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

ioying a visit from lady friend from Hi
nois. 60 Mrs Charles Fitch and son from
Claremont, N. H.. are stopping at N. L..
Dickenson's. 80 Mrs. j. X. Sterling and
son of Walpole N H., are spending few
weeks with Mrs. Sterling's mother, Mrs.
Harriet Pike. - Cyrus Spaulding of
Bloomington, ILL.,, made a brief visit to rela;,
tives in town last week. - Rev. and
Mrs ,pHgham are spending a couple of weeks
with their daughter in Craftsbury. 80
Rev. John Fassett attended the Congrega-
tional conference held at Montpelier last
week. = The much-postponed and thor
oughly-discussed Sabbath-school concert
was held last Wednesday evening and was
a complete success. - A young child OF
Henry Russ has been dangerously sick the
past week with cholera infantum.
Waterbury.
James Carney, who has been sick for
some time, died at his home last week. The
funeral was attended by large number OF
friends and relatives at st, Andrews church.
80 The funeral Of Miss Cynthia p. Muir
ray was attended at her late home with Miss
Sarah Jones on Perry hill Friday last. c..
M. Sheldon officiating. - W. e. Spicer
and wife departed for their home in Chicago
Monday noon. - Report has just reached
us that nine-pounder (this time boy has
lately made his appearance in the home of
Fred G. Graves of Washington, Kansas.
- NJ NJ. Knight is in Boston buying
his fall stock of dry goods and clothing.
Waterbury Center.
Last Saturday w. b. Coke and f. A. New
comb visited Cancels Hump The view in
the early morning was very fine. - Miss
Mary f. Gum will be at the Street " every
Saturday to give instruction in music to any
who may wish. Miss Gum is a thorough
teacher and will satisfy any who may wish
instruction. - The Ladies Aid Society
will meet with Mrs. r. II. Mather this
| "wednesday afternoon. - Mr.. and Mrs
Amidon left last Monday for their home in
Washington ID. G. 49, Mrs Hunter and
| her daughter, Cora, who have been away
since last spring, have returned home. -
Mr.. and Mrs. II. W. Humphrey had mar
row escape last Friday, while going down
the Rood hill, when the harness broke and
the horse kicked, sending his heels nearer
to- their heads than was at all pleasant
| That they escaped without injury is for
tunate. - NJ. L. Dillingham; and wife
have returned from Worcester, Mass, where
they have been stopping for a few weeks
with a daughter. - Mrs Webster o.
Boston and Mrs. Cleveland of Washington
ID. c., left to-day for their homes. Mrs
| Davids and her sons go tomorrow and eX
pect to stop at Boston for few days before
| going home to New York.
Woodbury..
A barn belonging to the Joe Gray estate
farm, was struck by lightning Sunday nigh
and entirely consumed, together will
twenty tons of hay and mowingmachine
- Coons are visiting the corn-ields yer,
frequently. Harlow Chase caught two Of
the intruders in his field near his house
Gilman Bill shot one in Ethan Ainsworth'
corn-feld and Ora jackson two - Gil
man Bill has nice Fearnaught colt
two years old last spring, which weigh
nine hundred twenty pounds. - r. F
Drenan raised one hundred bushels of nic
sound ears of corn on single acre. ii
had an old-fashioned " huslling " AM
husked it all out in single evening, afte
which all enjoyed good supply of pump
kin pie and cake. All had fine time.
Putnamsville.
We are to have singing school during
the fall and winter under the lead of Pre-
fessor G. w. Foster. - A team belong
ing tC Samuel Kennedy of DuXbury, who /
visiting at II. Walling's, ran away. Tn
wagon was pretty thoroughly demolished
- Elder Thatcher is to preach at TIL
school-house next Sunday at four o'clock.