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

which to purchase a hanging lamp. 1t
was very enjoyable time, especially to
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer, who were very well
pleased at the friendship thus expressed.
80 The band boys wish to say to the
village people and others that while they
have not objected to spectators being pres
ent at their rehearsals, yet, on account of
the confusion and noise made at the last
Wednesdays rehearsal, they shall object to
having outsiders in at any meeting, except
on Saturday evenings, and then order will
be kept. - In the case of State Us. York
the justice did not give any decision, but
court. == Rev. j. ID. Bailey and wife
have the sympathy of their neighbors and
friends in the sickness of their son and only
child, Allie. He has very severe attack
of typhoid fever, and for the present there
will be only one service at the Congrega-
tional church each Sunday. - Com
munion was duly observed at the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday, the usual num-
Der being in attendance. - Katie, daugh-
ter of Oakley Meader, broke her colar-bone
set by DR.. Town. - Edgar l.. Smith and
wife of Dakota arrived here last Friday, on
visit Interest in a suit in county court
brings him here. - Mrs. o. ID. Cole went
to Wolcott last Saturday, to remain few
days with her parents. A. f.. Lam
berton started for Boston last Monday
morning with carload of potatoes. -
Evans McCrillis has dug seven hundred
bushels of potatoes from two and one-half
acres of ground. - Anna l.. Burnham
has begun her fall term of school on Depot
Hill and Jessie T. Dow in French's district
in Calais. - 1t is found by examination
that this town has sixteen ex-representa-
tives, to whom invitations will be extended
to attend the legislative reunion at Mont
pelier this fall. The earliest date of service
of any member living is 1916 and 1S47, when
Steven II. Hollister represented the town,
the others are Asa Spencer, Enoch ID. Put
nam, Engals Carlton, Samuel ID. Hollister,
Bowman B. Martin, G. W. II. Dwinell,
Wooster, Moody Bemis, L. w. Pitkin, d.
M. Perkins, Mark Mears, George O. Davis
and II. p. Martin. These are well and ac-
tive men and all are residents of this town,
except three-Enoch ID. Putnam of Mont
pelier, Engals Carlton of Rockton, ILL.,, and
p. g. Haskins of Virginia - Edison
Kinney and wife of Lowell visited at Ira
H. Edson's last week and Eli Edison went
as far as Craftsbury with them, on their re-
turn home, to visit sister. - Mrs. A.
Il. Edison has spent the past week with
friends in Northtield and Randolph.
Shady Rill.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Markham returned
last week from a visit TO their friends in
Randolph and Tnnbridge They report
very enjoyable time. - w. o. Cum
mings finished filling his silo last Saturday.
- Miss Della o. Markham has gone to
Montpelier to work at dress-making.
Miss Mary f. Hovey of Gilmore made her
friends in this place short visit last week.
Moretown.
| THE ladies' circle meets this week with
Mrs. w. II. Royce, and the ladies' mission
airy meeting will be held at Mrs. A. A.
| Prentiss' Thursday afternoon of this week.
=Q Quite severe halstorm passed over
this place September 1st, but no serious
damage was done. - Only few from
this place attended the camp-meeting at
Northfield last week, owing, probably, to
! the unfavorable weather - Mrs Per-
kins, state secretary of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, gave very inter-
esting lecture to an audience numbering
about fifty on the evening of August 31st.
- One of the events of the past week
was the lawsuit between Miss Emeline
brought suit to recover rent owing to her
by Mr.. Hills. The hearing was before
Judge Josiah Holden of Watstield, who
gave verdict against Mr. Hills of S16
and costs, which was nearly all Miss Bulk
ley claimed. - There has also been in
progress an arbitration between l. ID. Rob-
inson and c. Spaulding wherein the former
seeks to recover pay for keeping the mother
of the latter several years.
Northfield.
THE ladies of the Congregational society
will hold their sociable at Howes' hall ON
Thursday of this week, and instead of sup
per they will have substantial dinner,
with boiled dish, etc, at half-past twelve.
All are invited - BY invitation, the band
went to Chester Browns at the Center, last
Wednesday evening, where they were most
Hospitality entertained by Mr. and Mrs.
Brown, and discoursed most excellent music
in return. - o. S. Cook has bought of
d. Bacon the old Cochran farm, on the road
to West Roxbury, and is moving there this
week. - M. H. Eddy of st. Johnsbury
made a flying visit here last Wednesday.
- Mrs. Marie Menage, who has been
visiting her friend, Miss Cora Edgerton, re-
turned Saturday noon to her home in New
York, - Fred Brown, a nephew of H.
X. Brown, and Charley Worthen, both stu
dents in the Montpelier Methodist Seminary,
spent Saturday and Sunday in town. -
DIR. NJ II. Chandler of Woodstock state
secretary of the order of Good Templars,
was in town Friday on official business.
- Mrs. Jane Robinson with her son,
Frank, and wife are visiting here this week.
- The Central Vermont Methodist
camp-meeting was held on the society's
grounds last week, beginning Monday even
ing and closing Saturday morning. The at
tendance was fair, the largest being on Thurs
day, and the meetings were very pleasant.
- Captain William III. Boynton died
very suddenly Sunday morning, about nine
o'clock, of apoplexy, and the funeral was
held at his late residence on Vine street
Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock He was
very highly esteemed and his loss will be
mourned by many - The Northfeld
cornet band has been engaged to play at the
Dog River Valley fair the 23d and 24th
= Miss Angie Badger has returned
from her visit in Chicago and begun her du-
ties as assistant teacher in the high school.
- Mr. John Nichols of New Mexico is
visiting his brother, DIR. Nichols. - II.
l.. Field of Boston has been in town a
short time the past week. - Mrs. j. w.
Thorn of Augusta Ga, is visiting at E. o.
Thurston's. - By some error the fair
posters omit to state that an address will be
delivered at the fair by Hon. Alexis L.
Smith of Vergennes. 60 Mrs. S. V. Avery
returned Friday to Burlington. - The
fall term of Norwich University opens
Thursday. All but five of the senatorial
appointments are filled and more than that
number of applications are on file Pro-
fessor Booth has retired from the faculty
and his work will he divided up between
Professors Habel, johnson and Dole Pro-
fessor Dole succeeds Mr.. Booth as chairman
of the faculty, and Professor Habel is secre-
tary. The University building has received
some much needed repairs during vacation.
- Il. o. Thurston and wife and Mrs.
Thorn visited in Burlington Tuesday.
- Professor Habel was elected MEM
Der Of the American Association for the Adj
vancement of Science at the recent session
of the society in Ann Arbor, Mich. -
Mrs. Nj. p. Roberts is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Russell. - Miss Alice Averill re-
turns this week to teach at Brockton Mass.
Her mother, Mrs ID. Il, Averill, accom-