The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-07
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ABOUT thirty young people attended the
"husking bee at W. II. Royce's last week
Thursday night. 80 Next Sunday there
will be quarterly meeting services at the
Methodist church. Presiding Elder Spen-
Ger will be present. == Early last Friday
morning the house owned and occupied by
Mrs. Donahue, on South Hill, took fire from
the stove-pipe and was burned down. Only
the goods on the lower floor were saved
The building was insured - Mrs Con-
slant Freeman is very sick, having recently
had a shock of paralysis. Mrs. Lizzie Heath
and Peter Lee are also quite sick.
Northfield.
The two men George II. Rising of Rox-
bury and G. Alden Boyce of Brookfield-who
were arrested last week Tuesday for intoxi-
cation, were brought before Justice Holton
| Tuesday evening for disclosure, and dis
closed that they got their liquor of Fred II.
Stevens and j. A. Locklin of Montpelier.
Rising and Boyce pleaded guilty to the
charge of intoxication, were each fined five
dollars and costs and recognized for their
appearance at the trials of Stevens and
Locklin. The latter were arrested Friday
morning by Constable Wright and brought
before Justice Hoton for trial. Each was
found guilty, Stevens being fined $50 for
two first offences and Locklin $40 for one
| first offence, the costs in each case amount
ing to S156. Both cases were appealed,
George w. Wing, Esq, being received as bail
for Stevens and Nelson Tyler for Locklin.
- Tuesday evening Thomas McCarty
| was arrested by Policeman Brooks for being
drunk and disorderly. Wednesday morn
ing he disclosed before Justice Holton that
he got the liquor of a stranger in Mont
peler. He was fined five dollars and costs
for intoxication and three dollars and costs
for disturbance, and given one week to pay
up. - Mrs. Julia Watkins died very sud-
denly Friday morning at six o'clock of apo
plexy. Brief funeral services were held FRI
day evening at her late residence on Elm
street, and Saturday morning the body was
taken to Hardwick for burial. - Last
Thursday Bert Clark picked quite a quantity
of ripe, fresh red raspberries on the hill below
the Adams quarry. - Friday afternoon,
as Heman Martin was giving vigorous
shaking to pair of dusty pantaloons, gold
watch in one of the pockets flew out and
was ruined by striking on the floor. Mr..
Martin had owned the timepiece for thirty
years, and estimates that he had carried it
twenty-five hundred miles in his travels on
foot. - The ladies of the Congregational
society will hold their regular sociable this
Wednesday, afternoon and evening at
Howes' hall. - Rev. f. q. Cowper rec
tor of st. Mary's church, will give at the
Sunday evening services during the fall and
winter series of lectures on general church
history The preliminary lecture will be
given next Sunday. - The twenty fifth
anniversary of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. NJ. Cutler and the second reunion of the
Benton family occurred September 80.
, 1hlrty-SlX OF tne members were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cutler were the recipients OF
several nice presents of silver, cut glass and
paintings. The time was spent in music,
both vocal and instrumental. The North
/ field cornet band was present and dis
: coursed some of its choicest music. The
! grounds were illuminated by Chinese lam
terms, and with the torches and the lovely
evening it was all that could be desired.
The entire family of nine sisters were pres.
ent and, with their families, were seated to
a bountifully spread table, In the evening
refreshments, consisting of choice fruits
cake and coffee, were served, after which a
few hours were spent in social intercourse
: and the family separated to meet again in
: one year with Mrs. j. II. Perry, another sis
y ter residing in Hancock. - Mrs. Slay
q ton, with her mother, Mrs. Gregory, anC
Master Wendell started last Wednesday fol
n her home in Chicago. &c. A. Braley
/ went to Boston, Friday, to enter the Bostor
y University law school. - c. S. Richmond
q was in Boston last week. - G. II. Rich
y mond and wife left Friday for their home
!, in Brooklyn. - Mrs. n. Huntington Of
Hanover, n. H., was in town last week
q - Mrs. l.. D. Smith went to Boston las
. Saturday to buy her fall stock of millinery
r - H. e. Cutler started Tuesday on {
=, visiting trip of two weeks in the northern
= part OF the state. - Miss Maggie Con
q way of Boston visited her mother, Mrs
f Flood, last Saturday. - Mrs. GordoI
:. a Bushnell of Fitchburgh, Mass, has beer
# visiting her aunt, Mrs. 9. A; Edgerton, th
y past week. - Mr.. Darwin Thayer ant
=, wife of Fredonia, n. Y, have been at j. G
= b. Thayer's during the week. Mr.. Thaye
is superintendent of the Dunkirk, Alleghan,
r Valley x Pittsburg railroad. - Rev. w
# S. Hazen and wife leave this week on
# two weeks vacation trip and will attent
=. the annual meeting of the American Boart
, at Boston. For the next two Sundays ther
y will probably be no preaching service at tn
!, Congregational church, but the Sunday
y school and the Thursday evening prayer
h meeting will be held as usual. - A
a nearly as can be ascertained by the officer
- of the fair association, the receipts will
= pay the premiums in full and all ex
.r penses, with perhaps few dollars over
Il Considering the bad weather, this i
n very satisfactory result. - Out O
- S9,406.69 town tax and S1,2S7.6S high
y. way tax, Constable Wright has receive,
II 81 1850 on both taxes. Collector Preston
.. graded school tax receipt was for S3,3097
= and his village receipt S595.44, and he ha
"a paid the treasurer $2,400 and S467. 80 re
~ spectively, on the two receipts. - Tw
=, =, slight changes in the railroad time-tabl
+ were made Monday. The morning accom-
"a mediation going north now leaves at 8: A
~ seven minutes earlier, and the mail goin
south is two minutes earlier, now leaving a
9: 80. - List of letters remaining ur
is called for in the postoffice at Northfel
', (Vt.) for the week ending October 9th:
a, e. Buck, Fred Berno, Daniel Brown, Eu
gene SOlNln, hODtTb AlIuOn w
l. Holt, James Karns, f. f. Murray, Roswell
;. Nichols, Eugene Rogers and f. s. SlopeI
IS (Signed) III. l.. Kenyon, Postmaster.
IA GRADED SCHOOL NOTES.
'. THE young mems debating club will NEE
,e Thursday evening of this week for election
of officers and receiving new members. TIL
following question will be discussed: Re
sotued, That lawyer is justified in defend
r. ing bad case. Affirmative, w. Goodal
Il and S. II. Davis; negative, III. n. Cross ant
l. l.. b. johnson. - Good work is ben
v accomplished in No. under its new in
,e structor. - Miss Carrie Davis has re
T. turned from trip to st. Johnsbury and |
N again in school.
n Plainfield.
: THE band will give promenade concer
e and oyster supper at Slayton's hotel o.
Is Wednesday night, October 18th. Let al
lie turn out and have good time, - Mrs
a, G.. f. Niles has gone to the hotel TO work
d - Charles Parks intends soon to NOV
% into his house on High street. 80 Severs
70 slight disturbances have occurred on on
rr streets of late. The question arises in on
lie of them whether policeman has right t
n make an arrest or not. - Miss Lill
Is Worthen, who has been visiting at q.
x Kidder's for few weeks past, intends :
4 return to her home at Danville to-da
l. "wednesday.
g Warren.
III THE ladies' of the Woman's Christian Ten
perance Union will meet with Miss Smit