The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28

HENRY b. STEVENS returned from Cali
fornia Saturday night. We understand that
his family stopped over at Chicago. -
Il. s. Peaslee and family intend to start for
their home in Chicago Thursday. -
Charles f. Everett and wife of Norwich,
Conn, made a short visit to his brother
here last week on their way to Kingsey
Falls p. O., where they intend to stay
through the summer. - Rev. A. j.
Hough and family started on Monday for a
two weeks vacation. - Mrs. III. G. Day
returned from her western trip Friday.
Braintree.
NJ. o. KDBALL has sold his farm to Mr..
Tracy of Roxbury for 81 800 Mr.. Tracy
will soon take possession. - John
Hutchinson sold horse to Mr.. House last
week for 5000. 1t goes to Providence, II. l.
- X. S. Spear of the Boston police
force is in town visiting his parents.
Wednesday evening he gave fine display
of fireworks. Saturday night he gave
drive-whist party. Ice-cream, cake and
lemonade were served. - Mrs. G.. Il.
Hutchinson will return to her home in
Coldwater, Mich, about the LIST of August.
Mrs. Rosina Hutchinson will accompany
her. - John X. Woodward returns to
West Randolph this week to work in DIR.
Bailey's drugstore - j. II. French and
family visited friends in Thetford and
Pomfret last week. - The children and
grandchildren of Ira Mann made him a
visit last Friday, it being his seventy-ffth
birthday. 80 Mrs. Ellen Wilson has gone
to Barre.
Brookfield.
| CAssIUs PECK finished haying last Satur-
day. He estimates that lie has cut over one
| hundred tons. - There is a prospect of
an exciting time here about the 1st of Sep
! TENDER.
Chelsea.
The first detachment of fresh-air children,
twenty-siX in number, arrived last week
Tuesday. - Mrs. Lewis c. Beckwith
died on Thursday, after an illness of several
the house on Friday Rev. Mr.. Knapp Off
ciating. - Principal Il. w. Goodhue of
Wells River is spending some time in town.
- Cornelius Robinson visited relatives
at Windsor last week. - j. b. Atwood
and family have gone to Newbury for some
two weeks stay. - Principal John II
Bixby of Stowe has been taking his vaca-
ton here for the past week, but has now
gone to Massachusetts. - 1t is reported
that work is to he begun this week on a new
grist-mill, on the site where one was burned
some sixteen years ago. Hazen Campbell
is the protector of the scheme. - Alden
Wright and Miss Mary Wright of Lebanon
n. H., are at o. S. Wrights. - Mrs
Louise (VincenD Newell of Somerville
Mass, is at Dr. Goss'. - Rev. Mr.. Her
rick exchanged on Sunday with Rev. T. S.
Hubbard, who was pastor here from 1877 tC
1854, and is now preaching at Tunbridge
Though in his seventy-tifth year, Mr.. Hub
bard is not surpassed in energy by any o
his younger ministerial brethren here
abouts, and was gladly listened to by many
of his old parishioners, as well as many o
the younger generation, who now heard
him for the first time.
East Corinth.
A sHooTING-IATCH came off last Saturday
The distance was two hundred yards. Th'
score of Charles johnson was Z, Z, Is, 8, 9, j
Z, 3, s, SO. That of S. Hutchinson was
8, 7, Z, B. s. 9, 3, ., 2-55. - Mrs. Fran
Powers of Brattleboro was in town recently
Della Dickey, who has been in 81
: Johnsbury learning the mlliner's trade, ha
returned home. - Mr.. and Mrs Fran
Fulton of Newbury were in town over Sur
; day. - Emma Corliss left last Wednes
day for the White Mountains, where sh
has position during the season.
Orange.
FRANCIS CURTIS found one of his hes
Y cows dead in the pasture last Sunday. 1t
death was caused by eating too much salt
, - Rev. Peter Mcmillan and family {
: Barre are camping in the vicinity of Sarzi
Notch. - Alvah Smith recently receive
t a pension of So a month and about S1,3
back pay. - Mrs. AFRO Noyes has til
ished a term of school in Berlin and is wit
! her husband at G.. j. Cooks. - Mrs L
: j. Curtis and son are visiting in town
q - Mrs. G. A Houghton of Kansas Cit
% is spending the summer with her parents
= Mr.. and Mrs. G, r. Gale. - Mr. an
!. Mrs j. III. Ladd and two children, Mr.. an
;. Mrs Harry Deadman and two children {
: Watertown, Mass, and Mrs. w. p. Bigelo
of Brookfield visited at w. II. Crockett
= several days last week. - Several {
~ our schools closed last week - The il
a FAINT daughter of Rev. c. III. Coolidge
. quite i'll with the measles. - Mr.. an
Il Mrs. Lyman Jackson, former residents
1riS brother
= Jackson
!, West Randolph.
LAST Thursday afternoon Herbert
Salisbury of the firm of Salisbury Brother
furniture manufacturers, and Minnie
g. Smith, teacher in the graded school, WEI
y united in marriage at the Congregation
h church, Rev. " NJ. Hardy officiating I'll
n church was appropriately trimmed and
Y very pretty arch of flowers and evergreen
d erected, under which the bride and groo
e stood during the ceremony. An orchestr
g. composed of members of the Randolph co
lie net band, of which Mr.. Salisbury is a mel
r Der, furnished music. The ushers, wi
1t We're also groomsmen, We're Albert Sail
s. bury, f. o. Blanchard, Charles Green al
'e f. A. Wilson. The bridesmaids were In
m Abbott, Florence Brooks, Clara DuBoi
er Sue Sanford, Mamie Saxton and Blanc
er Sparhawk All were dressed in whit
h. The bride was dressed in white satin al
Grape, trimmed with white lace and d
is groom was dressed in black. After d
{. ceremony the relatives repaired to d
g brides residence on Cross street, where
Of reception was given. The happy coup
IN started on their bridal tour on the fast e
ii press. They will visit Lake George. Sar
n. toga Springs, other places in New Ior
L. and Boston, and will be at home August
TX There We're nearly one hundred present
t., many of them costly. The employees of Il
factory presented them with an elegant 5
YER ice-pitcler and stand and berry-dis