The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29

services were held at the house on Sun
day morning, Rev. Harvey Webster Off
ciating, and the body was taken to Plain
field for burial. 80 Rev. II. ID. Miller
was the recipient of a purse of money
and other Christmas gifts from his people,
for which he is very grateful. Equally
thankful, or more so, is he for the kindness
shown his family during the present severe
illness of his only daughter, Miss Florence.
20 Daniel #. Bean, native of this
place, has got ont of the Aroostook (Maine)
woods and is again in Vermont. AT present
he is in Montpelier. 1t would seem that
what is paradise to him is frozen waste TO
another old townsman, j. ID. White who
sends your correspondent a record of tenn
peratures at his Alabama home for the
month of November last. The average
morning temperature was nearly forty-four
degrees above zero, and that of u. 90 p. NJ. a
little over hfty-two degrees above. -
Edwin g. Smith has just been reelected
superintendent of the Congregational Sun
day-school John Farnham has been
chosen superintendent of the Methodist
Sunday-school in place of Herbert p
Martin, recently elected, but who felt he
could not act in that capacity. -
One can find a perfectly contented Vermont
farmer at the house of Hiram Smith of this
place-at least he avows himself to be such.
The farm "a part Of it, at leas) has an I'M
derpinning of granite, and above ground Mr.
Smith has a growing orchard that is his
pride. But despite these facts and we'll
filled barn. the sources of his continual
feast " of contentment would appear to most
people to he outside of material possessions.
- The town hall was well filed on
Christmas eve. or course ii was an occa-
sion of Joy. 80 Mrs. John Adams and
her two daughters are passing the winter
pleasantly some two or three hundred miles
south of San Francisco, Cal. We are glad
to hear that, all things considered, they like
old Vermont enough better than California
to think Of returning to it the coming year.
= A friend of your correspondent in
forms him of the treatment by "A New York
physician of one suffering from some form
Of kidney trouble in which sllim-milk was
the only remedy used. The doctors bill
was S100-the highest price for milk we
have lately heard of. - For some time
past cradle songs" under her own vine
and fig-tree have been Mrs. j. X.
Lynde's musical occupation. But her
mas festival on Friday evening, and per
haps never more effectively and enter
tainingly than on that occasion. -
Miss Clio j. Tarbell and Master Willie
Sibley have won prizes for having been
present in the Congregational Sunday-school
every Sunday during the year 1886. 80
After an absence of several months Miss
Matte Watson, daughter of the late George
! II. Watson, is again in the home of hel
uncle, X. l.. Watson of this place. - G. C.
| Barnes ana son FRANK are canVaSSlng IN the
western part of Massachusetts. - Henry
Lazele and his two sisters are at work il
the wooden factory at Barre. Mrs. Sherman
| Winchester finds employment in the sam,
establishment. - Mrs Della House Ora
ham, accompanied by her sister, little Mis-:
! IneZ House. has returned to Salem Mass.
where she is to reside. - Denison Mar
tin is gaining in health. He is able to ride
out of late. - Mrs. Orcutt Abbott, will
her daughter, Miss Lucy, is in South Royal
ton with the family of her son-n-law, Mar
tin S. Adams. Miss Florence Mile
was made glad by Christmas gift of til,
" Homes of American Poets " from tn,
teachers and fellow-pupils of her Sunday
school class. - Charles Lyon, son-in-lav
of Mr.. Oliver Davenport, has returned from
New York and is to reside hereabouts
- John, only son of Rev II. ID. Miller
came home from Boston last week, to re
main during a portion of the holidays
- Charles Peters has just brought
half-dozen or more horses to town. The.
are for sale. Frank Barnes will ente
Evangelist Moody's boys school at Noun
Hermon, Mass, early in January. -
The services of Miss Ada T.. Martin hav
been in demand of late at Perley Chandler
store Barre, in the sale of holiday wares
- Some one tells of lady's muff mad
of slunk-skns, the price of which was SO
At this rate Williamstown might envy les
AlaSkas seal fisheries.