The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-03
Washington County.
Barre---Goddard Seminary.

The students attended the concert given
bv the ladies' society of the Universalist
church at the Opera-house, Saturday even
ing. 60 The usual lyceum was held last
Friday evening and was well attended.
The programme was as follows: Song, Miss
Aitcheson: recitation, Miss Skinner; de-
bate RESOLVED, That the growth of Barre
benefits, and will continue to benefit Cod
dard Seminary. Observation-Disclosures
Messrs. g, l.. Putnam and Hawley; mega
tive, Messrs. Nelson and DaGoosh. The
question was decided in favor of the affirm
ative. Papers on above topic, Misses Brown
and Wellington; defamation, Mr.. Hnch-
man; piano solo, Miss Skinner; charade,
| Messrs. Wheelock and Hawley. - Mr..
| Flanders, class of '86, is making us a visit.
- The general review will soon begin
throughout the school.
Cabot.
T. II. LANCE, Esq, has bought the Banis-
ter house on Elm street. His son-in-law,
George Meader, is to occupy it: -. Mr.
Metcalf and wife have completed their en-
| gagement with Mr.. Kinney at Marshfield
and returned to their home at Lower Cabot.
- Miss Sarah p. Fisher has returned
from her visit in Massachusetts. - j. A.
Harrington is cutting quite large quantity
of hard wood lumber with which to stock
his saw-mil the coming winter. - The
Grand Army Post will give free campfire
at village hall Friday evening next. All
are invited.
THE debating club at Maple Corner wres-
tied with the town system of schools last
Friday night the Misses Swasey and Ev-
erett Morse speaking on that side and Otis
Wheeler and Mahlon Slayton for the school
district system. The question was decided
in favor of the town system, two to one.
- Mrs Mary Morse is slowly improving
and it is now thought that she will recover.
- Mrs. Lizzie Bemis and daughter,
Mrs May Lamberton, of Plainfeld visited
friends in this town last week
East Montpelier.
MASON PAINE has greatly improved the
appearance of his buildings by clapboards
and paint. - Mr.. Kelly was roughly
handled few days ago by a cross heifer.
He was thrown to the ground, receiving a
scalp wound and only saved himself by
holding the beast by the forefoot till his son
} came to the rescue. - The lyceum at
the Center this wednesday, evening will
discuss this question, " Resolred, That the
pen is mightier than the sword" Their
! paper, "Our STAR is bright one. -
One of the students from Seminary Hill will
, preach at the Center next Sunday.
North Montpelier.
WE are pleased TO hear of the continued
improvement of Susie, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer Hollister, who is still under
treatment at the Mary Fletcher Hospital,
Burlington. - Miss Ellen j. Nye, who,
; has been stopping for the past two years in
! Maiden, Mass, is home for a stay of several
! weeks. - Harold and Ellen Nye took
prominent part in the grand concert at
l Barre Opera-house last Saturday and by the
reports met with very hearty reception,
! each of the four pieces for which they were
down on the programme meeting with a
hearty encore. - Rev. Mr.. Fortney OF
Plainfield supplied the desk at our church
. very acceptaby last Sunday in exchange
y with our pastor.
Fayston.
/ NATHAN BoYcE has traded his mill prop
erty and farm adjoining the mill, and all his
y wild land in this town and DuXbury for
q John A. Granfelds farm in Waitsfeld Mr..
= Boyce receives 81 800 in addition to the
# farm - Rufus Bucklin has gone to
Il Iowa, where he intends to make his future
p home. - Sarah NJ. Thompson has pur-
# chased the f. A. Dumas house lately occu-
=, pied by Oscar Eaton.
d Marshfield.
!, QUITE number take in the excursion to
q Boston this week. Among the number is
e Rev. Mr.. Wells, who takes vacation.
= - Although at a late day, the Meth
e odist Sabbath-school will hold harvest
g concert next Sunday afternoon. - Mrs.
II Hiram Bucklin has moved to her fathers,
= b. B. Martin, to spend the winter.
~ Middesex Center.
l. A sINGING-sCHooL for the winter COM
e menced last Friday evening. Mr.. c. f.
Il Dudley of East Montpelier is the teacher.
h ". V. Vaughn has been very sick
II - Meetings at the Center church are to
l. be suspended until warmer weather. -
s. 1t may interest our people to know that our
l. former townsman, Ashley Blodgett, is still
g living at Norwich, VT, hale and bright at
q the age of ninety-four. - Pliny Chase
n has returned from Massachusetts, for win
e ter vacation.
d Moretown.
,r Mrs. ID. F. FEEEMAN was called to Boston
y last week by the illness with pneumonia OF
-. tl,A,. T1,a kret
g singing school will be held this week
le Wednesday evening, f. r. Ober, teacher
~ The book to be used is " The Royal Singer.
- There is to be praise meeting at the
a. church in South Duxbury Thursday after
y noon and evening, at which several Congre
u gational preachers are expected to be in at
s. tendance. Among them are Rev. Mr.
A. A. Pangbnrn of Watstield, Rev. Mr.. Smith OF
~ Warren, Rev. Mr.. Wheeler of Waterbury
u and Rev. Mr.. Hincks of Montpelier. The
4 latter will preach Thursday evening. -
= Archie Moulton is on the " sick list" -
II II Last week Tuesday evening about seven
IL ty-five couples assembled at ID. c. Holt's
4 and gave the old folks surprise. They
it were invited by their daughter Luna and
e John Griffith. The occasion was an enjoy
u u able one.
n Northfield.
i THE election of officers occurred at the
10 Good Templars lodge meeting last Friday
ic evening and resulted as follows; c. T.
,r ,r Principal j. NJ. Hit; " T., Mrs. Frank
If Plnmey: s., Frank l.. Avery; F. S, G. d
70 Edgerton; T., Flora NJ. Huntley; c., Rev
If /. =. Booth; NJ, Heber c. Cady; G.. Minnie
"a s. Rowe Sent, e. Huntley; organist, Anna
r. C. Langdon. A temperance drama, The
te Turn of the Tide" was presented, the juve-
"a niles being admitted TO see the play. In
~ stallation of officers will take place at the
y. meeting this week. =- a new timetable
i went into operation this week. The only
II change in passenger trains is that the
10 morning local passenger going north now
n leaves at $40, five minutes earlier, and
NJ Halls train in the evening meets the
II fast express here, arriving at $50 and leav-
/ ing at 6;5S. These trains are no longer
j. mixed, and the afternoon mixed from Mont
n peler is taken Off - In consequence OF
,e new order of some post-otiice official, ouI
"a night mail facilities are pretty much taken
IN away. The postal clerks on the night trains
n will no longer take mail from the box in
N the station and all mail to go on the night
"a trains must be at the office by 645 and &C
" up to RoXbury on " Halls" train, and the
q night trains will take it from there. This
r. is the most inconvenient and unsatisfactory
,r arrangement we have ever had and il is
hoped it may be soon changed. - The
stained glass for the windows in the Con
n gregational church has come and is being
fitted into the sash this week. Services will
he held in the church next Sunday