The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-12
Washington County.
Barre.

WIN III anytnlnp 10 give Jne puDllSner clue
TO the sender's name? Will the person
please notify Mr.. Dixon at once. - A
town meeting will be held Saturday after
noon, to see If the town will exempt certain
manufacturing establishments from taxa
ton. - The books in the library are now
ready for delivery. - Rev. j. j. Lewis
preached for the Universalists last Sunday.
- William Morse lost three-years-o
daughter by death last Saturday. - The
village schools opened with about 100
will number 49S. - The number of real
estate transactions in town the past year
foot up 331
Berlin.
IT is understood there will be preaching
in the Congregational church next Sunday
by the Rev. Mr.. Hall. - The boating sea-
son has commenced with vigor. First-claSs
boats for pleasure-riding or fishing can be had
at Stewards. - We are glad to see that
the road machine has started, as the high
ways are very much in need of repairs. -
The bylaws are out for the creamery at
Berlin Corner. The foundation is in and
part of the timber is on the ground. Men
are at work bringing water for the same
The society have decided to put in the
! Cooley creamers throughout. - School
in district No. is being taught by Miss Grace
Slocum Miss Graham of Montpelier teaches
at the Corner. - Hattie Perrin has gone
to Thetford for few weeks visit.
West Berlin.
THURSDAY, May 9th, about forty of the
relatives and friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Lem
uel Chandler met at their home and gave
them genuine surprise, it being the
twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage.
The afternoon and evening were spent in
social enjoyment, and bountifu sup
ply of refreshments were served, after which
the guests departed wishing them many
happy returns of the day, and leaving them
several presents to remind them of the oc-
casion-among the most valuable being a
hanging lamp from the grange of which they
are members, and a set of dishes, extension
table and table-cloth from relatives and
friends.
Cabot.
MRS HERRICK sister of Mrs. DR.. Gilbert,
was taken to the asylum at Brattleboro last
week. The superintendent gave but little
encouragement in the case. - Much to
the satisfaction of the people of the town
the Vermont Conference returned Rev. Mr..
Enright to the Methodist church in this
place. - The real estate trade has been
quite brisk in town the past two weeks.
- G. G. Hatch has sold his place and
stock of groceries to some parties in VOL
colt. - DR.. Gilbert, having sold his
place at the lower end of Main street to e.
d. Waldo, has rented the Emery Clark
place at the upper end of the street, and
moves to the same this week. - The
much-needed rain last Saturday made the
fields and woods to bud and blossom as the
rose, and complaining will begin the pres
/ ent week, the season being about fifteen
days earlier than usual. - Walter Smith
; son of E. G.. Smith, narrowly escaped a Sc
we're injury last week by being run over by
a wagon loaded with sand. - Mr.. Fifield
has rented the hotel in this place for one veal
of Mr.. Lyman Clark, who takes possession OF
; the property on the foreclosure of the mort
+. gage, June 1st. Mr.. Fifeld is giving good
g satisfaction to the public as landlord
: - The lecture of Mrs. Livermore (" The
S Boy of To-day y last Sunday evening was
t given to crowded house. OF course it will
: not be expected that an outline of the lee
I ture will be given, and we will only sa.
t that everybody was highly pleased with thu
J, lecture and the speaker, as it was expected
: they would be. - Mrs. DR.. Wiswell re
l turned last Friday from her trip to Califor
$ mia. She reports a pleasant trip and wa
r highly pleased with the country. He
r nephew, Wallace Hyde, son of DR.. Hyde
a formerly of Hardwick, returned with her.
! Calais.
a THE remains of Horace Holmes were car
: ried to Morrisville last Saturday and in
:, tered there by the Grand Army Post
: - H. G. Wells of East Calais and Allel
. Morse of Calais have sent petitions witt
|, numerous signers, to congress, praying tina
e body to protect the dairy interest agains
= the encroachments of oleo, by having tina
e product sold for what it actually is. -
It William Pray has fine tive-years-old mare
/
. about sixteen hands high, weighs abou
e LOO pounds and is of good style and colo
| and hard to beat. - NJ. M. Bancroft is il
9 charge of the repair shop at Maple Corner
IS - Hosea Young has moved to Wolcott
Mr.. Young is fine workman, who will b
l. missed as mechanic as well as citizen
II - Everett Morse is at work in the saw
d mill of F. p. Morse in Worcester
" East Calais
n The village school began Monday, on
: week later than usual, owing to the teacl
"a ers being sick. - The officers installe
il last Friday evening by the deputy of Mos
}; COW lodge We're: A. Dwinell, w. G. T.: Inc
(, Mary Dwinell, W. A. S.; DIR. g. H. Gray
# w. f. s.; Mrs. C. r. Dwinell, w. T.; l.. c
If Dwinell, w. c.; Louis Provost, w. NJ
e Fanny Provost, w. ID. M. Edwin Nye, "
tt Sent. Mrs. A. P. Wheelock, w. r. II. S
q Kate Peck, w. l.. III. S. Hattie Wells, "
h guard, was not present to be installed
,t - Charley Wilbur and his wife hav
Ii gone to Barre for the summer. He and hi
" brothers, Byron and Webster, are to wor
h in the quarries. - b. p. White, III. "
II Bullock, l.. ID. Bemis and G. NJ. Gray al
If camping out at Greensboro, enjoying til
h. fishing. Several others have gone, or al
is going, to join them.
It Marshfield.
is THE lot of a newspaper man (although br
IS an humble correspondent is anything bl
"a one of roses. 1t is hard to please ever,
ar body, although we try not to diSplease an,
"a body. However jealousy will crawl in one
"a in while and mar the beauties of the occt
d sion. All there is, if you have anythin
-e worthy of notice if you will hand it to Ir
II II. Edison by Monday noon it will be sci
"a along for that weeks paper. - Th
la Cabot Post, Grand Army of the Republi,
he held special meeting at the vestry of tn
II Methodist church last Saturday evening
O. Hereafter the extra meetings will be hel
n here and the regulars at Cabot. The pos
d being made up of soldiers in this town an
"a Cabot about evenly divided, makes it yer
"a handy for those here to have half of til
r meetings in our village, - Walter an
A. Waldo Perkins sawed one day last week, /
"a nine hours time, sixteen thousand shingle
l. and punched them, using Lane shingl
n mill-a pretty good record to beat. -
in f. Smith of Cabot loaded car of potatoe
of last week at our depot, paying forty cent
of per bushe. - S. II. Fletcher late of on
,s place, has been allowed pension of Sl2 pc
of month as a dependent father. Rufus i
10 Farr has had an increase granted him {
N from So to $40 per month, with back pa
v. amounting to S9S3.S0 Mrs. Prudence Tar
Ile ner has had her pension stopped, on tn
n ground that she was not dependent mothe
,e ON the son for whom she drew pension, q
v she held life lease on the farm where sh
N has made il her home for several years
,e Mrs. Nathaniel Robinson's claim for
of widows pension has been rejected by til
ts commissioner of pensions and she has take