The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16

the church being prettily decorated and the
exercises interesting. 60 The work of re-
pairing the roads has been going on the past
week under the supervision of ID. f. Free
man. - Mr.. and Mrs E. E. Joslin went
to Waitsfed last Sunday to attend the
funeral of his mother, who died of consump-
ton. - Robbie Prentiss is i'll with
canker-rash. 80 Mrs. DR.. Church from
New York is visiting in town.
Northfield.
c. d. EDoERToN, at f. Plumleys office,
over A. E. Denny's store, will receive sub
scrptions and advertisements for the
WATCHMAN, and accounts can be paid to
him. 80 The annual meeting of the
graded school district was held last week
Tuesday evening at the school building
The reports showed the expenses for the
past year to have been about S3,4OO balance
of Indebtedness, 1881; decrease of the
debt during the year, 81 ,064 The following
officers were elected: Moderator, j. II. Or
cult; clerk, Edward Ingalls, treasurer, j.
G. B.. Thayer collector, f. A. Preston;
auditors, H. r. Brown, j. II. Winch, j. X.
| Egerton; directors for three years. George
II. Crane, George Nichols. The usual num-
Der of weeks school (thirty-five) was voted
and a tax of fifty-fve cents, with discount
of five per cent If paid on or before October
1st The matter of the White estate tax
was brought up and after considerable dis
| cussion the directors were instructed to en-
| force the collection. - Elder Samuel
Lampson, who has been suffering for some
| time with heart difficulty, died at his resi-
dence at the Center last Wednesday morn
ing and the funeral took place at the house
| Thursday afternoon, Rev. III. G.. Howard of
Roxbury officiating - William Parrys
family has moved to Montpelier, where he
| has been at work for some time in the slate
quarry. Rev. Alden Ladd from Berlin
takes the tenement thus vacated. - DIR.
| j. Bradley Smith died of apoplexy in the
asylum at Brattleboro Saturday morning.
The body was brought here for burial Mon
! day and funeral services were held in the
vestry of the Congregational church, Rev.
w. S. Hazen officiating. The burial took
place in Elmwood cemetery. - The an
nual meeting of the Masonic Relief Associa-
ton was held in this town June I'd. The
report of the secretary shows the present
membership to be 352; amount paid for
losses during the year, S6,295; amount in
treasury, 81, 1863. The following officers
were chosen. President, Hon. f. X. Jones;
vice president, j. p. Cleaveland, Jr.; secre-
tary j. X. Egerton; treasurer, j. G. b.
Thayer; auditors, II. L. Kenyon, j. III. Or
cult. The secretary, Mr.. j. X. Egerton, is
to begin in short time thorough canvass
of the lodges of the state in an attempt to
increase the membership and awaken an
interest in the organization. - The base
ball match between the University nine and
the Burlington College nine Saturday, on
the University ground, was won by the ca
diets by score of twelve to eleven. 1t
was closely-contested game. - Mrs
Joseph DeForest of San Francisco, with her
daughter, is visiting her father, j. c. Cady.
60. A. Edgerton was in Boston last
week He was accompanied by his daugh-
ter, Miss Cora, who is now visiting in
Maine. - Mrs Gilchrist returned last
| Tuesday from the South. - G.. A. Edger-
ton, with his wife and son, is visiting in
st. Johnsbury. - DIR. Gilbert returned
Saturday from Warren, where he has been
doing dental work. - Sherman Kimball
is again clerking for G.. B. b. Denny. -
Rev. j. Il. Bartlett goes soon to Concord
n. H., to conduct the Standard Bearer, which
he has lately purchased. The paper is a
third-party prohibition organ. - Ex-
tended preparations are being made for the
observance of Childrens day in the Uni
versalist church next Sunday. There will
be an address to the young people by the
pastor in the morning and concert at five
o'clock PM.
Plainfield.
LAST Sunday evening Rev. Sullivan Gale
from Jacksonville, Florida delivered in the
Congregational church here, to large and
appreciative audience, an interesting adj
dress upon Florida and its religious, COM
mercial, social and political interests and
prospects, in all of which he spoke in APP
proving terms of the present and of tlatter-
ing prospects in the near future. He left
town Tuesday morning on his return home.
- Deacon S. b. Gale has sold his tan
merry to George ID. Kidder. - About
nine o'clock last Friday evening our people
were aroused by the cry of fire. 1t proved
to be the slaughter-house of III. j. Slayton
which was entirely consumed, with all the
tools therein. He has since sold the tools
in his market and his business to A. j
Batchelder, who will connect it with his
own. - Children's day was appropriately
observed by the several churches with a
good attendance, notwithstanding the rain
which kept many at home. - Hoyt &
Greedy have recently had some of the granite
which they are developing polished and il
proves to be very fine, giving polish equal
to marble. - The open-air concert by
the band last Saturday evening was nearly
failure, owing to the absence of some of the
, leading parts. The band is intending tC
appear on the streets in uniform next Sat
urday evening at half-past seven o'clock
By invitation they have arranged to go tC
: Cabot to assist in the celebration there the
: Sd of July.
: CHILDREN's DAY was appropriately OBJ
served at the Methodist Episcopal churcl
last Sabbath. - Hon. j. H. Hastings
with his son Charlie, who has been sick il
Dakota, came home last Friday. Charlie
: stood the journey well. Mr.. and Mrs
: Gregory returned with them.
Warren.
1 REV. c. III. SMITH expects to go to Brattle
r boro the last of the week. - Mr.. anI
Mrs. Bert Putnam return to their home il
/ Gardner, Mass, this week. - Franl
Trask had leg broken last Tuesday by
log rolling on it. He was at work at Elme
+ Trask's in Waitsfield. - Dell Bragg an,
Adah Cuthbert each had very pleasan
= birthday party last week. - Mr.. ant
t Mrs. ID. III. Steele, with party from Rox
D bury, went to Berlin Pond last Saturday
- Mr.. and Mrs. Davis and Mr.. and Mrs
/, Joslyn of Roxbury and Mr.. and Mrs. Eras
y tus Edwards of Barre were guests of ID. II
5 Steele last week. - Mrs. Baker an
t Mrs. Haskins of Rochester were the guest
,. of DR.. Green last Saturday and Sunday.
: East Warren.
. pima CARROLL had a nice three-years-o
8 colt badly injured last week by getting Ell
g tangled in barbed wire fence. - Las
. week Tuesday Almon Cove, who is work
s ing for George Brooks, was kicked by
. horse, badly SCATTERING his elbow. -
n While Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Goodspeed wer
b riding through the Corner one evenin
r last week their horse stepped upon rol
y ing stone and fell, throwing Mr.. and Mrs
o Goodspeed from the wagon They fortr
II nately escaped serious injury. - Chi
n dren's day was observed here last Sabbat
Q by an address from the pastor, Rev. job
j. Fassett to the children in the morning an
@ a concert by the children in the evening
: The church was tastefully decorated wit
v flowers, notices, paintings, etc. - Ha
, tie VanDusen of Roxbury spent part
s last week in town, - Mamie Jewell
l. Cleveland, Ohio, is visiting at JANE