The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-07


Winship; clerk, A. l.. Fayban; committee,
II. G. Day; treasurer, j. b. w. Prichard.
- sugar party is to be given by the
Public Library Association this (Wednes-
lay evening at the rooms occupied by the
library. 80 The law firm of Farnham &
Chamberlin was dissolved by mutual con-
sent last Wednesday. Governor Farnham
will continue the business, while II is ru-
mored that Mr.. Chamberlin contemplates
going to Duluth MINI. =- Rev. j. w.
Lees and his two children went to Boston
last week on visit. - II. b. Chandler
and family intend soon to return to Walt
ham, Mass
Chelsea.
e. p. DENsMoRE and wife have been in |
town for several days. They are to leave at |
once for Alta, California, where they are to |
have charge of a clearinghouse. Their fur |
niture and other effects were sold at auction |
yesterday Tuesday. - j. III. Griffin has |
gone to Boston to work for the South Bos- !
ton Ice Company GO Miss Lillian G. |
Lease has returned to her home at New Bos- |
ton, N. IL. - w. p. Townsend and fam
lily have given up housekeeping and are
boarding at the hotel, as are also f. D.
Barnes and wife, who have just returned
here from Williamstown Springs. - Joe
Abbott has moved into the Drew house in
the Upper Village. - The personal
of Austin f. Ward was sold at auc-
ton on Friday last. 80 Henry II. Dwight
of Cambridge, Mass, was in town last week.
- Mary E., daughter of George b.
Roberts, died on Tuesday of last week. The
funeral services were held at the house on
Thursday, Rev. Mr.. Knapp officiating.
- The shop formerly occupied by the
late Stephen Vincent is to be used by w.
ID. Walker as paint-shop. - Miss Ada
Taylor of Washington, who has been attend
ing school here, has become insane-the re-
suit, it is thought, of overwork. Her condi-
ton is critical, and the case is very sad
Moe T hap fol.
rooms in Mrs. Hyde's house, and her
daughter, Miss Nellie Cooley, has bought
out Miss a. A. Clements millinery estab-
1ishment. Miss Clement removes to the
rooms formerly occupied by Mrs. Cooley.
- H. S. Annis removes from the Hanks
West Hill. Ezra Walker has bought the
Hanks place, but will not remove there be-
fore fall 60 Miss Mary Wright has re-
turned to Lebanon, n. II. "A sugar
festival and sociable at the Congregational
church last Wednesday evening was quite
well attended, despite the unfavorable
weather. - Mrs. Mary 7. Lathrop of
Detroit is announced to speak in the Con-
gregational church under the auspices of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union on
Tuesday evening of next week. She has
wide reputation as among the very best of
the temperance lecturers of the day, and
should have large audience.
East Corinth.
The following were elected at the school
meeting in district No. 10: Moderator, Dan
Ronland; committee, DIR. Il. G. Jenne;
clerk and treasurer, Horace Blood; auditors,
Frank Corliss, Dr. E. L. Smith and w.
Chapman. Voted to raise a tax of fifteen
cents on the dollar and to have thirty-two
weeks of school-summer and fall terms,
ten weeks each, and winter term, twelve
weeks. - Henry Kemp, while out hunt
ing, recently, shot hawk that measured
four feet and two and one-half inches from
tip to tip of wings. - Quite trade in
making sap-nails. - All present at the
sugar-party, Tuesday night, had nice
Hutchinson store at East Orange. -
Frank Haviland of Danville bought S. 1.
Divoll's horse instead of Bagley Abbott, as
before mentioned. - JACKIE has sold
his sporting dog, " Prince" to l.. Williams
for $40.
Newbury.
SAMUEL II. LEE, runner for firm in
Boston, was taken sick at II. NJ. Chamber
Inns six weeks ago. He was unconscious
for most of the time and great sufferer up
to six o'clock last Sabbath afternoon, when
death came to his relief. His remains were
taken to Massachusetts on Tuesday for
burial. - Rev. John Wright of this
place preached at Haverhill Center last Sab
bath. - 1t is reported that the Monte
bello property has been purchased by man
in Akron, Ohio. The buildings are to be re-
paired and opened for summer travel
- Ira Brainard has been in town since
the LIST of April. His house is receiving a
coat of paint on the outside by n. f.
Hutchns of this place. - S. G.. Batchel-
der and wife of Landau, n. H., are in town
for few days. - The Shepard family
gave an entertainment in Seminary Hall
last week Monday and Tuesday evenings.
- Professor S. l.. Eastman has engaged
two hundred shade trees, which will be set
out on the Seminary common the first day
of May. - John Goodwin and family
have moved to Fairlee, where they will re-
main for the present - The Sawyer
House has opened this spring with good
patronage, - The Charlie Chamberlin
farm just below the village, is to be sold at
auction the 14th of May. 1t is now in the
possession of Governor Hale's son of New
Hampshire. - The farmers are rejoicing
over good run of sap. 1t will do to buy
sugar now.
Mrs. j. p. GOODRICH and her grand
daughter Miss Christine Ellsworth, have
gone to Buffalo, n. Y, to see Mrs. 7. p.
Vaille, who is dangerously i'll. - Farm
ers have tapped their sugar lots and are
waiting for the sap to run. But very little
sugar has been made at the present writing.
- There are still a few cases of measles.
All are doing well. - j. NJ. Lord S steam
whistle can be heard daily. He has a new
engine and is doing good work at saving
wood and laths
West Randolph.
THE tenth anniversary of Arcadia Lodge,
No. 151, |. o. of G.. T.. took place last week
Thursday in the Christian church. A pri-
vate session was held the first of the after
noon. At 2; 40 o'clock public session was
held, with the following exercises: Singing,
prayer by j. NJ. Atwood, duet by Rev. j.
NJ. Atwood and Carrie Atwood. a question
box took up half an hour very pleasantly.
Carlos Pratt had an interesting article on
"reminiscences of Arcadia Lodge" The
discussion, ReSOlUed That Good Templar-
TONS" was opened in the affirmative by A.
A. Smith, followed by Mrs. John Prince in
the negative. There were several volun-
teers. The afternoon session closed with
quartette by Miss Carrie Atwood, Mrs. o.
K. Gay, &. b. Pratt and - Marcott The
evening session opened with quartette and
prayer was offered by j. NJ. Atwood, fol-
lowed by recitations by the children and an
address by Frank Plumley, Esq, of North
field, which was full of good points and fine
rhetoric. After the address the audience
was invited to partake of a bountiful ban
quet followed by sociable, to which all
were invited. The lodge has been in all
stages of vitality during the past ten years,
but is in healthy condition at the present
time and the future looks bright. 80 The
Randolph boys in Dartmouth College are
home on vacation. - Over thirty at
tended the " Mikado" at Montpelier. 80
George Stearns has received eighteen horses,
which he intends to sell Frank
Wood received goat from New York last