The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08

iting friends in town. - Wells and
springs are the lowest they have been for
several years. 80 There is great deal of
sickness in town at the present time. go
Cookvile graded school commenced last
week. =- Rev. Mr.. Sargent preached at
the Meadow last Sabbath. 80 Growing
crops were somewhat injured by frost last
Thursday night
East Corinth.
THE temperance union elected the follow
ing officers at the meeting held Saturday
night: President, Carrie Clark; vice-presi-
dent, Arthur Brown; secretary, Frank A.
| Stevens assistant secretary, Charles NJ.
Page; treasurer, Susie Metcalf; superin-
tendent, Mrs. II. =. James. - Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Bragg of Boston were in town
visiting at f. G.. Sawyer's last week They
returned home last Saturday. 60 Mary
| James of Middlebury was in town last
week visiting Rev. II. p. James and wife.
-= Some fifteen from this place went to
| Farlee pond last Saturday All had good
time.
Orange.
BY the upsettng of carriage last Thursday
| Mrs. Henry Haskins received a fracture of
the wrist and Mrs. VIM. II. Haskins was
was severely shaken up and bruised. Sadie
Haskins, who was driving, escaped unhurt
| The carriage was overturned in attempting to
turn a corner at brisk trot. - The work
of widening Back street is nearly completed.
- There was no sale of the sash and
| blind shops at the auction, as only one bid
was received. An attempt will be made to
dispose of the property at private sale.
- b. Muzzey Weld, stereopticon ex-
hibitor and ex-principal of Oxford Acad-
envy, has moved his household goods and
| family to his wifes mothers, Mrs. NJ. E..
Bean, on Pleasant street, where he is to re-
main for the present, or until he can procure
| a situation. - Minde Bean started for
her home in Indianapolis Ind, last Wednes-
day.
North Thetford.
Mr.. BLANCHARD, our orthodox minister,
is i'll with typhoid fever at his home in Hud-
son, n, II. He has been very sick for
two weeks, but is now considered out of
danger. - Mrs. T. f. Howe has gone to
Nantasxet Beach for few days. - Miss
Mary Howe has given up living in York
State for the present and will reside at
home with her parents. - Mr.. Edward
Watson will start for Boston to-day (Wednes
day, to be gone one week. - w. E.
Earle returns home from Portsmouth
n. H., this week. - Charles Berry has
been home for few days. - The dra
matte entertainment and pink supper last
week, under the supervision of Miss Mary
Adams of Springfield, Mass, was a brilliant
affair - David Conant has gone to St
Johnsbury, where he will fit for Dartmouth
College. 80 Mrs. S. X. Berry will go tC
Boston in few days to visit her children
|
few days, and is now at the beach with his
mother
West Topsham.
SCHOOL commenced last week, with Mis-,
Williams of Corinth in the primary depart
, ment and Mr.. Pratt of Montpelier in th'
higher. A goodly number of students from
, out of the district are in attendance. -
, DIR. Watson has the assessment receipts o
the Union Mutual Fire Insurance Compan,
, for Topsham, Orange and Corinth in hi
hands for collection. Members are re
quested to forward their assessments Il
him. 80 The city boarders have all lef
for their homes. - Mrs. A. j. Wallac
5 and johnny Wallace are both on the sick
t list being threatened with typhoid fever.
Tunbridge.
' THE light from the South Royalton con
: flagration was strong enough to enabl
, one to read from a paper at the Sout
S Village. - The checklist used yester
f day contained the names of 334 voters
= - Mr.. a. c. Jones was found to hav
: a cancerous stomach at the autopsy he'll
: last Sunday Mr.. G. II. Smith @
: Washington is visiting here - CARR
h Lyman has just returned from her summer
e vacation. - The Gay Brothers factor
v hands are having a short vacation while
: portion of the dam is being rebuilt. -
l.. ID. Hubbard has gone to take charg
of the Castleton village school. - A.
. King has offered to sell his South Roy
: alton lots for reasonable sum. 60
y " Aunt" Mahala Foster is very sick. 60
" Miss Mae Smith has returned from Nal
= tucket.
}, Washington.
v FRANK CUNNINGHAM, whose house We
IS burned several weeks since, has commence
!. rebuilding on the old site. - Irene an
q Herbert Caef of Providence, who hay
r been spending the summer in town, r.
Y turned home last Friday. - Mrs. Hal
), who has been boarding at the Washngto
o House for several weeks, returned to Prov
4 dence last week. - Mrs. Taylor an
d Miss Rachel Taylor of Cambridge who hay
e been boarding with Mrs Brown, left La
1t Tuesday for Burlington. - Lester Thu
"a Der and wife of Nashua, n H., have bee
e visiting Mrs. p o. Huntington - Mi
e Bell Thurber will assist Mr.. Lougee in IL
$. village school.
+. Vershire.
1t Miss MAUD Fits, w. Orr, Elias LathrC
* and others attend school at Chelsea NJ
TT Stacey goes to Burlington. - Hora
Stacey from the south, a former resident,
visiting here. - Miss Emma Fletcher
~ home on vacation.
N Williamstown.
Id FRANK WALKER and his sister, Mi
~ Alice, are to attend the fall term of Il
u, academy at SaXton's River. - Mi
III Cynthia Merrill is to teach again in Brai
tree this fall. She is almost a veteran
the work of teaching in that town. -
!, Mrs. William NJ. Field of Rutland (nee Mi
=, Minerva X. Davenport of this place. di'
" Friday, August 9th, at the age of siXt
u, eight. She left family of several childre
~ and among them some that are quite prom
-, nently known in that vicinity 80" Ed
~ Smith, the furnisher of our meat in some
ne the years past, is now buyer of potatoe
- He has Just purchased two carloads, payil
=. forty cents per bushel delivered in Bari
~ - Miss Julia McCarty began her sele
y school in our village last week Monday wi
" nineteen scholars. - Two of the sufft
ers in the late South Royalton fire a
known to our people here-Martin s. Adam
son-in-law of the late Mr.. circuit Abbo
aud Harrison Martin, son of the late
Allen Martin. Both are merchants. N
ia Martins loss reported to be S14,0
or was total. We hear he had carried
i'm surance in the past, but finally thought it
1e not pay and discontinued it, His misft
es tune seems very pitiable one - M
no Ralph Whitney has fine lot of cana
es birds, and among them some fine SINCE
- She raises them for market, we belieN
- Miss Nancy Flagg, sister of NJ
AFRO Nichols land whom we hope to ha
H. as permanent resident here, is visit
st friends about the old home in Southboi
ak Mass. - George w. Farnham, so 10
IN an invalid, is said to be failing The case
k one of the most distressing we know of
of town and appeals strongly to the practiC
ed sympathy of his towns-folk. He is glad
l.. see people, and one may go and leave
al nit 4, a