The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-04
Waterbury.


attended the Montreal carnival.
DURING the year ended January LIST there
have been in district No. | twenty-three
births and ten deaths.
DIR. CuTTING's lecture, Friday evening,
was highly interesting and instructive and
attentively listened to.
II. e. BoycE was taken sick on Sunday
and has been confined to his house since.
He expects soon to be out again.
j. w. SLEEPER, Charles Wells, f. II.
Anterior and ID. A. Gray are delegates to
the department Grand Army encampment
at Rutland
H. Il. BoYCE has been filing his ice house
during the past week. He will put in
enough ice to supply his customers the COM
ing season.
THE mercury stood on Tuesday morning
as follows; Waterbury, S20 Waterbury Cen
33o; Stowe, 40o below zero.
A. j. Brown & Son, it may not be gen.
orally understood, are dealers in hay, straw
and coal, and can furnish these articles
promptly and at bottom prices.
WILL NICHOLS, we understand has COM
pleted his engagement with M. o. Evans.
Will is competent, steady and obliging and
the druggist who secures him will be we'll
and faithfully served.
In spite of the severity of the weather
there was large attendance on the Spirit
ualist convention general report of the
proceedings will be found in our Current
Mention columns on the first page of this
paper.
THE Congregational Sunday-school ex-
poets to have new library in few weeks
This is what the school and church much
need, and all who can help the good work
along will be doing great good to great
number.
w. II. BILLINGS is improving the long
deferred shedding. A large force of men
and teams is filling his yard with logs and
placing them along the banks of the river,
ready to be run during high water in
spring-time
The butter market was more active on
Monday and some long diaries were sold.
New butter brought twenty-eight to thirty
cents fall twenty-five cents summer, fifteen
to eighteen cents; eggs, twenty-five cents {;
potatoes, thirty-tive cents.
NJ. NJ. KNIGHT and j. G. Griggs are adver-
Using closing-out sale of certain lines of
goods, the former in dry goods, the latter in
boots and shoes. 1t is a favorable opportu-
nifty for good bargains. 1t will last during
the month and people will save many a
penny by taking advantage of it.
A WEEK ago in these items, actuated by
the best of motives, we gave Mr.. f. G. Par
malice of Georgetown, Col, wife. 1t
was an act without warrant of law, we are
PEELED to remand him to the state of con-
| firmed bachelorhood in which he has al
ways lived.
"REMINISCENCES of early history and per-
sonal experience make particularly inter
esting local reading. Contributions to these
| items of this character, as well as notices OF
current matters and happenings, will be
gladly received. We trust our readers will
make it point to report freely and fully
items of general and personal interest.
ELwIN BERRY, foreman of w. II, Billings
mill, was bitten in the hand by tame fox
kept about the premises, about two weeks
ago. A week later the hand sweled up to
nearly twice its natural size. The pain was
severe till the surgeons lance liberated the
matter that had collected and relieved him
Mr.. Berry has learned to exercise prudent
caution in handling foxes.
THE Good Templars celebrated their fit
teenth anniversary on Monday evening
After the installation of officers there was
an address by L. X. Gordon of Montpelier
Cake and coffee were served and a yer,
pleasant evening was enjoyed by all A
small admission fee was charged to help pa,
for fine organ which the lodge has recent!
purchased. The net receipts We're So
which will nearly finish paying for the in
strument. The following are the ofiicer
chosen: w: c. T., e. l.. Perry; W. Y. T.
Mrs. f. l.. Perry; w. S., Fred Caldwell; w
f. S., Frank Caldwell; w. T., Martha
Lease; w. c., j. p. Mari; w. NJ, j. j
Root; w. |. g., Eta Straw w. O. G.
Charles Lease; w. r. II. s., Mrs. Henry
w. l.. II. s., Mrs. Cunningham; w. ID. NJ
Miss Annie Carpenter; W. A. S., Miss Har
wood.
WE have been furnished with some sup
Elementary data relating to the personnel o
the original and subsequent membership O
Winooski Loge of Free and Accepted Ma
sons. The number of the charter member
was eleven instead of seven as stated las
week. Besides the names of those the
enumerated the list contained j. f. Henry
now of New York, General w. w. Henry
t now of Burlington, George w. Atkins and A
j. Brown of Waterbury, Deacon GrashaI
Rice and Fayette Warner the last two c
, whom are dead. Mr.. Warner at the tim
of the organization of the lodge was a Roys
Arch Mason. Among the prominent men
! beers was Rev. Israel Luce, who moved
/ Maine. William Moody and Sylvanus Flag
! are added to the list of the dead. AT the tim
q he moved away b. IL. Dewey, now of Me-
: York, was deputy grand master of tn
state and would ultimately have been gran
master. In masonry, as in all things els,
0 Mr.. Dewey was recognized leader.
Waitsfield.-The chicken-pie festival {
a the vestry eff the Congregational churc
4 was a pleasant and successful affair, an
h netted about $40 - Miss Sarah Label
/. who has been suffering from diphtheria,
e now better General good health is Prev
{ lent throughout the town. - Will
Y Bragg had the curiosity to weigh one of h
two-horse loads of wood, last Saturday, an
- was surprised to find that it tipped the beal
u at seven thousand seven hundred twent
: five pounds. Will has one of the best team
= on the road. - Clarence Richardson h;
:, purchased the place in Fayston on whiC
. the Ferris boys lived or perhaps bett,
q known as the Elijah Seaver place, for h
Z fsther-in-law, Mr.. Henry Kneeland
Waterbury. - The item in last week
!, WATCHMAN relating to the sermon read
~ the Congregational church should have rea
l. 1926, instead of 1857, as printed.
r. Warren.-James Worcester spent Su
!, day with his father, Almon Worceste
Il dell went to Montreal last week 80
4 Hattie Spaulding went to Boston, last Mo
r day, for treatment of the eyes. - III
"a owl that sat on Dr. Green's house all da
h last Wednesday, was curiosity to the boy
v Also the aquatic bird that n. Robinst
. caught the same day. - There was
temperance meeting in the school-house
~, South Hollow on Monday evening "
d hope there may be more about town. -
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs. ia,
Greenwood, January 2Sth, to gladden. the
,r home. - The Grand Army boys w
Is soon present the drama, The Loyal Mou
Of taineer." -- The dancing-school clos
10 next week Friday night with public.
y Moretown.-Owingt to the storm or som
n thing else, that eagle which was on exhil