The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-02

their parents. - Charlie Kemp and Allie
Jackman were home over Thanksgiving.
- School commenced last Monday, and
we all gladly welcome the teacher of last
term, Fannie Getchell. - Mr.. Wheeler
of Barre was in town over Thanksgiving.
Randolph.
THANKSGIVING was observed by union
service at the Methodist church. Appro-
pirate remarks were made by Professor
Conant and Brothers Sherburne and Perry
in place of discourse. - The schools
throughout the town opened for the win
ter term last Monday. 60 Rev. L. o.
Sherburne's little daughter is sick with
measles. - Pearl ID. Blodgett has re-
turned from Alaska, after an absence of
three years. He likes and will return in
the spring. - The Normal School was
closed from Wednesday noon until Mon
day, to enable the students to spend Thanks
giving at home. - Clinton Adams has
returned from Chicago, where he has been
employed by his uncle His many friends
are glad to see him back. - Mrs. Hiram
s. Huse has gone to Montpelier to spend
the winter with her son. Hiram A. Huse,
Esq. =Q Quite a number from here at
tended the concert given by the Weber
quartette at West Randolph last Friday
evening.
West Randolph.
Forty couples attended the Thanksgiv-
ing ball given by the Mechanics band.
Sixty-tive took supper at our popular cafe
that evening. - There will be a church
sociable at Mrs. Il. 7. Smiths tomorrow
Thursday afternoon and evening. -
The furniture in the Cottage hotel is being
sold. - The concert given by the Weber
quartette of Boston, assisted by the Me-
chanics' band, eleven pieces, was largely
attended Friday night, notwithstanding the
cold weather and bad travelling. The
Weber quartette is one of the finest, II not
the finest, quartette in the country, and the
lave Il nod tn .tExv . l.n
The third entertainment in the lecture
course will be by Will Carleton, December
18th. - The front of the new block is
two hundred eighty-seven feet long. This
is the longest continuous block in Vermont.
- Quite a number attended the Thanks
giving ball at Roxbury last week Wednes-
day night. - The Orange county agent
for the " Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant"
being very hard sick, George Kingman, the
Addison county agent, is canvassing this
town. - This week the Herald will con-
tain four or five columns on the growth of
West Randolph in 1885. - The free
reading-rooms will be moved soon from
Dubois & Gays block into the Wheeler
block. DR.. w. S. Curtis will occupy the
rooms in the first-named block for a dental
at Dartmouth College were at home to
spend Thanksgiving. - Ex-mayor John
Bowman, brother of the Bowman formerly
| living here, was shot in st. Louis, Missouri,
recently. A reward of $1,000 has been Of
| fered for the murderer. - Ed. Whitney,
who was fined $40 and ninety days in the
work-house, last week, escaped and is sup
| posed to be in Canada. He was at the
house of a policeman, who was taken sick,
and, being unable to help himself, Whitney
suggested that he go for physician The
| policeman being unable to interfere, Whit
ney started and summoned a doctor and
then " lit out" He is a hard character, has
been out of Chelsea Jail but a few weeks,
and if he never happens this way again the
people will be glad he escaped from justice.
| - William S. Wood and family are Wis
iting in Sherburne. - Cadet Earl Prince
| of Norwich University was in town the first
of the week. - Mrs. j. ID. Mitchell went
to White River Junction Monday Master
Robert has gone to Bridgewater to visit his
grandparents. George Pearl of Yer
shire, father of the shoemaker was in town
over Sunday. - Charles Thurston talks
ofpublishing monthly paper in which to
advertise his business. - Charlie Smith
of West Rutland, who is attending school at
st. Johnsbury, was in town over Thanks
giving and Sunday. - Rev. S. A. Parker
is holding Universalist meetings every Sun
day in the hall of the Mechanics band.
- Miss Georgia White is spending her
vacation at home - Mrs. Smith Morrill,
and daughter have gone to Washington, d.
c., to spend the winter. - Mr.. Mott was
found dead in his bed, recently, at East
Randolph. - DR.. l.. n. Gould and fam
lily spent Sunday in Hancock. - C. M.
Howard has built sidewalk from his resi-.
dence on South Main street to the top of the
hill. - M. L. Chadwick has finished of
the piazzas on his house on Randolph
avenue, recently purchased of DR.. Morton
- Mrs. r. j. Flint sister of Mrs. Vial
and Mrs. Justin Holman, was buried last
week Thursday. She had been sick long
time with consumption. - Mrs. j. w
Carleton and son are visiting in Williams
1uriun the school vacation
Miss Flora Hewitt has returned from visit
to North Pomfret. - Hobart Peck anC
family spent Thanksgiving at Mrs. Peck's
home in East Randolph. - David Ring
Jr., of Waterbury, formerly of this place
married Miss Mollie KeHoe of Richmond
recently.
LYMAN TITUs has sold his farm to Clayton
II. Noyes of Tunbridge. Mr.. Titus ant
wife will continue to reside in their ole
home, the place being holden for their sup
port - Sloan Flint of Braintree haa
purchased the Mason Carpenter farm ant
will take possession of it about New Years
- Henry w. Rowland, former resi-
dent of this town, has rented and moved
into the Lois Brown house at South Straf
ford. - II. G. Hatch, the week befor
Thanksgiving shipped to Boston about tel
tons of poultry of excellent quality. -
II. A. Hatch is visiting Boston and othe
New England cities this week to procur
orders for bedsteads.
Tunbridge.
AT the auction sale OF e. P. Cushman
last Friday, A. p. Cushman bid off boil
farms and the greater part of the persona
property. - a union prayer-meetin
was held at the Congregational church las
Thursday evening. Rev. g. Il. Hurd pre-
sided. - Rev. Mr.. Earl, Second AID
vent preacher, is holding a series of meet
, ings at the town hall this week. -
George Leavitt broke his arm last Sunda
evening. - Charley Durkee is at HON
for short visit. - The Band of Hop
meets by invitation with Elmer Noyes tc
morrow evening - The winter term G
: school in the village commenced last Mon
day. Hattie Gay is the teacher - TIL
cider mills have been compelled to shu
down, and many bushels of apples wer
] frozen by the late cold snap. - Cole
King and wife of Keene, n. H., are visitin
5 at John Ballou's.
Washington.
j. w. WHITE is ill with lung fever -
Mrs. A. NJ. Miles of Burlington is visitin
relatives and friends in town. - ID
l and Mrs. Newcomb spent Thursday q
l Montpelier. Mr.. and Mrs. Melvi
: Scribner of Montpelier were in town las
: week - Florence Henry and Marth
. Calef came home from Goddard Seminar
l last Tuesday. Mrs. Emma Huntingto
t has been quite i'll for the past week, but
!. now able to be about. - Mrs. Mar
9 Mcconnell has been visiting friends in towr
p | hafOra taking nog2pSsion nf a farm