The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-23
Washington County.
BERLIN.

iting his friends in Berlin. He has been
absent twenty-three years. - There is
going to be Christmas tree at the Congre-
gational church Thursday evening. All
are invited. 60 Porter Perrin and Nathan
Foster have gone to Florida to spend the
winter.
Cabot.
CHRISTMAS is to be duly celebrated at the
Advent church in Lower Cabot, Thursday
evening, tree and literary exercises being
among the attractions. The operetta,
Santa Claus at Home" is to be presented
teacher. The committee will be at the
church in the afternoon to receive presents
for the tree. Christmas will be observed
by the Methodist society at the church on
Friday evening. - Mr.. II. b. Whittier
closed his engagement as clerk in the store
OF j. III. Harrington last Saturday. During
the three years that he has occupied this
position he has shown himself an efficient
and accommodating salesman, worthy of the
confidence of all, and by his leaving town
the telephone line loses one of its best OPP
orators and the band an energetic and eff
cient leader. He has not yet decided upon
a location. He goes first to Boston. -
Frank Dunton has completed his black
smith shop and commenced operations in
the same. - Mrs. Laura Heath has sold
her place at the north end of Main street to
Hiram Wells, Esq. - Ed. F. Smith
dressed and sent to market, last week, for
Christmas, three hundred geese. They were
bought in Canada last November, and he
has been feeding them here since that time.
Their average weight was nine pounds. He
also shipped two tons of turkeys. Since
June 1st he has bought in this vicinity thir-
teen tons of live hens and chickens and three
tons of turkeys in addition to the above.
By this is seen the large increase in the
poultry business among our farmers. Ten
years ago, one ton of poultry would have
comprised all the live poultry that was
raised in this vicinity for market. G..
NJ. Webster, Esq, has completed his new
house and moved into the same. 1t is a fine
two-story structure, built of the best mate
rial, which he has been gathering for years.
- E. w. Harrington has sold to Lewis
George the tenement-bouse that he bought
with the L. A. Town property. Rumor
says the hotel is to be closed the lst of Jan.
uary. - o. r. Collins received carload
of sleighs last week from firm in New York
East Calais.
ELIJAH WHITE has hired the Gray house
and shop and takes possession January 1st
- W. e. Laird was in town Friday and
Saturday delivering the first volume OF
Grants book. He is moving his goods tC
Montpelier, where he intends to live for the
present. - The Good Templars are tC
hold their annual oyster-supper next Satur
day evening at their hall. - There is t.
be masquerade promenade at Gray's hal
on Wednesday evening. December Goth, fo
| the benefit of the East Calais Circulating
Library. - Royal Cunningham is pre-
pairing to go to Sing Sing, n. Y, to live will
his son, Manton Cunningham.
North Calais.
A CHICKEN-PIE festival was held at Memo
rial hall Tuesday evening of last week
under the auspices of the Calais and Wood
bury cornet band, the proceeds lover 800
being for their benefit. And it seems fittin,
here to say word about the formation o
the band Some two or three years ago G
w. Foster of this town conceived the ide
OF band here, and, not daunted either b.
satire or ridicule, went to work, and by per
sistent efforts has accomplished what n
one but himself thought possible. He ha,
a sparsely settled country to work in, som
of the members having to travel sometime
eight miles to rehearse, and we believe tina
not one, except Mr.. Foster, had ever tre
to play on band instrument. They ais
labored under the difficulty of being poo
men, or the sons of poor men, yet out of thi
material and under these difficulties tn
professor has organized, uniformed and fun
nished with instruments band of twer
ty-five pieces which has given satisfactio
at many gatherings in this and negl
boring towns. They appeared at til
festival in new uniforms of navy blue
trimmed with gold braid. The uniform
were made in New York. The entertain
ment commenced with promenade. Afte
this followed bountiful supper, in whic
some twenty-five chicken-pies, and othe
kinds of pies and cakes in unknown quaint
ties were got away with Next in ordt
came dance music by Elmore's orchestr
which was improved until four o'clock I'll
| next morning with untlagging zeal by tn
numerous guests, who seemed to thorough
enjoy themselves. Mr.. Foster is entitled T.
and receives, the heartiest thanks for h
untiring labor in organizing and drillir
, this band, as are the members for so mob
responding to his efforts.
North Montpelier.
The entertainment given by the Ladie
League, last week Friday evening, attractt
large and appreciative audience, all
, whom seemed to heartily enjoy the v
( Grandmother's Birthday Party" was vel
/ we'll rendered, when we take into conside
alton the short time they had to prepa
t for it, and reflects great credit upon the a
companist, Mrs Ruth Butterfeld. The pi
, ture, Rebecca, the Jewess," by Abb
; Willard, and the several tableaux repr
sented by some of the members of Il
league, were all well received by the aut
ence. For several reasons the next ente
+, tainment is indefinitely postponed. -
: Quite number from this village went
: the capital, Monday evening, and enjoyed
4
. "Uncle Josh Whitcomb." - The ma
. agement of the Dramatic and Music
Club are very happy to announce for mus
at their exhibition, the first week in Jan
ary, Harold E. Nye, violinist, and Ellen
Nye, pianist. This announcement Of itst
. is enough to ensure a full house both eve
$ ings of the entertainment. No pains W
! be spared to make the occasion an enjoyal
Il one. - The Marshfeld cornet band is
: be present and furnish music for b
d skaters at the rink next Saturday evenin
n - There was a good turnout at &
; dancing-school at the skating-rink last Mo
U day evening. - Christmas is to be Q
= served as usual in the Brick chur
|, at the East Village. - Quite a nul
n ber of our young people will attel
l. hotel in Plainfeld. - Our enterprsi
,, miller, NJ. V. b. Holister, is putting
new wheat-smutter into his mill. - o
n college boys-O. X. Hollister |. w. Ca
and l.. ID. Coburn-are at home for she
II vacation through the holidays. - M
Ellen j. Nye of Maiden, Mass, where $
l. has been for the past year teaching mus
ii is to make a short visit to her old home a
friends the first of next month. - l..
o Hammett returned home last week Mond
B. from Philadelphia where he and his W
n have been on visit for the past q
d months. Mr. Hammett brought with h
twelve blooded mares and two stations,
of which are for the "Hammett sto
farm" -= Mrs. Sarah l.. Merritt, W
has been absent for several weeks past oi
T. visit to friends in Boston and elsewhe
Of returned home Saturday of last week.
~ Marshfield.
L., CuRIsTNAs q services will he held at ITni