The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-19

Chelsea.
REV. W. II. DAVIS breaches at West Hill
Westinghouse next Sunday. - Smith
Iayior met with a severe accident last
week, but is fast recovering. 60 Major
Charles Woodland and wife of Wakefield,
Mass, are in town on a visit to A. w. Whit
ney. - Rev. w. II. Davis and family of
Detroit, Mich, are spending the summer in
town. - George b. Harris and wife of
Topeka Kan, are in town, the guests of j. b.
Bacon, Esq. Mr.. Harris has just resigned the
assistant general managership of the Atchi-
son, Topeka x Santa Fe railroad. =-=
Miss Mabel Ormsby and Miss Lena Bald
win OF Bradford were in town last Saturday
- f. a. Ordway is away on a vacation
- j. Il. Bacon was in Boston last week
on business. - S. b. Hebard, ESQ, was in
Wells River last week on professional duties
- Thomas Sanders, Esq, of Haverhill,
Mass, was in town last Saturday. - II.
IL. Lyon, the popular clerk at A. II. Hood
" Sons drugstore, has returned from his
vacation. - Van b. Sleeper, city treas
urer OF Lowell. Mass. is in town.
Corinth
OUR farmers have secured the hay crop in
good condition. We hear no complaint of a
short crop. Grain is nearly ready to harvest
the growth of straw being abundant, Fall
feed looks promising - The recent
heavy showers have washed the roads badly.
1t is not often that our highways are in so bad
condition as at the present time A.
-. Perkins and Miss Anna Dickerman of
Waits River are to teach the fall term of
school at Corinth academy and Cooksville
graded school.
Newbury.
In the absence of Rev. S. L. Bates, who is
taking his vacation, w. r. Shedd read a
sermon last Sunday. - Rev. j. II. Wins
low preached at Boltonvile last Sunday
afternoon, - William M. Slocum re-
tttr, 4 ID
day.. - John Hale and wife returned
last Saturday from a visit of a week or two
in the north part of the state. - Edwin
Bailey, Esq, is having his buildings covered
with Metcalf's fire-proof paint, and several
Others are to follow suit. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Archibald Mills of Chelsea spent the past
week with Professor S. l.. Eastman. -
Mrs. Hodgdon and two children of Hard
wick are stopping at Rev. j. II. Winslow's.
Randolph.
THE pastor being absent, sermon was
read at the Congregational church last Sun
day. - The Normal School building has
undergone general revision, with new
wallpaper, blackboards, etc, in prepare
ton for the fall term of school, which be-
gins Tuesday, August 25th. - A few
summer boarders are enjoying the pure air
and excellent mountain scenery that this
place affords. - The ladies of the Metho-
dist society hold festival in their vestry
Friday evening of this week - Miss l..
Jennie Washburn, head nurse OF Mary
her vacation at home. 60 Mrs. Carrie l..
Bass of Attleboro, Mass, is visiting her
Randolph friends for few days. JUS
tin n. Gallup with Jordan, Marsh & Co., is
visiting friends in town.
West Randolph.
THE annual session of the Central YER
mont Baptist Association will be held here
September I'd and Sd. The programme is a
very full one. Myron ID. Fuller of Burlng-
ton will conduct the praise services. Among
the speakers from abroad are John Robins
son, Esq, Vershire; Rev II. S. Cook, Sharon:
Rev. e. ID. Mason, Montpelier and Rev l..
b. Steele, Vershire. Return checks will be
given over the railroads. A large attend
ance is expected and very interesting
meeting assured. - Rev. William b.
Randolph of Newark, n. j., preached at the
Christian church last Sunday. - There
will be good crop of fruit in this vicinity
this season. Many limbs of trees have been
broken down. - The Christian society
will hold lawn party at Mr.. Sargent's next
Friday evening. lce-cream will be served
from six to nine o'clock. - Mr.. and
Mrs Quigey, who have travelled much
abroad and in America, say they have seen
no place so pleasant as West Randolph.
- Most of the merchants who were
burned out last winter expect to get settled
in their new stores some time next month
- a new boiler is being put into the
Abbott mill. - Will Gabrielle has
brought water to his new house. -
- George j. Prince starts for the West
to-day wednesday,. He goes for his health,
and will be absent five or six weeks -
n. NJ. Draper had stalk of sweet corn in
his garden measuring ten feet and four
inches. - The Salisbury Brothers are
running their furniture factory twelve hours
day to keep up with their extensive bust
ness. - n lunatc from the state asylum
was captured here last week. The police
man here who called the man intoxicated
was astonished when he discovered his
mistake. 80 Miss Griswod has gone
TO the White Mountains for her health.
Mrs l.. p Thayer is taking her place in the
telephone office and reading-room 60
Miss Flora Hewitt has been visiting at
North Pomfret the past week. - L. b.
Atwood and wife OF st. Johnsbury were here
last week. - Lyman Welch and wife of
Montpelier We're in town last week visiting
their many friends. - Mrs. Jennie
!Smth) Wheeler and daughter of White
River Junction are in town. - Mrs.
Milo Spear and daughter are in town from
Iowa. - f. b. Colman of Boston is stop
ping with Dennis Greene. - Mrs. j. ID.
Mitchell went to Brdgewater last Saturday
to visit her parents. - ID. b. Buck of
Royalton was in town last Friday.
West Topsham.
DAVID BAGLEY was arrested last Friday
evening for intoXication. The next morn
ing he was brought before William Bagley
Esq, and disclosed on Smith Farnhain,
claiming that he had not drank anything
but cider. Farnham was brought before
the same authority and admitted that he
gave David the cider David was fined 50
and costs, amounting in all to 50. Farm
ham was fined Sl4.90, which he regarded as
a rather severe punishment, as he did not
intend to do anything wrong. - Miss
Emma Rogers has just closed a very sue
cessful term of school in district No. 49,
The pupils having no marks were Charlotte
Mills, Laura Durant, Abbie Durant, Elliot
Miller and Albert Miller. Those having
no tardy marks We're Rose Marston, Char
lotte Mills, Edna Mills, Nettie Smith, Ma
bel Farnham, Cora Smith, Laura Durant,
Abbie Durant, Rose Marston Lucy Farm
ham, Eva Bishop, Lizzie Farnham, Maggie
Caruth, Elliot Miller, Albert Miller Georgia
Farnham, Frank Smith and George Wright.
Emma Miller and Elzina James had one
tardy mark, but were not absent during the
term.
Tunbridge.
The Womans Christian Temperance I'm
ion has voted to take up the study of physi-
ology and hygiene, under the instruction of
Dr. Fish, and will devote the evening of the
third Saturday of each month to it. The
public are invited to join the class. 60
Woman's Relief Corps is TO be organized
here soon. The ladies meet at ii. II. Hay
wards, next Saturday evening, to perfect
their arrangements for the organization.
80 DR.. Fish's youngest son was severely
bitten by large Newfoundland doc owned