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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-10-29
Barre.

Mr.. DAN BIsBEE is stopping with his
brother, j. G. Bisbee.
Miss ALLEN spent Saturday and Sunday
with friends at Randolph.
Mr.. ALLEN of North Hero has been stop
ping with us for few days.
Mr. CARTER of South Royalton and Mr..
Dickey of Orange gave us short calls last
week.
A FAIR number of Barre people are taking
advantage of the low excursion rates to
visit Boston this week.
e. II. GLrDDEN has been appointed town
superintendent of schools to fill the
vacancy occasioned by Rev. l.. Tenney's
removal to Waterbury.
ApPLEs are very plenty here this season,
and as consequence prices rule low. Com
mon fruit brings only from ten to forty cents
per bushel, and choice fruit two dollars u
barrel.
w. II. GALE of Wiliamstown has opened
a singing school in the academy hall and is
having good success. He will hold them
there every Monday evening. Those wish
ing to learn to sing will do well to patroniZe
him.
c. w. FISHER and Mae H., daughter of
ID. G.. Bickford, were united in marriage at
the home of the bride last week Monday.
They left here the same day for short trip
to Boston, after which they will go to Bur-
lington to reside. Our best wishes are ex-
tended to the happy couple.
The Barre lecture association are giving n
course of lectures this winter. There have
already been three, two by Professor Raglan
of New York, and one by Ex-senator Pat
terson of New Hampshire The next is by
James Kay Applebee, November 10, and it
is expected that Rev. Robert Collier will
lecture on the evening of November q.
In place of the debating club last week a
meeting was called to elect officers for a
"mock session" of legislature The meet
ing was called to order by f. a. Holden.
T.. II. Edgerton was elected to fill the office
of speaker. Mr.. Hutchinson was elected
clerk and Mr.. Goodale assistant clerk. Mr..
Schofeld was elected sergeant-at-arms The
session will be held at Academy Hall, Fri
day evening, November 2lst.
AT the meeting of the Social Fraternity
last Friday evening the resolution discussed
was THAT the Law and Order Leagues
which are now being organized in some of
our large cities are usurping the right of u
peaceful administration of the law" In the
Affirmative byIAngell, Bisbee and Hutchin-
son: in the negative by Holden LIST, Currer,
Blair and Holden I'd. Decided in.the affirm
ative. Holden I'd delivered a defamation
and Miss f lint recitation.
MIR. AND Mrs. FRED L. EATON returned
from Boston last week, and have taken
rooms at Mrs. e.. III. Chamberlin's. Thurs
day night the members of Barre fire engine
company No. 1-of which Mr.. Eaton is a
member-resolved to make them a call
Securing the aid of the band, the company
marched down to Mrs. Chamberlin's $, where
the band played a selection. Mr.. Eaton and
bride appeared on the veranda, and Hon.
Horace Fifeld in behalf of the company
presented them with nice chair. Mr.. Eaton
responded appropriately, the band played
another selection and with well wishes FOL
| the future happiness of Mr. Eaton and wife
the company babe them goodnight
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Waitsfield.-The Rev. S. II. Robinson
preached his last sermon as pastor of the
Congregational church, last Sunday, from
Matthew V: s, BLESSED are tho pure in
heart for they shall see God" The sermon,
proceeding as it did from the warm heart of
the pastor reached the hearts of the hearers,
convincing all of the necessity and benefit
of "a pure heart. Many sad and fearful
faces were seen in the large congregation
sad because the voice of a much-loved pas
tor which had cheered them in prosperity
and comforted them in atfiictOn, and
brought some of them to Christ, was to be
heard no more, perhaps forever. He goes
for rest and study to one of our New Eng
land institutions. The primary school,
accompanied by their teacher Miss S. NJ.
Thompson, Mrs. l.. r. Joslin and Miss May
Gleason, enjoyed ride to Montpelier ON
Tuesday of last week, visiting the legisla-
ture and other places of interest, including
the department of the Union School
taught by Miss Sweet. Proceeding from
the legislature to this school, they could
not help thinking that when Miss Sweets
pupils became legislators, the speaker
would hail from Washington county.
They considered the privilege of listen
ing to the reading-class worth the whole
cost of the ride, which was sixty-hye
cents to each pupil. w. A. Jones
has gone to Boston to purchase his stock of
fall goods. The doctor does not make much
spread with ink. His goods and prices do
the advertising.
