The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16

day of last week. 60 Miss Charlotte
Ropes is in st. Johnsbury attending COM
mencement. - Arrangements have been
made with the Citizens Band of this place
TO play for the celebration to be held at
Richmond, July 9TH. 60 Forrest Pickett
has just completed a canoe thirteen feet
long by two feet wide.
Waterbury Center.
Mrs. BETsEy SMITH died very suddenly
last Thursday night at the residence Of
her son-in-law, William Humphrey. Mrs
smith was apparently as well as usual, do
ing chores about the house until bedtime,
when she went to her room, and about ten
minutes afterwards her daughter went in
and found her unconscious. She died at
about eleven O'Clock the same night. Her
age was seventy-seven years. - John
Hayes has a grade Jersey heifer that the
day she was two years old gave twenty-five
and one-half pounds of milk, from which was
made twenty-eight ounces of butter. -
Last Wednesday the Ladies' Aid Society
went to Stowe and visited Mrs. s. X. Weeks.
leams were furnished and about twenty
i've from this place enjoyed the ride and
visit, meeting many friends from Stowe, who
came in to visit with them. The next meet
ing of the society will be with Mrs. o. II.
Minott next week Friday, when it is hoped
there will be a full attendance. - The
change in the time of holding the sociable is
in consequence of the Grand Army picnic,
which is to be held Wednesday, the odd on
grounds near j. I. Parcher's. Everybody
is invited. - The hulled-corn festival
by the Relief Corps was successful. All the
exercises were good, and the attendance
large for so small place. - Children's
day was observed at the Methodist church
last Sunday by appropriate exercises and
profusion of flowers. - George w. War
rem is building a fine horse-barn, III. f.
Smith and r. A. Watts doing the work.
Mr.. Warren has had his cancer removed by
physician from Swanton, and there are
now strong hopes of his recovery. - At
the republican caucus held here last Satur-
day E. A. Newcomb, l.. II. Haines, Charles
Wells and G. w. Randall were elected del
egates, and j. S. Wheeler, William M.
Wade, r. j. Barber and John Q. Seabury
We're chosen as substitutes. - Professor
A. Nj. Marsh has left for Rochester, n. H.,
where he will stay few weeks before
going to his home in Maine. - r.. N.
Demeritt, of the firm of Lewis & Demeritt,
bakers and confectioners of Plattsburgh, n
Y, was in town over Sunday, looking as
hearty as ever. He has engaged Wilbur
Talbert to work for him and took him back
with him last Monday morning. - DR..
e. j. Foster has come out with new two
wheeler which is very comfortable. The
doctor has been called to Underhill to
visit patients, making drive of more than
twenty-five miles. - Mr. and Mrs. NJ. l..
Snyder of Essex Junction were visiting
friends in this place last week.
Woodbury..
| Mrs. RoxANA JACKSON had a slight stroke
Of paralysis last week Tuesday night, from
which she is now suffering. She had just
returned from the barn and, feeling
strangely, managed to get to her room,
where she was afterwards found in an al
most unconscious condition. A tramp
called on Warner Thomas one day last
week, and he was ordered to the poor-house
| by the overseer. Fred Bushee has
purchased Of j. l.. Coburn one-half of the
Curtis Burnham place " for $500 He will
move on to it next fall - The stage is
again being driven by Joseph Benjamin.
- The meeting of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety held at Albert Burnham's was well
attended and pleasant affair.
Worcester:
MISSES ANGIE AND RozZIE KELLEY have
arrived home from Boston, where they have
been stopping for the past few months
- Lucian Keith was suddenly called
away last week to attend the funeral of his
brother. - Jennie Lowell started for
Long Island the 14th instant, where she is
to work in hotel.