The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-27

Rev. George o. Howe preached at the |
Methodist, and Rev. e. Gerry at the Congre-
gational, church Sunday. - A: r. ..
ID. Wheeler have bought the $4,000 stock
of clothing of George A. Laird. 60 John |
Mcbride has sold the Allen place on Pleas
ant street to Charles Bass of New York city. |
80 Salisbury Brothers are building a
large store and dry-house. 1t VIII be con-
nected with the factory by bridge. -
Miss Mary Moses was joined in marriage |
Thurday evening to Albert Gay Of Gays
vile. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. w. f. Peters at the brides home, cor
ner of South Main street and Highland ave-
nue.. A number of invited guests were
present, who provided a good number of
presents. - Duett Flint died Friday
from consumption. Several months since
he sold his interest in the Red Lion Inn to
his partner, Mr.. Nichols, and went to the
farm in Braintree where he died. Mr.. Flint
had a very successful hotel experience here
and in the West.
STAFFORD.
HAzEN ii. CHANDLER has sold to James s.
Morrill, the residence, orchard lot and pas
'ture, lately purchased of the Albert West
estate. - Senator Morrill, and family
leave for Washington this week, - Will
NJ Hatch has received an appointment in
the post-otce department at Washington,
and will at once enter upon the discharge OF
his new duties. - Rev. II. Cummings
and wife returned last Friday from Chicago,
where they had been in attendance upon
the Congregational National Council. -
Fred Hazelton has begun work as salesman
in II. f. Hatchs store. 80 In the remod-
cling of our town-house it was thought best
to retain the high, but graceful and unique,
pulpit and its sounding board. This was in
accordance with the wish of the older por-
ton of our citizens including those who,
forty or fifty years ago, listened to the
preaching of Elders Buzzell, Steele and
Wells in the same editice. But young Amer
lea tlOnpbt 1itfprpntIy. and fine NIGHT of
the 18th inst, with saw and axe, removed
the pulpit SCATTERING it beyond reconstruc-
ion, but graciously allowing the sounding
board to remain. 1t is supposed that the
perpetrators of this outrage did not wish
any condition of things that would interfere
with holding entertainments, dances, etc,
in the old house. - The sudden death
of Rev. George f. Earle, pastor of the Adj
vent church, shocked and saddened our en-
tire community. He had had long but
not severe, attack of typhoid fever and was
thought to be surely but slowly improving,
until last Tuesday morning, when, at nine
o'clock some arrangement of the heart took
place. and in an hour he was no more. His
funeral took place Thursday in the Congre-
gational church. People of all beliefs and
shades of opinion concede his ability, zeal,
purity of life and usefulness.
West Topsham.
Eli Densmore is selling out at auction his
store goods, and Oliver Cove is selling his
farm and stock preparatory to leaving
town. - While Elondus Hood was plow
ing last Saturday with a span of horses one
of his horses jumped, and at the same mo-
ment Mr.. Hood heard the report of pistol.
He thought the horses action was caused
by fright, but he soon discovered blood
running freely from the horses under jaw
and on examination found a bullet hole.
Asa Magoon says he shot at a chicken.
Hood took the horse to the village and had
1t examined, when it was thought the bullet
could be felt in the horses mouth. They
cast the horse and DR.. H. l.. Watson cut in
and took out a square piece of lead about
the size of a buckshot
Tunbridge.
A TELEGRAM from Brunswick, Me-, lately
received, states that Rev. A. b. Drew is
still very low. - Mrs. Thomas Jenkyns
fell and dislocated her shoulder Monday.
- Mrs. &. III. Thompson died Sunday,
after many months suffering. - c. f.
Farnham's horse ran away Saturday and
smashed valuable carriage. - Mrs.
Jane Hoyt was brorght here from Holiston,
Me-, for burial, last Friday.
Washington.
THE Mite Society meets with Mrs. II. A.
White Thursday. 1t being the yearly meet
ing for the election of officers, full attend
ance is desired. - DR.. Farnsworth has
moved out of town. - Mr.. Walbridge
has been engaged to give singing lessons:
Lu DIOWu anu MI. DdTlltll Ddu
a collision last Saturday night in which
Eds wagon was broken. The night was
so dark that neither knew team was APP
preaching until the wheels hit. -
Mr.. ID. p. Emory, an eX-resident of this
town has purchased a house in Barre of
Herbert Camp.
Williamstown.
JAMES II. WALBRlDGE has begun a sing
ing-class in the Jacob Flint district, and has
call to 90 to Washington on Tuesday
evening of this week, where he taught last
winter. He may probably get more g calls r"
than he can answer " in the way of teach
ing. - Our ex-townsman, j. Ebert
Briggs of Rochester, n. Y, has recently
married again. - Liberty Jeflords is
working at his trade (carpenter's) in Barre.
- Eliot Watson will teach the village
school the coming winter; Horace Farm
ham will teach in the David Gale district,
Miss Julia Bass in the AFRO Nichols dis
trict, and Miss Clara Templeton in the
Prentiss Waldo district. - Lyman A.
Work has such complication of diseases,
it is said, that the chances for recovery are
perhaps against him. He has lost ground
in the last week - b. II. Sibley is again
on his feet with the prospect of return, soon,
to his old ways of constant, hard work.
- Our former townsman, Hosea Pat
terson, is to return to Altamont Florida,
for the winter, where he has a situation in
large hotel The place is on the st. Johns
River, eight miles from Orlando. - A
kind act upon the part of Mrs. Wesley Mar
tin NOW of Michigan), on the occasion of
her recent visit here. was the marking of
the grave with marble headstone) of poor
old " Uncle Erastus " Coleman who died
years ago. She was in no wise "related "
to Mr.. Coleman, but in her small-girl-hood
she was a sort of pet with the man, and the
kindly feeling growing out of it led to this
80 last tribute " to his memory. 1t is a pleas
ure to hear, and record. such an act. -
An interesting and well-attended service
was held last Sunday evening at the Will
liam u. Pratt school-house under the di-
rection of our esteemed young townsman,
Rev. Carlos Adams. These services are
likely to be kept up, stately, under the
care of the Methodist and Congregational
churches, and much good may be anticipated
from them. There will be another meeting
there, one week from next Sabbath evening
November Z, at seven o'clock p. NJ.
Miss Emma l.. Ainsworth returns this week
from four weeks stay in Claremont, n.
III. She proposes to go West ere long, where
most of her late fathers family reside
- "Bert" Simons, son of Lucius 81.
mons, is working for George Calef in Prov
idence, II. |. - Mrs. Ophis S. Martin
and daughter are about to turn their steps
homeward, from the West. They will, en-
route, visit friends in Detroit Michigan, and
Ottawa, Canada. They seem to have been
benefited in health thus far by their trip
- The Grange here finds occasion fol
rejoicing in degree of prosperity said tC
be unsurpassed, as to working order" by