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Waterbury Center.-The Ladies' Aid
Society meet this "wednesday afternoon and
evening with Mrs. w. Il. Marshall. All
who are interested in sustaining meetings at
the Baptist church the coming year are re-
quested to meet at the same place in the
evening. - Rev. Mr.. Tufts of Lynn,
Mass, has preached for the past two Sun
days, and is expected to preach next Sun
day. - While driving in the road last
Friday, the horse of A. G. Chase dropped
dead 1t was apparently as well as usual,
and no cause can be assigned. = II. A.
Mass, where he is at work at his trade.
- David Lord of Winooski was in the
place Saturday, trying to dispose of his
place here.
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Marshfield.-The quarterly meeting at
the Methodist church last Sunday was well
attended. More in number partook of the
sacrament than had ever done so at any one
time for many years The religious interest
still holds good and many are praying for an
outpouring of the Holy Spirit. A temperance
meeting was held last Sunday evening just
after the social meeting in the Methodist
church under the auspices of the Woman
Christian Temperance Union. -- Jennie
c. Pitllin has gone to Boston, Mass, to at
tend school and receive better advantages
for learning music. == Edgar Smith and
family start this week for Dakota. - j
w. Wood of Cascade Locks, Oregon, has
land together with some other views which
are very nice.
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Wolcott.-Lewis Fisher, after an absence
of two years in the West, is visiting his son
here. - George Jones has bought the
O'Brien place. - Mr.. and Mrs. George
w. Penniman of Minneapolis, MINI, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Story and daughter of Stowe,
visited at Il. III. Peck's last week. - G..
c. Fisher lately bought over eleven hum
dred geese and two hundred turkeys and
took them to Canada. - A base ball
game between the Wolcott and Hardwick
boys, played last Saturday, resulted in a
victory for the former by IA score of thirty
four to nineteen.
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Woodbury.-On Sunday. the 10Th inst,
harvest services were held at the Congrega-
tional church. A sermon was preached in
the morning from the words, 1.-THE Lord
hath been mindful of u.s. in which the
goodness of God, as displayed in the har-
vest, was prominently prescribed. On the
was beautifully decorated for the occasion
with fruits and flowers. The recitations,
hymns and Scripture readings all possessed
the harvest sentiment and all the exercises
were interesting and instructive.
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A ROW of pearls glistening through coral
lips is certainly a pleasing object; but a
row of discolored, bespecked teeth in any
mouth at all is "a grievous drawback. Add
to this that such set of teeth is usually ac-
companied by impure breath, and one can
scarcely imagine anything more objection
able. SOZODONT, the great purifier of
the breath and whitener of the teeth, OBJ
viates this state of the mouth completely,
rescuing its dental occupants from destruc-
ton, and counteracting the influence upon
the enamel of acid secretions in the mouth.
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A TELEGRAM from Cape Charles, Va, an
nounces the laying of the last rail in the di-
rect line to Norfolk of the New York Phila-
delphia and Norfolk Railroad Company.
The line will open for business in few
weeks, when the time from New York to
Norfolk will be reduced to nine hours.
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FIGARO states that 100000 is the correct
sum guaranteed Madame Sarah Bernhardt
for her forthcoming tour in America under
the joint management of Messrs. Abbey
and Grau. This is great Improvement on
the financial results of her first tour, when
the tragedienne took back only SlO.OOO.
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THE Vermont branch of the woman's
board of missions held its twelfth annual
meeting at Rutland, Wednesday, with Mrs,
Horace Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury, the
president, in the chair. About two hundred
delegates We're present. Mrs. Fairbanks
was reelected. Mrs. Bakarat, n Syrian
woman. delivered addresses.
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Waterbury,.

THE Waterbury dramatic club give play
in Hotel hall Friday evening for the benefit
of the Grand Army post.
j. w. SLEEPER has been awarded a pen
sion of four dollars month and back
pay, amounting to 81 $50. Congratulations,
Joseph.
Mr.. CURTIS WELLS, of Burlington, our
former townsman, has been appointed treas
urer of the Vermont Bible Society in the
place of Hon. j. A. Page resigned.
Mr.. f. r. ODER, the veteran singing mas
ter, has an offer to go with his family to Hol-
yoke, Mass, to sing in one of the churches
with the assurance of lucrative practice in
in musical instruction.
THE autumn examination of teachers in the
town of Waterbury will occur November
10Th, at nine A. NJ. at the school-house in
Waterbury village-not at the Center, as by
mistake in printing the county poster states.
