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

mite society will meet with Mrs. Timothy
Blanchard Friday afternoon of this week.
- ldella a. Flint of Boston, Mass, is
visiting at her fathers, NJ. II. Flints.
East BrookfieId.
WE learn with regret the death of J. d.
Medcalf, for many years resident of this
town, from which he moved to Chelsea.
- Charles G. Staples of Williamstown
has rented the Bigelow Durkee farm of John
Sprague, and moves on to it this month.
- Irving Sargent and wife are visiting
friends in New Hampshire. go George
Newell and wife have returned to their
home in Boston, Mass. =- d. s. Wheatley
and family are spending their vacation with
relatives in this place. Miss Nav
Blodgett of North Randolph teaches the fail
term of school in district No. H.
Chelsea.
CHELSEA cornet band were out serenading
last Saturday night. 80 Chelsea Acad-
envy has opened with about seventy stu
dents, and more are expected. -= A game
OF base ball was recently played between
the Chelsea nine and the West Hill nine,
resulting in victory for the former. -
MISS Hattie Putfer is attending school in
Montpelier, at the Methodist Seminary
- William f. Hood is making some re-
pairs ON the blacksmith shop occupied by
Timothy Sullivan. - Ed. Peters was
married last week to Mrs. Emma Sanborn
- Miss Eva Twiss of Milford, n. H., is
in town visiting her brother, Mr.. j. A.
Twss. - Rev. e. E. Herrick sold val
liable family horse last week for $40
- Foster Thurston, a former resident
was in town Friday. - Archie Mills
has returned to his home in st. Louis,
Missouri. - j. b. Atwood, Esq, has
gone to Manchester, n. H., for a few DAYS
on business. - Mr.. William Roberts and
son OF Highgate are in town on a visit
- Miss Mary Wright has gone back to
Lebanon, n H.. where she is teaching in
the high school. - j. b. Bacon and wife
have gone to Saratoga for few weeks.
- Hon. l.. G. Hinckley returned last
week Thursday. - Ned Prescott has
returned to his home in Boston, Mass
- Mr.. Philander Densmore of Man
chester, n. H., is in town.
Corinth.
LAST week a thunder shower passed over
the north part of this town, accompanied
with hail. The hail fell thickly in many
places, so that the fields were white -
A son of Isaac H. Virgins was buried at
West Corinth last Saturday. This
week the yearly meeting will begin at the
Baptist house at the,Meadow. Twenty-nine
years ago this season a yearly meeting was
held at West Cornth. - Cookville
graded school began Monday with forty-four
scholars.
East Randolph.
Mrs. ID. j. CAMP has been called to her
home in Waitsfield to help care for her sis
ter, who is very ill. - Brock Flint, one
of j. G. Huntington's hired men, is on the
sick list. and has gone to his home. -
The household goods OF the late Charles
Button were sold at auction last week We'd
nesday - The Button brothers and
their families have gone back to their homes
in the West. Miss Maria Button has also
gone with them. - Mr.. Dean of Tun-
hri 1nai 10 Inin i,l, C e.,
Huntington. - Miss Kate Gillett com
mences her school in Braintree this week.
- Mrs. Lizzie Manchester is to speak at
the Robbins school-house, in the edge of
Chelsea, two weeks from last Sunday, and
in three week here at East Randolph again.
-. {. Huntington received a very nice
driving-harness the other day, it being
present from Charles Saunders of Haverhill,
Mass.
West Randolph.
SCHOOL began last Monday. We are glad
to see Mrs. Margaret Smith back in the pri-
mary department. She is very popular
among the little ones. - Last week
some " horrid type-setter made us say
" General Sparhawk and Clarence Mont
gomery" had entered college. 1t was
George Sparhawk and Clarence Moulton
- There was almost another large fire
here last week. A barrel of charcoal caught
fire one evening and was discovered about
terly meeting at the Methodist church next
week Saturday and Sunday. - Several
Indian women joined the Kickapoo tribe
here last week. - Last spring Justin
Childs planted a Castor bean, and now he
has fine stalk nearly eight feet high and
an inch and three-quarters through. 1t has
large branches and handsome leaves. Red
blossoms appear on top, which contain the
seed. 60 j. b. Wells had an ld-fashioned
corn-roast the other night, which was at
tended by large number of village people
= There was almost a heavy frost last
Saturday night The fog in the night pre-
vented it. - There was party at A. A.
Smiths last Monday night, for the benefit of
Miss Emma. - Postal cards have been
scarce at the postOtflce the past week, and
change is wanted at all the places of bust
ness. - Misses Lena Spaulding and Car
RE Abbott, two excellent teachers, are
teaching in Waitsfield. 80 Lewis Fish
and wife are visiting at Springfield Mass.
- Judge w II. Nichols has a new
Diebold safe. 1t has been put into his new
office in Joslyn * Diapers block. -
The old Hastings blacksmith shop has
been painted and otherwise improved.
- Our base ball club went to Bethel
last Thursday and We're beaten, nineteen to
twenty-nine. 80 A picnic party went to
Silver Lake, Barnard, Monday. - The
frame of j, H. Lamson's new house ON
South Pleasant street is up and boarded.
will be occupied by George Cowdry. -
The fair at Bethel occurs next week. 1t is
said that it will be a good one. 60 Noah
Clark has several bushels of 1884 Ben Davis
apples that are sound 80 There was a
tea party at Mrs. \. b. Tewksbury's last
evening and one at Mrs. Willard Gays FRI
day evening. j. c. Colby and wife of
Chicago are stopping with Dennis Greene.
- l.. p. Thayer, Johnnie Meade, Fred
Dubois and Albert Bass started for Spring
field, Mass, last Monday night, to attend
the big bicycle convention. 80 Harvey
Spaulding, wife and two children from
Washington, ID. c., are stopping at Hon.
James Hutchinson's. Edwin Tolles
and wife of Hartford, Conn, have been Wis
iting at n. NJ. Diapers. - Charles
Lamb has moved his family to Sherburne.
80 Elliott Cushman and family have
been visiting friends in Rochester, -
Mrs. j. ID. Mitchell and Master Robert have
returned from Bridgewater. - A. f.
Thayer of Barnard was here last week.
- Harry sault is gaining fame as a
base ball player The Bethel nine want to
hire him to play with them. -= c. NJ.
Howard has returned home. G.. b.
Dodge and wife, nee Tracy, of Littleton, n.
H., are in town. - Charles w. Hay
ward and family have been visiting in
Chelsea. - Rev. w. IL. Hyde of West
Berkshire occupied the pulpit of the Metho-
dist church last Sunday. He is the pastor S
father. - Mrs. Hiram Huse of Mont
pelier was at DIR. Mclntyre's last week.
= Frank Dewey of Williamstown was
in town over Sunday. He goes to Keene
n. H., to teach writing school. - Mrs
Rowland Swan has returned to Maiden
Mass, and William Spear has returned to