The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-01

HARRISON BAILEY, an old and respected
citizen, died suddenly last week. He re-
tired in his usual good health, but died be-
fore the next morning. - Mrs Hattie
giving in town. - Mr.. Adams and wife
are stopping in town. They are engaged in
writing history of Orange county -
Professor b. NJ. Weld was in town last
week. - Two farms belonging to the
estate of the late Jacob Kent were put up
at auction last Saturday, but neither of them
was sold. - Mrs. r. NJ Chamberlin and
daughter went to Boston Monday on visit
of a few weeks. 80 Mrs a. G.. Wood and
her two sons of Northampton spent Thanks
giving week in town with their friends.
49, Mr.. Ezra Clark has sold his residence
on Pine street to Mrs. Bailey Avery. -
George w. Kent has been taken to the
poor-farm. He has had two paralytic shocks
of late. - Miss Lois Bailey who came
home from Taunton, Mass, last week to at
tend the funeral of her father, has con
cluded to remain at home with her mother
this winter 60 The winter term of school
at the Seminary commences tomorrow
(Thursday) - Rev. S. l.. Bates preached
his fifteenth anniversary sermon last Sab
bath. - Abner Bailey, who went to
Akron, Ohio, last spring as clerk for j. +.
Wesener, returned home last week. He
will remain in Vermont during the winter.
West Randolph.
IHIRTf-flVE couples attended tne lhanKS-
giving ball in Concert hall. - G.. Il.
Hutchinson of East Randolph, Wis, is visit
ing relatives in this town and Braintree.
- Mrs. Howe and Mrs Ayres of Ohio
have been visiting Mrs Il. ID. Richardson on
Pleasant street. They are daughters of the
late Captain Warner of this place -
The winter term of the graded school will
commence Monday, December 9th &C.
U. S. Grant post G. A. r., will elect officers
for the year ensuing December Sd. -
Fred Spencer is recovering from a severe
attack of typhoid fever. - Henry Rob
inson has moved into his newly-fnished
house at Robinson junction. - Will j.
Blodgett is in Canada. He is special agent
for the wholesale ash man, Mr.. Stevens.
- Ransom Wood has been visiting in
Boston. - Mrs Mary Blood has gone to
East Randolph. - Benjamin G.. McIn-
tyre, who was shot in Alaska, was buried
Monday afternoon of this week with Ma
sonic honors. Rev. Homer White of North
field attended the funeral, at which a very
large number was present.
West Topsham.
JIMMIE LANDER, who had for a long time
been a town charge, died last week. 80
Beede & Tibbtts have moved their families
to Maine. - p. a. Newton has moved
back on to his farm Mrs. George
Newton and son have gone to Philadelphia
to spend the winter.
luHDFluxe.
Mr.. j. S. GAY shipped his household
goods to Cavendish last week. He and his
family started for that place the oath of No
vember. - Horace Woodland of Cam
pello, Mass, spent Thanksgiving here with
his brother, A. p Woodland. - A
hanging-lamp and an easy-chair were pre-
sented to Mr. and Mrs j. S. Gay last Tues
day evening by their friends. - The
Relief Corps continues to grow. Election of
officers December 18th. - Fred Hay
ward has been at home for few days. -
The Chelsea telegraph line has been in
spected and repaired the past week. -
Mrs. George Leavitt is i'll. - Will II.
Gould has lately purchased the Widow Hall
house in the North village. - The la
dies promise campfire soon. - Charles
Coriss is at home
Williamstown.
THERE was a larger attendance than usual
in late years upon the Thanksgiving service
at the Methodist church last Thursday.
The sermon was by Rev. r. ID. Miller and
was greatly enjoyed. The text was Deuter-
onomy XXXii 10, last clause" He made
him to suck honey ont of the rock and
oil out of the tlinty rock" The subject of
the sermon was the providential leading of
the earliest settlers of New England and
the grand training of their descendants
physically, intellectually and religiousy-
| through what seemed to he adverse features
of New England life. 1t was felt that this
! sermon deserved a wider hearing. In the
/ light of it the wide, wide world may find
| occasion for thanksgiving for old New En-
gland. - Joshua f. Bailey, farmer
| who finds himself rewarded for the atten-
| ton he has paid to his fruit-trees in years
| past, is in possession of an apple he likes
! better than the Fameuse and which he has
christened Baileys Favorite, 1t seems to
! have no registered pedigree. Like Topsy,
] il lust " grOwed." so far as Mr.. Bailey
] two. ha hos t.alr s,,,t,
and grated into others, and it may YET
become "A general favorite -= Mrs. Har-
vey Webster, having occasion some days
ago to 60 to the cellar door of the Methodist
parsonage, became suddenly unconscious
! and fell the length of the cellar stairs. She
received severe injury about one foot and a
hip, and at this writing is i'll sad plight
We hear her physician fears the trouble was
something quite like apopleXy. - Daniel
ID. Royce has just lost horse for which he
had refused Sl75 - Miss Fanny f
| Waldo returns to the Methodist Seminary
| at Montpelier for the winter. =-= Joel
Bass, a student in st. Johnsbury Academy
came home for Thanksgiving. - Mrs
| Martin S. Adams of South Royalton is visit
! ing her mother, Mrs. Orcutt Abbott. -
After run of typhoid fever John Perry is
again able to be out - Wilbur +. Adams
has had the pleasure and benefit of a week
in Boston with his brother, Rev Carlos
Adams, a student in the Methodist Episco
copal Theological Seminary there. ===
Henry Lazelle has returned from Lawrence
Mass, where he has been living for some
months past - James Walbridgt
teaches vocal music four evenings weel
here and in Washington. - Walter
Granger of Barre, son-in-aw of James
Burnham, was moving his effects last weel
to the Septa Simons farm, lately bought o
Herbert Colby. - Our eX-townswoman
Mrs. Cornelia FELTON, Ide, daughter of tn,
late Mrs. Ariel Hail. died November a
her home in Croydon, y. H., of disease o
the liver. - Erwin ii. Martin is to teacl
the winter school in the Calvin Flint dis
trict. 80 Nelson Carleton has returne,
from visit of several weeks with his sister
in Dakota. == Rev. Alvaro Webste
some days since got prick of pin that il
proving serious. He is laid aside from worl
and something like blood poisoning is feared
80 The Universalst sociabe appointed
for last Friday evening was postponed til
Friday evening of this week. - For tn
first time within the recollection of one of on
old citizens two policemen, Messrs. Jane
Burnham and Charles Webster, were re
Gently sworn into Office here on specia
occasion. So One of our old-time citizens
Nathan Capron a brother of the late Lyman
Capron, has lately been in town. He hail
from Providence, II. /. David NJ
Smiths son, Alvin, is to teach in Marshfel
the coming winter. - The family coy
of Edwin Smith, the meat man, had LEI
broken in the stall not long ago. ==
Wells, Lamson Il Prie find such deman
for the fine quality of granite obtained her