The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16
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French commenced his duties at the

A. French commenced his duties at the
Seminary last Monday.
Orange.
SUNDAY the 18th instant, was the fiftieth
birthday of w. w. Wilson, which was duly
celebrated by surprise-party on Saturday
evening, given by Mrs. Wilson. About
seventy-five of their neighbors and friends
were present. A unanimous vote OF thanks
was returned to Mrs. Wilson for the pleas
ure she had given those present. 49, The
fair and festival given by the Good Templars
at the town hall, last Friday evening, was
success. The hall was tastefully decorated
with appropriate notices and evergreen
Ice-cream and cake were served, and good
music was furnished for the promenade.
- Mrs. Charles Sanders, who has been
spending the summer with her brother,
Reuben Lord, returned to her home in
Nashua, n. H., on Friday last 80 Mrs.
A. S. Martyr is quite sick with typhoid
fever. 80 Rev. and Mrs. Herrick of
Chelsea are spending their vacation in town.
They are boarding at j. p. Lords.
West Randolph.
REV. V. M. HARDY leaves town this week,
to be absent two or three weeks. Next Sun
day there will be preaching at the Congre-
gational church, but the two following Sun
days there will not. The Sunday-school
and evening meetings will be held as usual.
- The first day of the graded school,
last week Monday, the attendance was two
hundred Observation-Disclosures in the
high school, fifty-nine in the grammar and
ninety-eight in the primary department
! Over three hundred now attend the school.
- Saturday afternoon the Gaysvile
base ball club came here to play with our
| nine. The Gaysvlle club was defeated
the score standing twenty-eight to fourteen.
! - Quarterly meeting will be held at
the Methodist church next Saturday and
Sunday. Conference and prayer-meeting
Saturday afternoon, commencing at two
o'clock. Sunday, sermon by the pastor and
a sermon by Rev. II. A. Spencer, the pre-
siding elder, after which the Lords Supper
will be administered. - Last Monday
morning at seven o'clock the mercury stood
seventy-one degrees above zero, the warmest
morning of the present year. - The
Randolph cornet band dedicated its new
hall last Friday night with dance and ice
cream party. - Fales & Draper have
put imported plate-glass into the front of
their new block. Each light weighs two
hundred ten pounds. - The Kickapoo
tribe of Indians left town last Saturday,
going to Bethel. They sold large amount
of medicine while here. - Crab-apples
are very plenty and sell at twenty-five cents
per bushel. - Hon. w. c. B. Stickney
and Rev. S. A. Parker of Bethel were in
town last Monday. - Cyrus Lawrence
and family. of New Bedford, Mass, are stop
ping for a few weeks with G. w. Lawrence
- Mrs. Nellie Andrews and son re-
Colby and wife Of Chicago have been visiting
Denis Green. - The editor of the Herdlo
and Ne,cs was in Springfield, Mass, last
week. - Mrs. A. E. Rice has returned
to Waterbury. Conn, improved in health
She thinks West Randolph is a beautiful
village. 80 Mrs. j. w. Carleton has re
turned from Concord, n. H., where she has
been visiting sister. - Mrs. Sophia
II. Bugbee is visiting friends in Corinth ant
vicinity. - Mrs: L. P. Thayer spent thu
Cn11 ,o+l Il Til 4 ~ a.,
ton has returned from Barrett's Junction
Mass. to attend school. He has been learn
ing telegraphy. - Mrs. Martha Nelson
has returned to Troy, n. Y. Thu
funeral of Mrs Nancy Gooch was helC
, Monday afternoon
STAFFORD.
On Saturday last, while Mrs. Georgian
F. Smith, widow of the late Lieutenan
, Jesse b. Smith, L. S. n. was riding with
: lady friend, the carriage was overturne,
, and its occupants thrown to the ground
Her companion escaped with but Sigh
bruises, but Mrs. Smith was seriously in
jured. She was taken up helpless an
= nearly insensible and carried to the hous
of her brother-in-law, b. II. Smith, her HON
4 during her stay here. Her physicians ar
= yet in doubt as to whether there is fractur
, of the hip. Mrs Smith is particularly ur
+ fortunate, having twice before met with
o similar accident, each time fracturing bones
L
vivalist who conducted gospel meeting
here last month, began a new series of tn
same last Sunday. The Adventists desig
to form an organization here. - y.
Gusha sold his saw-mll and mill-yard, wit
the dwelling-hOuSe and lot adjoining, til
! 9th instant, to Adelbert Clark, who take
|, immediate possession. - Jeremiah We.
|, has conveyed to his son, Fred H., til
y Williams lot of some siXty-tive acres. 80
i r. a. Hatch has returned from bus
Il oh f,.,
e of orders for bedsteads. His manufactor
u started up again about two weeks since.
u will be run at present with only six hand
e about half the usual number - TIL
$ week Mamie Chandler begins teaching
l. term of school at West Canaan, n. H., an
II Cora Rowell commences to teach at Ea
II Thetford, VT.
l. Thetford.
+ Mr.. ORLANDO LUCIUs SCOTT, member
~ the sophomore class in Dartmouth Colleg
"a died at North Thetford on Saturday last
n typhoid fever. Mr. Scott was paying h
t. way through college by preaching, and ha
y preached in the Congregational church
North Thetford the Sunday before his deaf
"a He was twenty-four years and five montl
.t old, and had brother and other relativ,
E in Newport, this state, whittier his boo
a was taken for burial
n Tunbridge.
u FREE return checks will be given over Il
- Central Vermont railroad to all attendin
- the reunion tomorrow Thursday who pa
!, full fare over that road. - Several feel,
- - of water-melons were robbed last wee
i - Myron Flanders is very sick with t
\, phoid fever. Our farmers have a larl
= crop of rowen. "A large number
!, ladies joined the relief corps at its meetir
- last Saturday evening. 80 Corn is ripe
! ing slowly.
a Washington.
a f. p. HALL, who has been i'll for lor
A. time, is failing. - j. p. Huntington h
IS his new barn nearly completed. - Aarc
A. Richardson is building new cottage, whi'
IS is rapidly approaching completion. 80
ID ID. Taylor of Council Bluffs, Iowa, is
e. town visiting his parents. His father Al
n. brose Taylor, is over ninety years of al
" and very feeble. - Mr.. and Mrs. A.
,e Day of Barre were in town last Sunda
lie 80 Mrs, Nelson Allen of Lacrosse, Wis
r is visiting friends in town. - Ira Emo
81 has secured position in Worcester, Mas
* and left town for that place last Monda
Is = Bell Thurber has been visiting
rs Orange the past week.
a. Williamstown.
Oh NATURE has begun to array herself in h
10 autmnnal robes, and she does us Vernon
eS ers the honor of displaying her fines
Oh May our eyes be open to the glory of it a