The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-02

The skating rink was reopened last Satur-
day night. Gay & Flint will have 1t open |
every Saturday evening from seven to ten |
o'clock. - DIR. A. G. Bailey has greatly |
improved the appearance of his residence |
by building new walks and driveway and |
grading his lawn. - II. A. Harper Is |
having an ell put on to his house by Kinsley |
Jones. - A Barre man talks of opening
new dry goods store here. - The bust |
ness at the steam mills is improving. Sails
bury Brothers have been running twelve
hours day Tor some time, and are still be- |
hind on orders. - Fred Prince has a
new mill at Mt. Pleasant, Mich, and is turn
ing out forty thousand finished hoops a day
80 The thief that stole Charles Blodg-
etts team and ran away has been captured
The woman who accompanied him has re-
turned to her husband. - Rev. Homer
White and family attended the semi-centen-
NAL exercises of Black River Academy at
Ludlow Mr.. White read an original poem.
- Benjamin Mcintyre is expected
home from Alaska in six weeks. - II.
X. Gilbert went to Boston on Tuesday.
- Chester Bickford of the Center has
gone to Maine to represent Gray's horse
powers and machinery at the fairs in that
state. - l.. b. Atwood of st. Johnsbury
is in town. - Mrs II. Russell of Albany,
n. Y, is visiting Mrs r. A. Matthews
- Mrs. Lawrence and granddaughter
have returned to Philadelphia. - Mrs.
Mary Blood has returned from East Ran
dolph. - f: Jewell and wife were in
Calais last week. - Mr.. f. Boyden and
wife, nee Sadie Smith, who have been visit
ing relatives in town, go to Rutland this
week, and thence to Boston, their home.
80 Mrs. Lovina Cole and son returned
to Boston last Saturday. - G.. b. b.
Denny of Northfield was here last Friday.
- Mrs. Mary Hammond and Miss
Kittridge of Nashua, N H., are stopping
with ID. w. Brewer. - Mrs. Otis Stand
ish has returned to Boston. - T. E.
Leeds OF Brooklyn, n. Y, has been visiting
r: j. Kimball. - Irving Smith OF South
Weymouth, Mass, has been visiting the
NJ. Kidder of Brooklyn, N. Y, is stopping
at Cedarhurst." - Forrest P. Manches-
ter, Esq, returned to Boston last Saturday,
having had two weeks outing. -
Mr.. j. w. Atwood and wife will go
West the middle of the month. j. E. Bates
OF Richford will have charge of the depot
during their absence. - Miss Dickinson
of Brooklyn is spending the season with
Mrs. Moulton at the Green Mountain Stock
Farm. - Mrs. Nellie (Bass) Andrews of
Boston is visiting her sister, Mrs. NJ. A.
Smith. - Dr. Gleason will be here this
week Thursday. - Miss Nettie Gorham
has returned to Laconia, n. II.
North Thetford
Mr.. SCoTT, who has been supplying the
Congregational pulpit here, returns to Dart
mouth College this week. - The summer
boarders are beginning to leave for their
homes. = few persons from this place
attended camp-meeting at Claremont, N. II.
last week. = The lyceum this week will
be held at j. L. Hosfords on Friday even
ing - Miss Mary Adams has returned
to Springfield, Mass, for few weeks, but
will come to Vermont again later in the
fall. - Mrs. j. E. Johnson, who has
been visiting friends here, has returned to
/ la.ar hon tt.E
Murfey has returned from her western tour.
- Herbert Barnes of the Brunswick
hotel, Boston, made flying visit home last
week. - Payson Clay drove to Danbury,
n. H., last week, to visit his aged grand
mother and other friends - Miss Alice
Berry left for Salem, Mass, on Friday last
where she is attending school.
Tunbridge.
THE premium lists of the worlds fair are
being mailed by Secretary Lyman. -
The old house on A. n. Kings place, OPP
posite the village is being repaired. -
Robert Pixley has sold his East Hill place
- f. o. Lyman has received a check
for $50 from Thomas Sanders of Haverhill
Mass, to be paid to the owner of the best
:" sam Oliver" colt exhibited at the worlds
fair. - A special premium is to be of
fered the bands competing at the coming
fair. - charter for woman's re
lief corps " has been granted, and corps
will be organized here soon. - The
school in the village district commenced its
fall term last Monday Hattie Gay is the
teacher. - a special examiner of the
pension department was in town on Friday
- Miss Carrie Lyman has returned
from her visit. - DR.. Fish attended
last Wednesday. j. NJ. Kibbey anC
family are visiting in Middlesex and Mont
pelier. - Frank Forbush of Springfield
passed through here last Friday. -
Judge Tebbetts of Bradford visited Judg,
Chapman last week. - William Ston,
of Mortified visited his brother-in-law
Asahel Keyes, last week - Miss Jane
Smith went to Norwich, Conn, last weel
Wednesday. - Mrs. +. j. Fisher is Wis
iting her sister in Thetford.
Williamstown.
YEARS ago, as we were coming home from
Massachusetts by rail, we heard man, sit
ting not far from us, diate to a fellow-pas
senger on the worth of good women. Hi
special auditor seemed to listen with due at
tenton till he was through when he brok
forth, in typical Yankee style: WAL,
good woman is about as good piece of housel
furnitewer as a man can have raound.' Dr.
Charles w. McClearn seems to have adopte'
this opinion, and, at late hour on Wednes
day evening of last week. brought to hi
pleasant home here from Northfield nee Mis-
Clara NJ. Austin, whom he had just married
A number of our young folks had quietly al
ranged reception for the doctor and his wifi
on their arrival The grounds had bee
lighted with numerous Chinese lanterns, an
the motto, "Welcome Home, ~ in evergreens
spoke the sentiment of all hearts. Ice-crear
and cake were furnished for the occasion
and all " went merry " to one or two of tn
"wee sma' hours" when the guests de
parted. The doctor and his wife wer
the recipients of generous lot of hand
some wedding gifts. - We recent
met George Newell of Brooktield, who
connected with the Marcellus Street HON
in Boston, to which young children are sen
for care, as may be found necessary. The
are kept there till homes are found for thei
elsewhere. He says the demand for thes
children is greater than the supply, and
comes largely from New England. -
Charles w. Adams started into the seaso
with five swarms of bees that have produce
= eighteen swarrns and about one hundre
fifty pounds of box honey. - Return S
| Davis has recently made his first visit
: Boston, and it seems to have been delight
full one. He was there number of day
5 and under circumstances favorable to a goo
3 time. He spent one day at the home of til
: editor of the NeW England Farmer, in Dec
g ham, and it was red-letter day " for hin
t Would that every other farmer in tow
would take the time and needful " for
visit of the same kind. - Friends an
relatives of DIR. Scion Briggs and wife
4 New York, who have been spending a pal
a of the summer hereabouts, recently cam
4 together for family picnic which was hel
1 in the granite section of Southeast Barr,
$ thus improving the opportunity to Wis