The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-17
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JOSHUA f. BAILEY has Just been elected
superintendent Of the Methodist Sunday
school for the year to come.
THE Whitney brothers have lust bought
the old Hazen Clark farm, and good faithful
work is likely to be put into it.
MEssRs. GEORGE CRANE and Frank Mar
tin are to serve as jurymen from this place
in the present term of county court.
MISS ELLA TEMPLEToN, daughter of Robin
son Templeton, is at home from Massa-
chusetts after an absence of some years.
ALVIN Flint has rented his farm for the
coming year to Mr.. Lewis, an out of town
man. who has just moved on to the place.
FRIENDS of Thomas Sheridan land we
know no one who has an unkindly feeling
towards HIM, will rejoice with him in the
advent of daughter.
THE Walkers are to join this week in the
celebration OF the sixtieth anniversary of
the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Perey Wills,
on Chelsea West Hill.
A LIFE insurance agent has been working
here for little time past, and we hear OF
some of our townsmen taking policies,
which seems good policy indeed.
IT is because no foul dealing attaches to
o. S. Walker, that he is popular fowl
dealer with our citizens. AS usual this sea
son, he is taking in.turkeys and chickens.
j X. LYNDE would have no one go hun
gry LOT CnrlSUnaS, or monday gifts TINS year.
He has fine variety of the same on his
counter, that one will enjoy to examine, or,
better, to receive.
FRIENDS of Mrs Ellen Kathan Morse, now
OF Manchester, n. H., will be glad to know
that she is in much better health. But a
few months ago it seemed as if she could
live but short time.
OPHR S. MARTIN is fitting up a span of
four-year-od colts for market, one or both OF
fair. Any would-be-purchaser, hereabouts,
better take look at them.
PERHAPS there has been no greater suf-
ferer in town Of late than Mrs. l.. j. H. Mer
rill from intlammatory rheumatism. After
many weeks of sickness, she was able, re-
Gently, to ride to the village.
OS Saturday evening of this week our
Methodist friends land others are invited tC
john will swarm and warm the house of our
new townsman, X. w. Demeritt, recently
from Waterbury. That's right. Give him
a Scotch welcome.
OK the departure of Mrs. Joseph Norris to
northern New York for the winter, it is ex.
pected that Rev. Mr.. Grain and wife OF
Berlin, will occupy her house during the
time. Rev. Mr.. Grain now supplies the
Free Baptist pulpit each Sunday.
THE Free Baptist society will observe
Christmas at their church on Thursday
will welcome any and all who may be pres
ent on the occasion. Their last Christmas
festival was very pleasant and successful
one, and may be taken as prophecy thai
the next one will be the same.
THE Methodist society will act the mart OF
host this wear in our Christmas festivities
and we cordially invite all who will to ioir
with them on "Wednesday evening of mex
week at the town hall. There viii he mn
sic and other exercises in addition to tn,
distribution of gifts, and the occasion car
hardly fail of being a very pleasant one
Let no one of our townsfolk fail to be pres
| ent who can be there.
THE newest name to lis of a periodical Is
the Shr0ud. a copy of which comes from on,
| old townsman. undertaken funeral directors
thew are to he called. now lanes f. ,Jllso,
! of Chicago. This periodical is the offcia
organ of the Funeral Directors Association
| of the United States of America. This mum
her editorially denies that undertaker
charges are extrayapant. or that there is to,
much dispIay at funerals. A novelty in tn,
way of Baskets is the cross-shaped. a cut O
which is given in this number.
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