The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-24
Waterbury,.

commencement exercises at st. Johnsbury.
SOME twenty soldiers went to the Grand
Army encampment at Portland from this
station.
Mr.. AND MRS. CURTIS WELLS and son Of
Burlington have been visiting friends and
relatives in Waterbury during the past week.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the band fund have been
very liberal. Assurance that the necessary
sum will be raised is so strong that the new
instruments needed have been ordered.
e. M. BUGBEE has hung out his banner on
the outer wall, and now there Is no excuse
for any ones inquirng what business is
carried on in the brick shop near the rail-
way station. II is 1.-the model carriage
shop" and Mr.. Bugbee claims to make the
model carriage.
THE pink-tea, Friday evening, was sue
cess, socially and financially Nearly forty
dollars were realized. The members of the
band wish to thank the young ladies for the
funds their enterprise has raised, and the
housekeepers for their generous provision
of the sources of the revenue.
ONE of the handsome houses among the
pleasant dwellings on East Main street is
Elisha Moody's. Elisha has given his per-
sonal care to the decorative painting, and
has a right to feel satisfied with the colors,
and also with the " punches !" which have
made the interior so light and spacious.
"HUMAN Fireworks is the somewhat
startling announcement of an entertainment
by Professor Costello at the skating rink
Saturday evening. Drinking burning OIL
swallowing molten lead, etc, are some of
the professors feats. Hotter drinks are
sometimes taken hereabouts by persons
who do not hire a hall for the exhibition.
THE squad of st. Johnsbury students have
returned to anxious mammas, and to the
enjoyment of a vacation that will be appre-
ciated after forty weeks of hard study f.
| l. II nj nj at 10
was class orator at the graduating exercises,
and acquitted himself with honor. These
students all commend st. Johnsbury Acad-
envy very highly, and the excellence of the
school is apparent in the improvement OBJ
served in the pupils
THE Attica Qndiana) Ledger contains an
| obituary notice of Mr.. Orrin Arms, who
died at his home in that place June 3, aged
eighty-four years. Mr.. Arms was born in
! Duxbury and was brother of the late Ira
and Charles Arms of this village. Mr.
Arms moved to Indiana in 1929 He was
him. On the old homestead, where he died
| he lived ffty-four years. He was an indus
trious, straightforward man, never robust
in health, yet by his temperate habits and
strong ambition he far outlived the allotted
span of mans life. He was useful and re
spected citizen and his death is deeply
mourned.
Roxbury.-Mrs. Martell has gone tC
Massachusetts to visit her sons. - Mr.
and Mrs. Il. p. Burnham go to Peterboro
n. H., to visit Mr.. Burnham's daughters
- w. l. Simonds is building a corn
barn, Il. n. Spalding horse-barn in the
rear of the town house, and Mrs. f. X
Young is erecting a barn on the Widow
Allen farm. - NJ. c. Carey and n. S
Davis went to Alburgh on fishing trip. las
week, and brought home good supply.
/ wa he nil A
eating was guarantee that their luck wa
good. - Zed S. Stanton was in attend
ance on Orange county court at Chelsea las
week. - Lizzie Butterfied graduate,
from the State Normal School at Randolph
last week, and came home on Saturday
- The Tewksbury mill shut down Mon
day night for an indefinite period. - w
p. Snow took a trip to New York and Wash
ington recently. Mr.. Snow has lately con
pleted map of Montana Territory, for whic
he is to receive handsome sum, it havin,
been appropriated by the legislature of tina
territory. The map is to be used in tn
public schools of Montana. - The classi
locality known as Bull Run was the seen
of an exciting lawsuit on Saturday, the lit
giants being two brothers named Greer
Justice ID. T. Averill presided James
Johnson, Esq, represented the plaintiff an
Frank Plumley, Esq, the defendant. Afte
wrestling with the intricate questions il
, volved until nearly twelve O'Clock at nigh
counsel submitted the case to the jury witt
out argument, and a verdict for defendar
to recover his costs was the result. - ,
b. Wiley has sold the Royal Batcheldt
farm to Ed. Gushing. - Elmer Chase hf
! moved to his mothers residence in Nortl
: field near Stump Pond" - Willial
!, Tracy is again very i'll. - Mrs. Monrc
Crane was stung by bee ON Sunday, an
: in some unaccountable manner the resu
! proved nearly fatal. DR.. Fiske was sun
moned and found the lady unable to spea
or move, but the prompt action of the phys
5 clan restored Mrs. Crane. - The hou,
4 and barn belonging to Clarence Fuller an
: situated in the east part of the town we
burned on Tuesday of last week.