The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-02

- The monthly business meeting of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union will
be held next Tuesday.
North Thetford.
OUR people should make an effort to at
tend the unveiling Of the Webster statue at
Bartlett of Dartmouth College will deliver
the address. 80 Mr. Blanchard now
breaches at Orfordville instead of Post Mills
in connection with his parish work here.
80 Decoration day was not observed
here. - Mr.. Piper and gang have com
menced building a large barn for Herbert
Holt on the site of the old one, which was
destroyed by fire. - Mrs. Murfey has
come to spend the summer with her son,
CINE away for repairs this week, after which
he proposes to sell it.
Washington.
| MEMORIAL services were held at the Ban
fist church last Sunday, Elder Cross Of
| fciating. The storm prevented many from
visiting the cemeteries The church was
decorated with flags and flowers. - The
ladies of the Universalst church are to
meet at the church next Friday afternoon to
prepare some new books for the library also
| to repair the old ones. 80 Mr. Ira c.
Caef and sister, Mrs II. A. White, returned
from Providence II. l., last Saturday.
Williamstown.
The sickness of our beloved townsman,
Dea. Orcutt Abbott, terminated fatally on
Tuesday night of last week A post norton
| examination showed the trouble to have
been intestinal structure, and it is said to
have been beyond human power to remedy.
He was buried on Friday, the fifty-third an
niversary of his marriage. His age was
seventy-six. Rev. r. ID. Miller, assisted by
Rev. Harvey Webster, officiated at the
funeral at the Congregational church. His
family, with the exception of his only son,
James S. Abbott of st. Augustine, Florida,
and son-in-law, Dr. James Bailey of Tt
conderoga, y. Y, were all present He had
been deacon of the Congregational church
in this his native place more than forty
years. His chair beside the communion
table on this occasion was appropriately
draped, and attached to it was a small sheaf
of ripened grain. The communion table,
covered with black, had placed upon it
beautiful large cross of pansies. The text
of the sermon was Mark the perfect man
and behold the upright, for the end of that
man is peace" The tunes sung were some
of the old ones that Mr.. Abbott had sung
and loved through long life. He was
borne to the grave by his sons-in-law,
nephews, and Mr.. James Perry of Barre, a
special friend of the family. The presence
at the funeral of his townsmen and old
friends from adjacent towns testified to the
esteem in which he was held. As we think
of the loss of this man, his own family and
the church he loved and labored for some
fifty years come first to mind. He was
large factor in one of the pleasant homes it
has been our good fortune to know, and it
was his reward to have the unfailing love
of a devoted family of children, who ever
loved to return to it-a home, we greatly
fear, we as town shall lose wholly by his
death. His memory will be pleasantly and
usefully cherished. - The Free Bap-
, lists of this conference will hold one of their
: movable feasts with the church of that
, denomination in this place, beginning Fri
day, the 18th instant, and continuing through
the following Sunday Outside churches
: will find a much improved appearance in
, the church building since their last quarterly
meeting here, two years ago. But how the
old-time hospitality with which they have
always been greeted can be improved we
see not With favorable weather, there will
i doubtless be a good attendance upon the
= meeting. :" Mrs. DR.. James Bailey and
Mrs. DR.. " Ed" Bailey of New York will
both remain with their mother, Mrs. circuit
a Abbott, a few weeks. - Dea. Edwin c.
Smith is this towns grand juror at the pres
a ent term of county court George Downing
was drawn as petit juryman. - Messrs.
John Perry, Henry Poole, Frank Godfrey
and Arthur Davenport are employed by
: Rollin Allen of Barre in marked improve
ment of barn - Return S. Davis is
: about to make extensive repairs of a barn.
3 Thomas Sheridan and Barnet Goodrich are
. employed by him as carpenters. - The
I '4Je Eldon Tilden had life insurance of
I 5000. - David Gales family purpose
; 10 be present at the wedding of DR.. Charles
q Gale in Rutland this week. - Mrs. Me-
| htable Stebbins purposes going to Erie,
J. Penn, in a few days, to visit friends there.
!. - Fred Martins family is about to give
Y possession of the house to Herbert Colby,
4 to whom the farm had previously been sold.
4 We hear that Mr.. Martin will move to South
a Barre. - Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Martyr
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Denny of North
field were among the attendants at the
funeral of Dea. Orcutt Abbott last Friday.
r - Conductor Frank W. Flint has been
/, in town several days on account of the death
e of his father-in-law, Dea. circuit Abbott.
l. - Miss Julia Blanchard of South Barre,
h but so well.known as a teacher here, is a
e student in the Business College at Pough-
$ keepsie, n. Y. - Rev. Alvaro Webster
d breaches in Berlin, but will reside here. He
is about to begin housekeeping. - War
S rem Drury of Southeast Barre, but as well
t known here as there, died on Saturday last.
He had been ailing for some months.
A post norton examination unexpectedly
A showed that he died of a peculiar disease of
S the heart. A Barre physician tells us that
Y he has seen hut one case of the kind before,
: and that was the late VIM. Durkee. -
G DR.. c. C. Ellis, Ike" Moulton and Free
4 man Bixby of Montpelier were here last
c week '.enticing the tinny tribe " with
: "barbed hook" They had fine success,
n succeeding in filling three baskets with trout.
d - Mrs. j. NJ. Palmer and daughters
k We're in town on Saturday, in keeping with
:, their commendable custom of decorating
! yearly the grave of one of the family
q - Rev r. d. Miller exchanged last
! Sabbath with Rev William S. Hazen of
, Mortified. whose mnistrations were greatly
. enjoyed. - There was large attend
4 ance upon the union memorial service at the
l. Universalist church last Sabbath. The adj
!, dress by Rev j. f. Rhoades of Barre seems
: to have been universally liked. A chorus
4 of perhaps thirty persons furnished appro-
pirate music, under the direction of John
n Lynde, Jr. The church presented a very
II attractive appearance with its floral and
g evergreen decorations. - EX-townsman
a George w. Smith of Philadelphia is about
TO take another business trip to Europe
, - Some of our farmers here, as else
" where, find themselves under the painful
q necessity of replanting their corn this sea
. son. - Mr.. and Mrs. Ed" Colby OF
;. Panfeld were in town last week. -
r Children's day is to be appropriately OBJ
a served by the Methodist church. -
II Mrs. Laura l.. Answorth arrived from
!. Western Iowa last Saturday evening -
70 Hiram Smiths son, Charles NJ, has "emi-
10 grated" to Colorado. - Calling last
- week upon al out-of-town acquaintance, we
N found erected in his poultry-yard three long
a slim poles, with common glass bottles upon
a. the upper end of them, which he told us
:, worked effectually in keeping off hawks
n Some one who had tried it long before, and
10 successfully, suggested this to him, and he
"a had proUed the value of it. These fowls o
Al the air seem far wiser than many mortal
H. | in avoiding "bOttlen with stick