The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-09
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Frank Martin son OF the late K. p. Martin,
is teaching In Connecticut
Mr.. AND MRS JAMES s. ABBOTT were in
town several days last week.
FRIENDS here have received the news OF the
death In St. Louis, Mo-, Of Egbert Martins
little boy.
DIR. CHARLES GALE OF Rutland was called
home on Saturday last by the sickness Of his
brother Elisha.
JOHN PERRY is decidedly better, being able
to sit up some and to eat. quite heartily. He has
had very severe sickness.
FRIENDS OF our townswoman, Mrs George
Denny OF South Mortified, are panied to hear
OF her sickness from lung fever.
JOHN WALKER has been taking holiday
vacation from his work In Washington, d. c.,
which he spent in Illinois among friends.
REV. ASA B. SMITH, at one time missionary
to the Sandwich Islands, has lately received
and accepted call to preach in Tennessee.
FRED MARTIN has finally made trade with
Frank Godfrey for the use Of the hotel here
and will soon take possession. Mr.. Godfrey
talks OF going to Chelsea.
GEORGE BLANCHARD has singing -casses six
evenings each week, teaching In Chelsea, Tun-
bridge 1.-TWO schOols), East Randolph, Randolph
Center and East Brookfield.
WE are told the Free Baptist donation visit,
last Thursday, resulted in something more
than SIT, which is good enough considering
the bad day that Thursday was.
MIR. AND Mrs. JOHN LYNDE, DR.. Cornelius
Lynde and wife OF Waterbury, and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Lynde OF the Gore were present at
New Years dinner at ]. X. Lyndes last week
Tuesday.
ORvILLE BRIGGS has been reelected superin-
tendent Of the Methodist Sunday-school for the
coming year George Beckett was also re.
elected superintendent of the Congregational
Sunday-school for the year 1884.
WE hear that Otis Smith has rented Joel
Hersey's farm for the coming year. The farm
keeps twenty-five cows and rents for S475.
We are also told that Mr. Hersey contempates
building silo the coming season.
ONE in q position to judge Of our Vermont
common schools tells US that our teachers are
so far underpaid for their work that our
schools must necessarily suffer therefrom. II
this be fact, who will open the eyes of our
people to 1t 4?
OLD MRS. LATHAM, now in the eighties re-
Gently had the misfortune to lose valuable
pig. Her friends, with Mr.. and Mrs. X. L.
Watson and Mrs Milton Martin at the head
raised subscription to replace this loss, for
which she desires to return her sincere thanks.
The Methodist sociable, last week, was at
the house Of L. j. II. Merrill. Next week
Wednesday, the 10th inst, 1t will be at the
house of Orville Briggs. As that day will be
the twentieth anniversary of the marriage Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Briggs, their friends will doubt.
| less turn out en- nldsse.
| THE cold weather attacked our thermome
| ters on Saturday night last, and stffened the
mercury, but wasn't satisfied with that. How
Esprit" can "go down" at such time (ol
| any other time) In our innocence, as a town
| we have to leave to our suburban neighbors,
like Barre and Montpelier, to report.
AS we sat listening with pleasure to male
chorus on the occasion of a Luther memorial
service, last November, in Worcester, Mass, II
| occurred to us that our own town could easily
match that chorus II only our male singers
were ready for it, Willis Gale would doubtless
engage to do the training of such chorus
here. Mr.. Gale is to visit those interested in
vocal music class again on Tuesday evening
| of this week.
WITH the mercury away down in the thir.
ties below zero, 1t is tantalzing to hear from
our townsman Charles c. Barnes, who is win
tering near the source of the gulf stream, tina
he was writing with the doors and window!
open, and in his shrt-sleeves. But as tina
better gulf stream OF New England ideas, tina
has so long warmed and blessed the country
| perhaps could have its source only in thi
higher and colder latitude, il ought to compen
safe abundantly for what we suffer from thes,
long, cold winters.
The news OF the death of Elisha B. Gale, OF
Saturday evening last, fell with sadness upoI
| Jul .ii1ono' Ao hnu oooh oiiihs III apou1 wv
weeks, with typhoid pneumonia, and all tina
friends and physicians could do for him wa
done to save him. He was in the prime of life
his age being forty-fve years and a few days
He was at one time in trade here with Georg
A. Simons He had served our town as a Sc
lectman and lister, and had he had any tsst
for office, he would doubtless have had oppor
tunity to serve oftener than he did, for he en-
joyed the confidence and esteem of his towns
men. He was buried on Monday Afternoon
last from his home, Rev. Mr.. Kimmel of Barr
officiating. He was twice married, and leave
a widow and fine little boy. His death i
sincerely mOurned here