The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-11
Washington County.


net band passed through town last Friday
and gave our people some music. - John
Paine has given 800 each to seventeen
nephews and nieces. 60 At the annual
meeting of the Barre cornet band, held last
week, the following officers were elected
for the year ensuing: President, William
Dickey; secretary, o. f. Davis; treasurer,
Clinton Field; drum-major, ID. j. Winn
leader, Alex Coburn; assistant leader,
Charles Spaulding; business directors, Will
lam Dickey, B. b. Jackson and William
Flanders.
Berlin.
JOHN w. HALL, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church, will preach in the school
house in the Benjamin district next Sunday
afternoon at four o'clock.
Cabot.
T. II. LANCE, Esq, is buying wool in this
vicinity, paying about twenty-three cents
per pound. - A petition is in circulation
to change the location of the post-ofiice at
Lower Cabot. - Mr.. A. r. Baker of
Minnesota after an absence of forty years,
came to this place last week to visit the
scenes of his childhood. He marked well
the changes that had taken place and found
but very few whom he knew in his boyhood
days.
FEED in the pastures is good and cows
have shrunk but little in their milk as yet.
- About twenty couples enjoyed ride
to Williamstown Springs last Friday. -
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Lewis and daughter of
Brooklyn, n. Y, have arrived for their
usual summer vacation of two months.
South Woodbury. is their headquarters.
! - In the item about G.. V. Kent's colt,
published last week, read weanlng for
"yearing."
East Calais.
j. HARRY HOLDEN of Tufts Divinity
! School will preach here next Sunday at one
o'clock P NJ. He will supply our pulpit for
the remainder of his vacation-seven Sun
days. - The ball game Saturday re-
suited in victory for the Plainfelds by a
score of thirty-eight to twelve. The boys
knew they were facing strong nine and
were nervous, and made several very costly
errors in the first innings, which gave
their opponents such a long lead that it was
a hopeless uphill fight from the start
Wheat and Dwinell both handled the ball
in good shape, but the latter had no catcher
who could hold him. Harry Laird of Plain
field umpired the game, and on the whole,
very acceptably, although he was not quite
clear on one or two points. - Mr.. Mark
Pierce and sister, Marcia, of Bridgewater,
Mass, have been visiting relatives in this
vicinity during the past week. - A
party of dozen or fourteen young ladies
and gentlemen went into camp on Monday
on Wilbur's shore of Woodbury. pond,
chaperoned by Mr.. and Mrs. G. 2. Hollis
ter of North Montpelier. The members of
the party from East Calais are Nellie White,
Mary Dwinell, Inez Pearce Neale A. White,
Dell Dwinell and II. n. Pearce. 1t may not
be significant, but it will certainly surprise
no one that our short stop, pitcher and
catcher take to the woods so soon after Sat
urday's game. - Moscow Lodge, I. o.
Of G. T., installed the following officers last
Friday evening: G. T., George III. Gray
V. T., Hattie Wells; Chap, A. n Bliss; Sec.
A. E. White; A. Sec, Mary Dwinell F. Sec
Ethel Gray; T., Inez Pierce; NJ, Eddie
Nye ID. NJ, Gertie Hammond; s., N. NJ
Wheeler; G., Jennie Pitkin; r. H. S., Ellf
Dwinell L. II. s., Nancy Wheelock. -
b. p. White started Monday for Camp Wat
son. - Rev. DR.. l. E. Dwinel, who has
been spending several weeks in New Jersey
arrived here Monday night. - The band
stand is now completed and tastefully
painted and is quite an ornament to the
village.
North Montpelier.
A PARTY consisting of Mr. and Mrs. C. p
Hollister, Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Butterfeld
Miss Dora Hollister, I. Wallace Cate, o. X
; Hollister, Harrie Goodwin and Miss Hattie
Goodwin of this village, and four or five
couples from East Calais went into CAM
on the shores of Sabin's pond, Woodbury.
last Monday for week or ten days stay
- Rev. S. G. Hayford will preach here
and at the Brick church next Sunday on the
J blessedness of the peace-makers, from Mat
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