The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-30
Washington County.
Barre.


Miss KIMBALL of Chicago occupied the |
pulpit at the Methodist church last Sunday,
delivering an address to the Sunday-schools |
in the morning and to the church and peo-
pie in the afternoon. She also spoke in the
evening, taking for her subject az The Neces- |
sity of Temperance Education" Miss
kimball is thoroughly devoted to temper
ance work and a very easy and fluent
speaker. She came here by invitation of
the Young Womans Christian Temperance
Union. The church was well filed at all
the services, and our people were well
satisfied with her addresses. == The re-
mains of Mrs Charles Keith of Winona,
Mimi, formerly of Barre, were brought
here last week for interment. Mrs. Keith
and her daughter, Hattie, had been visiting
here the past summer and returned to their
western home September 9th. Mrs. Keith
was taken ill very soon after returning
home and lived but short time, She leaves
an only child, who has the sympathy of her
many friends. 80 George Vincent, while
painting II. o. Camps house, last week. fell
some twenty-four feet to the ground, badly
tracturing his leg near the ankle. -
Mr.. Bowen employed at the granite quarry,
broke his leg one day last week. 80 The
band boys were out last Saturday in their
new uniforms. They made very creditabe
appearance and furnished excellent music
g. Postmaster Holden has engaged w
A. Perry to assist in the Office for the next
six months - Ira Bradford bought the
, home farm of the late Rodney Bradford,
; which sold at auction last Saturday, paying
$500 for the same. The other property
sold low. - G. NJ Spencer has returned,
and Mrs. Spencer with him. They are
boarding at W. a. Perry's. - Mrs.
Center Bates died last week, after a short
Illness. The funeral was from the house on
Sunday. - Mary Keith returned home
from the mountains last Saturday.
Berlin.
THE young ladies of Berlin have an en-
rtoip at tl,a OH hall
a evening, for the purpose of raising funds to
D pay for a new organ for the Congregational
| church. Plenty of good things will be pro.
vided. All are invited. 80 The ladies'
t sewing circle meets this week with Mrs
t David Hobart. - Miss Mary Perrin
, is expected home from the White Noun
tains in a few days. - Lizzie Hobart re-
i turned last week.
= Cabot.
= THE Methodist society is making quite ex-
: tensive repairs and changes in its church
editice. - William Barr purchased the
f farm and crops belonging to the estate of
a the late Mr.. Paine, which were sold at
"" "" auction last week. - w. p. Whittier is
a adding an ell to his residence. - The
! grand jurors paid their respects to several
parties in this town, and number of the
witnesses called from Walden and Danvlle
e left impressions about the courthouse show
r. ing they had been there. - Mrs. DIR.
Wiswall summoned by telegraph to
L funeral of an uncle. = Mr.. and Mrs.
l. I. H. Lance were pleasantly reminded, on
the evening of the 18th instant that it was
- the twenty-tfth anniversary of their married
: life, when about seventy-fve of their
d friends, accompanied by the band, called on
E. them. - Our children will tell it to their
children that on the 23d day of September,
= 1885, snow fell to such depth that there
l. were drifts three feet deep on the height OF
- land on the sides of the road leading from
l. the village of Cabot to Walden depot. The
/ memory of the " oldest inhabitant " goeth
Il not back to such an occurrence in Septeu.
l' Der. - Lyman Walbridge met with a
$ serious accident, last week, by being thrown
,, DOWN near his wagon his horse stepping
Ssick and on TO him. Three of his ribs were
!, y broken, and he received other severe in
e juries. 60 Bemis Cameron, who has beer
+ unable to labor since July 4th was kindly
. the 23d instant, who called on him and left
. him quite supply of the substantials of life
Calais.
~ C. HAMLIN was in town last week buying
- - sheep and lambs, paying three cents for sheel
" and four cents per pound for lambs a. p
I. Slayton, Jr., sold him two lambs, raised by
:, one sheep and less than five months old tina
y weighed one hundred twenty-five and one
d hundred four pounds each. - a. =
= Slayton threshed one hundred twenty bush
l. els of oats, last week, for \. l.. Bancroft il
three hours. Myron Daley had
"a horsepower last week. = We had a Sc
= we're snow storm last week Wednesday
l. lasting about eight hours. - Mr.. ant
- Mrs. William Noyes, who have been spend
H. ing the summer with their relatives in Yer
T. mont, returned to their home in Indiana las
T. week.
= East Calais.
a. The promenade concert announced fo
ar last Saturday evening well attended
. a good time was had, and about $50 il
m money added to the amount already in tn,
p hands of the treasurer of the band. AT
ne meeting of the board of directors, held dur
a. ing the evening, vote was taken to pur
Ir chase twenty-five uniforms for the band
at - There will be no regular services OF
Al Sunday for the present, and until some
a. further arrangement is made the Sunday
h school will meet at eleven A. NJ. 60 Mr.
n Bliss gave an unusually fine discourse OF
r. Sunday last on 50 Our duties as citizens il
- relation to our country" He started las
m Monday for Baltimore, Md, where he eX
" poets to continue his studies. - At til,
10 Good Templars' meeting, last Friday even
. ing, Alice George was installed as worth.
vice-templar in place of Katie Peck, VIII,
resigned her office on account of going away
% Marshfield.
il ALLIE BAILEY is convalescent after bein!
st very sick with typhoid fever. -= The
ie widow of the late Nathaniel Robinson was
to called to Bradford one day last week, he
" mother, who resides there, having received
le severe injuries by fall. - Maud ant
e. Estelle Mears have been quite sick from
Y, vaccination, but are now on the gain. =--
e, The storm of last Wednesday was the mos
c. severe for the time of year ever known b,
W our oldest residents. In some places snow
Sc fell to the depth of seven inches by actua
i measurement. - Ira Edison, who spen
e. the most of last week in Malone, n. Y, ha.
ne returned home. =- George a. Putnam
Or arrived in town last week. - Mrs. Franl
he White has been very sick. She is now i'm
IS proving
ne Shady Rill.
ir Mr.. AND Mrs. GEORGE S. LAWRENCE hav,
if been visiting friends in Barre. - w. o
Cummings is slowly regaining his forme
health, - Miss Sarah f. Hoyt of Montpe
ier made a visit TO her friends her,
the past week. 60 W. Il. Folsom ha
r gone to Tunbridge to visit his parents
-, Arthur Markham, his sister, Della o., an,
y, II. w. Cummings have also gone TO tina
m place to visit their friends and attend tn,
- fair. == Mr. and Mrs. l.. A. Flint hav,
gone to Worcester Mass, to visit relative
IS residing in that place.
i'm Moretown.
y, THE ladies' aid society meets at Mrs. G. NJ
N Fletcher's this week. == A few from th
place attended the fair at Northfeld las
is week. - A slight snow storm visited
Id this town last Wednesday. = Anon,
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