The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-25

Pike and Spencer became settlers here. In
the meantime their descendants have mar
ried from one family into another, until it
is sometimes remarked that all of the peo-
pie in town are related to each other" Last
week Thursday there was held on the
premises OF Moody Bems what was called
the Bemis picnic, all of the above-named
families being represented. The invitation
being general, others were present to the
number of about three hundred. The
Marshtield cornet band discoursed some of
its finest pieces. The vocal music was good.
Mr.. Bullock, who is seventy years of age,
sang Twenty Years Ago" which was a
correct representation of real life. The
weather was fine and everything was done
by those who had the matter in charge to
make it, as it truly was an occasion of great
pleasure and benefit. The dinner, prepared
by the ladies', is seldom equaled and never
surpassed. The description given of the
early settlers and their descendants by
Messrs. Bems, Pike, Pitltin and Spencer
were highly interesting. - A. T. Durant
has finished his dam and will commence
dressing his lumber right away G.. x f.
Wooster are also going to tear out and re-
build their dam this week. They have one
of the best water-powers in the county.
- j. G. Graves bought pair of twin
oxen at Greensboro weighing over 5000
| pounds. 80 George o. Davis received a
| large order for boots from Portland, Maine,
last week. - Ed. Smith has just loaded
a car with potatoes, for which he paid forty
cents per bushel. - f. NJ. Snow is in
| Worcester, Mass. - Ten or twelve of
our towns-people are going to the White
! Mountains to camp out for week. -
! Rev. Albert Bliss preached last Sunday at
the Methodist church, Mr.. Wells being in
attendance upon the Northteld camp-meet-
ing. - Will Mute of St. Johnsbury was
in town over Sunday visiting his brother,
l.. ID. Mute. - S. r. Fletcher has been
on the sick list for few days. but is now
better. 80 Republican caucus at the town
house next Saturday night. - Mr. and
Mrs. S. A. Carlton intend to take a trip this
residing. == The Woman's Christian
Temperance Union meets at the Methodist
vestry next Saturday afternoon
MiddIesex Center.
A LOT of grain has been harvested in the
last two weeks. Two machines are thresh-
ing and report fair yield. = Our church
has been furnished with new pulpit, built
by the pastor, W. A. Evans. 1t has at least
one advantage over the old one, and that is
it is not so high by six or eight feet, and of
course there is less danger of the preacher
falling out and getting hurt. :" G. c:
Graves, accompanied by w. p. Holden and
friend from Newton Lower Falls, Mass,
caught fine lot of trout from the Mt.
Hunger brooks last Friday - Our
checklist was corrected by erasing nearly
forty names last Wednesday and adding
seven or eight new ones. On the first day
of September, at one O'Clock in the after
noon, at Hudson's hail. a further hearing
will be had on aliens and others who may
be challenged.
Moretown.
) NEARLY all of our farmers have finished
harvesting their grain. The crop was
: good one.
Northfield.
c. d. EDGERToN, at f. Plumleys office,
over A. E. Denny's store, will receive sub
scriptions and advertisements for the
NY n,,1 ,ta ha nntH 70
him. - The new organ in the Catholic
church was dedicated by appropriate serv-
ices last Wednesday and large number
were present. - AT the republican cau-
Il Gus held in Concert Hall Saturday after
!, noon II. r. Brown was nominated for town
representative and the following justice
: ticket made up: Thomas Slade, o. d. Ed
gerton, ID. 7. Averill, Martin Cobleigh S.
: p. Orcutt, James Morse, C.. A. Tracy,
Charles Dole, l. A. Holton, A. F. Andrews.
There was the greatest unanimity and good
feeling and the republicans feel confident OF
j, success. - The ladies of the Episcopal
u society will hold a sociable in their rooms
l. in the depot building Thursday of this
:, week. - The body of James Devine
. was brought here from Brattleboro for
> > burial last week Thursday - Principal
u Hit has moved from the Howe house at
the south end of Central street to Dennis
Quinby's house on Pearl street. - Rev.
II w. j. Kidder has rented to William Blood
- the house on Water street lately occupied
: by f. E. Thompson and Blood has moved
;, in. - The democrats will hold their eau
II Gus in Concert Hall on Saturday evening OF
i this week at seven o'clock. - The mill
q tia company is at Burlington this week at.
s tending muster. Part of the company had
Il a practice drill on the University parade
# ground Monday afternoon. - The board
!, of civil authority will meet in Village Hall
n at nine o'clock in the forenoon on Saturday
=, of this week for the further correction of the
y list. - Remember the Congrega-
r tional lawn party this evening at f. A
a Preston's on Central street. - Mrs
g Leonard Pearsons has just completed log
ar cabin quilt containing 3,34l pieces. -
II Miss Jennie Wilmot returned last week
n from the beach and Misses Sadie and Heller
: Kenyon from a two months visit in the
# southern part of the state. - Messrs
II Dutton and Plastridge got home Saturday
n morning from their carriage trip to the
g. White Mountains, instead of Mount Mans
n field, as stated last week. - f. Z
~ Thompson has been in Underhil during
= the week. - David Douglass of An
n dover, Mass was in town over Sunday
"a - Mrs. Rufus Hutchinson and daugh
n ter of Braintree visited at j. G. Il. Thayer'
+o last week - Mrs Samuel Wales and
70 daughter accompanied by Mrs. Annette
N Robinson of Raynham, Mass, are visiting al
10 Walter III. Dunsmoor's - Three hun
a. dred tickets We're sold at this station Tues
r day for the excursion to Saratoga. -
- The meetings at the camp-ground have beer
70 very interesting 1t is estimated that there
/, We're twenty-five hundred people present
N last Sunday afternoon. The anniversary O.
,ag the Home Missionary Society will occul
az this wednesday, afternoon, and tomorrow
AZ Rev. DR.. Baldwin of Boston, lately returned
of from China, will be present and address tn,
~ people in the interests of foreign missions
l. - The fall term of the University
r opens Thursday, September 9th. Myror
n w. Chandler, recent graduate, has been
a. engaged as tutor. 1t seems probable thai
m the attendance will be larger than last year
"a - Orville Denny of Worcester, Mass.
la is visiting relatives in town,
IS Plainfield.
re AT about half-past eleven o'clock last
lie Saturday night Mr.. Ezekiel Skinner was
S. awakened by the lowing of his cattle, and
4 on going out discovered that his barn was
* in flames. On reaching it he found nine his
'r ten cows dead, they having been suffocated
n but the flames had not reached them. One
r, was in pen where she could get the all
: from an open window and he succeeded in
Is driving her out. They We're all very valu
:, able, being of the Jersey breed. All of the
u hay, threshed grain, one horse two large
ii shotes and some of his farming tools were
Vt consumed. Mr. Skinner is of the opinion
that the fire was caused by spontaneous
e combustion, he having put in some hay
l. which was rather green. Loss estimated al
's 5000; insured for 500 in the Union Mutua