The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-31
NorthAeld.

MISS FLORA II. AvERILL will read at Will
Jamestown Friday of this week.
NOTICE OF the annual meeting of the fair
association is given in another column.
THE post-ofice will be open New Years
day from to 1890 A. M, and from TO
4:30 PM,
A FULL report of the Methodist centen-
| NAL meeting, now in progress will be given
| next week.
DISTRICT No. 20 has school OF only seven
scholars, all boys, and the average age is
fifteen years.
DR.. WALLINo has let his Belknap farm to
II. Briggs Hardy of Waterbury Center, who
| will take possession about the middle of
March.
CONSTABLE WRIGHT was the victim of
serio-comic joke last Friday. Particulars
can be had by inquiry of Mr.. Wright or
Ed Thurston.
FRIDAY evening of this week the Good
| Templars will elect trustees, and represent
tatives to the Grand Lodge, and recon-
mend lodge deputy.
GEORGE II. RICHMOND will continue his
| job printing business at the old stand. Ex-
ira copies of THE WATCHMAN will be on
sale at his Office every week.
A. b. FoRD's little daughter Oracle about
| two and one-half years old, died Sunday, the
21st, and the funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon, Rev. w. s. Hazen officiating.
A NEW twelve-inch Fitz globe has been
| purchased for use in the graded school. 1t
| is arranged to illustrate many important
facts in physical geography and astronomy.
THE men who have been selling the
"Crown ranges have gone to Roxbury to
continue the business. While they were
here they sold one hundred fifty-ive ranges.
SoCIABLEs will be held by the Congrega-
tionalists on Wednesday afternoon and
evening of this week at Howes' hall, and by
the Episcopalians at their rooms, Thursday
afternoon and evening.
THE WATcHMAN will be represented at
Northied by Mr.. C. ID. Edgerton, who will
usually be found at Frank Plumley's Office
He will be pleased to receive items of inter-
est and to transact any business connected
with the paper.
THE body of David A. Fisk who died in
| Salem, Mass, was brought to this town and
! buried Sunday afternoon in the cemetery at
the Center by the Masonic lodge. Mr.. Fisk
formerly lived at the Center in the house
occupied by Samuel Lampson.
SENATORS JONES AND CHAPLIN held the ex-
animation, yesterday, to decide who should
receive the scholarships in Norwich Univer-
sity from this county Harry s. Denny and
Luther b. Johnson, both of Mortified,
were the successful contestants.
! COMMUNION services will be held at the
Congregational church next Sunday, and
the lecture preparatory will be on Friday
| afternoon at two o'clock. A prayer meeting
will be held at the school-house in the Hol-
ton district at seven o'clock Friday evening.
| AT the annual meeting of the Masonic
lodge on Saturday evening the following
officers were elected: w. NJ, w. NJ. Rum
baugh; S. W., w. o. Whitmarsh; j. W., G.
G. Bates treasurer, j. G. b. Thayer; secre-
tary, H L. Kenyon. The installation will
be on Wednesday, January 2Sth
Snow fell last Wednesday during the day
! nd nil 70 NIL Of DL.,, a..
Friday morning the mercury was reported
from 14o to POP below zero, and Saturday
morning from POO to 2So below. Since Sun
day morning the weather has been very
mild and the snow has melted fast.
| AT the annual meeting of the Congrega-
| tional church, Friday afternoon, the follow
! ing officers were chosen: President, Rev.
w. s. Hazen; secretary, j. ii. Orcutt; treas
urer, G. Denny; auditors, w. S. Hazen, G..
III. Crane, George Denny, the auditors be-
ing also the trustees of the Chamberln fund.
THE Odd Fellows annual election, Thurs
day evening, resulted as follows: n. g., w.
| III. III. Clafiin; V. g., j. l.. Abbott; Il. s.,
j. X. Egerton; p. s., L. Huntley; treas
urer, Page Harris. Installation will take
| place on Thursday evening of this week.
The officers of the Encampment will be in
stalled next Monday evening.
JOHN HOGAN, famiiary called "Uncle
john" died last week Wednesday morning
was about eighty years old. Some years
| ago he was injured by being thrown from
his wagon on the highway and after a hard
contested suit against the town for dam
ages, was defeated, having spent a large
part of good property in the case.
Posi- JOHNSON, G. A. r.. held its annual
election Saturday, the 20th inst, and chose
the following officers: Commander, w. w.
Holden; senior vice-commander, G. ID. Will
| liamS; junior vice-comnander, j. L. Nose
ley; chaplain, James Evans; surgeon, DR..
George Nichols quartermaster, II. l.. Ken
| yon; officer of the day, j. w. Townson;
officer of the guard, John Hornbrook; SEN
tinel w. Coburn.
II. l.. STILLsoN of Bennington, grand sec
rotary of the order of the Eastern Star, was
in town, Friday, and met Naomi Chapter
at Masonic hall in the forenoon. In his
official capacity as grand master of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows of this
state, he met with Social Lodge of the
Daughters of Rebecca at Odd Fellows hail.
Friday afternoon, and with the subordinate
lodge of Odd Fellows in the evening.
A WATCH from the Rockford works, in a
finely engraved, open-faced, gold case with
gold chain was presented by the band at
their hall, last Wednesday evening, to the
leader, l.. A. Howes. The presentation
speech was made by Mr.. Thurston and Mr..
Howes was entirely surprised by the gift.
He had persistently refused to accept the
salary winch tne Danu nau always PAID ltS
leader before, and the members took this
way to express their appre citation of his
valuable services.
OK the morning of December 24th Miss
Thompson. teacher in the A intermediate de-
partment, was very pleasantly surprised by
the gift of rocking-chair Upon looking
around for Santa Claus, she soon found
where he was by the smiling eyes and the
merry laugh from the boys and girls in class
b. She is sure these boys and girls know
" how to keep a secret" for during the four
weeks of planning in no way had she sus-
pected. She wondered how these scholars
should know just what she wanted, but
Santa Claus is a wise old fellow.
THERE has been some sickness in town
the past week. C.. f. Russell is confined to
his house with congestion of the lungs and
G. W. Steele has just got out after an attack
of the same. Mrs Roland Averill has been
i'll and Mrs. n Huntley has had an attack
of Group. Alexander Fuller is very sick
with bilious typhoid fever and his daugh-
ter, Lena, is slowly recovering from a
run of typhoid fever. Henry Davis and
wife came over from Barre, last week, on
visit, and Mrs. Davis was taken sick and
unable to return for several days.
ELECTION of officers was held by the two
engine companies, Saturday evening, with
the following result Water Witch, No. /
Foreman, L. c. Patterson; first assistant c.
ID. Williams; second assistant, G.. W. Steele;
clerk and treasurer, w. w. Rumrill; execu-
tive committee, A. f. Denny, G. b. Tilden,