The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-01
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over the savings bank.
3. III. KENT is painting his house near the
west end of Union street.
The Methodist camp-meeting will be held
on their ground the week beginning August
81, continuing six days.
RAIN has fallen in considerable quantity
this week. The shower Monday forenoon
was harder than we often have.
Mrs. CAPTAIN ANDREWS, about ninety
years of age, fell down stairs Monday, but
Is thought to be not seriously injured.
:. Mr.. PLUMLEY has been engaged to de.
liver the address at the dedication of the
Williams library in Woodstock July 8.
THE ladies of the Universalst society will
hold their socable on Wednesday afternoon
and evening at Mrs. Heman Carpenters.
E. w. HOPKINS has sold his bay four-year.
old colt to g. ID. Sawyer of Gouldsville and
bought w. II. Morris black horse, " Old
Billy"
THE ladies of the Episcopal society will
hold their regular sociable at their rooms in
depot building Thursday afternoon and
evening.
SOME improvements are being made at
the cemetery in grading the ground at the
southwest corner, and some desirable lots
are thus added.
w. ii. MORRIS has moved into the Parker
house on Central street. which he has thor
oughly refitted. His large new barn is
well under way.
COMMUNION services will be held at the
Congregational church next Sunday The
preparatory lecture will be on Friday at
half-past two o'clock.
AT the special village meeting the mat
ter OF taking any different action in regard
to the park on the common was tabled and
the meeting adjourned without day.
THE Juvenile temple meets on Saturday
afternoon of this week at half-past two
o'clock. 1t is earnestly desired that the
children attend the temple regularly and
that parents come and join as honorary
members.
A NEW timetable went into operation
Monday. The changes are as follows: Go
ing south-mail, .: ~ A. M; Boston express,
IL: 81, p. NJ Going north-Hali's train,
q: 10; accommodation, 8; So All others run
the same as before.
The board of teachers of the graded school
the coming year is as follows: Principal,
}. NJ. Hit; preceptress, S. Carrie Chase of
Morrisville; No. 8, Alice II. Burt of Bur-
lington; No 4, Mary E. Thompson; No. 3,
Sadie e. Kenyon; No. 2, Clara Il. Harwood
No. /, Malvna Joslin. The fall term of the
school will begin Monday, August "a.
LIST of letters remaining in the postoffice
at Northfield, VT, for the week ending June
D Ladies-Miss Ellen Bell. Gentlemen
G: M. Bates, F. A. Brown, j. o. Davis,
Charles L. Emerson, w. NJ. Fisk, John
Keogh, e. w. Rolfe, Clarence Midget,
G. Daniel, Henry j. Poole, Edwin F..
Palmer. III. l.. KENYON. Postmaster.
THE Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet Tuesday of next week at
six o'clock, p NJ, in the ladies' paror of
the Congregational church. The meetings
through the months of July and August will
be at six o'clock. report of the State In
stitute of Hygiene and Heredity lately held
at Bellows Falls, will be given at the next
meeting by Mrs. G.. b. b. Denny.
Mr.. SAMUEL DOLE has kindly given us
the following record of the past winter $
snowfall: The first storm was October 10Th.
when snow fell to the depth of one and one
half inches. November Goth, four inches
Goth, two inches; 2Sth, one inch; making
seven inches for the month. December 9th,
six inches; 10th, two inches; 18th, five and
one-half inches; 18th, one and one-half
inches; 22d, nine and one-fourth inches
25th, thirteen inches; making thirty-seven
and one-fourth inches. January LIST to 18th,
all gone; 10TH three inches 18th, three
inches; 18th, four and one-half inches, 2Sth,
eight and one-half inches making nineteen
inches. February I'd, six inches; 9Th, one
inch Sth, one and three-fourths inches
10th, three and three-fourths inches; 18th,
four inches; 18th, thirteen and one-half
inches; making thirty inches. March ID,
four and one-half inches; 14th, two inches ;
18th, five inches; 3lst two inches: making
inch; 9th, one and one-half inches 14th,
one inch; Goth, two inches; Doth, one and
one-half inches; making seven inches. To-
tai, one hundred fifteen and one-fourth
inches, or nine feet and seven and one
fourth inches. Total for 1880 and 1881, seven
feet and four and one-half inches total for
1881 and 1882 four feet and six and one fourth
inches; total for 1882 and 1885, ten feet and
seven inches; total for 1888 and 1884, nine
feet and nine and one-hah inches.
DIR. NJ. MCCLEARN was at home last week
- HI r. Browns father from Burke
and niece and nephew from Newport have
visited here the past two weeks. - Mrs.
g. b. b. Denny and Miss Lizzie Knapp
were at Bellows Falls last week. Mrs
Denny read paper before the ladies' state
temperance meeting. - DIR. s. r. Town
and wife of Enfield, Mass, visited at Mr..
Plumley's last week Mrs. Town will be
remembered as Miss Hattie Somers, precep-
tress in our graded school about twelve
years ago. - James II. Shedd of Boston
was in town last week to attend the annual
meeting of the Mortified Slate and Tile
Company. The meeting was finally adj
journed to July u. - Mr.. Luther Cady
of Quechee was in town last week. -
Mrs. f.. w. Hopkins brother, Mr. Wade of
Leominister, Mass, is spending few weeks
with her. - Miss Cora f. Edgerton re-
turned Thursday from New York, where she
has been since last fall. Much of the time
she has been taking lessons in painting and
drawing, and her health is much improved
- Mr.. Dennis Quinby was at home from
Montreal last week. His daughter, Miss
Nida, has come home from Bellows Falls to
spend the summer. - Mrs. Joel Winch
is visiting friends in Massachusetts. -
James f. Gregory is at home from Cham
plain, n. Y. - Mrs. Washburne of
Ottawa, Ont, is visiting her father, e. G
Pierce. - Miss Polly Russell is at West
Randolph this week. - Squire Plum
ley is at Hyde Park on business. - Miss
Lizzie Knapp and her grandmother went to
Washington Monday to visit friends. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Hedges and son.
Willie, of Woodstock have been in town
the past week visiting friends.
Moretown.-Mr. G. A. Walker and fam
lily of Ashland, Mass. are visiting at Will
lam Sawyer's - The opening meeting
of mission, which is to continue several
days, was held in the Catholic church Sun
day. - Thomas Foley had the cancer
cut from his lipiby Drs. James and Hooker at
waterbury last week. - 1t is expected
that Rev. w. A. Evans of Mddlesex will
preach in exchange with Rev. T.. IL. Bartlett
next Sunday. - An unusual occurrence
last Sunday was the holding of three re-
ligious services in the village and at nearly
the same hour-the Methodist quarterly
meeting the Catholic mission and Spirtu-
alist lecture by Mrs. Hyzer. Quite num-
Der OF people from adjoining towns were in
attendance on these meetings. - The
village schools, taught by Misses Prentiss
and Dale, closed last Friday, with appro-
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