The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08

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Walker of Boston are in town on short
vacation. - Burt Shepard Arthur
Blake und Gilbert Dwinell were home over
Sunday. - The village schools com
menced last Monday. The upper depart
ment is taught by Minnie Davis and the
lower by Mrs. Eddy. - The Woman's
Christian Temperance Union met last Sat
urday Mrs. ID. NJ. Pike was chosen presi-
dent. 60 Orson Woodcock, formerly of
this town, was here visiting friends last
daughter from Massachusetts,, who were the
guests of Ira Bemis. - Rev. J.. +. Fort
ney will take for his subject next Sunday,
at forty-five minutes past ten A. NJ, "What
and Where is Heaven?"
Middlesex Center.
Mrs. l.. NJ BRUCE has been i'll for the
past few days and at this writing (Monday)
is very low. = Mrs. Hannah Wells,
while descending fight of stairs one day
last week, fell and spraned her ankle
- Coons, skunks and crows are at work
on some corn-feds both day and night.
- The republican caucus on Saturday
was well attended and harmonious. C. G.
Putnam Jr., was nominated for representa-
tive on the first formal ballot and was
elected to that office on Tuesday
Moretown.
| THERE seems to be some muddle about
town meeting this fall, the proper par
ties having neglected to warn the same
until after the required time. We under
stand they will meet and transact the usual
business and trust to the legislature to le-
| galize the elections - Miss Kate Prem
tiss is teaching in Berlin and Miss Lola
! Spaulding in Fayston. - Miss Luana
! Strong is in very poor health. Her niece,
Miss Foss of North Duxbury, is stopping
with her - Barney Gillett recently
! shot crane which measured five feet in
height and six and one-half feet from tip-to-
tip of wings. - Nathan Child has re-
! turned to his home in Lowell, Mass. -
There was frost in some parts of this town
on the nights of the 1st and I'd. - Mrs.
Samuel Thompson was buried last Thurs
and daughter, Alma, are visiting relatives
in Ripton. - Jesse Towle and Roger
Prentiss are attending school at the Metho-
dist Seminary in Montpelier. - Misses
Relia and Grace Cummings of Altona ILL.,,
are visiting relatives in this place.
NorthfieId.
G.. ID. EDGERToN, at f. Plumley's office,
over A. e. Denny's store, will receive SUBJ
scriptions and advertisements for the
WATCHMAN, and accounts can be paid to
him. - The checklist was completed
Saturday night a few minutes before twelve
o'clock. Fifteen names were struck off from
the printed list and eighty-six added, leav-
| ing seven hundred siXty-three on as voters.
- The house on Cross street owned by
the late Loren Adams is undergoing extern
sive repairs. - William Blood has
Tmoved from Water street to Timothy Dona-
hue's house on Summer street - NJ. j.
| Clough, who has recently bought the Rob-
inson house on Main street, is building a
new barn and making some repairs and
changes on the house - Saturday after
noon as Dr. John II. Winch and James N.
johnson, Esq, were discussing the ques-
ton of the propriety of putting certain
name on the checklist, being then in Village
Hail. Mr.. johnson became so provoked at
what the doctor was saying that he struck
him blow on the face with his fist Squire
johnson is the man who attempted to strike
Mr.. Plumley at the same place eight years
ago and also a few years since, when the
late Willis f. Baker was the opposing coun-
sci in case in which he was engaged, threw
Mr.. Baker from the chair in which he
was sitting and kicked him as he lay on the
floor. 1t is hoped the matter will not end
here. - G.. r. Andrews has the lumber
drawn and timber framed to put up store
house twenty-four by forty-two feet in the
railroad yard for his feed business as soon
as the company decides where he can To-
cate the building. - Saturday afternoon
Lemmond J. Holden of Worcester, a
brother-in-law of j. G. Batchelder, came to
the latter's house on the Walling farm and
made disturbance, assaulting Mr.. Batch
elder and his wife Holden was arrested
by Sheriff Howe and put in the lookup,
where he remained over Sunday. Monday
forenoon he was brought before Justice Cob
leigh and fined 1891 for intoXication and
S20.53 for the disturbance. He put some Sc
curity into the officers hands and was given
a week to settle. Mrs. Slayton and
Master Wendell returned last week to Chi
cago. - Mrs. George Richmond and S.
G. Yeaton returned Friday to their homes
in Brooklyn. - c. r.. Ely of Champlain,
n. Y, was in town last week. - Dan
Guild has returned from visit in Mime
sofa. - Mrs. E. Huntley went Friday
to Stoneham, Mass, where she was called
by the severe illness of sister - The
fall term of Norwich University opens
Thursday of this week. - The ladies Of
st. Mary's parish will hold their society
Thursday afternoon and evening in the
rooms at the depot building. - Angus
tus Shontell died Saturday, at the age of
eighty-siX, and was buried Monday after
, noon. - Sunday morning about half
past SIX an engine came down from RoX-
bury sounding the cattle alarm, and on its
arrival it was reported that there was a fire
at Roxbury. The No. engine was loaded
ON the train and in about twenty minutes
the train returned with some fifty tiremen.
They were most handsomely entertained at
the Summit House and returned at eleven
o'clock - The rite of baptism will he
administered at the Episcopal church next
Sunday. - Mrs. j. l.. Moseley is visit
, ing in Massachusetts. w. A. Blake
and family have returned from a visit at
Andover, n. III. - Miss Addie Cobleigh
is teaching at East Roxbury. - Mrs.
II. l.. Kenyon has been visiting in Ar
lington. - Professor Habel is very ill
, with inflammation of the bowels
The vote for governor was Shurtleff, 337
Ormsbee, 291; Seeley, IS; Smith, 4. Demo-
cratic majority, "a. The average of the
county ticket was about the same. For rep
resentative to congress Folsom had 337
Grout, 303; scattering, 3. For town rep
resentatative Mayo (democra) had $40:
Brown (repubcan), 2S0 Sherburn (prohi-
bition) Ii; Cook (greenback). A. scattering
Z: Mayo's majority, Y. The democrats
elected their full justice ticket in the follow
ing order: Thomas Averill j. b. Johnson
Z. S. Richmond, II. w. Clark, Luther Rich,
Henry Jones, ID. b. Wooster Thomas
Elliott, o. o. Miller, S. f. Judd. Averill
had 31l votes and Judd 335. The highest
on the republican ticket was Thomas Slade,
who had 30S. - Tuesday evening at
eight o'clock the band went to DR.. Mavo's
residence on Main street to serenade him.
The doctor was not at home, but the bows
played few pieces and were addressed by
Esquires Fisk aud Johnson. AS the latter
began to speak the band started away After
paying their respects to Mr.. H. r. Brown,
the republican candidate, they called at the
Morris House and the Northfeld House.
GouldsvilIe.
Miss MAY CAss has gone TO PHILADELPHIA
10 stay with her father. - Miss Bertha
Chandler, who has been visiting here, has
returned To her home in Worcester Mass
- There was lawn party at r. L.