The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-14
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over A. E. Denny's store, will receive sub
scfiptions and advertisements for The
WATcHMAN, and accounts can be paid to him.
e. X. JONES is soon to move with his
family to the South Village.
A DAUGHTER was born Tuesday morning
to Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Moody.
Miss ANGIE BADGER is relieving Mr.. Hit
by hearing two recitations in history.
REV. I. p. BOOTH is away in the western
part of the state on business for the Uni
versity.
MIR. PLUMLEY will speak at Newport this
week before the Orleans County Good
Templars' Union.
ANNUAL meeting of the savings bank this
"wednesday evening at seven o'clock, at
the bank building.
FRANK e. BACON has bought his fathers
grocery and feed business, and will continue
the same at the old stand.
Miss DELLA HowEs has bought Professor
G. w. Emerson's double house, at the south
end of Main street, for 81 800.
DURING the rain Monday the water
washed out the road near James Evans
house and also on East street, near Colby's
blacksmith shop
Mrs. KATHERINE SULLIVAN, mother of
Daniel and Michael Sullivan, died in Rox-
bury last week, and was buried in the Catho-
lie cemetery in this town.
Two Shoninger organs were sold by w.
o. Whitmarsh as Christmas presents-one
to John Hopkins, as noted before, and
another to George f. Glidden.
LAST week Tuesday James Whitney fell
and struck on his face on the granite water
ing-trough on the south side of the common,
and crushed his nose quite badly.
THE large room over W. A. Blake's store,
in the rear part of the block, is used by Mr..
Lawrence as music-room, instead of Mr.
Bakers old office, as announced last week
HIGH water came on again Monday fore
noon, after the hard rain of the previous
night, but did no damage except displacing
one of the trestles under the Wall street
bridge.
A DAUGHTER was born to Rev. and Mrs /
p. Booth on Saturday, the Sd instant, but
as this makes the number of their children
eight, the little newcomer did not attract
much attention.
Mr.. AND Mrs. w. A. BLAKE wish to re-
turn their heartfelt thanks to their many
friends who rendered assistance to them
during the sickness and after the death of
their little daughter.
THIS column is edited at Northfield and
not elsewhere. All communications relat-
| ing to Northfield affairs should be addressed
to G. ID. Edgerton, ESD, our local repre-
sentative.-ED. WATcHMAN.
| AT the Grand Army meeting, Saturday
| evening, William Stone was elected quar-
termaster in place of II. l.. Kenyon, re-
signed, and Commander Holden and the
quartermaster were installed.
QUARTERLY meeting will be held at the
Methodist church, Saturday and Sunday,
and Presiding Elder Spencer will be pres
ent. There will be service Saturday
afternoon, with sermon by Elder Spencer.
The property of the Wilmot estate, con
| sisting of the Hall place on Water street
and a considerable amount of personal prop
erty, will be sold by auction Thursday of
this week by the administrator, j. NJ. En-
erson.
Mrs. b. F. LArHRoP died Saturday morn.
ing, after long and painful illness. Fu
neral services were held at the house or
Pearl street Sunday at two o'clock, Rev L
p. Booth officiating. and the remains were
buried in the cemetery at Gouldsville.
ONE answer to our query of last week i:
that the worst of it was on the major, who
was intending to take a seat in that particu
lar settee by the side of a particular young
lady. We should feel inclined to award the
prize to this answer, if it had been accom-
panied by the required postage stamp.
AT the annual meeting of the Northfield
National Bank, yesterday, the following
board of directors was elected Georg,
Nichols (president, c. A. Edgerton (vice
presidenD, j. G. Cady, j. C. Gallup, Marcu,
Peck c. a. Edgerton, Jr., is cashier. A
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declared.
The regular sociabe of the Congrega
tional society will be held at Howes' hal
this "wednesday afternoon and evening
and will be in charge of the young ladie
of Mrs. Whittemore's Sunday-school class
The Episcopalians hold their sociable at tn,
rooms in the depot building on Thursda,
afternoon and evening.
SAMUEL j. MEAD of Underhill, with hi
Xg rala in
last week. Mr.. Mead and wife and hi'
brother, w. III. Mead, with his wife and 81,
children, will sail from New York the %,
inst, with large party, who all go as mis-
sionaries to Africa under the auspices o
Bishop Taylor of New York.
Mr.. PERLEY BELKNAP says he has no rec
objection of such warm weather in Januar,
as we had last week but once in his lifetime
More than sixty years ago, when he was
boy in his teens, he distinctly remember
seeing man narrowing in winter rye il
February, but snow came after that an,
there was late spring that year.
LETTERS uncalled for at Northfeld, VT.
postotfce January /: Ladies-Mrs. Franl
Andrus, Miss Carrie b. Day, Miss Alice NJ
Peavey. Gentlemen-Hosea Brown, ED
a. l. Burrill, Jos. Coburn, b. n Ellis
stephen Farrar, Michael Hayes, f. b. Kel
logg, Willie Merrill, George II. Rich, JOIN
Robertson, A. Il. Smith, Darwin A. Webb
Alden Winch, Nathan Wheeler.
j. III. ORCUTT, Postmaster.
THE rink band, which now consists o
Messrs. e. o. Thurston, G.. w. Steele, A. q
Chase and j. II. Davis, went by invitation
with their wives to Mr.. Davis house, las
week Wednesday evening, to celebrate tn
marriage of Mr.. Davis brother, Mr.. JOIN
Tabor, to Miss Selma Joslin, which tool
place at the Catholic church Wednesda.
morning. The place and the company ar
guarantees that the gathering was pleasan
one.
Mrs. G. DENNY has been quite i'll durin
the week. j. l.. Moseley has been threat
ened with lung fever, but it is hoped that i
is broken up. DIR, Bradford slipped on tn,
ice in his yard Sunday evening, as he wa
getting out of his wagon, and was quite sc
verely injured in his head and one knee
Mrs. w. f. Baker was taken severely il
Monday night, but is better. Mrs. DIR. Col
ton is recovering from an attack of diph
liberia.
THE ladies of the Universalist society will
hold two days fair at Concert hall OF
Wednesday and Thursday January 2lst an,
22d. On Wednesday evening supper will
be served from half-past five TO half-pas
seven O'Clock, after which a travesty, en-
titled Miles Standish's Courtship," will b
presented, under charge of Miss Carrie S
Chase. On Thursday afternoon and even
ing the hall will be open for the sal,
of articles too numerous and varied to men
ton. Also the play by the young people
entitled Cinderella" will be presented
under charge of Mrs, G.. c. Randall. AL
are cordially invited to attend.
THE following account of wedding ami