The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-23
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A DAUGHTER was born to Mr.. D. Asel Farm
ham Sunday. Weight, ten pounds
FRIDAY evening the Good Templars hold
their regular quarterly election Of officers
MRS A. ORION SMITH died last week Tues
day, and was buried Thursday in Brookfield.
A MATCH game Of base ball will be played
on the parade ground, Saturday, between
mines from this village and the Center
A QUARTERLY meeting will be held at the
Methodist church, Saturday and Sunday, the
service Saturday being at half-past two o'clock.
THE democrats had hag-raising, Friday
evening, with an address by their candidate
for governor, L. W. Redington, Esq, Of Rut-
land.
A LAWN party will be held by the Congrega-
tionaists at Mr.. Homer Denny's this WED
nesday) afternoon and evening. The band
will be in attendance.
PLACES are secured already for thirty or
forty OF the fresh-ar children from Boston.
They will come the second week in August and
remain eight days. All others who will take
any OF the children should give notice to the
editor of the Ne,os by Friday of this week, as
the list will be sent in that day.
THE remains of Charles Currier were brought
here for burial last Thursday. Services were
held in the Universalist church on the arrival
Of the afternoon mail train. Rev. w. NJ. Kim
nell of Barre, the former pastor, OBLIGATED, rs
Mr.. Booth was not in town. The floral decora-
tons in the church were very beautiful.
A CAUCUS of the republicans was held at
village hall last Thursday afternoon, to elect
delegates to the district convention, and organ
lied with DR.. p. d. Bradford as chairman and
c D Edgerton, secretary. The ballot resulted
rs follows: Delegates, Frank Plumley, J L.
Moseley, c. A. Braley o. d. Edgerton, James
Morse; substitutes, j. H. Winch, G. b. b.
Denny, c. d. Edgerton, Charles Dole, Francis
Wright. The delegates all expressed them
chi in fav If uha ~
instructed by vote to work for his nomination
POLITICAL discussion was recently heard
between two young fellows of this village, one
OF whom had been brought up in the demo-
cratic faith and the other had been a republic
can. After exhausting current political ques-
tons and finding little ground of difference,
the first said, "Well, Charles, don't see that
we differ much, except that you call yourself
an independent republican and | am an in
dependent democrat This was getting into
little too close quarters for the ex-republican,
and he rejoined, :" No, Prime, that's not quite
all. You believe Hayes election was a fraud
and don't and there they left it.
SCHOOL begins August IS with the old board
of teachers except room No. 8, which will be
in charge of Mr.. John Spaulding of Warren
The old members OF the corps are well-known
as experienced and successful teachers and
Mr.. Spaulding comes with such excellent rec
concentrations that the directors feel confident
grammar school has taken for the past two
| years. The fall and winter terms will continue
| for twelve weeks each, with vacation of one
week between and recess of one week at
| Christmas. There will be vacation of two
weeks after the winter term, and the spring
| term of eleven weeks will close may 10Th. Pres
ent indications are that the fall term will be
| the largest in attendance for some time
SQUIRE PLUMLEY and family started Friday
| morning on a trip through Lamoil!e county,
| expecting to return Tuesday night. Two
Misses Cheney from northern New York are
| visiting Miss Polly Russell. -. Colonel Ran
dalPs brother, Mr.. G. p. Randall, with his
wife, from Chicago, are in town. :. Mrs Alice
| Davis Brown of Milwaukee, with her two lit
tie daughters, has been visiting at f. K
| Smiths. Edmond Joslin is at home from
Sherbrooke, P. O.. Cadet F. S. Parker, who
| graduated at the last commencement of Lewis
College, has been engaged rs principal OF the
| high school at Fargo, Dakota. Mr.. j. ii
Carpenter and wife of Plymouth, N. H., were
in town over Sunday. Mrs. D. w. Richard
son of Clinton, Iowa, with her young son, is
visiting at Moses Lanes. =. Miss Lizzie Crane
goes to-day to Guildhal to visit her sister, Mrs
Small. IA. S. Durham of Chicago made q
flying visit Tuesday to his aunt, Mrs. Joe
| Winch