The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-20
Washington County.
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mention was maze last week, uleu apout
munlght TUESDAY hlgnt' Inc Iunerai was
from Ule mousse thursday aIerhoon'
Gerald Bassett, who was acgidentally shot
week ago saturday, dled lnursuay hlgnt
ana the funeral was from Ihe MetnVulso
church saturday afternoon, Key II; wen
ster OF WllliamstoWn conuucthg ne ser
vices, assisted by Rev. A. M. Wheeler,
- Thursday night, as John conner
went TO his room at WA Ferry :, ne reach-
ed up TO pun me hanging gin lamp (WHICH was was
nghted) down lower 1 ne NOOK gave way anu
the lamp, striking ON the center taple' tnrew
the burner out, as wei as quanuty ol OIL,
which, igniting, made Things rather warm IL,
smotbering fine blaze with some garments
that were in reach, and no doubt prevented
a serious fire. - w. a. Boyce, ESQ, Is
spending a few days in New Hampshire
and Massachusetts. - Ihere was union
service at the Methodist church sunday
evening. An address was ,h mage py ~ o.
Avery, state secretary OF the Y M. y. A.,
who ably presented the claims OF the asso-
citation and the need OF general secretary;
In response to call, two hundred
eighty-nine dollars were pledged IN lew
minutes towards the cause - Last week
Will George was trying to get all the speed
he could out of horse he owns. lie sue.
ceeded in nearly running over couple OF
girls near the post-offce ana did run over d
boy in front OF Reynold's store then, rem
! ing his horse to get OIL from the BOY, the an,
imal nearly went into the store ana VIII
and boy with him were thrown out NO
one was much injured, puU the buggy was
rather badly shattered when picked up.
| - ine Saii M. az, y, e1 i IriNi o,J
&c p,onon'ou az .no Ni;sn Aiino ToSya Of
S SdiS ot 4; 49, sorsnnote the hnantifui
@ III pnoSosspr Enstor Of CoIais viii
| Iuooli an'' ,,nJnan; ,rha oharactars renre
app ,d o. ba drossod in mil oriental eos
t,n,ea nd II ,yilI doubtless be a treat to listen
~. H. 90 ,rfor',,a,,c, 800 Evon;n1y services
viii be prasumad at the ITniversalist church
max+ SnnJav evening The subject will he
"The Social web
'No ''''''''
GODDARD SEMINARY.
GvNNAsTIcs for the ladies' commence this
week They will he held three evenings a
week Students outside the building have
| an Invitation to take part. 60 The usual
| Ivcaun was hold last Friday evening The
! nroornmre was AZ follows. song Female
Dnartette. recitation. Miss Albee; song
Mr. Sonle. debate question. Resolyed
"That hard work has more to do with sue.
cess than genius" Observation-Disclosures
Messrs. Hawley and Stewart; negative
Messrs. Brennan and Burlington. Paper
Misses Wells ann Way. The question was
dan;dad nnonimouelv IN favor IF the affirm
ati,,o w new student Inv the name of
d. from Rnstln arrived On SATURDAY.
10. g. ~ ra,noi,dar 81 tba tor,n 800
,aiu ~ IIu l,' arti,, nf W;ii;omstown mem
iis' &c ,i' 49, lass rat,rnad 70 scboo
i"n. u ,r,, ,nu en- hos hsan teaching In
'4SI uvSs, ''''o 'i'''
"hii'''i'''o""' Cabot
ASA l., PRESTON sustained serious i3s'
by fire Sunday morning, October ~. ne
was awakened Dy the CRACKING oi puIhilit
front stairway and the chamber over tn,
sitting-room in flames Mrs. Preston dice
some two months since and his family con
sisted of himself, son eighteen years o
age and a servant girl. The latter barrel.
escaped with her life, being taken, in nearl,
suffocated condition, from chamber win
dow, by means of ladder. The loss in
cludes the dwelling-house and ell, horse
barn and shed and most of the contents, in
Guiding four tons OF hay, harness, two Ia
hogs, forty bushels of Indian wheat, ninet,
bushels of potatoes, two hundred pounds o
butter and large quantity of dry wood. 4
saved The loss is estimated at $1,000 viii
$500 insurance in the Vermont Mutual
- DIR. Warren has completed repair
on his house, and moved to the same
- State Senator Chase and wife o
Rutland county passed Saturday ana Sun
day with Rev. A. -. Enright. - Las
sunday being tne Gay ueslghateI py III
WoInan's CHRISTIAN temperance Union a.
the day for all churches TO nave temper
ance sermon, lne clergy men III WIS W"
1870 'S'""' ~
u. Hatch mas moved iIto ~. W a'iace
, mousse al Lower Capo'; anu ~ Soi"S 'o u
4 the grocery slore ia,eiy occup,eu S t De.
AuaiiS' 'I ~, al %. a.: III, NJ,
gone 10 North DahVliie, 10 iiTe WIN W
: ,,oved nor millinery tn Mrs Perrv's on
e door north of the nost-office.
:
CALAIS.
+ Mr.. AND Mrs. JOHN SHEDD of Hardwic
= will spend the coming winter with Mr. an
y Mrs. NJ. s. Hathaway. Their present neigl
hors extend 10 them n cordial WELDON,
- Rev. Addison Drown is holdin
weekly meetings at the Brown school-hous,
o Mrs. w S. Smith, with her littl
u how il visiting friends in New Hampshir
: - Mrs. Mary Morse is dangerously sicl
I and az abe is orite aoed-eiphtv-six wears
her recovery is doubtful. - The Mapl
d Vile debating club met last Friday nigl
}, and discussed the following resolution
= " ResoI,,ed That the mind of woman is s,
It perior to that of man." The disputants c
p The affirmative were Everett Morse and OF
Wheeler; ON the negative, Van Hall al
g Flgin Mann. The question was decide
X two TO one in favor of the Affirmative ri
Is club will meet again in two weeks -
Al Lieutenant Foster returns this week to h
Al REGIMENT in Montana. - The scho
q taiIght Inv Misses Minnie and Nellie Swas,
in district No 4 at Mamie Corner is the he
-, school there has heen for a, good Will
II 49, Sylvester Fnller is jmnroyinp. -
!, Amt Sarah Bancroft is very iii, -
d Miss Edna Glllett, tne former teacher