The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-10
Tufts College. - Mrs. A. r.. McElroy
has been quite ill, but is now better.
Shady RilI.

IHE n1enus ana nelghborS OF Edgar Ma
goon and wife somewhat surprised them
last Wednesday evening by giving them a
pound party. - w. II. III. Markham has
lost one Of his horses. - School closed
in district No IL last Friday. &c. II.
Martin has gone to Canada to purchase
some horses. - Orin Davis has been
quite sick
Moretown.
WE are informed that r. sawyer's barn
took fire, recently, from some corn on the
ear which had become heated and was
placed upon the floor. The fire was extin-
| gushed however, before doing much dam
age. - There will be an oyster-supper at
the parsonage, next week Wednesday, for
| the benefit of Rev. K. III. Bartlett. - Mr..
and Mrs. Jim. Evans of Boston were in town
last week, called here by the serious illness
of Mr.. Evans father. - There was q
party at Alvin Pierce's last Friday night.
visited at e. e. Josln's last week. -
Quite a number of the Waitsfeld singers
visited our singing-school last week. -
The Ladies' Circle meets with Mrs. A. e.
Lovejoy this wednesday, afternoon. -
Harlie Stockwell will open a blacksmith
shop in the spring.
Northfield.
CD EDGERToN, at f. Plumley's Office
over A. Il. Dennys store, will receive sub
scriptions and advertisements for the
| WATCBMAN, and accounts can be paid to
him. - Lewis Hassam died last week
| Monday evening and the funeral was held
Thursday. He had been a terrible sufferer
| with a cancer for many years, having been
made insane by it at times. G. K.
Reed has bought new stock of clothing and
opened a store at his old stand last Satur-
day. - James w. Jones fell from a
freight car near Richmond, last week
Wednesday, breaking one of the bones of
one arm and dislocating the other bone. He
was putting on the brake, when the chain
broke, causing him to fall. Fortunately he
hac Hon
Page of Hyde Park, inspector of finance,
made an examination of the Savings Bank
last Friday. - The Gilman-Garvey case
was adjourned from last Saturday to Fri
opened a saloon in the White building on
Central street. - The special union serv-
ices will be continued at the vestry of the
Congregational church through this week.
Hours of meeting, half-past two and seven
P. NJ. Elder Spencer assisted at the meet
ing on Thursday and Friday of last week.
; - Charlie Dolan, while working in the
Adams slate quarry, slipped and fell about
thirty feet. He struck on couple of boards
which broke and thus saved him from per-
haps fatal injuries. He was considerably
bruised, but no serious result is expected.
- The receipts of Neghbor jack
, wood " at West Randolph were about 500
, - The house on Central street recently
!, vacated by Rev. f. G. Cowper is occupied by
A. e. Downing. 1t is reported that Down.
ing will soon open barber-shop in the room
/, , over DIR. Nichols drugstore. - Rev. G.
) II. Farnsworth of Groton has been visiting
!, his father, Calvin Farnsworth. - Miss
Helen McClearn is spending vacation in
: Montreal. - Miss Cynthia Sinclair of
Hardwick is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Harriet
Bugbee. - Squire Plumley is in Wind
ham county on professional business. -
Engineer Stebbins is quite seriously i'll with
lung trouble. - Remember the Uni
versalist fair at Concert Hall this week.
Oyster supper Wednesday evening and
L Att TI,,,.o n,,,x. ,rk
: of letters remaining uncalled for in the post
3 Office at Northfeld, VT, for the week end
. ing February 9th: Miss Ella l.. Brown G..
7 NJ. Bean, Jos. w. Bailey, Roswell Fleming,
4 Mary A. Perkins, A. L. Petts, Alice L.
. Thompson. (Signed) I'll. L. Kenyon, post
!, | master.
- GRADED SCHOOL NOTES.
e THE debating club met Thursday even
n ing. The question, Resotued, That the
was discussed and decided in the negative
by the president and affirmative by the
). house: The following question was pre-
:. sented to be discussed Friday evening, Feb
= ruary 10TH "ReSolred, That protection
a should be the policy of the United States
q rather than free-trade," by Denny and
n Avery in the affirmative, Davis and Ellis in
=. the negative. The following amendment
was made in the constitution: " The meet
q ings of the club shall, from April 1st to Oc-
y. tober 1st, be at half-past seven o'clock, and
~ from October 1st to April 1st at seven
q clock" 1t was moved that the meeting of
a February 11th be held the Wednesday previ-
n Gus. - A large proportion fthe scholars
+ in No. are taking up arithmetic, reciting the
=. last period in the afternoon. - Remem-
+ Der the teachers institute to be held at the
~ school building in two weeks. - Show
your interest in school affairs by attending
the junior exhibition on Thursday evening of
y next week. The music will consist of col
st lege songs by quartette of Dartmouth
d students. - Many of the classes have
n commenced reviewing, preparatory for ex-
n aminations.
Il Gouldsville.
q & the Good Tempars last Saturday evening
= w. c. r., A. L. Hewitt; w. V. r., Mrs. 4.
~ =, F. Andrews; W. Sec, Hattie o. Andrews
VI w. c., John Patrick, Jr.; W. Treas. D. f.
It, ie Mar, Eben Gaynor; w. D. Mar, Leila
!, ,e H. s., Gertie Pearson; W. L. III. s., Alice
V, Greenwood. - The band sociable is tC
III III be held at Good Templars' hall on Thurs
le 70 day evening of this week, with au entire
u o. new programme of entertainment. Among
- the attractions will be an art gallery, com
Z prising paintings, sculpture, statuary, etc
-, - The usual fee of five cents children under
9.o twelve, two cents) will be taken at the door
l5 i1 - Among the visitors in the place las
81 week were Miss Myrtle Coburn of Roxbury
he he and Arthur E. White of East Calais.
at Plainfield.
81 The ladies of the Congregational churcl
z, will hold their annual chcken-pie festiva
ld in the vestry of the church this week Friday
OF In the afternoon there will be a social visit
d. In the evening an entertainment will b'
ar given consisting of music, with selections
n from Father Kemp's songs of the Older
he times, reading and spelling. A sextet OF
NC the band will also be present - TIL,
n band have lately organized under the law
tn of the state for incorporating societies. anC
lg have issued five hundred shares of stock o
- one dollar each on the property of the band
as which will be disposed of for the benefit o
Int the band. - x. Il. Snow was confined Il
)ft the house a few days last week with a sever,
up cold He is now better.
NO East Roxbury.
be A "sUBsCRIBER writes that Alphons,
p. Ladd of this place has nearly four years-ol,
or hen named " Pet " that seems to understan,
es- what he says to her She will ride upoi
tn his hand anywhere he chooses to carry her
AS and will when asked to do so, flap her wing
ch and crow. This remarkable biddy " ha
TO laid an egg nearly every day this winter.
rs Waitsfeld.
Id, Mrs. PERKINS will lecture on temperate
he in the Methodist church this "wednesday