The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-21
Orange County.
Bradford.


Bradford.
THE remains of William f. Pickett who
recently died in Boston were brought home
for interment, last Thursday. - Colonel
j. II. Benton, Jr. of Boston has been en-
gagged to deliver the Grafton on Memorial
day The Lisbon cornet band will furnish
music. - E. 7. Smith of East Corinth
has been made trustee of the Bradford Saw
ings Bank, to fill the vacancy occasioned by
H. b. Stevens selling his stock, preparatory
to moving to California. - Il. A. Gibbs
and Carl Stevens started for Marysville,
CAL, last Tuesday. - Rev. j. Fassett
and family of Montana, ILL.,, are in town
visiting relatives. II II. b. Chandler
started for Waltham, Mass, Saturday. His
family will remain here for few weeks
longer. - Abbie Bliss is to teach the
school in district No. 2, which begins next
Monday.
AN enjoyable drive whist party was given
last Friday evening by Mrs. b. f. Herrick
- w. b. Hebard's recent loss by fire
has been satisfactorily adjusted. - Miss
Carrie Hutchinson is to teach the summer
term of school in the Peth district. 60
We do not think it necessary for the Saliva
ton Army to visit this town, but if they
must tackle us we will try and make the
best of it. - Mr.. j. d. Flint is improv-
ing. - Rev. S. l.. Vincent of West Hart
ford made his many friends visit last week
- Mrs. Eugene Mann and Mrs. A. L.
Adams are on the sick list.
Chelsea.
A LARGE audience met in the Congrega-
tional church on Tuesday evening of last
week to listen to the lecture of Mrs. Mary
I. Lathrap of Michigan, who came here on
invitation of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union. The subject of her lecture
was, "Who is Concerned in the Settle
ment?" and her especial topic was constitu-
tional prohibition. In your correspondents
judgment, she is by all means the most
pleasing and forcible speaker of all the
ladies to whom we have listened here on
the subject of temperance. - Fred Ord
way has given up his position with j. b.
Bacon & Co., and will drive the South
Royalton stage through the summer. Abel
bert 1. Skinner takes his place in the store.
- f.. f. Peters has moved into II. w.
Dearborn's house on Jail street, and Mrs.
Peters will have her millinery rooms there.
- Francis Bradshaw advertises to sell
his farm near the Foss corner at auction
on Saturday next. - Ella r. Hood, for
some time employed at the Mclean Asylum,
Somerville, Mass, has returned home.
- III. j. Locke has resigned his position
as principal of the Academy to take charge
of a graded school at Leroy, Mimi, and
left for his new field of labor on Saturday,
John NJ. Comstock is TO finish out his term
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of the late Mrs. Fanny ID. Smith will be
sold at auction tomorrow Thursday at
Ira Hoods s. - Miss A. A. Clement, town
superintendent, will hold the regular spring
examination of teachers on Saturday next
- Rev. w. ID. Williams, general mis-
sionary of the Vermont Domestic Missionary
Society, is to preach in the Congregational
church tomorrow Thursday evening
- E. Bixby & Son of South Royaltor
are to take possession this week of the
furniture rooms lately occupied by j. A
Twiss. The latters sign appears ON the
building west of j. b. Bacon & Co. store
- Miss Nellie Cooley is in Boston this
week buying spring goods. - Miss Nora
e. Hobbs is visiting her old friends here
- Mrs. j. b. Atwood is in Manchester
n. H., on visit.
Corinth.
STEPHEN BLAKE, aged some seventy-five
years, died quite suddenly last week. -
Mrs Warren Carleton, who has been in
| feeble health for two or three years past
was buried at the Center last Sabbath
- Farmers are busily engaged in
springs work.
East Corinth.
THE monthly meeting of the Temperate,
Union is to be held with Miss Flora Pag,
next Saturday evening - There wer'
no services at the church last Sunday
- Charles Page recently lost Yer,
valuable Jersey COW. - E. T. Taplin
who has one of the finest sugar-places il
town, contracts his sugar to parties in Bos
ton for thirteen cents per pound. 80 MIR
and Mrs. j. b. Kemp and Mr.. and Mrs. r
II. Fulton, who have been in Boston for TIN
past week, returned home Saturday.
Newbury.
THE last quarterly meeting of the Metho
dist Episcopal church for this conference
year occurred last Saturday and Sunday
II a.s,xs. l. q. home
inside and out. 1t is reported that he viii
soon return to Newbury to live. 80 On
village schools began Monday. Miss Matti
Chamberlain teaches in Ok Bow district an,
Miss Belle Hubbard in the brick school
house. 60 Several of the citizens ar
planting their gardens. - A large quar-
tity of maple sugar has been made. 80
Roads in the valley are dry and the trave
ing is good. The hill roads are muddy.
Orange.
THE public examination of teachers will
held at the town hall next Saturday at min
o'clock A. NJ. - Sugar-makers have gail
cred their buckets. About the usual quar
tity has been made, but the quality is not {
the best. - f. G. Crockett has tn
measles. C. MAPrescott has been very sic
with the same tlisease, but is improving
- Miss Lucia Hartman spent Sunda
with Mrs. M. b. Curtis. She intends
start for Sioux City, Iowa, in about weel
West Randolph.
PINAFoRF, presented by the Choral Uniol
assisted by III. ID. Hopkins, Jr., of Mon
pelier and Beedle's orchestra, drew packe
hall last Thursday evening. The actors SUI
tanned their parts well, some of them III
usually so. This, the last entertainment
the lecture course, shows that we have hon
talent which no town need be ashamed o
The opera will be repeated to-morro
, Thursday evening, for the benefit of I'll
Choral Union, when another full house
expected 80 The Shepard family gay
/, two first-class entertainments here la
week. - Four boys from Boston, wi
:. have been in this vicinity for some tin
, past, have stolen property from various pa
,, ties. On Sunday last they planned to leal
town, and two of them were caught
Bethel. They were found guilty, and
this writing 1t looks as though they woul
: be unable to procure bail, in which cas-
: they will be taken to Chelsea Jail. - I
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