the past week
laying the walls above the granite coping.
The Bradford Guards had their annual June
drill last Thursday. Repairs are being made
on the Opinion building, which were much
needed. Strawberries are beginning to ripen.
1.-THE new road machine is being used con-
sderably, and is doing very good business.
Our town fathers land mothers, tool are
pleased with the roads made by it....F. H.
Everett and family returned from their New
Hampshire trip on Saturday. Screen doors
and awnings are being added by the occupants
of Stevens block. -. Charity lodge, No. 49,
Free and Accepted Masons, dedicated their
new hall Tuesday, June oath, at two o'clock p.
NJ In the evening an address upon masonry
was delivered to the general public by w. II
s. Whitcomb of Burlington. j. w. White
Esq, and wife, from Nashua, N H., are stopping
in town.
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Tunbridge.-A Band of Hope has been
organized at South Tunbridge.. go. Mr.. +.
Tucker has moved into the tenement lately
occupied by Mrs. S. c. Rowell. Pedestrian
Weston has sent circulars asking for an en-
gagement to walk and lecture at the coming
fair. The STAFFORD band will furnish music
for the picnic upon KibliDg Hill the Fourth
-. There was son born to Mr.. and Mrs
Don Chappel the 18th. :. "A good soaking rain
is desired by our farmers. BE-. :. E. o. Lyman, who
has been at Olcott Falls for some time, was at
home over Sunday. Eugene Sleeper of this
place was in the rebel prisons from October g.
1868, until November &c. 1864. .. The mercury
rose to ninety-four degrees in a sheltered corner
last Saturday. Many farmers commence their
haying this week. -. DR.. Charles Flanders and
family have returned to Pittsford. {. "A hastily
gathered caucus, the first of last week, sent
A. N. King, ESQ.,, as delegate to Burlington.
Some fault is found because the caucus was
not regularly called. But few Of the fault
finders ever attend. The late heated term
has caused much sickness in this vicinity. One
fatal case of dysentery is reported. :. Warren
P. Kibby of Montpelier is visiting his brother
and other friends in this place. Fred Hay
ward and John Diamond, cadets at Lewis COL
lege, are home for the summer vacation. w.
Fay, blacksmith for 5. A. Dean & Son, goes to
Hartford, to work in the fork shop, next week.
THE educational meeting last week was a
pleasant one.
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MOrrisville.-A meeting of the Women 6
Missionary Auxiliary was held at the Cougre-
gational parsonage on Tuesday afternoon.
A noon stage between this place and Water
bury is to commence running July LIST. -, G.
c. Dodge, II. S. Wilson, A. Dodge, II. A. Stay
ton and W. II. Robinson attended the state
convention at Burlington last week. Morris
vile people are expecting big crowd in town
on Friday, the Fourth of July. OBrien's cir
Gus Is to exhibit here that day. ~. Hon. p. X.
Gleed is expected to return from his western trip
soon. He is now visiting relatives at Denman,
Colorado. Work has been commenced on a
freight depot and restaurant at the st. Johns.
bury g. Lake Champlain railroad station. The
platform around the passenger depot has also
been rebuilt. &C. o. Hammond, for several
years in the meat business here, has not been
seen for about two weeks. -. Mrs. G. w. How
Of Washington, d. c., f. X. Persons Of Mil
waukee, Wis, II. w. Bell Of the University Of
Vermont at Burlington, and Cadets Wood
worth, Burke and Holbrook of Lewis College,
Mortified, are in town.
