The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-24
Washington County.


bank, is able to resume his place in the
bank. - The village schools are taking
vacation-the fall term having closed
few days ago-and will not open until after
Christmas. - Several of the friends of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID. Camp met with them
last Thursday evening to celebrate the
twenty-tifth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs
Camps wedding day. - Loring b. Wat
son and family have moved back to the vii
lage again, Mr. Winn having moved out OF
Mr.. Watson's house. - Frank Winn has
taken a farm at Bradford and removed
there. - X. p Bradford of the Park
House is erecting an addition to his hotel,
in which he is to have a hall sixty by
twenty-eight feet, a large dining-room and
other rooms. He expects to have it in or
der by Christmas time. 60 Communion
service was held at the Methodist church
Sunday, the 14th, at which time the ordi-
nance of baptism was administered to sew
eral and fifteen received into membership
seven by profession and eight by letter.
- a frightful and fatal accident oc-
CURED at the granite quarry of Cutler Broth
ers, at about three o'clock Saturday after
noon, the victim being Walter Cutler, a
member of the firm. Giant powder was
being used for blasting and Mr.. Cutler, who
had been to the blacksmith's shop to have
quantity heated, was returning with it to the
quarry, but short distance away. The ex-
plosive was in rolls and was buried in sand
in an iron kettle. Mr.. Cutler had gone only
few steps when, for some unknown cause,
the powder exploded. The arm and hand
with which Mr. Cutler carried the kettle
were badly injured the leg on the same
side was terribly shattered and the side was
seriously hurt The poor man was taken to
his house and expired in about half an
hour. He was conscious to the last and laid
no blame for the accident upon any one. He
leaves wife and two children. 1t is
thought that the powder may have been
overheated and that some slight Jar was
the nf tbp q yp1nsipp
Cabot.
Mr.. AND Mrs. GEORGE NJ. WEBSTER gave
reception, or perhaps a house-warming, on
the evening of November 9th. Three hun
dred invitations were issued and two hun
dred fifteen responded to the call, which
was enough so that they can say for once
that their large house was full without COM
| pelling them to come in; and it was one of
| the most Jolly companies that have assem-
bled in town for a long time. No pains
were spared on the part of the host and
! hostess to make the company feel at home.
A number of letters were received from
friends out of town, unable to be present,
all of whom, with those present, joined in
wishing the happy couple many years of
| pleasure in their new home. - Mrs. Ada
| Harrng and her son of Rothsay, Mimi,
are visiting her father, Mr.. Francis Nc
Duffee. His brother, Clement McDuifee of
Wisconsin, who has been absent from town
Rice of Lyndon, ILL.,. was called to town on
account of the sickness of her father, Mr..
Anson Coburn, and arrived two days before
his death. - Union services will be held
at the Congregational church Thanksgiving
day at 100 A. NJ. Rev. A. b. Enright will
preach. - Miss Josie Beedle closed a
successful term of school at Lower Cabot
| November 18th. Miss Beedle has fully
maintained her former good record for
thorough instruction and preserving order.
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In the primary department of the village
school, taught by Miss Alice Morse, the
the following pupils had no absent or tardy
marks during the fall term: Mabel Haines,
Leon Cole, Carl Osgood, Kate Hills, Walter
Myers, Mabel Morse, Ralph Hoyt, Garlic
Knight, Flora Southwick, Fred Osgood and
Mayon Haines. Those having no tardy
marks, but absent one or more days, We're
Bernie Everett, Lee Jackson, Arthur Lam
son, Carroll Lance, Bessie Gould, Joey
Lance, Edith Morse and Orton Osgood.
Those who We're tardy, but had no absent
marks, were Maude Enright and Charlie
Harwood. Mayon Haines missed no words
il spelling.
East Calais.
ABOUT forty of the friends and relatives
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Slayton met at their
| house November 18th and surprised them
with an oyster supper and many valuable
presents. - Fred Cole and wife have
finished work in Boston and are stopping
with W. V. Peck, - About six tons of
poultry We're shipped from this place for
| Thanksgiving.
North Montpelier.
The fall term of school in district No 4,
taught by Miss ID. S. Hollister, closed No
vember r. The scholars having no marks
We're Charlie Little Eva Merrill, Forrest
and Blanche Spaulding, Ruby Snow, Clara
| Cate. Charlie Nye lost one-half day. There
We're five instances of tardiness by children
living at a distance. Those that marked
highest in department We're Charlie Nc
Knight and Clara Beckley; in scholarship,
Blanche Pray, Bertha Nye and Henry Cate.
Marshfield.
JOHN SEVERANCE has moved into the
| Hiram Bucklin house. - AS Nellie
Packer was returning home with her father
from the depot one day last week the horse
took fright and ran, tipping the Doctor out
and leaving Nellie in the wagon with no
reins. The horse ran home. = Frank
Brown has begun to dig a cellar for a new
house, beside the George Gilman house.
- ENERGY Benton closed her school last
week Friday. She has been hired to keep
the same school this winter, Mrs. Flora
Lance keeping the upper school,
Middlesex.
THE public examination of teachers will
be held at the school-house in the village
next Saturday, at half-past nine o'clock.
Moretown.
FRED FAssETT and family have gone to
| Burlington. - Mr.. Swasey is to teach
writing another term in the village. -
! There will be no singing-school this week.
- The warm rain and thaw last Thurs
day caused Mad River to rise rapidly and
the roads We're under water in several
places. 1t is said it had not been as high
since 1865.
Northfield.
THE post-ofiice was closed Monday from
ten A. NJ to one p NJ, on account of eX-
President Arthurs funeral On Thanks
giving day it will be open from eight to ten
A. NJ, and from three to five P. NJ. =- The
union Thanksgiving service of the Meth
odist and Congregational churches will be
held at eleven o'clock at the Methodist
church, and the pastor, Rev. A. III. Webb,
will preach. 60 Lemmond j. Holden of
| Worcester, who was convicted of assault
and battery and intoxication before Justice
Cobleigh, September 9th, and released on
his promise to pay up, having failed to keep
the promise, was arrested last Tuesday in
Worcester, by Deputy-sherin Howe, and
! taken to the house of correction at Rutland,
to serve one hundred sixty-two days. -
John Il. Evans has moved to Barre. ====
! Hiram A. Nose and wife of Woodstock,
former residents of this town, visited here
last week. == Miss Alice Brown of Will
Jamestown has been visiting here during the
week. - Mrs Addison Denny has gone
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