The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15
Caledonia County.



A. g. TAIsEY goes to Manchester, n. H.,
this week to attend a commercial school.
- Mrs. |. NJ. Kicker came home last
week from two weeks visit in Lowell and
Boston. - Mrs. Benjamin Page died last
Sunday from the effects of bleeding at the
nose and old age. - Mr.. and Mrs. George
Melville returned last Friday from an eleven
weeks trip through the West - George
II. Pillsbury is driving medicine team for
ID. w. Bancroft of Marshfield. 80 Rev.
Mr.. Farnsworth and wife attended the
preachers meeting at Bradford last week
- w. b. Darling and Miss Ida Clark
have returned to school at Seminary Hill,
Montpelier. - George b. Stebbins, for
merly of this place, but lately stopping at
Salina Kansas, returned to town last Fri
day. - G. III. Frizzell and family moved
to st. Johnsbury last week. 60 If the
owner of that bottle OF lniment was angry
judge of the surprise of the two fellows who
supposed they were getting good drink to
find that a second party had really eX-
changed the contents of that bundle.
HARDwICK.
EDWIN REED, our village shoemaker, has
been nursing sore hand for week or
more, what was at first thought to be only
boil developing into a case of erysipelas
Mr.. Reed has so far recovered from his disa-
bility as to partially resume his bench. 4"
- Charles T. Jenning having purchased
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engaged at the present time in making much
needed repairs to fit it for business. He is
stocking it with logs for next seasons saw
ing. - Elder l.. G. McKinstry of Massa-
chusetts will deliver his illustrated Bible
lectures at the Advent chapel in this place
December 10Th, day and evening. They are
very interesting. 60 Wheeler & Ship
man of this village are cutting stock of
logs for their mill on John Bridgman's
mountain lot, whence they drew their sup
ply of last season. - Ira Edwards is
making extensive repairs to the grocery
room in the basement of Edwards & Davi-
sons block. - We understand that John
Bridgman, Esq, has leased to St. Johns
bury parties the privilege of quarrying
granite on certain portion of one of his
mountain lots, near or contiguous to the
" Buffalo road, so called. - Lucius
Burnham has been seriously i'll with pneu-
monia, but is now considered better and on
the road TO recovery. Mr.. Burnham is SUI
perintendent of Brush * Curtis fish ponds
and poultry yards, in Woodbury. Gulf"
- Miss Jessie Kent seems to be i'm
proving, and her chances for recovery are
considered good.
EAST HARDWICK.
CAPTAIN WILLIAMS DAVIS committed sui
eide last Saturday by taking large dose of
Paris green. No canse can be assigned for
the act save encouragement on account of
his feeble condition. Last spring he had a
severe shock of paralysis, but had slowly
gained until able to 90 about the house
While left alone in his room for a few
moments he took the fatal dose, which he
had got in the barn. Drs. French, Adgate
and Darling We're Immediately called, but
could do nothing for him, and he died in
the evening. Mr.. Davis had been resident
in town twenty-three years and in the
vicinity some thirty years, coming from New
Bedford, where he had been in earlier years
captain of whaling vessels to Walden, where
he bought the n. harrington farm and
where he married his wife, Miss S. f. Fos-
ter Ia cousin of General G.. =. Foster) Mr..
Davis was engaged in the mercantile bust
ness in this place, both in company with
Hon. j. ii. George and alone for several
years, returning to private life six years
ago. He was postmaster during Grants
administration, and held offices of trust in
town. Mr.. Davis was kind husband a
true friend and good neighbor, honest and
upright in his dealings. 80 Rev. G.. b..
Wheeler, pastor of the Baptist church,
rendered his resignation last Sabbath, to
take effect the LIST of January. - An
old folks concert will be held at the Baptist
church December 10th.