The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-20

absent about TWO months on WISH W
friends and relatives in Ohio and New
York, returned home last week. -= Mrs.
w. NJ Keeney and daughter and Mrs. Dart
of Hartford, Conn, are visiting with Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. V. b. HOLSTER. 80 The
new road running from this village to West
Calais is now open to the public.
Marshfield.
ELI Epson came so near cutting off two OF
his fingers that he will he obliged to stop
work for while. - Sunday was OBJ
served by the workers of temperance at the
Methodist church by sermon in the morn
ing by the Rev. Mr.. Wells, and speaking,
singing, reading, etc, in the afternoon
- Alice and Nellie Packer have gone
to Lowell, Mass, to visit their brother, Dr.
Ed. Packer. Alice will return the last OF
the week with her millinery goods. Nellie
remains for longer vacation. 80 Old
Mrs. Meader il very sick and is not expected
to recover. - Mrs. Williams is quite i'll.
- Rufus Farr has bought the house in
the village owned by Moody Bemis ==
home last week Tuesday night, it being her
birthday. Some very nice presents were
left. 80 Mark Bliss has moved back from
Craftsbury, where he has worked for DR..
Wiswell the past year. - Amasa Tucker
has moved on to the John b. Pike farm to
stay through the winter. - AT the
school meeting in the village last week,
Charles Robinson was chosen committee.
ENERGY Benton to finish the town school,
Mrs. Eddy not being able to keep it longer.
- ID. b. Bancroft has rented the hotel
to Mr.. Pike from Hardwick, who takes i'm
mediate possession
Northfield.
G. D. Edgerton, at f. Plumleys Office,
over A. f. Denny's store, will receive sub
sCriptons and advertisements for the
| WATCHMAN. and accounts can he paid to
him. 80 a. Il. Denny is painting his
house. 80 The ladies of the Universalst
church will hold a sociable at Concert Hall
Thursday afternoon and evening of this
week. - Hiram Coburn has moved to
North Newport, n. H., and G.. II. Briggs to
West Randolph. - Mrs. Mary Cory is
i'll with typhoid fever and Mrs. c. w. Steele
with bilious fever. :" Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. Soper of West Randolph were in town
last week. - ID. II. Dutton and wife of
! Royalton are visiting at J. II. CIRCUITS.
- Mrs. j. II Orcutt, Principal j NJ Hit
and o. ID. Edgerton and wife attended the
Grand Lodge of Good Templars at Newport
last week. - John F. Davis and wife
went to Boston last week; Mrs. Davis will
return by way of Rutland and visit friends
in that vicinity. - Will Woodbury. went
to White River Junction last week to run a
barber shop during the owners absence of a
fortnight. Miss Etfie Thurston OF
West Randolph is visiting her brother, f,
O. Thurston. - Mrs. Byron A. Webster
of Big Rapids, Mich, is visiting in town
- Mrs. G. s. Richmond is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Jackson, at Fayetteville, n. Y
- Mrs. Betsey p. Weatherbee, living
with her daughter, Mrs. Badger, on Vine
street. had third shock of apoplexy last
Thursday and died Sunday morning. Fu-
neral services will be held this "wednesday
afternoon at two o'clock. Mrs Weatherbet
was seventy-eight years old. - Rev. w
S. Hazen will return the last of this week
and service will be held at the Congrega
tional church next Sunday. - The la
dies of the Congregational church will hav,
a boiled dinner at Howes' Hall on Wednes
day of next week at half-past-twelve O'Clock
All are invited to attend. - Misses
Adde and Lizzie Quimby started Tuesday
of this week for Southern California. 60
G. f. Reed was in Boston last week buying
his winter stock of clothing. - Alonz'
Preston is painting his house. - Mr.. ant
Mrs. W. G. Nye returned Saturday from
Massachusetts and left Tuesday for thei
Our Awful Aunts' will be presente,
at the Good Templars lodge meeting thi
week.
GouldsvilIe.
Mrs. ALICE SPENCER went to New Yorl
last week, where she was to meet her hus
band. - Charles Sawyer and wife arr
to commence housekeeping at Mortified
u. W. Flint and wife of Barre and r
W. Flint, representative of Hancock, spen
the Sabbath with Mrs. III. l.. Rich: -
Ernest Cross is clerking for G. f. Hurley
- Mrs. w. b. Worthing represented
this lodge at the Grand Lodge - Georg
Hills family have moved to Boston.
Plainfield.
THE young people of the Universalist SC
, cety will present the following farce, en-
titled "The Grecian Bend at Kinney's hal
on Monday, Oct. %, 1886. Admission te
cents. - Arthur n. Lane, who has bee
, for more than eight weeks seriously an
rl,nt Oh Gi.lr 1ryip
his face so that his jaws have been set, is IL
better and it is feared he will not get wei
: He can talk but little, suffers severe pal
and has taken nothing but liquid food fo
e several weeks - A. f. Snow and wifi
b. have gone to Dover, \. H., to visit hi
= paralytic shock. - Mrs. Mary Kidde
= has gone to Keseville, n. Y, to visit he
t daughter. Mrs. A. G. Ferrin. - Mrs.
d: d. Richards has gone to Nashua, \. H.,
l. visit friends. - Mr.. and Mrs. g. ID. Kit
n der have gone to Boston to spend fe
$ days. - F. G. Hoyt and Joseph va
d have just commenced work for Joseph Ma
Il tin of Barre on a job saving wood of abol
e fifteen hundred cords. - Nat. ID. Pas
: who has been sick for several weeks wit
$ typhoid fever is apparently some bette
d - II. NJ. Harvey, ESD, representatiN
y to the legislature from Topsham, was ii
st guest of John Foss of this place last Satu
2. day Mr.. Harvey is a live man and his i
: fluence for good will is used and felt in II
: legislature. - Rev. Mr., Swinnerton al
1t family, who have been visiting in Mass
d chusetts for several weeks, are expected
return home this week, and services will
held in the Congregational church as usu
# next Sunday - Plainiield Cornet Ban
ne are to have a promenade concert at Sla
al toms hall next Saturday night the 23d, al
ne also promenade the Both, one week fro
al Saturday evening at Bancroft's hotel
: Marshtield by special request.
X Waitsfield.
he O. II. Joslin's horses became frighten,
" while drawing corn into the barn one III
as last week, and ran to the barnyard whel
IL striking a wall, one was instantly kill
III and the other survived only IA few day
III - Mrs Edwin House died sudden
ol last Friday morning, at three o'clock. S
d spoke with her husband apparently
rs right, and when Mr.. House awoke at fly
so his wife was lying dead by his side -
a Rev. o. ID. Clapp and u. II. McAllister
u tended the Grand Lodge of Good Templf
u at Newport last week. - Rev. j. Sh,
as burne occupied the desk of the Method
e. church last Sabbath morning.
~, Waterbury.
ng WHILE William Barnes was carrying b
EN- ter from his wagon, in the rear of Knigh
m block, to Hopkins butter cellar in the ba
ed ment, his horse started up and became I
c. tangled in the wheel of John Goodwin
to wagon, over-turning it with its occupal
Mrs Goodwin but very fortunately tn,
was no one hurt nor property INJURED to "A
extent. - Mr.. Morarty's team TO
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