The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-30
Windsor County.
Bethel.

Mrs. II. C. SMITH and her sister, Mrs. Adj
die Shedd of Haydenville, Mass. are visit
ing their sister, Mrs. Samuel Day.
Lewis Riford, one of the boys that grew in
Bethel and struck out to make prosperous
marketman in Canton, Mass, was in town
on Sunday. - Charles Marsh together
with James and Lizzie, visited Mrs N Whit
tier (his daughter) in Barre last week. -
At fire meeting on Monday evening it
was determined to buy four hundred feet
more of hose at once, which will give us five
hundred fifty feet to use in case of fire.
80 Frank Gilman lost one of his horses
ON Saturday last - The Christmas fes-
rivals at the Universalist and Conprepa-
tional churches, last week, were very pleas
ant affairs and highly enjoyed by the chill
dren. - We regret that j. II. Edison is
again confined to his house with sickness
- In the absence of the pastor, the Rev.
Mr.. Tabor of Gaysville supplied the desk
at the Universalist church last Sunday.
- We understand that E. S. Yelling
ton, whose sickness we mentioned last
week, has since been to Boston, seeking for
relief at the hands of the practitioners of
that city. == The scholars of the graded
school made Mr.. Hutchinson the principal,
a Christmas present of an elegant plush
shaving-case and a paper-weight. - Joe
Burrelle better known as Buffalo joe"
who was arrested last summer for an al
legged assault with attempt to rape and
lodged in Woodstock Jail had his trial last
fined for an assault, which, together with
the costs, amounted to $50. William Brooks
became his bondsman, and he was released
and returned home last week. - The
mailbag which was thrown off from the night
express last week Tuesday caught on the
car in some manner and was dragged to the
lower end of the yard, where it was found
the next morning, the pouch being cut and
torn to pieces and its contents strewn along
the track. Letters, postal cards, papers and
ma al1u1 al xt-ara inf nd
ton of the contents We're ruined. - The
following comes to us second-handed: A
few days since one of the teachers in our
graded school asked her class what a theo-
logical seminary was, and was considerably
surprised by the prompt reply of one of her
pupils that it was a "place where they kept
a lot of animals
East Bethel
THERE was a Christmas tree at the Union
church Friday evening The church was
crowded and the exercises very enjoyable,
particularly the recitations by the children.
- Mrs p C. House is in a critical con-
dtion, having something like cancerous
affection of the arm. - Porter Brewster
is sick with varicose veins all over his
body. - A brilliant meteor was seen in
this village by a few of the inhabitants, last
Friday evening, between six and seven
o'clock. 1t rolled on the ground like a ball
of fire, passed between a horses feet, crossed
the street and suddenly disappeared. -
y. A. Storrs and Carter Rogers have gone
to Florida to spend the winter.
Gaysville.
SIDNEY son of Dennis Bourne, had leg
broken last Saturday, while sliding down
what is known as the Leonard hill, by rum
ming through a fence into Mr.. James Gould's
yard. - Mrs. Orlando Roberts is sick
with pneumonia. - The " help" in the
finishing room of the stockinet factory made
their overseer, Mr.. Chester Wilder. a Christ
mas present of nice hanging-lamp.
Felchville.
SOME unknown person entered the house
of Caleb Chase on Christmas night, about
ten o'clock, it is supposed for the purpose of
stealing Sll which was contributed to Miss
Villa Chase, his sick daughter, the day
previous. He overturned chair, arousing
the household, and made his escape through
the window. We have heard of man
mean enough to steal blind hogs swill,"
but he was a gentleman compared with this
miscreant. Miss Chase returns thanks to
! her friends who so generously contributed
the money. - The employees of NJ. A.
! Davis return thanks for a generous Christ
mas present to each of them. = Mrs.
Horace Herrick has returned from Rome,
n. Y, where she has had cancer success
! fully removed - Mrs. Hank White has
! gone to join her husband, who is with the
minstrel troupe, for short visit. - The
| Christmas exercises at the Baptist vestry
We're quite entertaining. They consisted of
| declarations, selections, and singing by the
choir and the Felchville Quartette Club.
- Clayton Crandall and wife of Wood
stock visited in this vicinity last week.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Z. Watkins spent
| Christmas with their daughter, Mrs. John
! Mccullough of Claremont, \. III. - Mrs.
f. X. Hewitt has been on the sick list for
the past week.