The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09
Washington County.



brother, Fred, is also attending school there.
Effie Turner is attending school at the Sem
mary at Montpelier. - A private dane
ing-school is to be held in II. G. Hayward's
hall Tuesday evenings, under the direction
of Henry House of Williamstown. Music
will be furnished by Houses orchestra.
Cabot.
NELSON MORSE has bought of r. B. Bruce,
executor of Rollins Lawsons estate, the
ster farm for 1900. 60 Edward w.
Harrington has sold the True A. Town
premises at Lower Cabot to f. S. Ford for
$4,000.
East Calais.
JOSEPH BENJAMIN, our well-known stage
driver, has been obliged to sell his stage
route, as his health would no longer per-
init of his being on the road, and Almon
Keith now handles the ribbons. "Jo" has
many friends along the route and will be
missed. - Hattie Wells is teaching the
winter term of school in the Carnes district.
AS an illustration of the amount of work the
average district school-teacher has to per-
form, she says that with only seventeen
scholars she has thirty-two classes to hear re-
cite during the day. 1t is under circum-
stances like these that teachers are often
found fault with by the parents because
their children do not learn more. -
There will be services as usual next Sunday
evening at half-past six. - The Ladies'
Social Circle will meet this week Thursday
evening with Mrs. G. r. Dwinell. - N.
A. White of Tufts College is at home for the
holiday vacation. - Herbert Carley has
completed his years course in the telegraph
Office at Newbury and is at home on visit.
- Asa Dutton has taken A. p. Hicks
farm to carry on the coming year, begin
ming his labors the 1st of January.
Duxbury.
TrE rnil1-nwpara or North INV burv ora
preparing for heavy stock of logs the pres
ent winter. j. A. Durkee is adding clap
board-machine to his mill and has large
force of hands cutting logs The shedding is
good. - A. A. Lewis, who makes a
speciality of apple jelly and boiled cider at
els of apples into those useful commodities
the past fall.
North Montpelier.
THE entertainment given by the Ladies'
League, last week Friday evening, was the
best given as yet and attracted a good
sized audience. The first of the pictures,
Katharine" represented by Mrs. j. w.
Butterfield was perfect, in look and posi-
tion and was greeted by hearty encore.
Mrs. Ada Kelton and Ward Cate, in the
farce "Zerubbell Scrubbers Second Wife,
kept the audience convulsed with laughter.
Several fine readings were given by Elsie
Warren and Abbie Willard. The last, but
ing's entertainment was the violin solos OF
Harold Nye-he, as usual, being greeted by
a perfect storm of applause The next pub.
lie entertainment of the league will be given
next week Friday evening, at which time
will be presented the charming little oper.
eta Grandmother's Birthday" besides
variety of tableaux, pictures, and music
of which Mr.. Nye has kindly consented to
contribute his share. We bespeak for the
enterprise the generous public patronage it
will so richly merit. - The skating.
rink is to be open for the skating public
next Saturday evening at the usual hour
The Marshfield cornet band is to furnish
music for the occasion. - M. V. b. Hol.
lister was absent last week on a trip to Bos
ton, returning home by way of Hartford
Conn. = The North Montpelier Ora
matte and Musical Club have in preparation
the celebrated costume drama, in three acts
entitled "Clari, the Maid of Milan" which
they propose to present to the public two
evenings the very last of this month. -
Miss Dora Hollister went to Putnamsville
this week, where she is engaged to teach
the winter term of school, - The winter
term of school in this district opened on
Monday of last week, with about thirty
scholars in attendance.
North Fayston.
CHARLES and Thomas Neill have rented
| their farm for two years to John Eagan OF
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to teach the winter term of school in distric
No. 4. - Nathan Boyce has erected new
saw-mill in the place of his old one. -
Willie Fisher and Arthur Bruce recently
killed four coons in one tree.
Marshfield.
f. A. KELLEY died at st. Johnsbury, the
Sd instant, of typhoid fever, and his remains
We're brought here for interment - On,
day last week Hermon Osgood of Cabot
Durant, split one of his fingers by bringing
it in contact with band-saw. - FREQ
X, the youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. II
| II. Mears, died last week Tuesday, at tn,
age of sixteen months and thirteen days
- Last week was a busy one for tn,
butchers. The weight of several of tn,
"porkers that came to grief" demon
strated the fact that their owners knew how
to feed them.
Middlesex.
j. H. DANIELS has closed his labors in j
II. Holdens store and gone to his home il
Waterbury Center, as he says, to try ant
get acquainted with his family. j. Harr,
Holden is now at home and is clerking il
his fathers store. - DR.. Church ha
sold out his practice and rented his hous
to DR.. Bishop from Grafton. - NJ. L
Chandler has gone to Boston to dispose o
his large flock of turkeys.
Middlesex Center.
II. A. DANIELS has been home from Mont
pelier the past week, quite sick with diph
iberia. - The young people in distric
No. had pleasant party at the residence
of William Lewis last Tuesday evening
- Professor G. f. Dudley gave tria
singing-school at the church last week Mon
day night A series of schools was decided
upon, but the plan has since been aban
doned, owing to the prevalence of diphthe
ria in the neighborhood and the danger o
spreading the same,
Shady Rill.
SCHOOL commenced in district No. ~ las
Monday, with w. c. Belknap as teacher
u w. Markham and family starte'
for Florida last week Wednesday. They in
tend to make that state their future home
Mr.. Markham will be greatly missed in tn
community and in the church, of which h
and his family were faithful members. TIL
good wishes of their numerous friends e
with them to their new home. - lillial
Lawrence is sick with typhoid fever. =-
j. w. Markham has rented his house to Ed
gar Magoon for one year.
Moretown.
THE question as to whether there will b
Christmas tree in the village this yea
will be discussed at the close of the Metho
dist service next Sunday, - The villag
schools opened last Monday, Kate Prents