The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-12

,iehiy W. leWkSDury mas painted MS new
house with five colors of paints. IL Is un-
like any other house in shape and color in
town. - Eight or ten of our merchants
are talking of taking the place of some of
the Boston strikers. - Eight will gradu-
ate from the graded school the 2Sth ==--z=
Milton Chadwick has painted his new house
IN several colors, making it one OF the pref
TEST dwelling-houses in town. 60 John
Prince has invented valuable machine for
shaving and making barrel hoops. 1t will
10 the work of dozen men or more. 60
Thomas Connolly shipped his last car of
potatoes Saturday. He paid thirty-five cents
per bushel. - Judge and G.. II. Tillng-
hast of Connecticut have been visiting Ira
NJ. Jones. - Mrs. Henry w. Tewls-
bury and daughter are visiting in New
Hampshire. 60 Harry l.. Sault, for some
time employed in the Herald office, has fin
ished work there and gone to Montpelier to
work in the new Rural and Freeman office.
- Mrs. f. b. Salisbury is repairing her
residence on Franklin street quite extern
sively. - Rev. G.. Byron Hyde is ex-
pected here this week with his bride. He
will remain here short time and then 90 to
Mexico. - Dexter Chatfeld has been
instructing the Braintree Cornet Band.
- Gilman b. Dubois of Boston was in
town last week. - Miss Gertrude S.
Jones, principal of Plainfeld Comm Acad-
envy is spending her vacation here at her
fathers.
North Thetford.
REV. WILLIAM PAUL from West Fairlee
preached here last Sabbath, Mr.. Reynolds,
our regular minister, being very much out
of health. - Mrs. Stone returned to her
home in Illinois this week. - Miss Min
ME Kinsman teaches the summer school.
:" Howe & Marston have opened with
a big boom. - Hattie Wilcox was mar
ried last week, at her home, and the happy
couple have gone to New York on their we'd
ding tour. They will return here for a short
visit before going to their home in the far
West - This place seems very quiet
without the steam mill running, said mill
having burned down some two weeks ago.
- II. III. Holt is making arrangements
to rebuild his barns, which were destroyed
by fire at the time the steam mill burned,
sparks going across the Connecticut river.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Clay, also Will Henry
and wife, were made happy last week by the
advent of new baby. - Miss Lizzie
Baxter is out of town for few weeks.
- Walter DAILY, at the Bow, has been
quite sick for a few weeks as has also Brad
ley Heath. - Miss Emma Adams of
Springfield Mass, arrived last week for the
summer.
West Topsham.
SCHOOL commenced last Monday, with
Miss Varnum from Peacham as teacher.
- The selectmen have been trying the
Victor road-machine for few days, and it is
thought it will work well. - Elder III. f.
Reynolds preached his first sermon here
last Sunday forenoon. He will preach
every alternate Sunday, in the forenoon.
- James e. Curran, special examiner
of the pension office, was in town last week
taking testimony in Stephen Davis and
Mrs. Webster'S pension cases. =C G. +.
Smith has started his meat-cart, and intends
to run Tuesdays and Fridays. - The
season is fully two weeks earlier than usual.
- There is considerable old hay to be
Summered over
Tunbridge.
The telegraph Office has been moved to
DR.. Fish's new house. - The Band of
Hope meets at Mrs. j. NJ. Kibbey's to-
morrow evening. - The Woman s Chris
tan Temperance Union have elected Mrs.
Jennie Noyes their librarian. - DR..
McDougall's chestnut stallion, Vampire,
has been taken to Albert WATERWAYS stable
in Royalton. - Free campfire next Tues
day evening in Grand Army hall. Colonel
S. NJ. Pingree has been invited to speak
at the campfire. - Mrs. r. G. King
returned from Lawrence, Mass, last week
Wednesday. - Milton Ballou is work.
ing for DR.. William McDougall. - f. l..
Woodland moves to farm near Woodstock.
- Carrie Jones goes to New York next
Wednesday to visit relatives
Washington.
REV. H. F. RHoADEs of Barre preached
an interesting discourse at the Universalist
church last Sunday forenoon. A large and
appreciative audience greeted him. -
The village school commenced last week,
with fifty pupils. The committee Mr. Han
son, has wisely concluded not to ask one
teacher to do the work of two, so the school
is to be divided, Miss Bell Thurber taking
the younger portion. We hope the pupils
will try their best to learn as much as pos
sible. - Mr.. Jillson of Chicago, a brother
of Mrs. John Smith of this place, has become
inl nd hos toll tf,a inaa
lum. He was an active business man, and
accumulated considerable property. He had
has no family. - The schoolmates of Lii
Ian Pepper, who died about one year ago,
visited her grave on her birthday, carrying
flowers to place upon the grave. - Mrs.
L. +. S. Thurber went to st. Adams last
week, on account of the illness of her
niece and nephew, Maud and Rudolph But
Ter, both of whom We're dangerously ill
with pneumonia. - Orville Cheney has
rented part of Miss Elizabeth Hunting
tons house. Mr.. Harry White is on
trip to Connecticut. - Mrs. ID. S.
Bowles went to Montpelier last Tuesday on
account of the serious illness of her mother,
Mrs. Parker. - George Downing has
purchased the q. o. Calef farm. - Mrs.
George WATSON had dish of beautiful
flowers at church last Sunday, and her
Easter lily was much admired on Easter
Sunday. - Mrs. Cobb of Boston is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Moody. Mrs.
Horace Moody, who has been spending the
past year in Ohio and Minnesota. has re-
turned home, with her health greatly i'm
proved.
WilliamstOwn.
RAILROAD news Chat pertaining to an eX-
tension of the road from Barre to this place,
and on to the qlarries) is of most engaging
interest to us here, if it has any show of au-
thority. But, like much of certain kind
of news in the time of the late war il
usually comes from only " a reliable contra
band" But one of that kind recently ex.
pressed to us his opinion that a survey
! would soon be made from the terminus OF
the road in Barre to the quarres, Utd of oul
place. Speed the day! - Said our face
! tious old friend, w. Penn Bgelow of Brook
| field, the other day, at his store: Wher
my customers complain of the times as being
hard open this account-book of 1929 ant
read them some of the charges-salt, 81 81
per bushel; nails, ten cents per pound
calico, two shillings per yard; West India
sugar, 10 cents per pound; saleratus, seven
teen cents per pound Young Hyson tea
Sill per pound; needles, a penny apiece
butter was worth ten cents per pound" TIL,
silver lining of the cloud, as some of thu
grandsires probably looked at it, was tina
rum was only fifty-eight cents a gallon an,
tobacco twenty-five cents per pound. =-
Our esteemed ex-townswoman, Mrs. Emil,
Ware Brown of Chicago, has again beel
very greatly afflicted in the death of he
older daughter, Miss Della Brown. Ii
company with her father and sister tn
young lady last year visited this, her moth
ers old home. Her health and good chez
at that time seemed indicative of longe