The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
Orange County.
Bradford.


A RECEPTION was rendered Rev T. w
Lees and family by the young people of the
Congregational church last week Tuesday
evening. = Rev. l.. II. Elliot presented
the claims of the Vermont Bible Society
here one week ago last Sunday, realizing
some over $50. - Rescue Division, Sons
of Temperance, will give vocal and in
strumental concert at their hall in Union
block on Saturday evening, August 1st.
- The cantata of the Flower Queen -
by the young people of this village, under
the direction of Mrs. G. e. Atcherson. was
given fair-sized and very appreciative
audience Friday evening. - On receipt
Of the news Of General Grants death,
Thursday, the bells were tolled for an hour
and the flags in the village placed at half
mast - j. NJ Warden was elected
treasurer of the Congregational society, last
Monday evening, in place of George w.
Baker, resigned. =B b. Bixby has pur-
chased a fine upright piano. 1t was put in
last Friday - w. b. Stevens and wife
and Mrs L. f. Hale started for Rye Beach
last Tuesday =O o. r.. Baker returned
last Thursday from a weeks carriage trip
to Franconia Mountains. He reports a first
rate time.
Braintree.
Mrs. BETsEY MARTIN, mother of Deacon
Jesse Martin and the oldest person in town,
being nearly eighty-nne years of age, has
been very sick but is improving - j. B.
! Peavey is on the sick list. - Mrs A. M
Sherman has returned home from Barre,
where she has been visiting her daughter,
wife have gone to Newport, n. H., to visit
| Mrs. Palmer's mother 60 Mrs. j. G.
Flanders and daughter, Mabel who have
! been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Foster Claflin
father and mother of Mrs Flanders, have
returned to their home in Knoxville, Tenn.
- Roland Rising, who has been at
work for L. II. Spear, has left him. He has
moved into the Gooch house, owned by Jo-
nah Loomis. - Anna Farnsworth and
Mary French have gone to johnson to visit
relatives. 60 Bert Farnsworth, with his
sister May, started the 9th for trip to
Minnesota, intending to be gone until cold
weather. Parish Blanchard also started
with them for st. Paul. - Stilman jew
EFT of Rochester and son Alverton of Bos-
ton, Mass, were in town last week visiting
old friends.
REV. FRANK S. HATCH preached in the
Congregational church last Sunday. -
A memorial service was held at the Congre-
gational church last Sunday evening in
memory of General Grant. Appropriate
remarks were made by Rev. f. S. Hatch,
Rev. Mr. Knapp, Rev. Mr.. Puffer and Rev.
E. E. Herrick - o. Bixby has gone
West on trip, to be gone several weeks
u. B. Atwood and B. F. Dickinson
started for Saratoga last Monday. E.
r. Hyde, ESQ was in Montpelier last week.
- Mr.. Henry III. Dwight of Cambridge,
Mass, is spending few days in town
- Rev. Mr.. Webster of Orangeburg,
n. c., was in town last week, the guest a
b. f. Dickinson. - j. NJ. Slack, formerly
barber at Orange county hotel and later
hostler for II. II. Taylor, is in town spending
the summer - Miss Sadie Wright is
home from Lebanon n. H., where she has
been on visit. - Mr.. E. A. Corwin has
West Randolph.
LAST Saturday several persons amused
themselves by guessing the weight of the
tive-by-si feet lights of glass in the show
windows in A. w. Tewksbury & Sons store
The estimates given were from ten to fifty
pounds. Each light weighs one hundred
six pounds. - Last week r. j. Kimball
lost his pocket-book, containing 800 in bills,
between here and Finley bridge. Notwith-
standing his offering a reward of 800 to the
finder, it has not yet been returned. -
George Batchelder who was seriously in
jured last week, is slowly recovering. -
The past week has been the warmest of the
season, mercury ranging from ninety to
ninety-eight degrees much of the time
- One hundred thirty tickets were sold
at this station for Barnum's circus at Mont
pelier. - Willard Gay has improved the
exterior of his house by coat of light-yel-
low paint and dark-olive trimmings.
Twenty dollars were cleared by the ladies
of the Baptist church at their ice-cream So
ciable last week. - Over twenty BICYCLES
are used in town. - The old band sere-
naded Robert Kimball and family one night
last week. - The Woman's Christian
Temperance Union meets with Mrs. A. w.
Tewksbury this week Thursday afternoon.
- There was very pleasant party at
the residence of Cashier Il. T. Dubois last
Friday evening. Over fifty were present.
- John Mcbride talks of opening con-
fectonery and ice-cream saloon in one of
the new blocks. - George Sparhawk,
Fred Bradish and Clarence Moulton will
enter the scientific department of Dartmouth
College in the fall. =A son of Albert
Chandler had a narrow escape from drown
ing last Saturday afternoon. - Ed.
Huntington cut his arm badly with chisel
last Monday afternoon in the Abbott mill.
- Rev. S. A. Parker preached in Dubois
X Gays hall Sunday afternoon. - Mrs.
Ezra Jewell is being treated by DR.. Chand-
Ter at Montpelier. - The Hotchkiss
family and friends of New York arrived
here in an old-fashioned coach last week
They will leave town Saturday or Monday.
- Charles f. Harris of New York city,
formerly a popular dry goods merchant in
the old Hobart Smith store, has arrived in
town to spend his vacation. - Mrs.
Margaret a. Smith and daughter, Hattie,
went to Rutland last week Friday. They
will be absent two weeks, visiting relatives
and friends in Rutland and Castleton. -
Mrs. II. G. Cole and family of Boston are
the guests of Mrs. E. T. Smith. Ex-
Governor Farnham was in town last week.
- Emma Cushman and mother have
returned from Strafford. The former has
closed very successful term of school there.
- Mrs. Joiner contempates buying a
house in town. - Professor A. L. Hardy
of st. Johnsbury Academy is in town.
- Albert Chandler's family are spend
ing the summer at Frank Griswod's. -
Mrs. j. G. Flanders and daughter have re-
turned to Knoxville, Tenn. - Il. A.
Thomas has returned from his pleasure trip
"up North" - Miss Louie Woods of
Boston is at Frank Griswold's - c. e.
Godfrey of Chelsea has been visiting Charles
w. Hayward. - Misses Emma Seymour
and Nellie and Annie Ford are home from
Ware, Mass. - Miss Kate Howard is in
Fitchburg, Mass, visiting her sister, Mrs.
George Burnap. - Rev. V. NJ Hardy is
taking a short vacation. His pulpit was
supplied last Sunday.
Tunbridge.
THE members of Whitney Post attended
the special services in honor of General
Grant at the Congregational church last
Sunday. The sermon, preached by Rev. L.
f.. Herrick, was not an eulogy of the illus
trious soldier, but was an interesting lesson
drawn from his life. - A COW hooked a
valuable horse belonging to c. Il. Farnham
last week Tuesday. - A. b. Stiles lost
an OK last week. - The old soldiers
should remember the meeting next Satur-
day evening. - Mrs Tilton Darrell had
a shock of paralysis last Friday evening. AS
thought to be doubtful. - Mrs. S. Il.
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