The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-11-18
Orange County.


success in every particular. A good num-
Der composed the chorus, and the matinee
and concerts were well attended An es-
pecially fine concert was given Friday even
ing to crowded house, at which time Mr..
John Thomas, the humorist, and Blaisdells
full orchestra, appeared. 80 While Asher
HunlSins was putting barrel of cider down
cellar, last Friday morning, he broke his leg
below the knee. AT last accounts he was as
comfortable as could be expected. - j.
b. Pickett, Jr., has been admitted to prac-
tice in the supreme court of the state. -
In the case of State u.s. johnson Golden, be-
fore Justice Winship, last Friday, the re-
spondent waived examination and was bound
over in the sum of $1,000 for appearance at
county court.
Braintree.
A Mr.. WATSON, who lived in the west
part of the town, committed suicide last
Friday morning by shooting himself -
j. w. Gray, Jr. sold his farming tools and
some household goods at auction last Satur-
day. He intends to make Bristol his future
home. - AS two daughters of K. n.
Godfrey were out riding, the horse became
frightened at a milk-cart. The occupants
were thrown out, one getting badly
sprained wrist. The carriage was demol-
ished. 80 Frank Partridge from Maine is
in town visiting friends. - Mrs. l.. A.
Ammidon of this town, while in Boston on
the late excursion, had her pocket picked
of small sum of money and other valu-
|
his family into Mrs John Curtis house.
Mrs Curtis boards with them. - Rev
Henry Flint of West Randolph preached in
this place last Sabbath. = There was a
smallpox scare at West Brookiield last
week. 1t proved to be measles. - A
lyceum was organized last Friday evening.
80 The Bible correspondence school
numbers about fourteen. The class meets
Thursday evenings at half-past seven
o'clock. - The officers installed the
h., Nlaa oil \ I n
q. T., are as follows w. 9. T., J. d. Will
Jams; w. V. T., Eliza Fuller; w. s., E. e.
Thayer; w. +. S., n. n. Clafiin; w. T.,
Mrs. M. Beeman; w. c., Jane Moulton; w.
NJ, Frank Seymour; w. |. g., Ella Hyzer;
Fisk; L. II. S., Lucy Eastman; W. A. S.,
Mary French; w. ID. NJ, Nelly Williams.
Delegate to grand lodge, j. A. French
alternate, n. n. Cla1in.
East Brookfield.
j. V. SPRAGUE and G. G. Guernsey OF
Montpelier are spending a few days in town
hunting, and veritable Nimrods they prove
themselves to be. Eliza NJ. Newell
last week, after long and distressing illness,
and was buried the 18th instant, regretted
and mourned by all who knew her.
Chelsea.
THERE is considerable excitement in town
over the announcement that the collection
of the fire district tax is to be resisted, and
several suits are threatened. Notwithstand
ing all this, Mr.. Noyes, the collector, is rap
idly collecting the tax-bill and as yet has
encountered no opposition in the shape o
refusals to pay. u. G. Lease and fam
lily of New Boston, n. H., are in town, the
guests of A. H. Powers. Mr.. Lease was
formerly in business in the store now occu
pied by A. r. Hood & Son. - B. p
Roberts, agent for the Portland Transcript
is in town on business. - Harry, son o
, Henry A. Bryant, is quite ill. - Charles
E. Peters and wife We're in Barnet last weel
on visit. - G. o. Burnham, proprieto
of the South Royalton stage route, has jus
put new four-horse coach on to the line
| 1t is very nice-looking and comfortable
riding vehicle. - Frederick Smith o
Barre was in town Saturday. - Mis-
Annie Morey of Montreal is visiting at j
!. North Tunbridge visiting her mother
- Harvest Sunday viii be observed a
the Congregational church next Sunda.
evening. - A dog distemper prevails il
, this town at present. Several of the ca
mines are reported dead. - All the lega
gentlemen of this town were in Montpelie
; attending the general term of the suprem
. court last week - Mr.. and Mrs. j. h
|, Bacon and Miss Annie Morey attended tn
musical festival at Bradford last Thursday
- The mention of the sale of dried az
pie to Horace Fiteld of Barre, last week
: was an error. The article purchased shoul
, have been maple sugar. - E. D. Barne
, and wife, the genial host and hostess of tn
: Williamstown Spring House last season
are visiting in town. +. l. Whitne
; has purchased the Dickerman house an
i is making repairs on the same. - A.
woodruff, the popular meat and provisio
u dealer of this town, is weekly sending
quantity of wild game to market. - MI
u Z. A. Densmore, jeweler, has added to hi
: business the manufacture of a very fin
breech-loading shotgun. - A new stree
lamp adorns the corner of the post-otfc
d building. - The manufacture of eide
s still continues at the mill. A large quar-
4 tity of apples are now on hand. - ORR
S Hood of this town has bought small farl
= i'll Corinth, and is moving on to the same.
a Corinth.
Il THE little son of E. S. Carpenter VIII
. was injured some five weeks since is able
a; step and use his leg. He caught hold of I'll
"a hind part of a two-horse express Wagon
70 which was going down hill, and by son
! means got his foot into the wheel, whic
= carried him over between the wheel an
u wagon-body, bruising and wrenching I'll
II knee badly The wonder is that he escape
:. with so light an injury. 80 Frank r.. Xii
" ney OF Barre visited his father and frent
" at Corinth on Saturday last. - A.
~ Perkins, who has so successfully taught I'll
a. fall term of school at Cooksville, has bee
70 engaged for the winter term of ten week
90 Miss Dickerman, who has assisted him, d
u cides not to teach during the winter. -
y Captain ID. Nj. Richardson, an old residel
10 OF Corinth, but who has resided at Vershil
T for twenty-five years, has sold his properl
~ at the latter place, since the death of h
20 wife, and will remove to Corinth -
= Rev. g. E. Davis of East Orange preacht
20 here last Sunday, in exchange with Rev /
+ p. James. - e. S. Carpenter and fami
' 's leave this week to visit friends in Ne
~ Hampshire, and from thence will go to Co
- necticut and spend the winter in the vicin
40 of New York. - Ichabod Rowe and fan
=, lily expect to 60 to Peacham to reside wi
i 10 his father. - Mrs. Edward Wason,
~ aged widow lady, is in critical condition
~ the result of fall last week while at ii
u, barn. - A niece of Mrs. G. n. Winche
III ter, who is here on a visit, was taken S
verely ill last week. - Anna Kngl
who has been i'll for the past eight weeks,
ed improving, and her recovery is no long
tie considered doubtful. - Mr.. and MI
ar Hiram A. Thurber returned last week fro
re their visit to New Hampshire. - Nj
"a and Mrs g. G. Sargent returned last Satu
H. day from a two weeks stay in Boston al
k New Hampshire. - II. III. fuller al
rd wife celebrated their twentieth wedding a
an niversary last Thursday evening. -
1T Some Of our farmers are selling their VIC
O., at twenty-six cents per pound. == Sine
We Hastings lost good heifer the other day
IS East Corinth.
re SOME of our prominent singers attend
III the musical festival at Bradford. -
OF j. Butterfeld has received $1,000 back pc
le- sion and had his pension raised to about 8.