The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
manager, left nothing undone to make the
affair a success.
North Montpelier.


North Montpelier.
The ladies' social circle will meet with
Mrs. j. p. Carnes this week Saturday after
noon. - George f. Sibley and George
G. Nye started last week Wednesday, for
week or ten days sojourn at the noted st.
Leon Springs, p. g. - The fall term of
school In this district is to begin next Mon
day, with Miss Emma Hollister as teacher.
- George G. Tabor is the owner of one
of the largest hogs ever raised in this
county. Good Judges who have seen it
lately estimate it to dress at least eight hum
dred pounds. Who beats this? - Mrs.
e. Pray of this village, who has been quite
dangerously sick, is somewhat better and
hopes are entertained of eventual recovery.
- Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID. Kimball of Cabot
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George Kelton
over Sunday. Mr.. Kimball assisted our
choir through the afternoon service in a
very acceptable manner-he being the pos
SCISSOR of very fine tenor voice. - n.
w. johnson of Burlington is visiting with
his children, A.. w. johnson and Mrs.
Eugene Hathaway, of this village. -
There was ageneral turnout from this vicin-
ity to the grand band tournament at North
Calais last week Friday, and with a few
exceptions, they all stayed until Saturday
morning, on account of the extremely dark
will give public exhibition at Union vestry
hall next week Saturday evening, at which
time they will present the drama, in two
acts, Chimney Corner" followed by the
farce, My Uncle's Will" - The skat-
ing rink in this village is to be open to the
skating public this week Saturday evening.
- Frank LeBarron of the East Village,
while working upon high scaffold in Clark
Sibley's barn last Sunday, by misstep fell
a distance of twenty feet, striking with
severe force upon the barn floor below. At
the present writing he is considered in a
doctors hpinn
fearful of internal injuries. - Rev. j. G.
McInerney of Lynn, Mass, our pastor for
two years, who is spending his vacation in
this vicinity, preached two very acceptable
sermons at the East and North churches
last Sunday. Our old pastor could not but
be gratified as he met the large circle of up
turned faces of his old friends and parish
toner's.
Fayston.
GERTIE SToDDARD is teaching in district
No. l; Della A. Thompson in No. Z; Frank
Parsons of Warren is engaged for No. 8;
Ella McAllister is finishing the summer
term of No. 3. 60 Miss Jennie Mehuron
has gone to the State Normal School at Ran
dolph. - Thomas Ferris, aged about
seventy-five, had cancer taken from his
lip by DIR. James of Waterbury, assisted by
Drs. Hooker and Howe. - A. ID. Bragg
lost good COW recently. 1t is supposed that
she got cast in the yard during the night
Marshfield.
M. G.. SMITH lost nice heifer in the pas
ture last week by the creature getting its
| leg broken. - A. Z. Durant has moved
into part of Mrs. Gilman's house, to stay
while Elbridge goes to school this fall. He
goes to Norwich University. - Lille
Dow began her fall school in the Lawson
district in Woodbury. last Monday. -
Anna Burnham returned home from Bur
lington last Friday, accompanied by heI
father. - The band enjoyed very nice
time at the tournament at North Calais last
Friday. The playing of all the bands was
good and was enjoyed by large crowd
Our boys are not at all ashamed of theil
record as second to the Hardwick band
when they consider that they had only ter
mouth pieces to the Hardwick's sixteen
The utmost good feeling existed between
the members of the bands, and no one fell
the least put out at the decision of the judges
who were good musicians and capable o
Judging. - Charles Fletcher and wife o
Emporia, Kansas, arrived here last weel
Thursday, about two hours before the deatl
of his mother, Mrs. S. r. Fletcher Mrs
Fletcher was buried in the Dwinell Gem
etery, the funeral services being held in tn,
Methodist church Sunday afternoon, Rev
G.. b. Wells, assisted by Rev. j. ID. Bailey
officiating. - Aaron Phelps and wife o
Iowa are visiting friends in town. - Th
ladies of the Universalist society will NEE
in social circle with Mrs y. Robinson to
morrow CThursday) afternoon, and all ar
urgently invited TO come with needle, thin
BILE and shears, for there is work to be done
- Loomis Woodward is getting timbe
for new ell part, and will put it up soon
- The postotfce is soon to be change'
from its present location TO the store O
George & Frank Wooster. - Their
was very pleasant visit at E. I. Burnap'
last week Wednesday. regular sugaring
off was enjoyed. The syrup that was use'
ha
son last spring. 1t was of the incest quality
- On Thursday of last week Rev. j
ID. Bailey and wife, by special invitation
spent the afternoon at Jonathan Graves
the occasion being visit among relatives
among whom were three brothers. Th
four had not met, all at one time, before fo
forty-six years. Their united weight wa
seven hundred twenty-one and one-hal
pounds, and their united height was twenty
four feet and two inches. - +. M. Ma
| goon, wife and daughter, from Danvers
Mass, and Mrs. Day from Glover, VT, wer
. in town last week, visiting friends, as wa
also Mrs. Pitkin from Cabot. - Professo
: G. c. Cove left town last Thursday for hi
, new home in Monson, Mass, where he
} engaged to teach school. - Rev. MI
Fortney will preach at the Universalis
} church next Sunday morning and at Plain
! field in the afternoon.
Moretown.
THERE Will be harvest pail AT MOretoW
, hall September 1st
Northfield.
4 Mrs. C. S. PHILLIPS of Watertown, n. Y
is in town visiting her sister, Miss Aim
Balch. - Rev. F. w. Bartlett will preac
in st. Marys church next Sunday. -
Mrs. j. l.. Perkins of St. Johnsbury, secr'
tary of the Vermont Womans Chrstia
: Temperance Union, will speak, under tn
r auspices of the local union, in the Unive
V salist church next Sunday at five o'clock
D NJ. Subject: "A Providence in Currer
| Events" - The Methodist camp-mee
| ing will begin next Monday and continu
Q through the week. - One of our lawyer
{ set out to 90 to Montpelier one day la.
{ week He arrived at Montpelier Junctio
+. all right, stepped off from the train, the
| got back on the same train and was carrie
a along. He finally inquired if they wel
=, not pretty near Montpelier and was il
r formed that they had nearly reached Mi,
1 dleseX. The easiest way out of the din
= Guilty seemed to him TO be to walk back I
+, the Junction, which he did, arriving /
5 time to run in after the noon express.
4 the moral of this incident is not clear,
1 will be given on application to 'Squii
. | johnson. - The militia company lie
, Tuesday morning for the annual muster
/ st. Albans. They will return Saturday
+ G. g. Davis has sold his house an
Y lot at the west end OF Vine street to Lyma
y Farrar. Mr.. Davis will go to to Dala
|, Texas, to take charge of the high schoo
, - Miss Abbe Pope is visiting in The
!, ford. == Miss Eda Judd has gone to Blu
# lington, where she has situation in IL
/. orphans home. - f. S. Barrett of Son