The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
VOL. S1.--4I37. NO. 16.

and other exercises to add to the pleasure
of the evening. -= Charles Comstock is
reported quite sick with pneumonia.
Roxbury.
THE Universalist sewing circle convenes
on Thursday Of this week at the residence
of e. n. Spalding. - Mr.. w. S. Spad-
Mass. on Friday of last week. III. G..
Ellis attended the session of the Grand
Lodge of Good Templars at Waterbury last
week. == Philander Wiley is visiting his
sons at ST. Albans. -= o. d. Edgerton,
Esq, of Northfield was in town on Monday,
paying the creditors of the estate of j. e. G..
Hidreth dividend. Mr.. Edgerton is adj
ministrator of that estate. - T.. p. Burn
ham has moved to the house he purchased
of Betsey G.. Spaldings estate and Mr..
Joslin to the one he purchased of Mr.. Burn
ham. - John NJ. Ferris died on Monday
of last week, after brief illness. Mr. Ferris
was a member of the Sixth Vermont Regi-
ment during the war, and served four years,
having entered the service while a mere
lad. He leaves a widow and five children.
- AT the spelling-school last Friday
evening, DR.. and Mrs !. II. Fiske proved to
be the champion spoilers. All who at
tended the school report pleasant time
- j. n. johnson, Esq, of Northfeld
was in town on Friday,
Waitsfield.
THE Ladies' Aid Society held pink tea
party at the vestry of the Methodist church
on Tuesday evening, January 10Th. AL
though the weather was decidedly unfavora-
BILE, a large number braved the storm and
came to learn the secret of pink tea. The
vestry was very tastefully decorated with
pink and white, and the neatness with
which this was executed was due largely to
the skillful assistance rendered by Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Thayer. The tables were ar
ranged in the form of a large 7, and a
pretty tinge of pink gave them a pleasant
coloring A souvenir, in the form of small
! pink T, was found by the side of each plate,
and no one could say, "I did not have any
| pink T." a bountiful supper, including
! ice-cream, was provided, and ample justice
was done the excellent cooking of our ladies'
:" A good time y was the unanimous vote of
all present, and the receipts of the evening
gave the ladies fine addition to their cash
in hand. This wednesday, evening the
same society meets with Mrs. j. Kelly, and
a pleasant time is anticipated. - The
Good Templars are prospecting. The attend
ance is steadily increasing and more inter-
est is manifested in the meetings. Two
were initiated last Friday evening, and a
vote was taken to hold monthly public
meetings, the first of which will probably
be held Friday evening, February 18th.
Warren.
THERE will be a cake and ice-cream fes-
tival at Il. w. Slayton's Thursday evening.
w
tian Temperance Union will meet with Mrs.
Laura Cuthbert Tuesday afternoon of next
week - Rising Nichols is expected home
from Florida as soon as his health will per-
init. - A son of Lewis Whitcomb was
badly burned, last week, by the upsetting
of kerosene lamp.
East Warren.
COLDS and severe sore throats are quite
prevalent in this place at present. The
teacher had to succumb on Friday and dis
miss school. - Mrs. D. Hudson is under
the doctors care. W. A. Averill was
called to Northfield, to attend the funeral of
his grandmother, aged eighty-nine, on Sat
urday last. - Rev. John Fassett occu-
pied the pulpit again last Sunday morning
and Rev. Solomon Gleason of Warren, n.
H., in the evening.
Waterbury.
The Vermont Grand Lodge of Good Tenn
plars began their annual meeting in this
place on Wednesday, January goth, contin-
ing through Thursday, January 21st. a large
number were in attendance. Among the
prominent workers present We're Grand
Worthy Chief Templar Frank Plumley,
Esq, of Northfield, Grand Worthy Counselor
George Smalley of Lyndondonville, Grand
Worthy Secretary NJ. H. Chandler of Wood
stock, Grand Worthy Treasurer Joseph
Barton of Burlington Grand Worthy Au-
ditor o. ID. Egerton of Northfield, Grand
Superintendent Juvenile Temples Mrs L..
~. VI -NtNDOIl, w OTlUN Den-
tinel l.. B. Flint of st. Johnsbury, Grand
Worthy Assistant Secretary G. ID. Edgerton
of Northfeld and Past Grand Worthy Chief
Templar II. o. Sturtevant of Swanton. 1t
was reported that ten new lodges were or
ganized during the past year, as follows
At East Albany, Jay, Barton, Orange, Fair
fax, st. Albans Bay, Cabot, Greensboro
White River junction and Albany. Secre-
tary Chandler made the report that there
were now eighty-one lodges, having men,
bership of 1856. The second day was de-
voted mainly to reports of committees The
next session will be held during the second
week of October, with Lakeside Lodge No.
11S, at Newport. Appropriate resolutions
were passed by the Grand Lodge in memory
of Hon. Ora Paul of Woodstock. Mr.. Paul
went into the war of the rebellion in 1861
when he served three months. In 1862 he
went to the front as captain of Company B,
Twelfth Vermont Regiment. He was rep
resentative from Pomfret in 1S65-'66, 1911
and senator from Windsor county in 1SS0-'S1.
He was justice of the peace from 1873 until
his death. He was the representative of the
Grand Lodge of Vermont in the Right
Worthy Grand Lodge at Topeka, in 1881
and at Washington, in 1884. He held many
offices in this order, being grand worthy
chief templar of the Grand Lodge of our state
in 1882 and 1888. The loss was great to the
friends of temperance when this man, so
conspicuous figure in this good work, was
taken away. The following officers were
, electeu anu lHStdlleu lOr une year looO' u. w .
c. T., Frank Plumley; G.. W. c., George
II. Smalley; g. w. V. T., Mrs. Susan b.
Avery of Burlington; G. W. S., NJ. II.
Chambers G. w. T., Joseph Barton; G.. w.
A, o. ID. Edgerton; G.. S. j, T., Mrs. L. C..
Grandy; G. w, chaplain, Rev Thomas
Crudgenton of Johnson; G.. w. NJ, Ziba II.
McAllister of Waitsfield; G. w. guard, Mrs.
j. c. Howe of Brattleboro G. w. sentinel,
l.. b. Flint G.. w. A. S., c. ID. Edgerton
, q. w. ID. NJ, Mrs. w. ii. Hyde of West
Berkshire. Mrs. j. p. Otis of West Burke
and Hon, Gilbert A, Davis of Windsor were
elected as representatives to the Right
Worthy Grand Lodge, to be held in Rich
mond, Va, in May, 1886. The two days
session closed with public meeting Thurs
day evening, the exercises of which were
very interesting. Addresses were delivered
by Hon. G.. a. Davis of Windsor, Rev. II.
III. Bacon of Coventry, Rev. o. ID. Clapp of
Watsfield, David =. Otis of West Burke
and Rev. w. j. johnson of Springfield, for
merly of this place The addresses were in-
terspersed with songs by Miss Flossy Perry
and Clark Lease. Miss Eta Straw also ia
vored the audience with a selection from
her choicest reading. The lodge appears in
most tlourishing condition, handling
from twenty to thirty thousand dollars each
year for the work of temperance. == The
w. c. B. Company gave their popular
drama, entitled Meg's DIVERSION" to a
closely packed audience at Barrett's Hall
on Friday evening. Excellent music was
furnished by the cornet band, to which the