The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-23

FURNISHED by tine CnOlr. After the eXer-
cises at the hall, all who desired repaired to
the town hall, where good music was fur
nished for a promenade concert == 1t |
has been decided to have the Christmas |
tree and exercises on New Years eve, in |
stead of Christmas, as was at first proposed.
- r. Il. Beard went to Illinois, last |
week. to attend to business affairs.
West Randolph.
WILL CARLETON drew a good house in
Dubois & Gays hall Friday night. All |
were well pleased with the entertainment.
- The stores have been crowded with |
Christmas goods and trade has been very
good - Dentist Greene will occupy Gill
man Moulton's summer residence through
the winter - Mrs. Matthews has pur-
chased the Pratt lot, on South Pleasant
street, and will erect house thereon in the
spring. =- Ed. Rising has the frame to
his new house up on Mil street === Mrs.
Joe Butterfield has been seriously i'll. 80
Editor Whitney of the Northfed News was
in town Friday. - The Widow Pratt
has moved into William Woods house on
South Pleasant street. 80 George Whit
ney has been granted a pension of 1914 per
month - There will be a, grand open
ing of the new Red Lion Hotel New Years
eve. - Mrs. Charles f. Harris is re-
covering from severe illness. 90 The
ladies library will be open from nine to
eleven A. NJ. Christmas and New Years.
!" Warren Smith had three spring pigs
u
ces Moses has received pension of IS per
month and $1,000 back pay. - Alvin
Mann's sister of Fall River, Mass, has been
visiting him. - Miss Jennie Welch of
East Randolph has gone to Michigan, where
she will remain through the winter. -
1t was quarterly meeting at the Methodist
church last Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Rev. e. T.. Herrick of Chelsea
preached in the Christian church last Sun
day == Justin Holman has sold his
raci1apra on, Hiol1apl 90,
Holman. - The Episcopal society will
have Christmas tree at their rector's, Rev.
Homer White. - The usual Christmas
exercises will be held at the various churches
Friday evening. - The Congregational
society has just finished paying the debt on
the new parsonage. - Monday morning
the mercury was fourteen degrees below
zero, the coolest that it has been here this
| season.
Tunbridge.
GEORGE BLANCHARD holds singing
school here this evening. - There is to
be a Christmas festival at the North viii
lage, Friday evening, and the usual Friday
evening prayer-meeting will be omitted this
week. 80 Hon. Justus Dart is expected
to hold an educational meeting here some
time in February; - The Congregational
pulpit was filed by Rev. Mr.. Allen of West
Randolph last Sunday. - Some more
than $40 was realized from the campfire
given by the Woman's Relief Corps last
Saturday evening. - The Christmas
festival will be held at the hotel hall to-
comes home to-day. w. W. swan
and II. Il. Hayward are serving the county
as jurymen. - The choir met at James
j. Farnham's last Wednesday evening
80 The Union Agricultural Society holds
its annual meeting for the election of of
ficers on Thursday January 9TH. -
There was silver wedding at Martin Ross
last Monday.
Vershire.
JAMES STRAW was badly injured by the
kick of horse one day last week. -
Henry Nathan is buying lot of hardwood
lumber, having contract to fill for Chubb's
fsh-pole factory. - The repairs i'm the
grist-mill have so far progressed that they
now grind provender - Lyman Porter,
receiver, has decided the George Fits place
to Moses Spear. &C. &. Cotton has
rented his place to William Luce and moved
to Bradford.
West Fairlee.
William Paul, died December DIST, at his
home in this place, aged seventy-siX years.
She was born in Cornwall, England, and,
with her husband, came to this country fif-
teen years ago She was a fine specimen
of an English matron, and since the death
of her husband, some two or three years
ago, had lived with her sons, and been ten
derby cared for by children and grandchil-
dren.
WiIliamstOwn.
MANY of the readers of the WATCHMAN
have seen and greatly enjoyed John Rogers
groups of statuary. Through the help OF
Mr.. Rogers catalogue (Which he will send
to any one for ten cents by addressing him
at $50 Broadway, New York city,, we believe
that some of the choicest of tableaux can be
gotten up for an evenings entertainment
Many of Mr.. Rogers subjects, as is well
| lynn talya fro, 60 aud (,
} some sense are quite easily imtable. -
Some of us are thinking we "snuff" the
coming railroad in the air, even though il
be few years distant. And then such
"fowl' as will burst its shell here, if only the
} granite interests do not collapsed - We
have just read that the famous ship-builder
John Roach recently said that in all hi,
business career, involving millions of dol
lars annually, he had never sued a mar
. and had never been sued" This ought t.
show us common folks " that we nee(
, get our feet into that satanic trap, litigation
seldom, If ever. With the ounce of pre-
vention," and the pound " of arbitration
if it must be, is the way out generally. TT,
it always first. - Since the formation o
our Ladies' Reading Club, two years ago
r the time of the club has been devoted
wholly to Shakesperian study. A new fea
ture of its work henceforth will be an occa
! sional meeting given to the study of othe
Z authors. The first subject in this new de
| pdrtuTe Is 10 ne our OWN lONtu poet, w MI
4 tier. In comparing the work of this clu1
I with that of three similar clubs elsewhere
: of which we have learned something, w
n think our ladies do not suffer at all, to sa
e the least. - Mrs. George Beckett is witt
n the family of her son, in New York city
where she will spend portion of the holi
days. - Mrs. DIR. Charles w. McClearn
r an experienced teacher, is to finish the win
!. ter term of our village school, the teache
: who began ii having left at the end of tn
Ii second week. - The Christmas exeI
: cises will be held at the town hall on Fri
l. day evening next, to begin at seven O'Clock
t and will likely equal, If not surpass, any
IS thing of the kind ever given here. n
Z, charge will be made for admission to tn
I. hall, and all are cordially invited to b
s. present. After the cantata, the gifts tina
shall be brought in (and every one who dc
sires to is invited to bring them will be dis
At tributed as usual. Committees have bee
a appointed in the Sabbath-schools to receiv
# any gifts for distribution. - The CAM
Il fire at the town hall on Saturday evenin
~ drew out large audience. - Jane
- Walbridge will begin class in vocal mus
N at the Stanley school-house in Washingto
q, on Wednesday evening of this week. TIL
will make his third class at present. -
Return S. Davis, finding that a turn
twenty-seven inches in circumference wa
i worthy an item in Massachusetts pape
l. went to his cellar and found one of his ow
l. raising that measured thirty-four inche
TX Last season he raised at the rate of =
id bushels of turnips to the acre. == w
n. learn gladly that several Cheseans aide
,d our Free Baptist friends in the work of r