The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09
LamOille County.
EInOre.

Mrs. FoRBUsH and Kate Healey of Nor
risville each have class of music in this |
town. - Noah Hall has rented his farm
and goes this week to Montpelier, where he
is to work through the season in machine
shop. - Henry A. Harris, young man
of twenty-three years, committed suicide
one day last week by taking morphine.
Strenuous efforts were made by the physi-
clans to resuscitate him, but to no purpose
He had previously made several unsuccess-
full attempts on his life. Harris was the son
OF respectable parents in this town, who,
with an older brother, survive him.
Hyde Park.
MRS. C. M. STRONG has gone to Putney to
spend few weeks with her mother. -
Mr.. Middleton has finished his engagement
in the NeUs and Citizen job office and gone
on to the road selling patent medicines for
Rublee Brothers of Enosburgh Falls. -
William Smith died at the residence of his
brother-n-law, Van Ness Lilley, June Sd,
aged about sixty-hve years. - Elder Ira
Gray was seriously hurt last Monday by
falling from load OF lumber and striking
on his head.
QUARTERLY meeting services were held at
the Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday
morning last, Rev. Mr.. Sherburn officiating.
-" Man and Wife was rendered by
the Stowe Dramatic Club on Friday night to
a full house. 1t was repeated on Saturday
night, few only being present - Mr..
and Mrs. Arba Pike have been TO Brook
Ign, N. Y, on visit to his fathers, p. ID.
Pike. - Mr.. and Mrs. B. o. Shaw of
Denison, Iowa, are soon expected. They
have been absent from Stowe for three
years and are now returning either on
visit or to stay, as they choose. - The
listers are very busy appraising real estate,
generally lowering the valuation little.
Will Burt went to Plattsburgh, n.
Y, on Monday and will drive stage from
station near there to Loon Lake. He carries
passengers, but not mail. - Butter last
Saturday ruled at from ten to fifteen cents
per pound. - Crops look remarkably
fine. Corn and potatoes come early and
are being injured by worms and bugs, while
small grains promise rich harvest. -
The republican caucus held on Saturday
night elected delegates to both the state
and district conventions. To the former,
A. G. Slayton, o. Smith and w. -. Atkins;
to the latter, c. NJ Watts, DR.. Grout and
Chandler Watts.
Wolcott.
LAST week George White had a COW badly
hurt by getting caught in the brush. -
II. B. Bundy's mill was broken into last
Monday night and about three dollars in
change taken - r. II. Peck has an
apple-tree which has small apples on it, and
now there is blossom on it three inches
across which looks like pure white rose
- Eli Drury and wife went to Barre
brother - A little daughter of Charles
Boynton aged five years died last Friday
from the effects of canker-rash. - S. A
Fife and M. H. Hubbell were out prospect
ing in this town and found bank OF sand
one-twentieth part of which was iron. They
washed two pans of it and found four small
particles of gold. - Men are now at worl
cementing up the springs, and also the
reservoir in the cemetery. - Mr. Rivers
who is clerking for j. G. Taylor at Yves
Concord, is at home on visit - c
Arbuckle has his shop nearly completed
He has the wheel set and the shafting hung
and will soon have it ready for occupancy
- Several from this place attended TIN
funeral of General Stannard al burlington
last Saturday. The steam-mill at Bea
Swamp was destroyed by fire last week Tues
day About fifteen thousand feet OF lum
Der was burned. The fire caught in tn
engine-room. - Decoration day was oh
served here last week Monday Eide