THE text book committee have COM
pleted their work and list of the books
now authorized with prices will soon be
published and posted conspicuously and
sent by mail in bundle to each district clerk,
each family in the district before Novem-
Der It'll.
GEORGE F. WRIGHT, ESQ, of Council
Bluffs, Iowa, was the guest of Mr. Joseph
Somervile last week. Mr. Wright is a son
of the late Judge Frank A. Wright of Warren.
NlI. w IlSHt WtHU w tSl SOllt bWtntN-nNe VI
thirty years ago and for about fifteen years
has lived in Council Bluffs. He is one of
the first attorneys in Iowa, and has large
and lucrative practice. He served in the
Iowa cavalry during the war of the rebel
lion, has been representative in the state
legislature and for eight years a state SEN
ator. He has been importuned to accept an
election to congress but he prefers his pro-
fessional honors and emoluments and the en-
joyments of his Iowa home. With his
mother Mr.. Wright returned to the West
Saturday night
THE Winooski Valley Agricultural Asso-
citation was organized in this village last
week The following were chosen direc-
tors: G. G. Warren, e. G. Hooker, Benjamin
Barrett, j. E. Sheple, G. +. Moody, w. II.
Billings and w. X. Elliot. DR.. f. G.
Hooker was chosen president, NJ. o. Evans
secretary and G. n. Arms treasurer. The
level fields opposite Billings mill, in More
town have been purchased for a fair ground
A track has been surveyed and work will
be commenced at once. II is proposed tC
hold a fair on the new ground next fall. We
trust this is the beginning of "a strong ano
permanent association that will not run eX
clusively to horse racing, but one that will
have a wholesome influence in developing
and encouraging the farming and industrial
interests of Winooski Valley.
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JACOB GROVER died recently at Claren-
don, aged eighty-four years. Although at
the time but mere youth, he accompanied
his father and served with distinction
through the war of 1872. He took part in sew
eral engagements and was twice wounded,
for which he was granted a pension. At
the close of the war he returned to Ver-
mont, where his long and useful life was
Sppnt
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Calais. - Miss Cherre Morse is sales
woman in a fruit and confectionery store in
Ottawa, Canada. =-= Miss Celia Cox has
sold her clearinghouse business in Boston
and is now stopping with her sister, Mrs
Stickney. - The members of the circu-
lating library are notified to meet at the
vestry AT Maple Corner next Monday to see
Il they will revise their bylaws. - viii
liam Kinney has moved into the brick
house of John Morse, who now has the
whole family at home, == G.. w. S. Ide's
new house is approaching completion and is
the finest new building ON the west side of
the town.
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JABEz PINNEY of Greensboro died October
81, aged eighty-siX years and nine months.
He was actively engaged in business for
more than fifty years. He has several times
represented the town at.the state Legislature,
was postmaster about twenty years and
constable and collector twenty-seven years,
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Turnr are in circulation in Bos

THERE are in circulation in Boston coun-
terfeit silver dollars so well executed as TO
almost defy detection. They are of a whitish
and the size and thickness correspond with
the standard silver dollar.
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Duxbury.-The school in district No. g.,
Lola e. Spaulding, teacher, closed Friday
the oath, with appropriate exercises. Those
who We're not absent were Nellie Wiley,
Daisy Wiley and Josie Freeman. Those
who were not tardy were Erminie Griffith,
Ernest Griffith, Nellie Wiley Daisy Wiley,
Arson Minor and Eta Arlington Not
absent more than one and one-half days,
Walter Corliss, Homer Freeman, Fenny
Freeman, Barnie Gillett Eliza Neill, John
ME Neil, Curtis Turner and BERTHE Turner.
Willie Turner and Eliza Neill were perfect
in department. Fenny Freeman did not
fail in recitation during the term.
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NJ" THE SIMPLE AND PERFECT DYES
Nothing SO simple and perfect for coloring
as Diamond Dyes. Far better and cheaper
than any other dye. Ten cents. Druggists
sell them. Sample card for two-cent stamp.
Wells, Richardson x Co., Burlington, VT.
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North Tunbridge.-At the Free VIII
Baptist church next Sunday forenoon will
be a sermon followed by the Sunday-school,
and in the evening a sermon and praise
meeting. - Rev. Mr.. Preston will hold
meetings on the east hill every alternate
week, beginning November9 at three o'clock
clerks can procure the school reports at the
post-office in North Tunbridge. - Albert
Whitney gathered thirty bushels of apples
from one tree. - l.. Dickerman has hay
for sale.
