The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
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have returned from Waterbury, where they
have been visiting
Orange County.
BradfOrd.


side. - John Hartwell has leased the
barn back of the Bailey building, is repair
ing and enlargng it and will occupy it as a
livery stable - Rev. j. w. Lees is away
on three weeks vacation. 60 Charles
NJ. Andross is sick with gastric fever at his
boarding-place. Adm Waterman takes his
place at the grocery store 49, The paper
mill is soon to be repaired and running
again Mr. Moore is soon to arrive and
oversee the work. - William A. Lib
bey's son, Ellie, jammed one finger on his
right hand quite badly while unloading
an ensilage-cutter last week. - Phin.
Chamberlin is to go to MINNEAPOLIS to
locate in the law business in about
week His family will remain here until
December. - NJ. S. Douglass of Thet-
ford is studying law in j. III. Watson's
office. - The second annual meeting of
the Orange County Musical Society will be
held here the last week in October Emil
nent talent from abroad has been engaged
and first-rate time is expected. - n.
II. Frary concluded he would not have the
Henry Brown place after all, and has since
bought place of Thomas Renfrew on the
Lower Plain, and Mr.. Renfrew has purchased
the Baldwin place on Pleasant street of
George Hartman. 60 o. Corwin re-
turned Saturday from a weeks visit to
Long Island. - We hear that John E.
Chanberlin of South Newbury, some three
miles from here, had a stroke of paralysis
last Friday.
Braintree.
JOHN HUTCHINSON returned from Canada
last week He bought young horse and
drove it home. - Mrs. f. II. Cleveland
and children are visiting her mother in
Massachusetts. 60 The juvenile baseball
club of West Randolph was in town last
Saturday and played the Peth school nine.
The game was won by the visiting club.
80 II. j. Bass gave "A drive-whist party
Saturday evening. There were seven tables.
EYae L..
Mrs Don. Parker and b. f. Herrck. -
II. A. Powers filled two silos last week. He
raised eleven acres of fodder-corn this year
Chelsea.
A SOCIAL event of great interest to the
community was the marriage on Tuesday
morning of last week of Mr.. Herbert o.
Bixby, clerk for f.. II. Hyde * Co., and
Miss Grace NJ. Noyes. The ceremony was
performed at the home of the brides father,
Mr. Alonzo Noyes, very few friends be-
ing present. Mr.. and Mrs. BiXby left at
once on trip to Boston and elsewhere, and
will be at home after October LIST. 60
John b. Atwood has been commissioned as
postmaster, f. r. Hyde's health not per-
hitting him to hold the position longer.
- Rev. l.. II. Elliot. secretary of the
| Vermont Bible Society, presented the
claims of the society at the Congregational
| church Sunday morning, at the West Hill
| church in the afternoon and at the Metho-
dist church in the evening. - Quarterly
meeting at the Methodist church last Sun
day, about thirty probationers being re-
ceived into full connection.
Corinth.
REV. Mr.. KNAPP of Chelsea will preach
at the Corner next Sunday. - This
town accepts the challenge of your Middle.
sex correspondent. In vote of over three
hundred for town representative not scat
| tering vote was cast. - The selectmen
held meeting last Saturday with those in.
terested in the Lunn Hill road, but came tC
no decision.
East Corinth.
THERE was no meeting in the church last
Sunday as Rev. Mr.. James attended a
funeral. - DIR. f. f. Smith, who has
been in the West for the past two weeks
returned home last Saturday. Mrs. j
j. Guild and Willis, her son, were in town
Sunday. - Captain j. II. Chamberlir
left for New York Saturday.
West Randolph.
THE rain during the past week was glad ~
! received here. The ground was very dry
and water to our knowledge, was never
so scarce. - j. f. and Will Cushmar
have moved their families into George Hy
zer's new house on South Pleasant street
- NJ. a. Gambell, grand representa-
tive of the Odd Fellows of Oregon, was il
town last week. - Normal Nichols wa.
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question is freely discussed on the streets
- The potato crop is poor in some part.
of the town. - Mrs Frank i. Mors,
has been veryill the past week. - AzrC
Lamson and family have returned to Phil
adelphia. - Mit. Chadwick has PLACED
two stuffed coons in his saloon window
- The Congregational Sunday-schoo
has purchased about four hundred new
books from the Samuel Howard an,
Hannah Wood fund - b. f. Chad
wick has moved into the Stewart block
- Quite large number of Randolph
people attended the state fair. - Dan
Smith and family of New York visited hi
sister, Mrs Sophia Bugbee, and other rela
tives here last week. Mr.. Smith is a nativ,
of Randolph and went to the great city
score of years ago. He is director of thu
Chatham National Bank and a prominen
member of the Produce Exchange. Mr.
Smith loves to visit Vermont scenes, an,
says our scenery pleases him better thai
that he has seen in Europe. - Knee
land Kelton of Moretown and Mrs. Ellei
Lille of this place were united in marriage
last Monday night by Rev. V. NJ. Hardy
The bride is sixty and the groom seventy
three years of age. - A reservoir wa
erected on South Pleasant street last week
1t is of brick and will hold about four hun
dred barrels of water This reservoir ha
long been needed. We have never had fir
ON that street, but if one should occur thi
i'SVi WI Noui'l NC liic ohiy pldCc lOT oDtdlu
ing water. - Thomas, Wheeler & Co
have their engine in running order in tn
Lamson block, corner of Pleasant stree
and Merchants row, and are now putin,
in the machinery for the manufacture o
Thomas patent tub-fasteners. - Luthe
j. Slack and wife have been visiting rela
tives in Boston. - NJ. NJ. Drake, tn
foreman in Salisbury Brothers furniture
factory, received a nice watch and chail
from his men recently. - Mrs. Saral
Wiley Of Springfield, Mass. has been Wis
iting in town. 60 The Cohoes IN. Y.
dispatch speaks very highly of Miss Bell
Dudley, who recently went into the tel
egraph Office at Cohoes as manager. 80
&. NJ. Howard says the temperature in Da
kota is hotter than he ever saw in Vermont
- James Howe of Manchester n. III
has been visiting in this his native town
- f. Godfrey has returned from tn
West 80 Colonel John b. Mead is in Chi
cage. - The Mechanics band will fur
nish music for the worlds fair at Tunbridge
, = Several attended the state convention
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union at Mortified last week. - Hiram
Luce of Braintree has moved into town an,
will work for Mr.. Diinmick for year. -
Standardized Victor |. Spear was in tow
; last week. - Miss Jennie Washburn
who has been in the Mary Fletcher hos
pita at Burlington, will soon 90 to Michigan
- C.. G. Paine of this town had sixty
: five coops of poultry at the state fair a
/ Burlington. - The annual meeting {
the Orange County Sunday-school Associt
( ton will be held at the Christian church o