The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-17

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Merkel of Morey, N. Y, preached at the
Episcopal church Sunday morning and at
the Center in the afternoon. =- G.. NJ.
Howard has engaged as travelling salesman
for the Bradley Fertilizer Company. 80
w. Bates Nichols has given up the proprie-
torship of the Red Lion Inn, and will soon
start for Bridgwater, N s., where he will
be devoted to the mining business. George
Temple will run the hotel until the return
of DIR. II. II. Mcintyre. - Harrison
ketchum has gone to Albany, N. Y, to
spend the winter with son. 49, a pound
party will be given in the Methodist vestry
tuesday afternoon and evening for the bene-
fit OF the pastor. - w. Il. Williams has
moved his family here from Bethel.
North Thetford.
Mr.. BLANCHARD preached last Sabbath
Tor the first time for many weeks. 80
Charles Berry is home on vacation for his
health. = Charlie Jaquith is very much
better - A. Jackson Henry of East
Thetford fell from a high building in
Haverhill, Mass, where he has been working
broke his back and is not expected 10 live
- Mr.. and Mrs. e. p. Clay buried their
little child, six months old, last Wednesday,
Tunbridge.
M. M. WEBSTER has had number of
sheep killed by strange dogs. - Mrs.
Sally Smith has entered a complaint against
abusing her. - NJ Il. King has been
worse for a few days. - Albert Wood
ard is convalescing. 60 The auction sale
of the A. c. Jones estate has been adjourned.
- DIR. Durkee has gone to visit his son
and other relatives in Kansas. == Mrs.
f. p. Starr of Tracy, Mimi. is expected at
DIR. Fish's about the first of December. She
willremain here through the winter. -
Mrs. Elizabeth owen has gone to Lowell,
Mass. - There will be an examination
of teachers next Friday in the village
school-house. - George Preston has
moved to Queeche, where he has purchased
fine farm
Williamstown.
Mrs j. A. S. WHITE and daughter, (more
recently of Clareinont, n. III. have gone to
Melrose, Mass, to spend the winter. 60
The oyster supper given by the Methodist
Episcopal society last Friday evening, was
good one. Nearly hundred persons were
in attendance. Mrs. Abbie E. Bean of
South Mortified, recently visited among
old friends here. She has taken mp the
work of professional nurse. - A. Il.
Martin has obtained an assistant in his
work as a blacksmith GO ID. ID. Boyce
tells us he has this year, sold two thousand
pounds of butter from ten cows. He meals y
them literally. He makes regularly two
trips to Barre, each week, for the sale OF
farm products, and finds ii pays. We sus-
pect he will, after all, stick to the farm, here
for the present - Mrs. j. NJ. Bass con.
tinues to be greatly afflicted with rheuma
tism from which she has long suffered
- Mrs. George A. Ainsworth is visiting
friends in Waterbury (having attended the
installation of Rev. &. NJ. Sheldon of that
place, on Tuesday, and Burlington. -
An organic disease of the heart is the very
serious difficulty with Miss Florence only
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Il. ID. Miller Al
present she is more comfortable than some
days ago. - The second wife of our old
townsman, Il INSURE w. Clarke, Esq, o
Brattleboro, died of gastric fever last week
Tuesday. 80 One Charles Nichols %
Brookfied having lately lost horse neal
Russell Reeds place, for which damage wa,
claimed to be due from the town, our select
men are said to have made thorough in
vestigation of the case, and given the Yer
dict that there is, in their opinion, no grounC
Tor the claim. 60 Our townswoman, Mrs
Betsey Dickerman Perkins is in greatly i'm
proved health - The Free BaptistS
have been holding a series of meetings a
their church in the last two weeks, will
some help from abroad. - Mr. ant
Mrs. Orange Bannister buried a little boy
last week. He was twelve months old
- Rev. Harvey Webster stated for Der
lin last Sunday in exchange with his son
Rev. Alvan Webster, but was compelled b,
snow drifts on the way, to turn back. HI
preached in the evening at the w. u. Pratt
| SchOol-houSe. - There Will be anOthe
service, everything favoring, at the Prat
| schoo-house, one week from next Sunda,
evening at seven o'clock. - Linn Bull
| lus, OF Rouse's Point, a young man YER
I favorably known here of late, has tinishe,
! work for Deacon Edwin C.. Smith, and goe
this week to Winchester, n. H., to live witt
| the widow of our late Rev. John c. Smith
and attend school. - Miss Cynthia j
| Merrill whose home has been with her sis
ter, Mrs. Jason johnson of this place, TO
eight years past, was married on the lot
| ult., to William II. Laskey of Brantree.
graduate of the Randolph normal school
she has taught eight terms of school il
Braintree, and is engaged to teach,-th
coming winter,-the sixth term in the sam
district. Her pluck and perseverance il
the midst of difficulties, have won muc
respect and goodwill for her. - Carlo
Clough will not "carry on the HAL Hate
farm after this year He is planning t
work on a farm in Massachusetts. -
Winslow Flint has bought back Mr.. Lev
Sargent's farm, 1--WE hear for S2,000,-mor
or Less and has just sold off eight acre.
containing granite quarry, for $1,000 t
William Carnes of Barre. - We are toll
that George Abbott has sold a single grant
boulder for S25 AT that rate we may hav
mint of wealth" town, in similar III
slightly rocks above ground. - Ever
one about here will be glad to know tina
Oliver S. Walker is again buying turkey
this year.