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Marshfeld.-The services at the Congrega.
tional church last Sunday, conducted by Rev
G. S. Smith, we're very interesting, he speak.
ing in the forenoon upon the certainty of Gods
promises to his people being fulfilled. In the
afternoon there was communion service
which all present appeared to enjoy. In the
evening Mr.. Smith gave lecture on the work
and needs of the Home Missionary Society
showing many important facts which were Of
deep interest to all that heard him. james
Whitehill is at work ON his new barn, and Ii
pushing business as usual. -. The Methodists
hold a strawberry festival at their vestry next
Saturday, at two o'clock. e. The Congrega
books, the " Herald of Praise" which, with
some new hymn books expected this week
will put them on good foundation. The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union will
meet this week Friday afternoon. The schoo
on Depot hill will close Friday with picnic II
Austin Spencers woods, and we understand
the Plainfeld band is expected
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North ThefOrd.-Chares Kinsman and
family were at his fathers last week, visiting,
returning Saturday to Lebanon, where he lives
80. Herbert Barnes returned to Boston last
week, after a short visit at home. George
Holt also returned Wednesday to the Hub"
He only stayed at home three days :. Watson
& Thickett will leave here for a weeks rusti-
eating in the mountains next Saturday. Their
shop will be closed during their absence.
Emma Adams has arrived in town to spend
the summer at j. T. Hosford's. More of the
family will come later. The ladies Of the
parish spent the latter part Of last week clean
ing the church, and it looks much better. The
organ has taken its place in the gallery. Rev.
W. X. Davenport will supply the pulpit at the
Methodist church week from next Sunday.
He was formerly a stationed preacher here. =,
Is the glorious Fourth to be celebrated here?
or must the young people 90 elsewhere to spend
day of amusement? They could much bet
ter remain at home If anything of interest can
be gotten up
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NOrtllneld.

THE ladies Of st. Mary's parish hold their
usual society at their rooms in the depot build
ing tomorrow Thursday afternoon and even
ing.
J. p JOHNSTON has concluded to reopen his
saloon to sell off his stock of cigars, ETC., and
has filed 5000 bond with +. II. Howes as
surety.
ABOUT twenty-five from this town spent q
pleasant day at Berlin pond last Friday. Mr..
Stewart has some good boats and takes pleas
ure In attending to his guests.
THE body of a son of Mr.. G. Henry Shurtleff
OF st. Adams was brought here Saturday morn
ing for burial. Mr.. Shurtleff was formerly q
resident of this town and has a wife buried
here.
THE Methodist camp-meeting began Monday
evening on their ground. The attendance as
yet Is small as II was expected 1t would be, in
consequence OF the change in the time. The
change was made because this season is pleas
anter than August rain and cold nights are
more likely to be avoided, and 1t interferes less
with other similar meetings.
MONDAY afternoon the following persons
were baptized by immersion by Elder A. o..
Burrill, who has been holding tent meeting
here: George w. Hadley and wife, Mrs. Horace
Mahuran, Mrs. d. P. Holt, Miss Alvira Jones,
Mrs. Ed. Dunsmoor and Mrs Willard Duns-
moor. The ceremony WAS performed near
Wall Street bridge and was witnessed by a
large company.
DR.. MoCLEARN came home to attend COM
mencement at Burlington, where his son gradu-
ates this year. Misses Mary and Helen are
also in attendance. =. Two brothers of Mrs. J.
o. Sherburne, one from Florida and one from
Plsinfield, made her flying visit last week
Mr.. and Mrs. John johnson of Cornish, N. H.,
are visiting relatives in town. Mrs Julia
Watkins started Monday for Chicago and will
spend the summer West. Mr. Addison Denny
and family Of Boston are the guests of A. L.
Denny, Esq Mrs. Denny and the children will
spend the summer here. Denny Whttemore
returned Monday from Hiawatha, Kan, Uia
Washington. Miss Coils Foster of Burlington
is visiting at DR.. McClearn's.. &C. G. Davis and
B. F. Armitage are attending Dartmouth com.
mencament at Hanover. N Ill
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Hyde Park are spending their vacation at A.
M. Kelley's .. Several couples from this place
contemplate spending the Fourth at Montpelier.
80. Miss Matte Jones has the agency for this
county for the Transparent Music Book Holder,
which she will dispose of at the manufacturers
prices. . The roughs have begun their sum-
mer's work and people of the village and else
where had better put on double watch over
their property. Six couples from this town
took leap-year ride the 2Sth to Moss Glenn
Falls, where they enjoyed little picnic, and
from thence to the Mansfield House in Stowe.
