The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19

Leonard Wheeler, at White River Junction
49, Last week Tuesday Rev. George By
ron Hyde, late pastor of the Methodist church
here, was united in marriage to Miss Lettie
Halstead of Brooklyn, N. Y. Friday even
ing a reception was rendered them at the
Methodist church here. Addresses were
made by Revs. Hardy, Pierce and Spencer
and DR.. A. G. Bailey. Refreshments were
served late in the evening. Saturday night
Mr.. Hyde and bride went to Montpelier.
The 25th they start for Mexico, to enter
upon missionary work. He will be presid-
ing elder of district A large portion of
the population are intelligent Indians.
- There was preaching in the church
on Braintree Hill last Sunday. 1t is ex-
pected there will be services there nearly
every Sunday through the summer -
Some of the relatives of L. p. Hebard met
at his residence and celebrated his fiftieth
birthday 60 Bailey Adams cut his foot
badly while mending fence recently
Tunbridge.
FRANK PIxLEY is travelling for a rein
holder manufacturing company. - Hav-
ing to prepare for the Windsor county court,
Colonel Pingree could not be present at the
campfire. - The school in district No.
1 commenced this week. Matte Flint of
Chelsea teaches. - Mr.. A. G. Adams lost
fine three-years-old colt last week. -
Mrs. Ed. Rowell has been very ill. -
Hayward & Kibbey have taken the tillage
|
Clark hires them to cut his hay. - Jes-
sic Mudgett graduated at Royalton Acad-
envy last week and is now at home. -
1t is reported that there is to be a wedding
Memorial day. - The river road needs
| the road-machine in some places. - Mr.
e. S, Burnham of Stockbridge has canvassed
a part of the town for Blaine's book.
Washington.
C. G. McALL1sTER has moved on to the
! @. o. Calef farm, recently purchased by
| George Downing. - Daniel Walworth
of Coventry was in town last week -
Miss Lucy Calef is visiting friends in the
north part of the state. - Mrs II. A.
White, who is visiting relatives and friends
in Providence, is improving in health.
ID. p. Emory of Woodsville was in
town last week.
West Fairlee.
REV. MIR. GILLIs, the new Methodist
minister, has moved into the parsonage
and Mr.. Hamilton has gone to Woodstock.
- Mrs Paul has opened choice lot of
millinery. - There was quite a hard
frost here Monday night. - Fred Lang
cut an ugly cash in his hand by bringing ii
in contact with saw while working in
Chubb's factory.
Williamstown.
OUR ex-townsman,. David Jeffords, re.
turned from Barre last week. with his family
to live here. He is in b. f. Robinson's
house. - Miss Florence, daughter Of
| Rev. r. ID. Miller, has been visiting friends
in Hartford. We hear that she seems tc
have been materially benefited in health
by DIR. &. w. McClearn's treatment. -
Our town superintendent, Miss Fannie Mar
tin, is teaching in Berlin - We were
chatting, the other day. with Barre team
ster who has nice-looking pair of horses
with which he claims to be earning "a pei
day. He told us he gave them only fifty
pounds of hay each per week, which he cut,
and mixes with two quarts of meal and two
quarts of bran three times a day for eacl
horse. His success, he also told us, led {
certain farmer to go and buy hay-cutter
who is much pleased with his experiment
in the use of it. - The friends of Mr.
and Mrs Horace White recently observed
the forty-ffth anniversary of their marriage
- George Downing has bought o
Quincy 0. Calef the farm near Washington
village recently vacated by James Burn
ham. He paid $1,S00 for what our towns
man, the late Ezra ID. Benedict, once pait
$500 for, though his purchase included
another piece of land that we are told $50
or less would probably buy. at this time
We also hear that Mr. Calef says he wa
once offered $4,000 for this entire property
- Mr.. Oliver Davenport tells US tina
about forty years ago he hoed corn on tn
9th day of April. - Miss Lucia Harri
man lately reached in safety her destination
Salix Woodbury. county,, Iowa, to get
warm welcome from friends. And now
she shall escape :" the fond embrace" of
cyclone during her stay there her friend
will all be glad. - Leslie d. Gale re
Gently visited his brother, DR.. Charlie
bought out competitor and purchased
house, and we believe it is now an opel
secret that an Aiken void - in his life i
about to be filed. - Mrs. Martin S
Adams of South ROyalton was at the oil
home here last week. - We Gale,
last week upon Mr.. Abram Lougee, nov
eighty years of age, and bed-ridden in
valid, with little or no hope of relief. W
, found him with the WATCHMAN on hi
bed, paper that he has taken since he wa
twenty-five years old;-with the exception c
: one year. 1t must be part of the pleasur
and the reward of the publishers of tn
paper to know the attachment to it, and tn
confidence in it, on the part of so man
worthy old Vermonters in the past an
present. Mr.. Lougee spoke of the chang
in the matter of news items from so man
towns NOW the marked characteristic c
local papers), and likes it. While he read
first items from towns near at hand, he say
he finds in all of them something of interest
He has lately had visit from one of hi
l sons, who lives in Nebraska and manage
i lumber yards for Chicago firm on a salar
of 81 900 year and board. - A nepheN
of Mr.. Oliver Davenport recently found i
: front of the house of the latter, and acros
the road, partridge sitting on ten or twelv
| eggs anu tHItc VI lOuI utl , tSE
; that had been laid in the nest. - W
hear that j. X. Lynde has been offered owe
, $1,000 for last seasons colt 1t cost som
. $50, we believe, at a few weeks of age an
= has lived on :" bread and butter" as on
j. man expresses it, since. - Through ,
M. Seaver the town has just purchased
: yoke of oxen weighing a little over 3,4C
!, pounds to use on the road-machine. The
were obtained in or near East Montpele
- From recent Chicago paper W
learn that Mrs. Emily Ware Browns daugl
/, ter, Miss Della, died April %, at twent
: years of age, after a brief illness of tw
: weeks, some part of which she was deli
!, ious. She is spoken of as " a consistent an
practical Christian, loved and respected b
all" - Some time ago there appeare
: in these items an extract from letter wri
ten by Mr.. ID. II. Bean of Houton, Main
. to friend in this town. Mr.. Bean no.
. sends us the following item, substantiatin
! the statements therein made, taken frol
the Portland Transcript of April 2Stl
- Rambler, Fort Fairfield correspondent
g writes us statements to offset the gener;
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