The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-29
Orange County.
Bradford.

The Orange county fair opened on Tues
day and will close tomorrow (Thursday).
- The Julian Comedy Company will
play at Village Hall each evening this week.
Next week Monday and Tuesday evenings
the war drama, Our Nations Defenders"
written by our townsman, Frank Il. Hilands,
will be presented under the auspices of the
Bradford Guards. - Quite delegation
from here attended the fair AT st. Johnsbury
Thursday and Friday of last week. John
Hartwell won one of the races with his
trotter, Little Mac" - G. b. Andross
did not dispose of all his goods last Satur
day and will have an adjourned sale next
Saturday. - There will be a matched
game of baseball on the fair grounds the sec
ond day of the fair between the North Thet-
ford and Bradford clubs. - Brockton,
Mass, parties are in correspondence with
certain ones in this place in relation to
putting in shoe factory here-a project
we hope will succeed. A meeting was
held Tuesday evening to consider the mat
ter. - Owing to Rev. j. W. Lees alb
sence, his congregation attended services
at the Methodist church last Sunday, filling
the house full. - Elisha Durgin had one
of his large oxen die Thursday night from
some unknown cause within two hours after
he noticed it was ailing.
Braintree.
John A. Smith, Jr. has gone to Felch-
Vile to work in the chair-shop. - Ed
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stopping with his sister, Mrs. Roland
Rising. - Mrs. Maria Fish of West
Randolph has been spending few days in
town, visiting at j. A. French's. - Lu-
clan Mann has so far recovered from his in
juries recently sustained in jumping from a
carriage as to be able to be around the house
| in his whee-chair. -C c. b. Mann has
| just filed large silo
Chelsea.
| No I, lal for no
past week DR.. Carlos II. Reyes and wife of
| Byron, MINI. DR.. Reyes is one of the
best of the young men who have left us
during the last few years for more promising
| fields of labor, and has met with wel-de-
served success in his profession. He returns
| to Minnesota this week. 60 Rev. Mr..
Knapp exchanged with Rev. Mr. Taylor of
Corinth Corner last Sunday, and Rev. w.
| X. Puffer preached at the Congregational
church, the pastor preaching at Rochester
- George Bugbee and wife of Delhi,
Ohio, are spending few days at h. W.
Laird's.
East Corinth.
j. Mckinley lost very valuable horse
| last Sunday. Mr.. Young and Mr.
Cooley of New York and Connecticut re-
spectively, were in town last week building
the iron bridge. - Mr.. and Mrs X, Il
Ormsby OF Bradford were in town over sun
day visiting relatives. 80 Charles Blake
of Melrose, Mass. was here last week. 49,
Eben Smart of California is in town visiting
friends.
Newbury.
S. l.. Swasey raised his new drugstore
Monday of this week. The building is forty
eight feet long and twenty-four wide =-
Mr.. Wesener, proprietor of the Monticello
House, with his family, returns this weel
Thursday to Akron, Ohio, where he vii
spend the winter. - Charlie Childs o
Northampton, Mass, is visiting his mother
who resides in Newbury. 60 Many of on
citizens are attending the fair at Bradfor'
this week. Horace w. Bailey ha
bought the grocery store in which he ha
; done business for several years. - Sew
eral of the students at the Seminary ar
taking lessons in shorthand this fall. -
, Mrs. Henry Reyes and family, who hav
spent the season at their summer residenc
here, returned to Boston Monday.
2 Orange.
Miss Flora A. Peake, who has been very il
is thought to be recovering. - Mr. an
Mrs. p, Lord are visiting friends in Soutl
n eastern Vermont and New Hampshire
I 80 Miss Grace Bond is teaching scho'
r in district No. 6. 80 The choir rehearsi
# will be held in the church next Frida
h evening All who are interested in mail
d tanning singing-school the coming whit,
j. are requested to be present, as the subIe
If will come up at that time.
East Randolph.
Il AS Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.. Huntington and
"a Mr.. and Mrs. Preston who were visitir
them, We're en- route home from the Gu
Spring House, Sunday afternoon the horse
when near the Calvin Jackson place, ga
4, a sudden start, throwing the ladies bac
a. wards to the ground and injuring the