The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-23
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Others was her life, writes n member of this
greatly bereaved family. @ Doubtless
any OF our old town records would afford
much innocent amusement to one looking
them over. One of the selectmen Of Barre re-
Gently told ms of examining the old records
OF that town to find the history of certain
road in thatplace, and he found it described
as y starting at a white maple stump, five
rods from where the school-house was
burnt" $500 George w. Lynde's Eastern
Boy, won race at the Waterbury fair last
week. BY the way, Mr.. Lynde isn't it time
that you gave this three-years-old name,
or are you sure he is making one for himself
last enough? 60 There seems to be an in
creasing number of the Holstein breed of
cattle growing up in this place, judging by
the calves to be seen in pastures hereabouts.
- Prentiss Waldo, of whom George w.
Lynde purchased his Eastern Boy" has
iull sister to him, few months old. -
Or. McClearn sold his span of black horses
last week, making handsomely on them, it
is said. Mrs. Chester Martin sold fine
horse at the same time to " foreign a"
buyer. 60 The farm of the late Alvin
Flint is to be sold at Auction on Friday, the
10Th instant. There will be much other
property offered for sale at the same time.
sale begins at ten o'clock A. NJ.
Inc circular conference of the Congrega-
tional churches in this conference will be
held here the second Tuesday in October
We trust some very practical subjects will
be considered at the meeting. - The
ladies of the Universaist society will hold
sociable at the town hall next Friday even
ing. - John Perry and Henry Poole
are OF the kind of carpenters not likely to be
out of employment long. At present they
are building for l.. II. Bolster of Barre, with
prospect of work through this year at any
rate. == Ophr S. Martin is the Williams
town pillar directory on which the
worlds fair at Tunbridge rests, in which
capacity he has served we know not how
long before. - Myron Burnham and Miss
Laura Wilson of Chelsea were married last
week. a reception at Chelsea was followed
by one here the same evening. There was
generous giving of presents. 80 Miss
Mary Simmons of Stowe is engaged to teach
in the Folensby Goodrich district, and Miss
Thusa Dutton of Brook1eld in the Charles
Woolcutt district, the coming winter. -
Miss Alice Brown, considered, we believe,
one OF the best teachers, is teaching in Ber-
lin this fall. - The many friends of Mrs.
Ellen Kathan Morse hereabouts are to have
her among themselves once more, her hus-
band having decided to remove to the pros
porous town of Barre. They have engaged
IA house there and will begin housekeeping
at once. - Our eX-tOwns-woman, Mrs
Minnie Clark Rowe daughter of the late
Hazen Clark, was in town last week. Hei
husband is employed in the Parker House
Boston. 49, Frank Lougee, having served
as long as he cared to as an employe at the
reform school at Vergennes is staying al
home for the present. He seems to have
made good record for himself there. -
Miss Cynthia Townsend, who has been laiC
| aside from her usual work for some month:
| by ill-health went to Waterbury Center
last week, where her mother resides. Per
| haps no one here has more good wishes fo
her recovery than has Miss Townsend
- Rev. ID. X. Miller went to Dummers
! ton, last week, to visit his mother, who il
now ninety-tve years of age. 80 Mrs j
| Il. Ainsworth returns to her Iowa hom
this week. - Mrs. Chester Martin il
visiting friends in Burlington. 80 From
the thoroughbred Devon COW that SANFORD
II. Dutton will exhibit at the Dog Rive
valley fair, this week, he made seventeen
pounds of butter in seven days. - Oh
Mr.. Norman Davis is very poorly at TIL
present time, and it is thought he may no
live but short time. He is considerabl
past eighty years of age. - Mr.. and Mrs
Harvey Cheney are visiting friends in Stow
and Northtied. Mr.. Cheney has not ha
very good health, owing to his close contine
ment in the store. Frank Godfrey
working with Messrs. Perry & Poole 8
house building in Barre. - Not Mr..
Charles Flint, as the WATCHMAN types mad
it, last week. but Mrs. Calvin Flint, is j
very poor health. She is confined to til
bed and suffers greatly from impaire
nerves. - Mr.. James Morse, formerly
Marshtield, came here from Mancheste
n H., on Monday last, preparatory to loo;
ting in Barre.