The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-23
Orange County.
Bradford.

THE tramp house has been moved to the
meadow near the brick mill and will still
be used for lookup. - The silver cup
offered as premium by the Orange County
Agricultural Society for the best herd of
cattle exhibited at the fair next week is on
exhibition AT the postofiice. 1t is quite an
elegant affair and cost $50. 1t is thirteen
inches high and seven inches wide, and is
finely engraved. - Quite a delegation
from this place attended the fair at st.
Johnsbury last week. 80 Mr.. Baker has
engaged the services of r. l.. Barker of
Bellows Falls to assist him as salesman at
his clothing store. - Pickett & Co. are
building store-house for grain, etc, on the
vacant lot north of the engine house. -
George w. Farr started for Kansas City
last week Tuesday. - G. III. Mann has
sold his home place on Pleasant street to
Mrs. Adams Wilson for $1,000. Possession
will be given October 1st. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mann have gone to live with their
daughter, Mrs. c. G.. Doty. Mrs. l..
NJ Peaslee started for Chicago last Friday.
- Charles Jones has returned from
his summer position as ticket agent at the
Profile House.
Braintree.
WILLIE 7. BLANCHARD and Nettie Claflin
went TO Northfield, recently, where they
were united in the bonds of matrimony by
Rev. |. p. Booth. They We're accompanied
on their wedding trip by Frank Seymour
and Nellie Williams. - The sewing and
mite society will meet with Mrs. L. p.
Clatiin ON Friday afternoon of this week.
- Irving Litchteld of Grantham, \. H..
is in town, the guest of L. |. Clatlin. 80
George G. Hill and Russell Fisk of Boston,
after an absence of twenty-one years are
in town visiting their uncle, S. n. Fisk.
- Captain William Blanchard is on the
sick list.
Brookfield.
THE town treasurer has put taxes amount
ing to about $500 into the hands of the cons
table for collection. 80 This town has a
smart old lady III the person of Mrs, Polly
Adams, who is in her ninety-tirst year
She has wove over one hundred yards of
carpeting the past year, == The funeral
of Mrs. Roswell Nichols was attended from
the house last Saturday afternoon Rev. IL.
G. Howard of RoXbury officiating. -
Marshall Green recently went to Boston to
consult physicians in relation to a muscular
tumor which has troubled him the past
year. They thought the only help was by
the knife. - There was a heavy frost in
this vicinity Saturday night. =- While
Carl Whiting was scoring at base ball play
at Bethel fair, he was hit 10y ball-club that
slipped from the hands of the " batter " and
received a fractured jaw - Edward
Sprague and daughter, Mrs. William Whit
ney of Fairlee, were in town last week.
- Mrs. Albert HXson is spending the
week in Chelsea with her brother, George
Goodrich - Henry Clark, the new
blacksmith, commenced his labors last week.
Chelsea.
A VERY nice dinner was given by the
ladies of the Congregational church in
their vestry last Wednesday. =- The
ladies of the Methodist church give a So
ciabe at Mrs. Arthur Emerson's next Fri
day. =-= Vulture engine company gave a
good exhibition of its powers last Tuesday in
practice drill. -= Several Chelsea people
visited the Bethel fair, last week, and report
fine time. =- A game of base ball was
played on the common, last Saturday, be-
tween two local nines - w. j. Tarbell
is making quite extensive repairs on the
store occupied by f. X. Hyde & Co., pre-
paratory TO their taking possession of the