Thanks are due Colonel Bailey for his untiring
efforts to make this an, enjoyable occasion for
all; also for the sumptuous repast prepared for
them
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Gaysville.-A number of people from the
village have gone to the Methodist camp
meeting at Mortified this week. Leslie
Sherman and his wife and sister are visiting at
will be held on Stony brook the Fourth OF july
in Frank Thayer's grove. tits pleasant place,
and will doubtless be enjoyed by all who at
tend. Mrs. Cora Kennedy and her two boys,
Frank and Dick, have gone to Maine to spend
the summer with her brother. rs. @. Harring-
and is said to be the largest barn In town. He
Is now having 1t painted. Austin Thomas Is
having bad attack Of rheumatism. The
village schools close this week,
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Hardwick.-Steel rails are being laid in
this vicinity. When this much needed and i'm
portant improvement is completed the public
or those who are obliged to patronize the road
will have some assurance of safety in travel
ing.... Frank Thompson was arrested the
18th for taking forcible possession of personal
property, claimed to belong to Joseph Gill
crease. -. French & Warren have loaded and
shipped two cars OF potatoes the past week.
They were shipped to Providence r. |. Price
paid twenty-five cents per bushel for the best
80. Potato bugs promise full crop, whether
we have any rain or not. The yield is not de-
pendent on the weather. Dr. E. B. Gleason
of Philadelphia was here on Friday last for
professional practice. He gave course of
lectures here last winter. The contest be-
tween the ms " and the outs" of the pub
fishers Of school books has begun, Judging
from the showers OF circulars, price lists, ETC.,
being received by the textbook committee
We expect material reduction in prices from
those now paid in the new contracts sure to be
made with publishers for the next five years.
80. The heated term has been quite severe,
and unless rain comes soon crops must be
seriously damaged in some places. The mer-
curry has been at ninety degrees and above
every day since Monday of last week (seven
days., rising to ninety-six degrees on We'd
nesday. ..Justus Shedd has returned from
Wisconsin, where he has been stopping the
year past. =. Mrs. Ira A. Shattuck is reported
seriously ill.,. Frank Kent is going to Bur-
lington, to work for his brother, Bushnell
who keeps news and stationery depot, and
manufactures spruce beer and confectionery.
THE grass is rapidly maturing under the
influence of the intensely hot, dry weather
and indicates a short crop of hay, unless rain
and cooler weather occurs very soon.
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North Tunbridge.-Mrs. Rev. R. L. D.
away on visit. E. Next Saturday is the
monthly conference of the Freewill Baptist
church. e. Miss Ella Adams of Morrisville is
with her sister, Mrs. Preston Mrs. Emery
is no better. There will be services again at
the residence of Mr. Moody, on East hill, in
p. M. I'VE now fear that Professor Edison will
not be present at the educational meeting on
Kibling Hill July 4th. The prudential COM
mittees are requested to try and make arrange
ments to get the scholars out to the picnic on
Kibling Hill July 4th.
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East Bethel.-The ladies' aid society me

East Bethel.-The ladies' aid society met
very pleasant time. a heavy shower of rain
and hail, accompanied by wind and lightning,
passed over this place Thursday afternoon A
cloud burst on the East Hill, near Gabina
Whitney's, washing out the roads for consid-
cradle distance. The brook was raised several
everything in its way. The bridge near Her
bert Smiths was carried away, and the road
badly damaged. -. Charles Wills, who has been
sick long time, died the 18th. III, Charles
Paine, over sixty years of age, Is very sick
with whooping cough.