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Bradford.-Ned Bailey is gaining in
health He rode to the village one day last
week and walks out. == Lee Rowland Of
Oxford has purchased DIR. G. S. Abbott's
farm. The doctor will go to Etna, Maine, to
resume the practice of medicine. 80 Pres
ident Bartlett of Dartmouth College supplied
the Congregational pulpit last Sunday, and
Professor Campbell the Sunday previous.
=- Harvest Sunday was observed at the
Methodist church last Sunday. Also there
We're appropriate exercises by the Sunday
school in the evening. =-= On Monday A.
b. Rogers went TO Clinton, Mass, and
Thursday Mr.. Rogers and daughter start for
Ocala Florida, to spend the winter. -
Ned Wright died Thursday morning at one
o'clock, Funeral, Friday afternoon. =-
Miss Charlotte Strickland has lately pur-
chased the house owned by John Norcross
and will fit it up for tenement.
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East Montpelier.-Th school at the
Center, taught by Louie A. Clark, closed last
Friday. Those not absent were Myrtle
Cove, Stella Woodward Inez Dingwall,
Hattie, Julia and Henry Foster, Helen,
Ruthie and Wallace Goodwin Edward and
Ernest Ormsbee and Lucy Steward. Ada
Woodward, Hattie and Henry Foster were
each absent one day, and Lucia Bliss, Ed
ward and Ernest Ormsbee, Lucy Steward
and Grace Woodward We're absent two days
or less. Miss Clark is thorough and in ear
nest as teacher, and this term, following so
closely after the excellent work done here
by Miss Il. j. Wheeler last year, has put our
school in condition considerably above the
average district school. - Mr.. and Mrs:
H. IL. Templeton expect to make their an
nual visit to Irasburgh this week. - c..
A. Dingwall shot young owl yesterday
and, though it was light as pound of feath-
ers, 1t measured two feet from the bealI to the
end of its tail and three feet and nine inches
across its wing
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Northneld.

HUNTLEY's painters are finishing off the
inside of #. S. Kimballs house
G.. b. b. DENNY took some goods to More
town Saturday, and is selling them in the
town hall.
WILLIAM GARvEY's son, Willie, had the
ends of three fingers cut off in a corn cutter
last week.
THE board of civil authority will meet
Saturday at ten o'clock at Village Hall to
correct the check list.
COMMUNION services will be held at the
Congregational church next Sunday. The
lecture preparatory will be on Friday at
half-paSt two o'clock.
w. f. BAKER, ESQ, left Tuesday noon.
He will visit n brother at Springfield, Mass,
and proceed from there to North Carolina to
remain through the winter.
THE entertainment given by the young
people of the Universalst society last Thurs
day evening was pleasant and successful
affair, the net proceeds being about 500
CLERKrNa seems to be popular employ
ment with our young men. Elmer Derby
is with Stebbins * Richmond, George Pratt
with G.. f.. Reed Il Co., Ed Joslin with G.
b. b. Denny and Julius Houghton renders
occasional assistance to E. o. Thurston.
ABOUT noon Monday, Frank Miller, who
was working with one of the wood-sawing
gangs in the railroad yard, was struck in
the face by block of wood and quite Sc
verely injured. He went on the noon ex-
press to his home in Bethel. The injured
man is a brother of Fred Miller, and has
lived in this town.
Two weddings are to take place in this
town to-day (Wednesday)--NIis Eleanor,
daughter of Mr.. S. b. Parker of Goudsville,
will be married at ten o'clock in the Episco-
pal church, to DR.. William Brown of Cam
bridgeport, Mass; Miss Carrie, daughter of
J. W. Gould of Gouldsville, will be married
in the evening at her fathers residence to
DR.. Edwin Gale of Wardsboro. Dr. and
Mrs. Gale will 90 to Colorado to spend the
winter, after visiting the grooms relatives
in Wardsboro. Both weddings will be very
quiet, only relatives being invited
Mr.. ELISHA WHITE started for Kansas last
Wednesday. 80 Miss Alice Preston came
on from Burlington Thursday and is visit
ing at home. 80 Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Pres
colt of North Berwick, Maine, visited at o.
ID. Edgerton's last Friday. - Miss Ella
Dalton of the Montpelier Methodist Semin-
airy was at home over Sunday. - Miss
Alice Cox and her mother returned last
week from Barnard. - Mrs. l.. o. Sher-
burne of Randolph Center has been visiting
her father, Mr.. G. w. Markham. - DIR.
