The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-17
Orange County.
Bradford,

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celia Stephenson and will care for her
this winter 80 Rev. Allen Clark, form
erly pastor of the Congregational church
here, but later of Manchester, VT. has re-
signed his pastorate there and will go to
Omaha or Nebraska City, Nebraska He
has his choice of these two places and will
leave for his new field of labor in a few
days. His many friends here were pleased
to receive short call from him last Satur-
day 80 The schools in districts two and
twelve closed very successful terms last
Friday.
Braintree.
Miss FLORA JANE WELLINGTON has re-
turned home from the West where she has
been visiting the past six months. -
Dayton w. Flagg, a former resident of this
place, but now living in New York city,
accompanied by his wife and son, is visiting
his mother and other relatives in town.
- Orrin Dudley and wife have moved
into the house with Aunt Sally Hutchinson,
the mother of Mrs Dudley. - Frank
Wakefield is quite sick with erysipelas.
- A. X. McIntire is improving. -
Henry Vinton has sold his farm to a
man from Starksboro. - II. N. Scott,
while showing a visitor one of his horses
last week, was thrown down and received a
badly sprained shoulder - Elmer Olaf
lin and Frank Archer have finished work
at Brookfield and returned home. 60
Allen Flint, Jr, who has been at work at
st. Adams, came home Saturday of last
week intending to return Tuesday of this
week with his family. - About forty
young people gave Eugene Finn surprise
party Friday evening, it being his seven
teenth birthday.
Brookfield.
Miss BESSIE CLARK and Julia Hall are
both quite i'll, and DR.. Scott of West Ran
dolph has been called as counsel with DR..
Goodrich. - Marcus Peck has sold his
= .le Al.
Josiah Smith, is to take possession soon.
- Mrs. U. A. Clark, Jr, and daughter
are expecting to spend the winter in Hart
ford, Conn. 80 Mary G. Upham is to
teach the village school, and Mary A. Will
cox is to teach at South Northfield where
she has been for the last two terms. -
The fall term Of the village school (No. n,
taught by Mary G.. Upham, closed Friday,
November II. The names of scholars who
had no absent marks are Zoe l.. Fullam,
Will l.. Russell and Julia p. Buxton.
Those who had no tardy marks were Eunice
r. Buxton, Abbie NJ; Domper, Bessie F..
Durkee, Rosetta a. Edison, Henry +. Free
man, Nellie NJ. Fullam, Jennie " Fullam,
Zoe l.. Fullam, Mary G. Goodrich, Clarence
NJ. McDerment, Winnie j. Parmenter Lou
Use NJ. Parmenter and Will l.. Russell
Chelsea.
Miss HATTIE S. VINCENT, who has been a
patient sufferer through long illness, died
on Friday afternoon at the residence of Mr..
A. H. Powers She member of the
Methodist church, and lady of unusual
beauty of character. The funeral services
were held on Sunday morning, Rev. Messrs.
Knapp and Herrick officiating, and the re-
mains were taken for burial to Plainfeld,
her former home. - A rare prize fell to
the lot of NJ. l.. Ramsdell on Saturday, who
found fine specimen of the bald eagle,
caught in trap, and secured him alive.
The bird weighs twelve and half pounds
and measures seven feet from tip to tip.
- Fred Il. Humphrey is quite i'll with
typhoid fever. - Miss Lillian c. Lease
of New Boston, n. H., will spend the win.
ter at A. H. Powers. - Herbert o. Blk
by went to Boston on Monday to seek medi
cal advice in regard to his eyes, which have
been making him a good deal of trouble.
- The Kemp family (colored) gave an
alleged musical entertainment at the town
hall on Friday evening. - Miss Lucy f.
Corwin leaves home this week to spend some
time with an aunt in the West. - e. ID
Barnes has finished his work in the fruit
tree business for the present, and is now al
| home.
Corinth.
THE house of James Woodcock was burned
last Wednesday with nearly all of the con.
tents. - School commenced last Mon
day at the Corner, Miss Sarah Fellows as
! teacher; also in No. 8, Miss May Wood o
| Iowa, teacher. - The bridge at the Cor
ner will not be rebuilt this fall as contem
| plated. - The remains of Miss Ada
Dearborn, daughter of Allen Dearborn wer,
inferred at the Meadow last week Monday.
East Corinth.
j. KDARLING of Chelsea and E. W. Smitl
of Wells River were in town Saturday to try
the case between George w. Stevens, 2d
and Silas and Edison Magoon, who were ar
rested October 90 by George Butterfeld fol
Igtn oil t,,,lr ,,f ~
the night of October %. Edison and Sia'
Magoon paid to George w. Stevens, I'd, 8
and costs which added makes S14.4l. -
The entertainment and supper in the vestrl
was a success. The entertainment wa
given by troupe of fifteen consisting EN-
tirely of home talent under the name of tn,
Kemp family" The proceeds amounted
to S20.66
Newbury.
MRS BASS of Piermont died last Frida,
| and her remains were brought here on Sab
bath day for burial. Mrs, Bass was
daughter of Mr. Chester Lindsey of thi
town. - Miss Belle Hubbard has gon
to Kansas to spend the winter with he
brother. - Rev. S. l.. Bates of the Con
gregational church has made an exchang
with the pastor of the Haverhill church TO
next Sabbath. - Mr.. Elmer Avery i
preparing to move into his house which h
purchased last spring. - The fall tern
The winter term begins early in December
- Harris Watkins is at home iron
Dartmouth. His eyes are troubling him s.
that he cannot study. - Mr.. Wentworth
of Boston has been engaged to give read
ing in the Seminary hall the last of thi
month. - DIR. George b. Hatch an,
family have returned from their recent visi
and will remain in town the rest of the year
- The fall schools in town have al
closed and teachers have been engaged TO
the winter
West Randolph.
ISAAC &. THAYER returned to Morrisvil
Saturday. He formerly owned all the Ian,
on the north side of School, and north @
Franklin, Cross and Church streets. He |
quite smart for man seventy-four year
old. -J j. G Dyer moves to Proctorsvill
this week, where he has leased a hotel
= Rev. S. A. Parker preached il
Mechanics hall Sunday afternoon. -
Mrs Minnie Salisbury will close her sery
ices as teacher in the primary departmen
of the graded school at the end of the pres
ent term. She has taught in this schoo
several years and many will regret her re
tirement. -= Edmund TilsOn plowed al
acre of land in one day, which is a goo
! deal for man eighty years of age. 60
dispatch was received Monday morning
stating that Benjamin G.. Mcintyre had bee
shot by one Anderson in Alaska. His bod
is on the way here. No further particular
have been received. 80 Minnie Quinn
Kimball is here from Australia. =- Tn
winter term OF the graded school will CON
mence December 9th and continue twelv
weeks. 80 II. A. Thomas has new cler
in his dry-goods store in the person of Ber