The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-14


Union street at four o'clock Monday, at
which his sons-in-aw, Revs. w s. Hazen
and l.. O. Sherburn, oificiated. =- Smith
~ Son have been putting handsome coat
of paint on their store building. Mr. Flan-
ders and Mrs. Allen have been painting and
extensively repairing their house on Elm
street. - George w. Kingsbury has
moved to Middesex and gone into business
there. - The subject of Rev. Mr.. Cow
per's next Sunday evening lecture is, " The
Church in the Gospels" - Sylvester
Bowman has moved to his farm, and the
house vacated by him, on the corner of
Water and Wall streets, is soon to be occu-
pied by Professor Habel. - The Metho-
dist Sunday-school recently contributed $50
to the Bible Society on the basis of each pu-
pills giving one cent for each year of his age.
This was the largest collection from any
school in this state. - The Northfied
Woman's Christian Temperance Union will
meet at Howes' hall Tuesday, October Goth,
at three o'clock, at which time the study of
hygiene in its relation TO the blood will be
taken up. All members are requested to be
present, and cordial invitation is extended
to all who feel interested in this department,
whether members or not - Squire
Averill left Saturday for visit of two or
three weeks with his son at Brockton, Mass.
- Miss Abbie Newcomb of Waitsfeld
is visiting relatives in town. - Miss Liz
zie Quimby of Gaysville, Miss Miriam Kim
Burlington were in town over Sunday.
- Miss Minnie King returned Friday
from visit to South Royalton and Tun-
bridge. - Mrs. c. A. Edgerton and
daughter left Monday for st. Lawrence
county, n. Y.-Mrs. Edgerton to visit for a
fortnight and Miss Cora to give instruction
in painting to class at Brasher Falls. -
Northfeld lodge of Good Templars will
furnish literary exercises, including shadow
pantomiines, at the meeting of Gouldsville
lodge, Saturday evening of this week. -
The Good Templars' County Union will be
held in the Methodist church on Wednes.
day of next week. The afternoon and even
ing sessions, at two and seven o'clock, re.
spectively, will be public, and all are most
cordially invited to attend. One feature OF
the afternoon programme will be exercises
by the Juvenile Temple, and in the evening
an address will be given by Rev. A. b.
TruaX of Bellows Falls. - f. o. Thurs
ton and wife started Tuesday on a carriage
trip to Lebanon, n. H., and vicinity, and will
be away the rest of the week. - f. n
Whitney was ia Boston last week. -
List of letters uncalled for in the postofice
at Northfeld (Vt.) for the week ending Octo
Der 18TH Nancy j. Ainsworth, Mary Cana
day. Emma Robeson, Belle NJ Stewart,
E. ID. Chilson, Charles Church, John Clark
f. Dickerman, e. F. Savage, II. o. Peabody
C0 (SigneD II. l.. Kenyon, Postmaster.
PIainfield.
A VERY pleasant event was the marriage
on Wednesday evening, October 7th, at the
residence of the parents of the bride, o
Clement p. Kellogg and Augusta L., oldes
daughter of Joseph and Clara A. Bartlett
a more extended notice is necessarily de
ferred until next week. - Georg,
Wheat has moved his family to what i,
known as the "red house, on Schoo
street. j. A: Foss is to occupy the tene
ment vacated by Wheat. - The Congre
gational and Methodist pastors exchanged
pulpts last Sunday. - Two prominen
young men of our village attended the wed
ding above mentioned, and on their arrva
home it was discovered that they had
different horse from the one they left HON,
with
Roxbury.
MRS. HIRAM FERRY saw an animal a
the top of "Tracy hill," last week, tina
she describes as a panther. Whatever i
was, it thoroughly frightened the lady-ant
her horse, too, as the latter ran down th'
steep hill in lively manner. 1t is eviden
that something of the cat species, and o
large size, is in our forests. - Post
master Roys has made extensive improve
ments in the postotfice. - Mr.. and Mrs
f. f. Young of ST. Adams are visiting il
town = Mrs. Maria Smith has gone t,
Hill, n. II. - Della Wiley is stoppin,
at st. Adams. Philander Wiley has alsC
been sojourning there, but returned HON,
last week. - Mrs. Will Spalding i
visiting friends in Massachusetts, - S
G.. Stanton, Esq, who for six years pas
has been engaged in railroad work il
the West, is at home. We understand h
is to remain here, at least for the present.
U.,.,so,
ONE week from next Thursday evenin,
October ~ the ladies of the Congrega
tional church and society propose to hav
/ an entertainment mt the VpStrV cOnsistin,
of literary exercises followed by an ovsta
supper. The literary exercises will consis
of sketch of John G. Whittier, with recita
tions from his poems, one of which will b
illustrated by tableaux, arranged by Mrs
Allen and Mrs. Pang burn. - Frank w
Thayer, a former Waitstield boy, has jus
been admitted to Harvard College. -
Rev. Mr.. Smith of Warren conducted devo
tional exercises at the Congregations
church, last Sabbath, in exchange with Rev
l.. Il. Pangburn. - Rev. George L
- Elmer Joslin and Ferd Ainswort