The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-21
Washington County.
Barre.

and Mrs. Clarence Carr celebrated their
tenth wedding anniversary Wednesday
evening. - Jane s. Chandler OF Berlin
has bought Charles Savage's house. -
l.. j. Bolster is building grante-poishing
shop. - Mrs. Alfred Browning died on
Friday, aged seventy-four. 80 Robert La
mont has sold his interest in the harness
business to Charles Carpenter, and goes to
Holyoke, Mass. 80 III. +. Dickinson has
moved into his new house. - Charles
Currier has sold building lot to s. o. Wells
for $500. :-= A new street has been laid
out through the Goodenough meadow.
GODDARD SEMINARY.
THE commencement concert will be given
in the new Opera Hall on the evening of
June Dist u. Harry Holden of Col
lege Hill, Mass, class of 81, will deliver the
Grafton, and Mrs. M. e. Blake of Plainield,
class of 10 the essay on alumni day -
The alumni banquet will be given after the
exercises in the afternoon of June 22d.
80 The closing exhibition of the class in
gymnastics will take place tomorrow (Thurs-
day. evening. - There are twenty stu
dents taking lessons in instrumental music
under Miss Kendall. - Mr.. Corse Of
Montpelier has been chosen as school pho
tographer.
Berlin.
THE articles of association for the Mirror
Lake Creamery, near Berlin Corners, are
soon to be published. Work on the grounds
will soon begin. - George S. Stickney
has removed from the old Taylor place on
to the place owned by the late Mrs. Reuben
Strong. - Moses Pearson and Rollin
Stewart are running the saw-mill for the
Montpelier Water Company at the Corners.
- Mrs ID. G. Persons and her son,
Willie, have returned from two weeks
visit to Boston. - p. n. Dustin has had
to lay off work this spring on account of
poor health. We hope for his speedy i'm
proVement.
Cabot.
WILLIAM p. WHITTIER has been appointed
postmaster, in place of III. b. Whittier, re-
signed - The average yield of sugar
was about one and one-half pounds to the
tree. - Mrs. Mary A. Livermore will de-
liver a lecture here May 9th. - Mrs.
Clyde Lance is very ill. AT the present
writing (Monday) her recovery is consid-
cred doubtful. - Governor Pingree's
Arbor day proclamation was read in the
churches last Sunday. The suggestion was
also made that on that day our citizens
should meet on the common and complete
the work commenced year ago AS an in
ducement, the ladies offer to furnish dinner
to all who participate in the good work.
East Calais.
Mrs. AVIS H. ALDEN died at her home on
Monday, the 18th, in the eighty-fourth year
of her age. Her death occurred just one
week from the day her daughter died. -
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tenement-houses. - Mrs. Edwin White
has been engaged to teach the village school
for the summer; Mary Dwinell teaches in
No. s, Abbie Willard in the Carnes district,
Flora White in the Shortt district, Ina Rob-
inson in Pekin, and Josie Tabor in No. 10.
Annie Burnap teaches in South Woodbury..
North Montpelier.
ALL who are interested in the welfare of
this village will be glad to hear that the mat
ter so long pending in the courts between
the widow of the late Walter Little and
George f. Sibley, the proprietor of the wooden
mills here, has been settled, and that now
Mr.. Sibley comes into full and absolute
of the month A. j. Hollister was seen plow-
ing and preparing piece of land, and
Friday, the 10Th, he planted the same to
potatoes. With favorable weather, he will
be able to furnish potatoes very early in the
season. Farmers generally are anticipating
an early spring. - We understand quite
controversy has arisen between E. n.
Morse, proprietor of the mill privilege at
the East Village, and Nath. Davis. Mr..
Davis has been extensively engaged in
numbering during the past winter, getting
out several thousand logs, which he started
to float down the river during the past ten
days to the Pioneer mills at Montpelier
where they were to be converted into lum-
Der. After about one-half of the logs had
passed by, Mr.. Morse strung boom across
his pond, stopping the remainder, and,
| claiming damages, attached the same and is
now waiting furthur developments. -
| George +. Sibley started for Boston last
Saturday, to be absent several days. -
| Fred Hammett, accompanied by his wife
and sister, Alga, is on from Philadelphia
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. l.. C. Hammett. -
f. ID. Gray and family have moved into the
Nath Davis house. - Orlando X. Hollis
ter returned to College Hill Saturday, intend
| ing to spend Sunday upon the way with his
brother, DIR. H. II. HOLSTER, at Bath. n. IL.
- j. Sibley and wife have been in
town the past week, called here by the sick
ness of Mr. Sibley's mother - Mrs.
Homer Hollister, who recently had cancer
removed from her breast, has apparently al
most fully recovered from the effects. She
is now at work about the house as usual.
Fayston.
The Warren correspondent seems to
know more of the spread of smallpox in
this town than any one else However,
| your correspondent is happy to say that
there is, or has been, only one case in town
for more than twenty years, and that there
have been no deaths up to this date. There
are many sore arms, the result of vaccina-
ton - S. j. Dana, our town clerk, is
elected first selectman to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Seth Boyce,
who preferred the office of treasurer to that
of selectman.
MarSllneIU.
AS result of the meetings held the past
winter in the churches here, twenty were
baptized at the Methodist church last Sun
day forenoon by the pastor, the number
being composed of old and young-tht
greater part, however, being young people
There were some heads of families and al
are residents of this town. There are Others
to receive the same rite who could not b'
present then. In the afternoon seventy
seven partook of the sacrament admin
istered by the pastor, and in this case pa
rents and children, brothers and sisters
were united and knet at the same altar /
was day long to be remembered by thu
church, and the sights there witnessed vii
not soon be forgotten by those present
Nearly a dozen will soon join the church II
full membership. - Next Sunday beini
at the Methodist church an Easter service
in the forenoon and an Easter concert il
, the afternoon. - Hiram Wilson has sol'
his farm to Wallace Lamberton for S17O
and has moved into part of ID. w. Ban
croft's house in the village. Lambertol
) takes immediate possession. - TIL
promenade and oyster-supper at the hotel
last week Tuesday evening, was not yer
well attended, owing in part TO the ba
roads, but those who did go had a goo
: time and sat down to an excellent supper
I Among those from out Of town were Aaro
g Bancroft and wife of Montpelier and Charlie
t French and wife of Calais. - The selec
/; men have appointed Curtis Martin roa
g commissioners in place of j. III. Eaton r,
: signed. 60 John Il, Eddy and wife (Mis
e Mary A. Palmer) started for Malone, n. Y
= on a wedding trip last week Tuesday an