The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-07
Windsor County.


Windsor County.
Bethel.
THERMOMETERS in this village registered
from zero to twelve degrees below last
Monday morning. - Rev. L. II. Elliot
agent OF the Vermont Bible Society, sup
piled the desk of the Congregational church
Sunday. - Rev. John Kimball will de-
liver a lecture on " Temperance " in the Uni
versalist church next Sunday evening at
half-past six O'Clock. - Several couples
of our young people attended the leap-year
ball at Rochester Tuesday evening.
Members of the St. Adams Glee Club are
arranging with the Congregational Ladies'
Aid Society in this place to give concert
here in the near future. The fact that three
of the members of the club are well-known
here will insure them hearty welcome.
- Our town auditors say that the eX-
penses Of the town the past year have been
S3,617 .33, and that it will require tax of
fifty cents on the dollar of the grand list to
pay it, including the state school and county
tax. OF the above expenses 81 ,22S.S1 were
for the support of the poor. - The
winter term of our graded school closed on
Friday of last week. - We were sur
prised upon receiving the report of the town
iiuuor agent last week to learn of the sickly
condition of our town during the past year.
The report shows that it cost but little less
than $4,000 to ease the pain of our popula-
ton. - What has become of our re-
publican club? Was it laid up to keep in the
town clerks office, where it was formed?
We have heard nothing of it since the
day it was organized - I" Was the
Church of England founded by Henry
| VIII.?" was the subject of very able and
interesting lecture delivered by Rev. f. w.
Way, rector of Chrst's church, in that
church Sunday afternoon. - A number
of Masons from this place attended the dis
trict meeting at South Royalton last week
Thursday evening. - Rev. John Kim
| ball delivered an excellent lecture on
ADJUSTMENTS " in Bascom House Hall
last week Saturday evening. - W. f..
| Heath spent Sunday at his home in this
place. His graphic account of his escape
from death at the burning of the Aldrich
House in Providence, r. l., week before
last is very interesting. - Rev S. A.
| Parker attended the funeral of Henry
II. Parker at Brooktied Center Friday of
last week - News was received here
last week that Almond Tolles was injured by
falling iron at the burning of his Office at
Great Falls, n. II. - Mrs. Sarah Chap
man is suffering with severe attack of in
| fiammatory rheumatism. - Fred Frink,
| formerly clerk at the Wilson House in this
| place, but now of the Pavilion, Montpelier,
was in town on Saturday last. - Ed.
| Kittredge and E. f. Wilson went to Canada
on Monday to buy horses. - John Paine
has let his farm to William Pike, who will
take possession of it in season to carry on
| the sugaring this spring. - G.. =. Curtice
and wife of Stoughton, Mass, formerly of
this place, have been visiting friends in this
| town and vicinity for several weeks. -
Rev. j. r. Robin and wife returned last
| Monday from their visit to Boston -
We should have said in our report last week
of the winter school in district No. II that
Lynn Chadwick had neither absence, tardy
or dismissal marks during the winter.
- George Pember and wife of Ran
dolph visited his sister, Mrs. Lucian Chad
wick and family in this village last week.
- G. II. Dutton and David Tolles at
tended the installation of Rev. f. S. Fiske at
Waitsfield last week. - L. E. Wilson has
taken the agency for the Equitable Life In
susance Company of New York and an ac-
cident company of Detroit Mich, for this
section. - Ephraim Thayer and Micah
Mann of West Randolph, with their wives
visited at T. f. Wilson's last week
East Bethel.
Miss ANNIE WOODWARD closed the winter
term of school in district No. 10 last Friday
An exhibition was held in the evening
opening with spelling-match in which old
and young joined. All were "spelled
down" by Maggie Shipman, twelve years
of age. REGULATIONS and tableaux followed
which were well rendered. The scholars
all of whom received a present from the
teacher, gave the teacher fine cameo-pin
- Mr.. Taylor, the stage-driver, has
engaged to travel for one year with
Mr.. Spiller, the oculist. - The Misses
Weeks and their brother Ernest have
moved to West Randolph. George has
opened a paint-shop at Mrs Nettie Wills
and will remain here. - News was re
ceived here last week Of the death of Willie
Burnham of Rome, Y. He was formerly
a resident of this vicinity and a son of the
late Captain Ammi Burnham. - Sim
Jones, who was recently reported as being
very sick, is convalescent. - Peter Jert
and Willis Severance have cut and sold tive
thousand five hundred eighty-seven blocks
of ice this season. 60 ID. Paul has let hi
farm in Royalton to |. S. Morrill, of Eas
Randolph for one year.
Rochester.
HENRY A. EATON Posi-, G.. A. r., is 4
erect a hall in the spring on the land pur
chased by Charles Martin and given to tn
post for that purpose. The lumber for tn
same is now being drawn. - John G
Church has obtained employment in Boston
and left town for that city last week, -
Mrs. Will Walker returned from Lancaster
! n. H., on Monday. - Hiram Hubbard
is i'll and not expected to recover. 60
Frank Hubbard and family expect to NOV
/, to the Farwell farm soon. - Ware
Elliot of Lincoln was in town porto
went to Hoosac n. Y, last Saturday t
visit his mother, who is very sick -
Lola Allbee and Eva Lamb arrived HON
from Goddard Seminary last Friday on
two weeks vacation 80 Alfred Eato
and family move to West Randolph thi
week - George baltimore of Cumbel
! land, Iowa, is visiting his parents an
friends
Sharon.
> REV. S. A. PARKER will preach in Smith
I Hall in this place at two o'clock next SUI
day afternoon. Subject, " The Religion
( Fear and the Religion of Love"
$ SEVERAL avalanches have occurred in I'll
! province of Oviedo, Spain, destroying
i railway bridge and number OF house