The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-15

Fargo of Huntington and Mr.. Alvah Robin
son of Jonesville were in town last week.
- The village school, which began Sep
tember 6, is taught by Miss Mamie Hassett
and Mr.. Ed. Edgerton of Warren
NorthfieId.
G.. ID. EDGERToN, at +. Plumley's office,
over A. E. Denny's store, will receive sub
scriptions and advertisements for the
| WATCHMAN, and accounts can be paid to
him. - A large chandelier with twenty
two lamps and reflector has been put into
| the Methodist church. The cost was about
| 800. - Daughters were born to u. EN-
mons Howe and DIR. G. w. McClearn of
! Wiliamstown on Thursday of last week.
60 On account of Mrs. Lvermore's lee
ture, the Good Templars' lodge meeting
will be opened at half-past six on Friday
evening of this week. - Miss Fannie
Taylor returned Friday TO her home at
Brasher Falls, n. Y. - Miss Nida Quinby
was in town Friday and Saturday on
her way from Montreal to her school at
Bellows Falls. 80 p. s. Randall has en-
tered as law student in the Office of Frank
Plumley, ESQ. =- Miss Mabel Brown re-
turned Saturday from visiting at Cham
plain, N. Y. 80 Seneca Marsh died at his
home at the South Village Friday night and
was buried Sunday. His age was eighty
four years. His remains were buried in the
cemetery at the Center. - Rev William
S. Hazen, pastor of the Congregational
church, left Tuesday, to be absent during his
vacation of four weeks He will visit in
Clinton, Iowa, and attend the meetings of
the American Board at Des Mones and the
Congregational National Council at Chicago.
- Our merchants have made an agree
ment to close their stores at six o'clock
on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from
night operator at Rox bury, is to move to
this village and will occupy Captain
Thomas house on Pearl street. - Rev.
w. d. Williams of Essex Junction will
preach at the Congregational church next
} Sunday - Mrs. Betsey Carpenter has
! occupied by Mrs. Rock, paying 5000.
- We have received the programme
| of the twelfth annual meeting of the
Vermont Woman's Christian Temperance
, Union, to be held in the Methodist
church in this village Thursday and Friday
of this week. but regret that the pressure
upon our columns forbids us publish
t ing it. A reception will be held this
2 wednesday, evening from eight to ter
, o'clock at the residence of DR.. Bradford
Y - List of letters uncalled for in the
t post-ofice at Northfed September 14th
r 1856: Sidney Blanchard, c. Blanchard, w
= G. Belknap, G. II. Clark, George E. Daven
S port o. p. Peck Miss Mary Smith, Miss
1 Ellen j. Wright. (Signed) Ii. l.. Kenyon
e postmaster.
GRADED SCHOOL MOTIFS.
THE year opens with fifty-three students
home sick. - 1t is thought that the boys
debating club will be revived this winter
- The weekly rhetorical exercises hav
Il been changed and we are to hsse lecture
: each Wednesday afternoon, on which TIN
k students are to take notes and write out TIN
G lecture in full
|, Plainfield.
= Mr. AND MRS. EZEKIEL SKINNER exten,
:, :, their heartfelt thanks to their friends VIII
- have so kindly aided them since their grea
. loss by fire. - On Tuesday evening
g September s. the band escorted our repre-
- sentative, III. E. Cutler, and family to tn
y town hall, where they were greeted by
y large number of ladies and gentlemen
'ff representing both parties. The evening wa
=, =, spent in visiting and listening to speeche
~ =, by ex-members of the Legislature and other
70 70 On the Wednesday night following the bant
70 accompanied by large number of citizen
!, from Plainfield, gave II. S. Laird, the Marsl
"a field representative, call. They wei
10 10 kindly received by Mr.. Laird and bountft
at supply of choice refreshments was served
IN Warren.
IN Mr.. AND Mrs. S. ID. ALLEN have bee
a. a. entertaining friends from Boston during til
~ past week. - Mrs. George Cardell had
W night-bloomng cereus blossom one ngl
ss is last week. - E. p Freeman found h
;l ti best horse dead in the pasture one day La
ls week. - Mrs. Ida Dickerson from Ind
II II pendence, Iowa, is visiting her parents an
Z other friends in town. - Ben. Robinso
n is sick with typhoid fever at Norman Ro
W inson's. - The Heath Brothers are mo
'9 ing the engine they bought of the Ralr
~ property to Lincoln this week
East Warren.
=. A DROVE of four hundred cattle passe
~ through here last Friday on their way
o 20 Massachusetts and Connecticut. - NJ
and Mrs. Dustin Scott and Hiram Goo,
!. speed are spending few weeks in Walde
to - Mrs. George Newcomb spent po
n ton of the week in Montpelier with h
y ~ daughter, Mrs. w. E. Barney. -
u u Dan. Newcomb of Wisconsin is visiting
~ " Hosea Newcomb's. - Mr. and Mrs.
l.. Dickinson are attending the state fair
Burlington. Miss f. L. Nichols is vi
iting friends in RoXbury and Montpelie
en - Mrs. Louisa Doty of Wolcott, wi
IL, has been spending a few weeks at Re
re John Fassetts, has returned home. -
ne Bert Stearns is dangerously sick with co
TO gestion of the liver. Oscar Hudson an
be Frank Trask are also on the sick-is
n - Rev. o. ID. Clapp of Waitste
lie preached an excellent sermon here la
.s Sabbath in exchange with Rev. Mr.. Fasset
to Waterbury.
ge ALL persons who secured premiums at ii
: fair should call at the secretary's (M.
as EvansD Office before the sixty days expi
ne and get the certificates which can be pr
&c sented to the treasurer &C.. n Arms for ii
80 amount uue. - Inc vacancy OcCaSlOnt
c- by the removal of James X. Fullerton, tow
ne treasurer, has been filed by the appoiu
e. ment of Charles Wells A deduction
four per cent is made If the taxes a
- handed in before October 1st. - Mrs A
y, die Lesser of Chihuahua Mexico, and Mrs. L
VI w sic Spicer of Iowa have been the guests
X Mrs. NJ. NJ. Knight during the week. -
rlNs Citizens band furnished excellent music f
- ,- the fair, and indeed We're well paid fl
m their services - Full report of ia
" proceedings will be found in another &C
10 umn. - Friday afternoon an OK g
l. wedged in between ties on the railroa
", track where it crosses the culvert about
10 10 mile and one half this side of Bolton al
ho an engine and six or seven cars of a fregl
h,, train were thrown from the rails, The afte
oS noon mail north, the Montreal express fro
w the White Mountains and the fast eXpre
T. from Boston were detained here until abol
IN nine o'clock, and supper trade was lively
- the Waterbury Hotel, over two hundre
q. people taking tea there. - The passe
~ 'a' gers were entertained during their "wait"
- 70 the open-air concert of the Citizens BAN
90 " Halls train" did not reach here unit
nearly half-past ten o'clock.
xt Waterbury Center.
: Mr.. AND Mrs. l., Il. FOSTER returnt
~ from their western trip last Thursday eve
TX ing. = Last week Merton Davis lost h
: pocket-book from his pocket. 1t containe
ce three dollars and over, besides some paper
or Mrs George w. BuZZell has a ger