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

and Charles Neill sold a four-months-old
Palmer colt for S65. 80 s. e. Marble lost
is making preparations to build an addition
to his barn. - Our fall schools began
this week. Misses Clara Eaton and Ina
Joslin are the teachers. - Mrs. Maria
Fisher is reported as being quite sick.
Mrs. Duane Ingalls, is slowly regaining her
health. - f. s. Porter and family have
been spending few days in town. visiting
friends and relatives,
Marshfield.
THE case of State rs. York was partially
heard last Monday, and was adjourned to
Saturday of this week. 60 A. z. Town
has sold part of his stone quarry to Carrick
Brothers of st. Johnsbury, who will put in
a gang at once to open and work it. 80
A party OF Arabs passed through this village
last Saturday afternoon and went into
camp just below Ira Winters house. They
did the usual amount of begging. They
were accompanied by four large bears and
were hard-looking set. - Minnie E.
Davis closed a twelve weeks term of school
in Walden, August 18th, and last Monday
began another term of the same length in the
Burnap district in Cabot. - The post
Office was moved to the store of G.. & F.
Wooster last Monday afternoon. The
Office has been in the same place for over
twenty years. - Eugene Merrill is
canvassing Marshfield for the Personal
fall term of the village school began last
Monday, under the instruction of Miss
Josie Beedle and Miss May Palmer.
- j. S. Whithill has made another
addition to his buildings, this one being
entertained her Sabbath-school class at
her home last Saturday afternoon. They
INDUCED in sugaring-off," ," had roast corn,
plums and apples, and good time gener-
ally. - A. T. Durant has got his shingle
timber all sawed out and will begin dress
ing lumber this week. w. f. Lamber-
ton has sold his place to Henry Blake,
giving immediate possession, and has moved
to Calais. - Charles Fletcher wife and
child and Mrs George A. Putnam, started
home last Thursday, and Mrs Mary A. Ia
Dor went home last Monday. She and Mrs
l.. ID. Mute made flying visit to the White
Mountains the last of the week. This leaves
their father, S. r. Fletcher, alone, and he is
boarding at William Parks for the present
- Rev III. A. Rogers and wife of Wor-
cester, Mass. are stopping at E. b. Dwi-
nell's; also Mrs. Baker, son and daughter,
and Mrs Gary of Charlestown, Mass.
Middlesex.
THE village school-house has been thor
oughly repaired, having been shingled,
painted and furnished with new seats and
furniture. The fall term of school com
menced August 31st, under the charge of
Miss Ursula Bates of Waitsfeld. - Mrs.
G.. f. Kenaston leaves town to-day CWednes-
day. for her new home in Noblesville, Ind.
Miss Addie Hammond will accompany her
for the purpose of attending school. Mr..
kenaston went there about two weeks since,
in response to an imperative demand for his
services to take charge of a county teachers
institute to be holden at Nobesville this
month. - Rev Mr.. Evans and wife at
tended camp-meeting at Lyndonville last
week. Mrs. Evans remains a few weeks to
-tatf frtn do in hat -,a,,.
attends camp-meeting at Northfield this
week. - Thomas j. Casey starts to-day
"wednesday for Denver, Col. - Mrs.
f. M. McElroy and her sister, Miss Carrie
Foster, have returned from their visit to
Maidstone.
Middlesex Center.
LAST week Wednesday your correspond
ent made his forty-tirst annual visit to Mt.
Hunger, had a fine view and got pail of
blueberries. He thought of the four friends
who stood with him there June nth, 1884,
All scattered and sundered by mountain and wave,
And some in the silent embrace of the grave"
One died in Louisiana, in the war of the re-
bellion, battling for the Union; another
died at Middlesex in 1870; one lives at
Swampscott (Mass.) Beach, on the Atlantic,
and another Gf living) on one of the islands
of the Pacific near San Francisco, Cal. The
road built to the mountain in 1878 by the
late Theron o. Bailey is still in passable
upper terminus is not very safe for teams.
- The farmers in this vicinity are
getting in fine crops of oats, but not in very
good condition, owing to the frequent rains.
- Josiah Hasbrook has bought the
Captain Clark farm, in district No. s, con-
tanning some two hundred acres for about
81 800. - Daniel Moriarty oldest son of
Michael Moriarty), who died few weeks
ago, aged seventeen, was a bright active
boy, and. by reason of the ill health of his
father, had taken large share of the labor
and responsibility of the farm work. His
Shady Rill.
G. II. RICHARDSON, student of the Ver-
mont Conference Seminary, preached very
acceptably at the church in this place last
Sunday. He is expected again in two
weeks at the same place. - While hunt
ing for his "old red cow" a few days ago.
Ezra Rollins came across two corn thieves,
who had just robbed neighbor's field of
some green corn, which was done under the
owners eye. He thinks it is no better than
digging other peoples potatoes or picking
their cucumbers. e. w. Cummings
returned to Waterbury Center last week, to
attend school at Green Mountain Seminary.
He intends to finish his course of study
this year. - Mrs. Horace Hovey has
gone to Craftsbury TO live with her daugh-
ter, Mrs Socrates Udall.
MOretOwn.
OvERCoATs and mittens were in demand
last week. Jack Frost is said to have
done damage in some parts of the town.
- The ladies' circle met with Mrs. w. G..
Lamphier last week. - Matte Spaulding
OF Burlington is stopping in this place. -
Roger Prentiss is attending school at the
Vermont Conference Seminary, Montpelier,
and Jesse Towle and Julius Davis at Green
Mountain Seminary, Waterbury Center.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Crosby and Mrs. Har-
of Waterbury, Rev. NJ. III. Ryan and wife of
South Walden, Miss Fitzgerald of Boston
and Mr. and Mrs. S. Wilcox of Stowe are
among the recent visitors in this place.
Northfield.
THE marriage of DIR. Charles w. McClearn
Of Wiliamstown and Miss Clara NJ. Austin
of this village took place last Wednesday
evening, the ceremony, which was per-
formed by Rev. w. S. Hazen, pastor of the
Congregational church, being at the resi-
dence Of the groom's father on Slate avenue,
in consideration of the delicate health of
his mother. The company present, includ-
ing relatives, numbered about thirty. 4
large number and variety of beautiful and
valuable presents We're made, including a
tea service, ice-cream set, cotfee-urn, dinner
and breakfast casters, cake-basket, pickle
jar, pudding and fruit-dishes, knives, forks,
spoons and many smaller articles all of
silver; also a French mantel clock, oil
paintings, glass and china ware and great
number of useful household articles from
the parents and friends. The groom gave
the bride "A set of diamonds and himself re-
ceived from his father diamond scarf-pin
The rooms We're decorated with flowers and