The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-07
Washington County.
Barre.

THE popular temperance cantata, The
Blacksmths Children" will be given at
Academy Hall this week Friday and Satur-
day evenings, under the direction of Will
lam Clark, with strong cast of characters.
| - John w. Magoon has returned from
his trip to California after an absence of
| four weeks. He went by the Southern
Pacific and returned by the Union Pacific
railroad, costing him S52 out and S32 back
He enjoyed the trip much and thinks
Southern California the most pleasant part
of the country he has been in. - b. f.
Durham, while intoxicated, got to driving
rather recklessly Sunday afternoon and
came to grief by being thrown from his
| buggy, seriously injuring or breaking his
arm. He was assisted home by Policeman
Stowe. Monday morning, before Justice
| Fifeld, he pleaded guilty, and disclosed on
boy-a " stranger to him-and was
| fined 50 and costs. - Arthur Nye is
| quite sick with the measles. - Mrs
Judith Keith, who died last Wednesday
morning, will be much missed here by
! large circle of friends. Her funeral was
from her late residence Saturday afternoon.
| A more extended notice will be found
under the Obituary head. - The rapid
melting of the snow last Wednesday caused
the streams to rise very rapidly during the
night. Burnham's meadow was nearly
covered with water, as was also a large por-
| ton of the meadow west of the railroad
| track. About one-half of the granite shops
Thursday. No damage of any amount was
done. - Thursday of last week a French
man named Beedee got into fighting mood
and raised considerable disturbance He
was taken in charge by the police and es-
corted to the lookup to cool off, but as that
was flooded he was confined in one of the
Easements of the town hall. Friday morn
ing he was taken before a justice, but re-
fused to disclose. He was therefore taken
| to Montpelier Jail, which seemed to have
the 1pgrpl ptTppt and at piUht he nOaip
brought before the justice and disclosed on
Joe Brassau. After the usual fine of 50 and
costs he was allowed to depart in peace.
Brassau, in the meantime, had left town.
- Mrs. Augustus Claflin is quite ill
with pneumonia. - Irving and George
Bates have returned from their western
trip. They are satisfied, after looking
around, that Vermont is good enough for
them. - Miss Alice Strong, who has
been ill with pneumonia is gaining quite
rapidly. - DIR. j. Henry Jackson and
wife and S. G. Chubb and wife left here last
Friday for a trip to California, intending
to be gone thirty days or more. Mrs.
Currier, mother of Mrs. Chubb, accom-
will also go to Michigan to visit daughters
living there.
GODDARD SEMINARY.
Hon. j. w. PATTERSON of New Hamp-
shire will deliver the annual address on
commencement day. - Miss Lucy Calef
of Washington spent Friday and Saturday
at the Seminary. - The reception Fri
day evening was well attended. - The
students attended the sugar sociabe at the
church on Saturday evening. - A large
number Of the students attended the d" Mi
kado" at Montpelier on Monday night.
- The following have been appointed
by the faculty as prize speakers for COM
mencement time Misses Drew, Skinner,
Ruxton, Foster and Clark; Messrs. Newton,
Baxter, Wheelock, Brennan and Soule.
- The principal honors for commence
ment day have been conferred as fol-
lows: Valedictory, Martha Calef salutatory,
Fenella Dana; class orator, B. A. Flanders
class poet, Minnie Skinner. - The senior
class numbers fourteen.
Berlin.
The creamery folks met Yesterday to or.
ganize and choose board of directors. The
following were chosen: f. E. Andrews p
w. Currier, L. Bancroft, l.. Strong and G
w. Dustin. T. g. Foster was chosen clerk
and it is expected the thing will be pushed
as fast as possible
DEAN S. HALL has rented room and power
in the factory of Fowler Ford at Lower
Cabot and commenced the manufacture
of honey-boXes and Simplicity bee-hives
- Mrs. DR.. Wiswell started last Friday
for California to visit her sister, Mrs. DR.
Hyde, intending to be gone one month
- William Abbott of East Cabot is
quite feeble, suffering, it is feared from a
cancer on the liver. - Farmers have
been busy getting ready for sugaring the
past week. But very little has been made
up to the present time.
, Calais.
r. NJ. HUTCHINSON is improving and able
, to be out. - Silas Martin is on the sick
list. - But little sugar has been made in
this vicinity this season. =- Miss Bertha
: Parks of Plainfield has been visiting the
past week with her aunt, Mrs. NJ. A. Smith
- William White lost a nice sheer
Sunday morning. - The blackbirds have
made their appearance, indicating that SOW
ing-time is near by. - William Kinney
and III. w. w. Durham, with their families
have moved to Barre. - Asbury Sanders
has bought the Alvah Jennings farm
- The present indications are that the
amount of maple sugar made this season
will be small. - Parties entered the
sugar-place of Henry Jacobs, one night las
week, sugared-of some sirup found there
, and carried off pair of snow-shoes wher
they left. - Several persons in distric
No. II got in motions to have no school, Il
raise no tax, to sell the school-house tC
, have six months school, etc. Every one o.
them voted against the town system. -
. AT the auction of the Alvah Jennings estat,
! cows sold from S215O downwards and hay
for about So per ton; maple sugar, las
years make. for five cents per pound
go Mrs. Morse, mother of Luther Morse
is eighty-siX years old this month and quite
feeble.
D East Calais.
= ADA Bliss came home from Goddard
3. Seminary last week sick. She had not beer
A well for some time, and after reaching home
3 grew rapidly worse. All that could be
done for her proved unavailing. Deatl
claimed her about two O'Clock Tuesday
morning. - Mrs. j. f. C. Hammond
, has come back from Manchester, n II.
and is again keeping house with hel
daughter - G. ID. Balentine has bough
9 of IL. b. Woodbury. the Silas Woodbury.
; farm in Hardwick, called one of the bes
; farms of its size in the town. u. o
Lamb is the school committee in distric
: No. II, NJ, G. Remission in No. s and Cliff
Mower in the " still " district 80 Clara
= Pike is at home for few weeks. She has
4 engaged to teach for the summer in Plain
field. - n. A White of Tufts College /.
r at home for the Fast day recess, and is i'm
proving his time by frequent visits among
the sugar-makers. - Ed. White eldes
r son of Elijah White, has moved into tn,
house with his father and is engaged witt
him in the manufacture of tubs and shin
r. | giles. =- A vote was taken at the sChoo
meeting TO buy bell for the belfry of the
> village school-house, to take the place o
the cracked affair that has so long been 6
/, source of annoyance. - Lydia Alden
who has been confined to her bed for nearly
' three months, most of the time helpless
being unable to so much as turn hel
head ON the pillow, died last Monday morn
: ing. -A A. p. Hicks is badly broker
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