The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-17
Washington County.
East Calais.

THE school in district No. 4, taught by
Nellie f. Sabn, closed Saturday, Novem-
Der 9th. The scholars not absent were
Stella Gray, Kate Bugbee, Angie Bugbee,
Sophia Willard, Mabel Willard and Willie
George; those not tardy, Winnie Coffrn,
Stella Gray, Sophia Willard, Mabel Will
lard, Kate Bugbee, Angie Bugbee, Lillian
Leslie, Georganna Leslie, Victoria Leslie,
Nettie George, Emma Wheeler, Bertha
Wheeler Chester Bngbee, Charlie Bngbee,
! Willie Merritt, Rodney Willard Willie
George and Frank Leslie. Angie Bugbee
and Mabel Willard did not miss in spelling
during the term. - Rev. A. n, Bliss
will have Thanksgiving sermon next Sun
| day in place of service on Thanksgiving
day. - Nellie White is at home, having
completed her first term of school in Waits
| field. 60 Eddie George did not return
with the other excursionists, but has gone
to work for his cousin, Ira George of Boston,
| in wholesale commission store. -
Last Thursday Eddie Nye, who works for
A. Dwinell, started to carry Mrs. Dwinell
! to visit her sister, Mrs. j. W. Leonard.
| When near the Marsh turn in attempting
| to pass a team, the horse began to rear and
jump and became unnanageable. Mrs.
! Dwinell, to save herself from what she
! thought might be worse calamity, threw
| herself from the carriage, dislocating her
! left shoulder by the fall Other injuries
were feared at the time, but an examina-
! ton by DR.. Gray and Drs. Wiswell and
Wallace of Cabot, brought nothing of
more serious nature to light. Eddie thinks
! he had few hair-breadth escapes, but he
hung to his horse and came off with only
! few bruises. - The school in district No.
g. taught by Bertha NJ George of Cabot,
closed Friday. The scholars having no
marks were Flora Pierce, Carrie Carson and
Harry Goodell; those without tardy marks,
Alton Wheeler, Helen and Frank East
man, Henry and Cora Carson, Grace and
Clifford Bliss Flora Pierce and Harry Good
ell. Helen Eastman and Alton Wheeler
were absent but one day.
North Montpelier.
THERE is to be a promenade concert fol-
| lowed by an hours skating in the rink of K.
| w. Cate in this village next Saturday even
| ing. - o. X. Hollister, who has been in
New Hampshire teaching during the past
| fall arrived home last Saturday, looking
hale and hearty. - The school in our
district closed very successful term last
week Friday. Miss Dora Hollster of this
village the teacher dnring this and the sum-
mer term, gave satisfaction.
North Fayston.
JOIN RYAN, who left town eleven years
ago, to work in the mines in Vershire, has
returned to his farm. - George w. Nell
son has rented the farm belonging to the n.
A. Stockwell estate. - S. f. Marble Is
about moving on to his farm again. -
e. @. Pearse dropped dead last week Mon
day, while at work for John Nelson. His
Oldest daughter, Mary, who was in the
West, was telegraphed for, and reached
town Thursday afternoon, only short time
after her fathers funeral, which was held
the same day. She was delayed twenty
two hours on the road. - Our repre-
sentative Mr.. j. p Boyce has been unable
I to be on duty the past week, being in rather
poor health. - Clara Brown is in very
poor health, but at last reports she was i'm
proving.
Marshfield.
Mr.. DoNAHUE and family left last week
for their new home in Middlebury. Mr..
| Donabue has been in Marshfield five years,
| and las gained many frieuds hy his honest
dealings. - The fall term of the upper
school in district No closed November
II. Number of scholars twenty-six; aver
age attendance; twenty-two; those having
no marks during the term, Eldred Pitkin,
Archie Cole, Warner Smith, Alvi Davis,
George Davis, Frank Baisdell, and Ernest
Wells; those absent not more than one day,
Carrie Winter, Kate Meader, Ellen Shep-
ard and George Smith. Ellen Shepard was
perfect in department. during the term
Inez English received the prize for not miss
ing a word during the term. Saturday night
the school had an entertainment at the
Union vestry. Everything went off we'll
- The school exhibition will be repeat
ed, by request, in Union vestry next week
Tuesday evening.
Moretown.
The village school closed last Friday.
- The Ladies' aid society meets with
Mrs. Dean this week Wednesday afternoon.
- Singing-schools are held every We'd
nesday evening at the town hall. - Mr..
Swasey closed his term of writing school
here last week. There were about thirty in
the class. - Kate Prentss, who has been
teaching in Berlin, and Lola Spaulding,
who has been teaching in Fayston, have
finished their terms of school and returned
home. - Daniel f., only son of the late
j. S, Woodbury., died November 6, of con-
sumption, aged twenty-five years and eleven
months. His life has been one of suffering,
he having had hip disease when but four
years old: but being a boy with strong de-
termination, he bore up where many others
would have failed.
Northfield.
OLIVER BEAN died at the house of Frank
Wiley up " Bull Run last week Tuesday
morning. Funeral services were held
Thursday, Rev, II. G. Howard of Roxbury
officiating, and the burial took place in the
Dewey cemetery in Berlin. Mr.. Bean was
nearly eighty-three years old and his wife,
now about eighty years of age, survives
him: they had been married for sixty years.
- A. S. Glow has taken a lease of DIR.
Walling's grist-mil and will open it for
business at once. Mr.. Glow is practical
and experienced miller and will do good
work. - The Good Templars' lodge
meeting on Friday evening will open at
half-past six instead of seven o'clock, this
week. 60 VIII Boynton is at work in the
express office. - Will Woodbury. has
opened a barber shop in the basement of
Central block, under G.. Ii. Cranes store
u. NJ Temple was in Boston last
week. - Mrs. DeForest and her two
daughters started last Thursday for their
home in San Francisco and will visit at
several points on the way, - Adolphus
Brown of Newport with his wife and son
visited his brother III. II. Brown, last week
- Jacob Flanders and wife went to
Salem n. H.. Tuesday to spend the winter
with their daughter. - DR.. Walling and
family started Monday for Florida, where
they will remain through the winter. -
On account of Thanksgiving there will be
no meeting of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union next week. The week fol-
lowing the union will meet with Mrs. b. p.
Sheldon, at which time the health super
intendent will take up the subject of spices
in food. 60 AT a meeting of the coasting
club Monday evening the following officers
were elected: President, Frank Plumley,
ESD; secretary and treasurer, Fred n.
Whitney; executive committee, f. o. Thurs
ton, w. e. Nichols and A. o. Denny; SUI
perintendent of construction, Principal j.
NJ. Hit. w. III. ii. Clahn went TO Bur-
lington Monday and w. r. Nichols to st.
Adams to examine the toboggan slides at
those places The location of the slide is
not yet decided on but it is hoped it will be
completed by Thanksgiving. - Frank