The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
Washington County.
Barre.

on their excursion to WeirS, N. H., last Sat
urday. The party arrived at 11:40 A. NJ, and
after dinner took ride on the lake. going
to Wolfborough and return. == Rev. Mr..
Wheeler has returned from Saratoga and
preached last Sunday. - II. Webster
has bought the Bates quarry, paying $1,000
per acre therefor. - George =. Boyce
has moved into his new house. =- Clark
Freeman has purchased the residence of
Charles Granger on Main street. 80 The
Hotel Barre - now has a covered coach
80 b. f. Dunham and j. w. Gordon
have formed partnership in the granite
large lists of arrivals the past week. 80
Rev. j. f. Rhoades has returned from his
vacation.
THE officers of Winooski lodge, No. SS,
l. o. of G. T., for the quarter commencing
Waldo V. T., Alice E. Morse; S., Budd
Bruce; f. S., Fred Walbridge T., Laura
| Pike; c., II. NJ. Hills; NJ, Walter Osgood;
g., Myrtle Boyles; sentinel, Frank South
Perkins; organist Shirley Smith, p. c. T.,
j. g. Pike. The outlook is encouraging.
East Calais.
DIR. I. f. DwINELL of Oakland, Cal, will
preach here next Sunday morning at the
usual hour and j. Harry Holden at one
o'clock. - The Dwinell brothers will
hold family basket picnic and sugar party
at the old homestead tomorrow Thursday
at ten o'clock, to which all relatives and
friends are cordially invited. The brothers
are all at home now, Mr.. Alexander Dwnell
having arrived from New York the first of
last week. == The party at Camp Wilbur
broke camp Friday afternoon, just in season
to avoid the heavy shower of the following
night. The six tents which comprised the
camp were pitched at the lower edge of the
Wilbur sugar-place, a little removed from
the pond. Immediately in front was a nice
tennis court and overlooking this on the
right, circle of hammocks was swung, in
the center of which the campfire was lighted
at dark. The regular party consisted of
twelve six ladies and six gentlemen-but
the beautiful location and perfect weather
attracted many visitors during the week.
On Tuesday the Dwinells, party of seven
teen took dinner and spent the afternoon
at the camp. The visitors for the remainder
of the week included Mr. and Mrs. A. j.
Holister, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. V. b. Hollister,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Buttertield and cousin,
Mrs. Rood of Bridgeport, Conn, and Web.
and Austin Cate. The honors of the camp
were awarded to Neae White and o. X.
Hollister; Hattie Goodwin and Neale A.
White as champions at tennis, and to Nellie
White and o. X. Hollister as most success
full fishermen, but the contest among the
boys as to who would cook the best break
fast was declared draw - The ball
game at Plaintield on Saturday again re-
suited in an overwhelming defeat for the
! East Calais boys. The score this time stood
thirty to seventeen. = During the past
week several boys have been camping and
fishing at East Long pond with good luck
The best catches were made by W. h. Stod
dard and B. l.. Wilbur. - B. p White
, and Albert George returned from Camp
} Watson Saturday night with reports of 8
good time.
North Montpelier.
THE skating-rink in this village is to be
to tba lot n1rh lia Co r1ay
evening at the usual hour. E. w. Cate, the
new proprietor will make everything pleas
ant to his patrons, and it is to be hoped they
will give him grand turnout - There
seems to be quite an anti-Edmunds element
in this town, and how much it will amour
= to remains to be seen next month. -
Our campers returned home last week Fri
day, and report a jolly good time. -
' George X. Foster, for the present stoppin!
at Bethlehem, n. H., made flying visit t,
his relatives in town last week. - Mis-.
Martha Flint of Boston spent her vacation
, with Miss Hattie Goodwin of this village
: returning home last week.
Marshfield.
AMAsA TUCKER has a two-year-old heife
+ that dropped her calf June 1st which gav'
y thirty pounds of milk in one day that mad
+ twenty-five ounces of butter. - Obe(
! Lamberton, who had been sick for Ions
time, died last Friday. His funeral was at
, tended at his home on Sunday. - Iri
, Edison was home Sunday from Barre, wher,
. he intends to move his family next week
I. - Albert Town moves his family tt
> Montpelier next Saturday, to take charge o
> the Seminary Hill clearinghouse. Friend
r in this town will make them farewell visi
n Wednesday night. - Rev. G.. l.. Wells
r pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church
attended camp-meeting at Waits River las
O week. - Quite number of our town.
| people went to Harvey's pond, West Barnet
to see the divers search for the body of Mr.
a Moody's son of Peacham, who was browne,
K last week Tuesday. 1t had not been founo
f as late as three o'clock Sunday afternoon
a - There is to be a promenade concer
a Saturday night at DIR. Bancroft's hall. -
n The Bemises and their many relatives ant
= friends are to hold a basket picnic on tn
: farm of Moody Bemis Thursday, Angus
y 10Th. All are cordially invited The Marsh
, field cornet band is expected to be present
q - Obadiah Lamberton, one of the old
h est inhabitants of this place, died at his sol
! Albert's residence last Friday and was
a buried on Sunday, Rev j. ID. Bailey officiat
i ing at the funeral.
o Middlesex.
= MICHAEL MoRIARTY, a farmer aged abou
= sixty years, who was thrown from load O
= hay some days ago, died on Saturday from
\ the effects of his injuries.
/, Shady Rill.
y EDWARD CUMMINGS, who has been spend
ing his vacation at home, has started fo
5 Bates Theological School at Lewiston
I Maine, stopping for few days to vsi
/ friends in Tunbridge and Randolph -
l. Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Herrick have bee
> visiting friends in Cabot and Calais. -
!. The school in district No. u commences
y this week, with Laura Durfee as teacher.
S Moretown.
: Mrs. +. ID. GRIFFITH has pansy geranium
II one year old last spring, that has 125 bios
SONS and 319 buds on it.
Northfield.
= C. ID. EDGERToN, at f. Plumleys Office
y over A. f. Dennys store, will receive sui
If scriptons and advertisements for tn
v WATCHMAN, and accounts can be paid t.
e him. - The Woman's Christian Temper
n ance Union will meet Thursday Afternoon
IS at three o'clock with Miss Lizzie Knapp
= Bible readng-subject, "The Christian
e Shout" =- One hundred sixty tickets tt
S RoXbury We're sold at this station last Fri
g day and ninety-four to Burlington. -
n Joseph Townson recently broke his collar
It bone by falling from the wagon on the wa.
V to work in the Morris quarry The fractur
It was a bad one, but he is recovering. =-
d The Central Vermont camp-meeting viii
= open on the camp-ground at this place OF
IS Friday of this week and continue one week
r - Mrs. David Fisk has moved from
o North street to the tenement in Mrs. Davis
n house, corner of Vine and Pearl streets, latel,
+ vacated bV G.. n, WhitmarSh. 60 Tn