The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16


PROFESSOR f. r. ODER of Waterbury will
conduct a sing at the church in this place
on Monday, the 21st instant. 1t will COM
mence at ten o'clock A. NJ. and continue
through the day and evening. All are cor
daily invited to attend. 60 David Tar
box has been very ill, but is now considered
out of danger. w. o. Cummings has
been sick for the past week.
Moretown.
A MUSICAL entertainment is to be given in
the town hall on Wednesday evening, Sep
tember 49, under the direction of Mr.. Henry
Gilday, to consist of vocal and instrumental
selections by his pupils assisted by Mrs.
Lila Turner, Miss Bessie Murray (who is a
favOrite with Boston audiences) and other
talented singers. Tableaux will be presented
during the evening. 80 Several hard
frosts are reported from those living on the
hills, but in the valleys the frosts were not
felt - The village schools, taught by
Misses Kate Prentiss and Nora Hobbs,
opened September 18th with about twenty-five
scholars in each school. - Miss Lola
Spaulding entertained her friends, to the
number of twenty, at her home on Thursday
evening. Refreshments in the shape of ice
cream, cake and lemonade were served, and
very pleasant evening was passed by all.
- Mrs. S. ID. Moulton is at work in
Montpelier. - Mrs. ID. F. Freeman has
returned from her visit to the West. 60
There will be dance in the old church on
the Common Thursday evening, Septem-
Der oath.
Northfield.
F. f. JOHNSON, who has charge of the
railroad water-works in place of the late j.
M. Dane, has moved into w. II. Morris
house on the corner of Central and South
streets. - DIR. Johnson has been con-
fined to the house for week with dysentery
and fever, but is better. - The graded
school district and village tax-bills are in
the hands of the collector, F. A. Preston.
Pay up by October and save the discounts.
- The living ex-representatives and
ex-senators elected from this town are as
follows: Ex-representatives-D w. Had
ley, 49, '45, '46, 20; j. H. Orcutt, 80, go;
Charles Barrett of New York city, '63; G..
M. Fisk, "a; Samuel Keith of Minneapolis
Mimi, 80, '66; E. X. Jones, 67, 6S; Ed
mund Pope, ~; e. G.. Pierce, IA; A. f.
Denny, '76, 80; Frank Plumley, 'S2; w. b
Mayo, '%. Ex-senators-P ID. Bradford
'62, '63; j. III. Orcutt, '66, 6S; e. X. Jones
'S2, '84. - Miss Mamie Smith returned
last Wednesday to her home in New York
- G.. w. Brown and wife of Boston
have been in town during the week. -
Rev. f. G. Cowper, rector of st. Mary's
parish, returned from his vacation last
week. u. w. Chase and wife took a
carriage trip through the northern part OF
the state last week. f. w. Duttor
was in Boston last week buying the fall
stock. il. G.. Coburn was in town a
day or two last week. He is now working
in harness-shop in White River Village
- j. N. Emerson returned Thursday
from western trip of several months. His
advice is. Don't go West if you can make
living in the East" - Clarence Max
ham of Clinton, Ia. with his wife and little
daughter, made short visit to his parents
and friends here last week. = DR.
Nichols and his brother, John W., left Fri
a Inv cor riafr fnr frip To Iant 1ia ~
Morrisville. - j. G. Nichols and wife Of
Waterloo, P. G., are visiting relatives il
town. - Miss Abbie Pope returned Fri
day from visit of several weeks in Thet.
ford. u. G. b. Thayer spent Sunday
in Burlington. c. A. Edgerton ant
- September Sth, 1885, r. Averill ant
Susan Brown We're united in the matri
monial bond, Elijah Smith, Esq, perform
ing the ceremony. Their golden wedding
was duly celebrated on Tuesday evening OF
last week Thirty was the number of per
sons in attendance at the wedding fifty
years ago; of these two only-besides the
groom and bride-were present on this an
niversary occasion, sister each of the
bride and groom. The celebration was at
tended by nearly sixty of the relatives anC
friends. Among those from out of towr
were Mrs. Jane Robinson, George w
Brown and wife and Frank Robinson anC
wife of Boston; Mr.. and Mrs. Averill's old
est daughter, the widow of j. l.. Davis, and
Mr.. and Mrs. f. NJ. Thompson of Bellows
Falls. The literary exercises consisted O
brief addresses by Rev. w. S. Hazen ant
Maynard and DR.. n. w. Gilbert; Mrs, Say
ton sang when you and l were young
Maggie" After these, coffee and cak,
and fruit were served. Mr.. and Mrs
Averill were each the recipients of mic,
easy-chairs, presented by their daughters
A Ill ..1g H..
ter-dish and portmonnaie were among
| the presents; and last, but most importan
of all, was a sum of money, mostly gold
amounting to nearly 500. DIR. Georg,
Nichols acted as master of ceremonies and
aided not little in making the occasi on
most enjoyable one.-(D. Z. Al Mrs
Mary O'Neill, commonly called Z" Old Lad,
O'Neill," died on Monday of last week anc
was buried on Wednesday afternoon. Sh,
was about eighty years old. - The fal
term of Norwich University opened las
| Thursday with an attendance of thirty-five
- Elder Joel Simonds has advertised
his farm in the east part of the town to b,
sold by auction, together with the persona
property thereon, Wednesday, Septembe
23d, at one o'clock. - A company com
posed of Massachusetts men has been organ
lied under the name of the Northhed Slat,
Company, and will begin work in a few
days on the Morris quarry j. III. Orcut
will be the superintendent - The la
dies of the Woman's Christian Temperate,
| Union will have their booth at the fair th
year, as last. They will furnish lunch ant
check packages. -" Uncle Moses" anC
"Aunt Mary" Lane are visiting in Wood
stock. their first long absence from town fo
many years. - &. c. Davis and family
have returned from New Hampshire -
Mrs. H. II. Brown is in Burke caring for
sister, who is very i'll. - Mrs. Il. X
Voodry, formerly Of Montpelier, who ha,
been i'll at f. w. Hopkins for some weeks
has recovered so as to start last week fo
California ria Boston and Chicago Mrs
| Voodry was still in improved health wher
! in Chicago. - Janus Jones, Sr., is quit,
i'll with an acute disease of the stomach
- Mrs. E. f. Deering returned last Sat
urday to her home in Boston.
GRADED SCHOOL NOTES.
j two hundred eighty-seven pupils. Tn,
teachers are the same as last year, with tn,
exception of rooms l and 3, Miss Clara Har
wood, class of 'Si, teaching the former, and
Miss Alice Burt of Burlington the latter
- Miss Angie Badger, class of 'S5, has
returned from her western trip and has en-
| tered the High School as assistant teacher
80 The young men of the High Schoo
are TO meet Thursday evening of this week
to reorganize their debating club. -
! November 18th has been decided upon fol
n. Cross, class of 'S6, has left us and
entered Norwich University. We Judge
marching to the beat of a drum was not mill
tary drill enough for him. == Pictures OF
Horace Mann, u. S. Grant and the classes
of 'Si and 'S5 have been hung in No. Z,
which, in addition to portraits of r. NJ
Manly, +. Il. Mcintyre, James ii. Graham