The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-31
Washington County.



sold his farm and was building at South
Barre, and was living in the village with
his son, William, from which place his
funeral was held Saturday afternoon. -
Mrs. Strong, formerly of Berlin, and who re-
Gently purchased residence here, died last
death. Her funeral was from her late resi-
dence on Sunday. Her daughter, living
with her, is very sick with the same disease,
we understand. 60 Charles Kenerson
has sold his granite business to Messrs.
Emslie q Coburn, and will go to work
shortly for Wetmore q Morse. - Last
Friday the selectmen moved the town safes
from the fork-shop Office to the south room
of the new hall block, where those having
to do with town records may find Clerk
Perry in attendance daily. - There is to
be sugar sociable at the Methodist Episco-
pal vestry this wednesday, evening. The
ladies invite everybody and their friends to
come and eat sugar 80 John Coriss has
moved from ID. w Mowers block to f. w.
Cilley's house, South Main street. -
Last Friday evening, at the Methodist
vestry, George w. Kennedy of Waterbury
delivered his lecture, "The Lions in the
Way" to an audience that seemed to be
much pleased and were often moved to
laughter and applause. - Rev. p. Nc
MILAN preached in the Methodist Episcopal
church last Sunday afternoon. 60 Mr..
and Mrs Arthur Wilder of st. Johnsbury
made short call in town last week Mrs.
Wilder will be pleasantly remembered as
Mary Stafford formerly of this town. -
There was q small fire in George Hills old
house at Gospel Village last Monday noon,
it having caught near the stove-pipe. The
flames were extinguished with but slight
damage. - There is to be sugar So
ciable at the Universalist vestry next Fri
day evening.
GODDARD SEMINARY.
Miss STONE of Washington County Gram
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Miss Kendall has nearly twenty students
in instrumental music. - Professor Kent
began his work in penmanship last week.
- Mr.. Drew treated the school to sugar
on snow last Saturday. - Miss Jennie
Lazelle of Plainfeld is taking music lessons
of Miss Kendall. - The senior class have
elected the following officers: President, B.
A. Flanders; vice-president, Alice Black
mer; secretary, Martha Calef; treasurer,
| Minnie Skinner. - Programme for the
lyceum held on Friday evening: Music,
mixed quartet; inaugural address; piano
solo, Miss Wellington; discussion, " Re
sOlUed, That the United States might in
crease her territory to an advantage"
Berlin.
THE remains of two elderly ladies', Mrs.
Leonard Lawrence and Mrs. Reuben Strong,
formerly residents of this town, were
brought here for interment last week. -
The creamery has got new send-off and is
now considered a sure thing. - ElbeT
House has gone to West Randolph to work
of Michigan is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Woodbury.. - new minis
ter is expected to preach here on trial in
the near future. 1t is hoped he will be ac.
ceptable, as the society has been without
a pastor for several months. - Mrs
Charles Stebbins and the little one are al
the old homestead in this place for few
weeks. Her home is in Chicopee, Mass.
Cabot.
THE entertainment given at the churcl
at Lower Cabot, last Friday evening, by tn,
class in elocution under the instruction o
Miss L. Gertrude Wiswell, was very pleas
ant affair. The class numbered sixteeI
pupils. All sustained their parts in the
most perfect manner, showing that their in
struction had been most thorough and com
plete. Miss Wiswell is becoming quite
popular as teacher in elocution and bid:
fair to rank high at no distant day as al
elocutionist. - Landlord Fifeld of the
Winoosk Hotel made his debut as caterer tt
the public last Thursday evening by furnish
ing supper and entertainment to sixty
couples, who sat down to tables bountifully
loaded with all that the most delicate palat,
could desire. All agreed that his most es
Unable helpmeet knew just how to max,
everything first-class. The music for tn,
promenade was furnished by Cabot band
which fully sustained its reputation as being
the leading band of the valley. - Char
ley Haines introduced his index finger OF
the left hand to the circular saw, last week
in such way that it was somewhat lacer
ated. - e. +. Smith has hen that laiC
last Thursday an egg nine inches long
seven and one-fourth inches in circum
ference and weighed four and one-hal
ounces. - Judge Fishers daughter
Hattie, who was reported in last week
WATcHMaN as very ill, is convalescent
| ha
from their sugar party given on the evening
of the 23d. - Samuel Metcalf has bough
Moses l.. Haines' tenement-house at Lowe
Cabot, and Ed. Goodwin has rented tn
Patterson block and blacksmith shopin tina
village.
ABOUT half the farmers have tapped thei
sugar-places. - The best of hay is sell
ing for $40 per ton at the barn. - Their
is to be a lawsuit at the vestry at the Cente
of the town next Saturday Jay Hersey be
ing the alleged plaintiff and John Whit
the defendant - Oliver Ainsworth ha
moved on to the Calvin Nourse place, whic
he will carry on the present year. - TIL
illness of his wife prevents Walter Clarl
from moving to his farm in Orange at pres
|, ent. - Harry Hawkins has taken tn
sugar-place on the Alvah Jennings farm o
: shares. - Robins have put in an appear
1 ance. - There is To be comedy at tn
Center next Saturday, free to spectators
- Sugaring will be comparatively cas-
l work this spring on account of the sma
amount of snow. - Mrs. Walter Smit
is in town, at work at A. j. Mowers. -
Now is the time for school committees I
I hire teachers, when they can take thei
; choice and get good ones.
, North Montpelier.
4, THE sugar-makers around here are Yer
: busy nova days in their sugar-places an
b, report good runs of sap Saturday and SUI
= day, with prospects of rather more than a
D average year. - There will be no service
at the East and North villages during til
month of April, our pastor, Rev. Mr. Ha,
= = ford taking vacation during the tim'
- The old folks dance, which occurre
, the 18th instant at our skating-rink, was til
: most thoroughly enjoyable affair of this ses
= son. 1t was attended by about tifty-tiy
!. = couples, fully three-fourths of whom weI
elderly people. The supper reflected gref
credit upon Mrs. A. j. and M. V. B. Hollis
ter who We're in charge of the department
The music by the Lyndonville orchestr
was very fine. The members of the orche
: ira. by their gentlemanly department, the
r evident interest and persistent endeavor
4 do well their part won from the entire con
) pany well-merted praise. - Annie, onl
!. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles X. Gray
> for many years residents of this town, die
s at her home in Montpelier on Friday of la'
Il week. Her funeral was held at the Bric
l. church at the East Village Sunday at on
:. o'clock p. NJ, Rev. l.. Warren officiating
# - The singing-school taught by Pr
:, fessor c. f. Dudley has been in every wa