The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-03
JOURNAL WEDNESDAY MARCH 1856

tions ETC., in the town hall next Monday
evening, for the benefit of the Sunday
school library. Admission ten cents. -
The roads were so drifted that we had no
mail Friday or Saturday, and several of our
village people were blockaded in Roxbury.
- g. M. Jones has sold his house to
Henry Parker. His father, Stephen Parker
OF Waitsfield, will occupy the house Mr..
Jones has gone to Bristol to work in store.
- Mrs. Hiram Pierce was buried last
Sunday. - The Woman Christian Tenn
perance Union will meet with Mrs. Lewis
Cardell Tuesday afternoon of next week.
- Levi Allen will be taken to Brattle-
boro this week, instead of last as was re-
ported. 80 Il. ii. Edgerton has returned
from Berlin, where he has been teaching
school. - The school in district No. 8,
taught by Viola j. Billings, closed February
18th. 1t consisted of twenty-five scholars,
eight of whom had no absent marks, viz:
Emma Church. Nina Church, Abbie Church,
George Cook, Retta Carroll Nellie Rob
inson, George Moore and Warner Moore.
Waterbury.
LAST Saturday it seemed as If the storm
center was located in this village, by the
great velocity with which the wind was
blowing The Oldest inhabitants say that it
was the most terrific wind, and of the long
est duration, ever experienced in this Sec
ton. The force was so great that it was
thought best to place boards behind the
M. o. Evans, to keep them from swayng
and breaking. - A large number of tick
cts were sold last Wednesday morning to
attend the carnival at Burlington. Many
who left in the morning returned on the
midnight train, bearing in both body and
mind the sports of King Carnival. -
The Sunday services at both churches were
lightly attended, morning and evening,
the clustering weather rendered it impossi-
BILE for people to make their way out OF
| doors. - e. Il. Ober's singing school,
which is usually held Saturday evenings, in
the basement of the Congregational church,
will be omitted next Saturday evening,
March 6. - Luella Morse Crossett, wife
| of Willis Crossett, died Saturday morn
ing at the home of her father, Horace
Morse. - We are glad to hear that f.
! NJ Bugbee has reopened his carriage fac.
| tory, and, If sufficient patronage is given
him, he will remain in our midst. -
Frank Wells from Clinton, Mass, formerly
a Waterbury boy, made a short visit here
on his return from the carnival. - The
report of the town meeting held yesterday
| (Tuesday) will appear in the next Issue o.
| the WATCHMAN.
WOODBURY..
A RECORD of such storm as has pre-
vailed at this place for the past week is only
to be found among its Oldest inhabitants
| Our friends who have been to Dakota tel
are so frequent there. The roads are com
pletely blockaded. The snow is so hard it vii
bear a man on the drifts, which are all tn,
way from two to ten feet deep. -
daughter of John Fair died last week. Thu
funeral was to have been on Saturday, but
on account of the storm, they could not &c
to the grave, and the friends could not &c
to the house, - Mr. Tyson's peop
from Brooklyn, n. Y, are visiting at Sam
uel Benjamin'ss. - Rev, James Ramag
will start in few days for Scotland, to visi
his friends and accompany his wife back
she having spent the past three month
there with her friends. Her mother is yer,
feeble. - William Nelson and wife
who have worked for Warner Thomas tn
past year, have engaged to work for Alonz
Crandall at Hardwick, Nelson receiving 50
per month and his wife $3.50 per week TO
the coming season. - Elmer Barrett ha
hired out to work for Mark Goodale for 81.
months for S15 per month. - Messrs
Roswell and Edwin Bruce went to Alban
to visit friends last week, and have no
been able to return on account of the storm
- On account of the impossible state O
the roads, town meeting was adjourned TO
two weeks after electing Hiram Putnam
moderator.
Worcester.
THERE are several cases of pneumonia an,
rheumatic fever in town. - The sever
blow and storms of the Goth and 9th ults
completely stopped all lumber business II
this section, the roads being badly blocke,
up. - 1t is reported that the grade,
school question is being discussed in thi
place. - The friends of Mr.. and Mrs
Ransom Walling presented them, on tn
Goth ult, with china tea-set and silver-war
to the amount of about $50, it being tn
thirtieth anniversary of their marriage
- The school taught by Dora Hollistel
in district No II Worcester and Middlesex
closed the 26th ult, after a very successful
term of twelve weeks. Those scholars hay
ing no marks were Eula Putnam and Clyd
Hunt. Hattie Goldsbury had but one mark
Those who had no tardy marks were Haiti
Durfey, Ina Kent, Nettie Nuttng, Mar
and Emma Black, Walter Durfey Fran
Heath, Leland Kent and Ralph Putnam
Those that ranked highest in deportmer
We're Henry Kent, Raj phi Putnam Haiti
Goldsbury and Clyde Hunt. Those VIII
ranked highest in scholarship were Dem
, Putnam, Matey Kent, Flora Hunt, Clyd
, Hunt, frankie Heath. Miss HOLSTER ell
deared herself to all her pupils by her kin
and pleasant ways, and secured many war;
, friends in the neghborhood, - Mrs
, g. Closson, who has been so long i'll wit
paralysis, died the 26th ult. - 1t is +,
ported that NJ. j. Bailey has bought I'll
> William Markham place. - H. w. Co
lier is reported quite sick. - Eta ,
Hunt of New Hampshire has come here fC
+ a visit