NJ. l.. Powers and wife of Richmond have
| been at G. Il. Reeds. - Harry Cutler
returned Saturday from West Randolph,
where he has been working in Abbott $
| sash and blind shop. - Vivian Parker
| of Gouldsville was at home from West
Randolph over Sunday. 80 Mr.. Henry
Thompson of Lawrence is visiting at Mr.
| Samuel Smiths. Mrs. DR.. Bryant and
| two children of Chester are in town. -
| John b. Houston of South Royalton was at
| home over Sunday with his father, r. j
| Houston. - Mrs. Converse and children
have returned from St. Johnsbury for the
! winter. - Ned l.. Sheldon, who has
| been in the Argus office for few weeks, has
| completed his engagement with that paper
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MoretOwn.-Therew was husking bee 4"
at Zera Hills one evening last week. =-
Mr.. George Denny's clerk Mr.. Joslin of
Northteld, is in town for few days with
ready-made clothing, etc, for sale. -=
While George Parker was returning from
hunting, Saturday night, he fired his gun
into the air and it exploded blowing the
extracted wiSh difficulty. -= Saturday
morning, October 25th, Miss Jennie Fore
han and Mr. Orcas Harrington were mar
ried at the Catholic church. Mr., Harring-
ton joined the Catholics during the mission
some time ago.
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Granyille.-The selec

Granville.-The selectmen are causing
ratings to be put up alongside the high
ways. - f. G. Severance, whose health
has long been poor, is failing fast -
Mrs. NJ. Augusta Green has finished her
school and intends to go to the academy in
South Lancaster, Mass. - \ Mr.. Rus
sull from RoXbury will soon move to G.
Downer's farm.
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Strafford.-Died October 18th, Albert A.
Collins, a native of Corinth, aged siXty-tive
years. Mr.. Collins became citizen of this
town some ten years since and gained the
respect of all who became acquainted with
him. He was elected selectman several
years in succession and held the Office till
Frustrated by disease. By his death we have
lost good citizen, neighbor and Christian.
- Welman Parker, who lived in Thet-
ford near the residence of w. S. McMaster,
whose death by suicide was chronicled in
tire last issue of The WATCHMAN, also COM
mitted suicide by hanging last week. He
had the reputation of being both dealer in
and free user of cider brandy and was prob
ably under the influence Of liquor when the
rash act was committed. An hour or so be-
fore the event he told his aged mother he
was about to kill himself but should have u
good dinner first, and that she might come
out to the barn in a little while after, and
would find he was telling the truth. His
mother thought such talk some of his idle
nonsense and paid but little attention to it.
But a little alarmed at his non-appearance
after his dinner, she made search and found
for once he had kept his word. - Will
liam Ferris, a young man in the employ of
III. b. Cummings, inflicted with an axe an
ugly wound on his left foot last Friday. He
will be laid up for several weeks.
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Newbury.-Professor G.. w. Starr and
wife, ex spirit mediums entertained the
people of this place during five evenings of
last week in grand expose of Spiritualism.
They proved the whole system a fraud,
from the raps on a table to naturalization
of departed spirits. Their method was to
perform the various tricks, by which so
many have been deceived into thinking
there must be something in it, and then
showing clearly and plainly just how every
thing was done The entertainments were
instructive and interesting to the end. -
Mr. Albert Chalmers, who has been confined
in the insane asylum at Brattleboro, died
there last Friday. His remains were brought
home for burial and his funeral occurred on
Sunday. - Miss Nettie Forrest of West
Burke, a former student of the seminary,
visited the school ana friends last week.
- Mr.. G. S. Batchelder is visiting
friends in town. - Albert Silsby, son of
the station agent, has returned from New
Mexico, where he has been for nearly four
years. He with his two sisters, Nellie and
Clara, are visiting friends in West Burke
this week - Jacob WOrthen and wife
returned last week from their visit in the
West. - Professor ID. A. French and
wife We're made happy Tuesday, the 10Th,
by the birth of daughter. - Miss Alb
bic Meader closed her second term of school
in district No last Friday. She will teach
the winter term. - Miss Anna Renfrew
leaves the seminary this week to commence
teaching a winter term of school in Tops
ham. - Harris Watkins was home from
Dartmouth over Sunday. Miss Lydia
White, the authoress of many beautiful ar
ticles in some of our magazines, is spending
IA few weeks with the family of II. w. Bal
ley. Professor French has a larger
class in music than usual this fall. -
Mrs. Jones of the Kendric k district has sold
her place, and will soon move to the street
with her son and his family.