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Peacham.-The hay crop will be light, on
account of frost and drouth.. :. About one
thousand nice trout have been taken out of the
Peacham hollow brook within the past ten
days, ranging from one fourth to one pound
each. :. C. L. Brown sold three grade Jersey
cows the other day for $780,. H. B. Graham,
who has been West for the past few weeks, ar
rived home last week. -. William McLschlin,
Hiram Moody and Mrs j. Blanchard are max
ing extensive repairs on their barns. E. Reuben
Drown was brought before Justice L. Stro-
bridge one day recently and fined $40 and
costs for assault and battery. The summer
boarders are beginning to arrive.
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Barre.

A. b. FISHER was at home over Sunday
HENRY j. SMITH has lately bought lot OF
o. s. Sheplee.
NUMBER OF our people are at Mortified
this week In attendance on camp-meeting.
o. 3. SHEPLEE has plotted out his land into
building lots, and is now offering them for sale.
WILL GOODRICH having given up the job Of
sprinkling the streets, Charley Granger is now
| trying to lay the dust.
G. L. CURRIER has sold eight or ten building
lots recently at prices ranging from 800 to
$3.50, and several buildings are in process OF
| construction already.
THERE was quite goodly turnout to Cod
dard Seminary commencement concert Monday
night. The singing and music were of q high
| order and repeatedly encored.
Mrs. RosANNA LAUGHLIN, wife OF Barney
Laughlin, died very suddenly Of heart disease
last Sunday afternoon. The remains were
taken to Concord, N. H., for interment
| THE Universalist church was filled to its ut
| most capacity Sunday afternoon by those who
wished to hear Rev. DR.. A. A. Miner OF Boston,
who gave very able and instructive discourse
THE Noyes property, south Of the fork fac
| tory, was lsold at auction last Saturday, II. O.
| Worthen, M. D., bidding 1t off at ST. 910-there
being fifty feet on the south end reserved by
| Mrs. Burnham.
| A SAD accident occurred last Sunday after
noon, Ny "hicn young man some seventeen
years old, who worked for G. B. Durkee-
Fred Pickwins Of Cabot-lost his life He and
| two companions-George Robinson and Charlie
| Locklin-went down to the railroad bridge and
went in bathing. Two of them could swim,
but this young man could not, and, in wadipg
across the river, directly under the bridge he
| got in over his head and was drowned before
| he could be rescued. His companions, proba-
bly, through fear, not succeeding in getting
him out, he was taken out some twenty min
utes after first sinking but too late to save his
| life.
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StraffOrd.-The south village is undergoing
a general renovation in the way of painting
and repairing. Among those most improved
in appearance are the residence and store of
Mr.. Frary, Soule's Hotel, to which have been
added piazzas almost surrounding the house,
the dwelling of Lois Brown and that of Albert
Preston. The residence OF the late William
B. Hazeltine, with the outbuildings, fences
etc., purchased by Mr.. Frary have also been
remodeled, repaired and painted and on Sat-
urday last Mr.. Frary formally made gift Of
the same, including the three acres of valua-
BILE land and orchard attached thereto, to his
daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Buell.. North of us,
three new dwellings, all in the same vicinity
will be completed this season-those of James
Fulton, Charles j. Linton and E. p Hyde.
On Kibing Hill, Harlow Hszelton and Lewis
p. Hazelton are making extensive repairs to
their dwelling-houses. :. There was a special
meeting of Temple lodge, Free and Accepted
Masons, held at the lodge room in this place,
Saturday, the 21st, for work on the third degree
Invitations were extended to Jackson lodge Of
West Fairlee, Rising Sun of Royalton, George
River lodge at Bethel. The jackson lodge was
represented by the district deputy, +. W. Farm
ham, and the past district deputy, Ethan Di-
mond, and about twenty brethren of the lodge
The George Washington lodge was represented
by six brethren, White River by one brother
and Rising Sun by one The exercises were
followed by banquet In the evening, got up
by d. c. Hyde, in his usual admirable STYLE
The tables were set on the lawn in front of his
house, and the grounds we're lighted by Chi
nese lanterns. The STAFFORD band furnished
music for the occasion. The whole affair was
creditable as well as profitable to all concerned