The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-14

postmaster. 80 Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman of
Sherbrooke, =. O., are in town.
Chelsea.
THE friends of Henry Bryant and wife
gave them pleasant surprise last Friday
evening, the occasion being the twentieth
anniversary of their wedding. - Rev.
Mr.. Knapp is away on his vacation. -
Mary Barnes died last week Wednesday
and George Coburn the same day Both
had been sick only short time. - Mrs.
e. K. Herrick has gone to Chicago. ILL.,, for
q few weeks visit to her sister, Mrs Flint
- Miss Lillian Parkhurst, who has
spent the last two years in the West, is at
home on "a visit. - Miss Sarah Gustin is
having new granite monument put on to
the family lot in Highland cemetery. ==
Alonzo Noyes and wife are visiting their
daughter, Grace, at Wells River. - Miss
Lillian Sturtevant is visiting in st. Johns
bury. - Miss Lillian Peters has been
in Bradford the past week.
West Randolph.
MAIN street has been widened in front of
the new blocks, making it in range with
Smiths block. - Hon. Crosby Miller
and wife are in town, the guests of DIR. III.
II. Mcintyre. - Albert Emery and wife
have been visiting in Chelsea - Solon
Hood and wife of Chicago are visiting in
ds
- Samuel Spear of Braintree had fifty
bushels of ears of sound corn on less than
an acre of land. 60 Rev. l.. II. Elliot of
Waterbury preached at the Congregational
church last Sunday morning. - Judge
Rowel has been elected one of the vice
presidents of the New England Sunday
school Association. - The Mechanics
band will dedicate its new hall this week
Thursday evening. There will be a prom
enade concert from half-past seven to half
past eight o'clock An oyster supper will
be served in the rooms on the second floor
of the block Dancing will commence at
nine. The Mechanics band orchestra will
furnish music for dancing. The boys de-
serve your patronage. - Ezra Jewell is
erecting house on South Pleasant street.
south of William Woods - The Meth
odst pastors of the Montpelier and Spring.
field districts held a union meeting here the
first of the week
Strafford.
LAST week Monday, while L. d. Kibing
Qor so many years past cattle broker in
town was driving through South Strafford
with pair of oxen imprudently hitched to
the hind axle of his buggy, the oxen became
frightened and, turning suddenly over
threw the buggy. Mr.. Kibling was thrown
to the ground with great force striking upon
his head and shoulder, and was taken up
insensible. For several days his symptoms
We're quite alarming, indicating injury to
the brain. He is now improving rapidly.
Long may he live to pay our farmers many
more thousands of dollars for their surplus
sheep and cattle - Charles w. Lane,
Esq, one of our most prosperous and intelli-
gent farmers, has long been very ill, having
typhoid symptoms. Within a few days a
slight improvement has been observed. The
delirium has disappeared and his final re-
covery is confidently expected. - Rev.
Mr.. Cummings and wife are attending the
m nf A mi ri of
this week. Mr.. Cummings expects to ex-
change with Rev. Mr.. Butler of Lyme,
n. H., next Sunday, and the following Sun
day with Rev. Harry Brickett of Thet-
ford. - Rev. Albion Ross of Norwich
preached to the Adventists last Sunday.
Next Lords day Rev Mr.. Earle is expected
to hold forth here to the same society. The
revival work, conducted by ministers of this
order, is still going on here. - f. f.
Sanborn, the tinsmith, has purchased the
Abraham Brown residence, situated at the
north end of the village. William f..
Preston has sold to Joseph II. Garland OF
Massachusetts the Eli Clark farm at the
Furnace.
North Thetford.
AUNT LYMAN HOWARD, the oldest person
in this part of the town, died October 9Th
at the age of ninety-five years. Mrs How
ard had been a resident of this place fol
many years. - Mrs. George Wise died
last Saturday. The funeral was held Sun
day afternoon, and the remains carried tC
Lyme, n. H., and buried with her kindred
- Mrs. Edmund Sawyer is still on the
sick list. But little hope is entertained for
her recovery.
Tunbridge.
SOME of our farmers say they cannot
gather all their apples and many bushels
will be left upon the trees. - Mrs
Moody Smith and daughter have received
their exhibit of old relics sent to the ex
position at New Orleans last winter. No
an article was in jured. - Frank Fland
ers remains in very low state of health
- natural history society was lately
organized, with Henry Bragg as president
o. A. Gay, vice-presdent; Clayton Noyes
secretary, and j. s. Gay, treasurer. -
White River Pomona Grange met here last
| Thursday. The attendance was large
- Miles Comstock was lately released
from Grand Isle JAIL on his taking the poo
debtors oath He had served out a sen
| tence of fifteen months Imprisonment fol
Illicit distilling of cider brandy. - E. S
! Folsom and wife were lately remembered
! by their friends on their wedding ami
versary. - Hannah Kolsom starts Sat
urday for Federal Point Florida, where she
will spend the winter with her brother
| - Mrs. Eunice Lyman, who has been il
Tracy, Mimi, the past year, is expected tc
return here in a few days. - Car
Dudley and wife of MiddleseX are visit
ing here.
Williamstown.
OK Friday morning last there was ice or
one of our roads strong enough to hold up
buggy with two persons in it. - Ap
propos of September snow-storms in Yer
mont, friend tells us that on the 23d o
| September, 1860, snow fell in the town il
Washington county in which he was living
that measured six inches in depth on thu
following morning. - Mr.. Samuel Hib
bard was buried on Thursday of last week
from his house, Rev. III. X. Grain of tn,
Free Baptist society officiating. He was al
old man. and for long time feeble one
and though poor rs to this worlds goods
he was rich in what is better than mer,
worldly wealth. We doubt il one coulC
know him we'll and not regard him in thi
light His three daughters-Misses Mary
Phebe and Violetta-were present at hi,
funeral. - We are told that the high
water price asked by the late Alvin Film
for his farm was $4,000 1t recently sold a
auction for S1,700. 80 Among Dr. Nc
Clearn's recent patients is our old towns
man, Mr.. Oliver Davenport. His trouble /,
of the heart, and at the present writing hi
case is considered well-nigh hopeless, W,