The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-21

- There will be an entertainment at
Kinneys hall August 7th. 1t will be a war
concert, consisting of songs, quartettes,
DUETS and choruses, with costumes. The
band will be present. - The band voted
at its regular meeting Monday night not to
attend the tournament at Hardwick. -
The baseball nine expect nine from Mont
pelier to play them match game here on
Thursday next. - A. G. Slayton has
gone to Burlington to purchase horses and
John Ryan to purchase buggy. - The
firm of Batchelder & Foss Of this place
are selling lots of the light running White
sewing machines, 1t seems to be the most
popular machine here. - Nelson Shorey
and family started last Wednesday for the
West, intending to journey and visit for
several weeks. Professor and Mrs. o. +.
Davis of Chester are in town visiting
friends.
Waitsfield.
THE storm last Sunday was one Of the
most severe we have had for some time.
The good people in the churches were not
little frightened by the thunder. The storm
came so suddenly that few of them carried
those things which were necessary to pro-
tect them from the storm, but the village
people supplied their wants. -= II. Ed
gar Jones and family of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
spent few days visiting friends in town.
- James Baird 4th, goes to the head
on porkers. He sold one to G.. E. Moody
last Saturday which weighed 10 pounds.
- Dea. K. A. Fisk got in hurry while
driving home last Sabbath from church.
Result, a broken wagon, but no one injured.
More haste less speed.
Warren.
THE united church have received pres
ent from the church in Highgate of silver
communion set. - The Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union will meet with
Mrs. Lewis Cardell on Tuesday afternoon of
next week. - Anna Smith is spending
few weeks with her parents and friends in
Brattleboro. - Louise Allen returned
from Boston last week. - Mrs. Hattie
Morse and son of Barre are spending few
weeks at her fathers, d. II. Steele's. -
Miss Nellie Slayton is visiting her brother,
f. w. Slayton. ID. G. Geer has a
brother from Springfield visiting him.
Waterbury.
LAST week Wednesday morning the fire
alarm was sounded for fire which proved
to be in the barns of Gerry Crossett, two
and one-haf miles from the village limits.
| Seth Warner engine company was on hand
to render assistance II needed. The house,
which stood directly opposite the barns,
took fire number of times, but by hard
work was saved. - A number OF farm
ers in this section have finished haying and
report good crops. - Barrett's hall was
filed to its utmost capacity at the campfire
Thursday evening. The exercises were of a
pleasing nature, and all would have passed
off pleasantly had there been little less OF
TOuBuntSS anu HOlSy ldlh III Jub UdCh DdTb
of the hall. - Among the arrivals we
note the following; Mrs. John Batchelder
and son from Needham, Mass, "Tige Sea-
bury of Boston, and Mrs. DR.. Willard from
the West, who is visiting her mother. Mrs
X. NJ. Fores. - Mr. H. Il. Smith is on
hand with the earliest potato in the
market called the Polaris." 1t is ten days
earlier than the Early Rose and one of the
finest potatoes to eat there is. - Horace
White, on Waterbury river, pitched off a
Load 1,f ha., x.,tn tau1 1xv tnax fnh
There was estimated to have been twenty
five hundred pounds on the wagon. -
f. L. Knight and +. X. Graves leave for the
Adirondacks this week, going by the way of
Port Kent to Paul Smiths. - George
w. Atkins and wife left for Massena, N. T.,
Monday night. - Walter Sulham has
received pension of $500.
, Waterbury Center.
QUITE large number from this place
attended the campfire at the village last
; Friday night, and report a pleasant even
ing. - Miss Ambrose and Mr.. Arthur
Hartwell of Somervlle, Mass, are at r. H.
hosS the whsrs they eHEfss s ty TO ssmsR s
: for Hill, N. H., last Saturday, and expects
to be away about four weeks. - Mr.. and
Mrs. Curtis Wells and their son, Karl, Of
Burlington came to town last Friday and
returned home last Monday. Mr.. Wells is
in much better health than last fall. -
!, j. G.. Smith and wife of South Ryegate are
| visiting at Calvin Moulton's, Mrs. Smiths
father. Mrs. Allen of Chicago is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. G. G. Fiske.
{ Woodbury..
) AUSTIN OsGooD, who has been sick for q
3 long time with cancerous trouble in the
stomach, is failing very fast: - Joseph
: Gilbert is also sick. - The Congrega-
3 tional Ladies' Aid Society will meet with
= Mrs Gilman Bill Wednesday afternoon and
: evening of next week - Justus Mack
of Hardwick visited his old friend, Freeman
? Bill, over Sunday. - Mrs. Alta Rams
dell and her daughter from Stafford, Conn
, with her sister, Carrie, are visiting Their
. father, Thomas Burnham. - Mrs Bel
G Stevens is in town visiting her grandmother
Mrs. S. Wells, and other friends. Her sis
1 ter, Mrs. Carlton Stevens, is also in town
visiting her aunt and other friends, They
, will stop about two weeks and then return
to Lowell, Mass, stopping at Bethel few
t days to visit their brother, Herbert Barrett
r Worcester.
l QUARTERLY MEETING services were helt
at the Methodist church last Sunday. -
Mrs. George Ellis has had one of her eyes
: removed on account of recent injury to it
- Albert Wheelock was thrown from
a load of hay few days since and received
severe injuries about the head and neck
- Mrs. Leonard Hamblet is in quite
feeble health. - Report has it that A
M. Bean is closing out his blacksmith bust.
I ness and is going to Waitstield to live,
- III. A Hancock and wife started on
the 10Th instant for Minnesota, to visit their
t children and other friends there.
; Putnamsville.
G. M. WHITNEY found large fat hog
t dead in the yard last week. &C. O.
Putnam is having quite a severe sick spell.
- A little child of Mrs Peck from
Massachusetts,, who is visiting at G.. G..
, Halls, fell from the window last week and
broke its leg.