The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-06

MUM of $4,000 given to the owner of the
best sucking colt shown, sired by Eastern
Boy. - Frank Cunningham has moved
his family into his new house. == The
selectmen have purchased n Victor road
machine, and are improving all the good
weather by working on the roads. ii. ID.
Camp has the management of it.
West Randolph.
AT a campfire to be held by the veterans
of this vicinity at Randolph Center Monday
evening of next week an address will be de-
livered by Captain II. G. Lull of Montpelier.
- The committee appointed at the viii
lage meeting to look up the water business
has been busly engaged. Good springs
have been found and natural reservoir to
store the water appears near ID. II. Morses.
The whole cost of springs, preparing the
natural reservoir for supplying a million
gallons of water, land damage, digging
bitches and the pipes would not exceed
$4,000 With these water works no town
in the state would have better water facil-
tiles both for domestic use and in case OF
fire as well as for motors. The pressure
on the fair ground would be eighty
pounds to the square inch. - l.. j.
Thayer and George Walker rode their bicy-
cles over Barnard hills to Woodstock and
back in one day last week, distance of
fifty miles in six hours and twenty-five min
utes. -= Hale Drake and family have re-
turned to town. 80 w. w. Jones has
bought the place west of Joe Bryants.
80 Miss Mamie Kiley of Salem, Mass,
has opened a dress-makng room. 80 G.
G. Paine took $50 in premiums on poultry
at the state fair. 60 Joe Buttereld will
move into the Walbridge house near the
depot this week. 60 Brooks block has
been reprinted, much improving it. 60
Mr.. and Mrs. Dean will return to Boston
this week Mabel Swisman will return with
them. 60 Charles G.. Goodwin has sold
his place at East Randolph and bought his
brothers place here below Mill street, con-
sideration, $1,000. Mr.. Goodwin will move
this week. 60 Moulton Brothers will ex-
hibit fourteen of their choice Jersey cattle
at the Bay State fair in Boston this week
Among the lot are cows that produce
twenty-five pounds of butter in seven days.
A. j. Lamb and family of Granville visited
in town last week 60 Mr. and Mrs c.
NJ. Hardy are travelling in Kansas. ===
The free reading-room lecture committee
will secure four or more from the following
list for the lecture course this winter: Henry
w. Tewksbury, Colonel Copeland DR..
Hadley, Will Carleton, Major Dane, Kate
Field and Miss Rowe also four or more
from the following concert companies:
Meigs Sisters, Philomenice Quartette, Rug
giles Street Quartette, Redpath Concert
Company. The sale of seats will take place
at Dubois x Gays hall Friday evening,
October 10. - Fred Bryant is the happy
owner of an eleven pound boy. "A
Beard Friday
North Thetford.
Mrs. l.. X. Berry is visiting friends in
Massachusetts this fall. - Frank Howe
is at home for while. - George O. Car
penter was in town last week for a few
days. "A student from Dartmouth
filled the pulpit here last Sunday. -
large number from here attended the fair at
Bradford. ~ w. f. Earle has secured
fla ian ,f t,ritr
dent Bartlett of Dartmouth College for this
year. == Miss Flora Miller from Wood
stock is visiting at her former boarding
place, 49, Albert Leonard returned to his
home in Paterson, N. j., last week, after
spending the summer here for his health
- Miss Emma Adams goes this week
to her winter home in Springfield, Mass.
- Mrs. Mary Silver will take Aunt Sal
lie Barnard for companion this winter.
- Miss Nellie Kinsman has returned
from Boston. - Miss Lottie Wise has
been dangerously ill for the past week, but
is better at present. - BERTHE Clearly
has gone to work in Houghton & buttons
store in Boston.
Tunbridge.
Hattie Gay teaches in the Austin district.
- Mrs. Mary Riddall appears to be con
valescing - Mrs. Van Howe has rheu-
matte fever. Ed. and George Cush-
man are visiting here. - number of
sheep were killed on Bradstreets hill by
the lightning last Tuesday night. - The
late rains have filed the springs. - The
band of hope meets at Cornelius Noyes to-
morrow CThursday) evening. - The
hotel is now open. - Mrs. George l..
Goodwin is i'll. - There was something
of a snow-storm upon the hills last Saturday.
- Wallace Swan went to Montpelier
Saturday. - DIR. Durkee goes to Kansas
next week
Washington.
Mr. Flanders of Goddard Seminary has
been spending few days with Norman
Powers. = The Ladies' Aid Society
meets with Mrs. Frank Jeffords this week
Thursday. - The new house that Frank
Cunningham is building is so nearly com
pleted that the family have moved in. ==
There was dance at Enoch Martins hall
Friday evening. 49, Miss Jennie, young
est daughter of William Cheney, and Frank
Ordway were married at the residence of
the brides parents, Saturday, Elder Cross
officiating - Mrs. Royal Ordway has
been dangerously i'll with pneumonia but is
now improving. DIR. Newcomb is attending
her and seems to have very good success in
such cases. - Mrs. George Jackman
(aee Josie CaswelD has been visiting her
parents but expects to return to Chicago the
last of this month. -- Mr.. Warren Pep
per has received an increase of pension
- j. w. and Mrs. White went to Mont
peler Saturday to visit George McAlliSter.
- Mr.. and Mrs. John Paine Mr.. Priest
and Miss Eva Hall of Barre were in town
Saturday - Dan Smith has been repair
ing his wood-shed, and in attempting to
raise it the structure fell, but the workmen
escaped uninjured - Mrs. John Kinzie
and children, who have been spending the
past three years in town, intend to start
Wednesday to join Lieutenant Kinzie at
Omaha. They will spend several days in
Chicago with relatives. - Owing to the
ventilation in the chmneys at the Univer-
salst church being closed last week. the
paper over the chimneys is badly soied.
| The church organ is soon to be tuned and
we hope greater interest in the singing will
be manifested = Norman Clough has
brought water to his house in lead pipes
from spring above Mr. Thurber's at a cost
of $50. - The young people are excited
| over the prospects of masquerade party
and dance which has been proposed. 60
! j. l.. Bowes has been taking out the old
! chimney from his house and repairing the
cellar, and is now digging the ditch to bring
water to his house and barn from well in
| the orchard.
WilliamstOwn.
| There is to be veterans campfire in this
tain III. G. Lull of Montpelier will address
the soldiers. 60 Mr.. and Mrs. George A.
Ainsworth had the pleasure last week of a
visit from their old friends, Rev Stewart
| Sheldon of Salem, Mass, and his son, Rev.
Charles Sheldon, who has lately gone to
| Waterbury to supply the Congregational