The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-26

Shady Rill.
SEE announcement of DAILY JOURNAL
and WATCHMAN for session on first and
fourth pages Who and how many will get
the JOURNAL or WATCHMAN free? 60 Mrs.
Asa Chaplin, widow Of the late Asa Chapiu,
died of heart trouble last Saturday night.
Her age was eighty years. The funeral was
held Monday at the Center church. -
Luther Markham has sold his place to Jo-
seph Goldman. go Miss Eta Markham has
class in instrumental music.
Northfield.
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WATCHMAN for session on first and fourth
pages. subscriptions may be left with f.
l.. Howe. Who and how many will get the
JOURNAL or WATCHMAN free? - Sidney
Bliss and wife are visiting in town after an
absence of several years in California.
- Lorenzo Belknap, an old resident of
this place, died last week at Marshalltown,
Iowa, where he had been for few years
His remains were brought here and inferred
in his lot in Elmwood cemetery. 60 Ex-
Cadet Loop of Rutland is in town. 80
Samuel w. Davis died at his residence on
Water street last Saturday. His remains
were taken to Barre on Tuesday for inter-
ment. Mr.. Davis had been Mason for
sixty-eight years, and was buried with
Masonic honors. - Mrs. II. b. Dodge
has sold her place on Union street to Mrs.
Ladd for $1,000. 80 Signal Officer Line
which weather maps are placed every morn
ing. - A special communication of De-
Witt Clinton Lodge, f. & A. NJ, will be
! held Saturday evening of this week for
work on the second degree. - Father
Brelivet is repairing his house and is
putting in furnaces. - Dennis Quinby
and wife of Montreal were in town last
week. - Frank Harris has returned
! from Boston, where he has been for several
weeks - The rope holding up the large
] 1nr arpti Ia Hoe nlyn laa a.l,,~
the bunting fell to the ground
Plainfield.
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| WATCHMAN for session on first and fourth
| pages. Subscriptions may be left with o.
l.. & K. G. Hoyt. Who and how many will
get the JOURNAL or WATcHMAN free? -
Nathan Skinner perished in the flames of
his barn, (which was struck by lightning and
burned, last Thursday afternoon. When
the fire was first seen, Mr.. Skinner was
lying behind a blazing pile of hay, so that
rescue was impossible 1t is supposed that
| he was unconscious from the shock of the
lightning. He was upwards of sixty years
old, had accumulated quite a property, and
was well-known and highly-esteemed cit
| izen.
Waitsfield.
SEE announcement of DAILY Journal
and WATCHMAN for session on first and
| fourth pages. Subscriptions may be left
at w. A. Jones store. Who and how
! many will get the JOURNAL or WATCHMAN
| free? - Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Robinson
We're very happily surprised on the after
noon of the Goth, the fiftieth anniversary of
| their marriage, by the numerous visitors
which poured in on them. Children,
grandchildren, great grandchildren and
great-grandchldren neighbors and
friends, made up the very pleasant gather
ing. Tokens of love and respect were Of
fered, and very appropriate remarks were
made by Rev. Mr.. Howe. - Miss Celia
Skinner Davis and daughter of Berlin,
Wis, are spending a few days in town.
! Miss Julia Skinner is to return with them.
- little son, four years old, and an
only child, of Warren and Abbe Palmer
has died of typhoid dysentery and was
buried Tuesday, the 18th. - The farm
ers are giving testimony to good potato
| crop in this locality. - Some of the
corntields on the hill mysteriously escaped
the late severe frost. - The horses in
town are very generally afflicted with a
distemper. - Those interested in the
village school are rejoicing in the wisdom
of the school directors in securing for the
new teachers the Misses Glover and Brown.
Warren,
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and WATCHMAN for session on first and
fourth pages. Who and how many will get
| the JOURNAL or WATCHMAN free? +.
W. Slayton was called to MOrrisville by the
| illness of his brother-in-law, Henry Peck.
- Mrs. Martha Dvoll returned last
week from Wisconsin, where she has been
the past year. - S, ID. Allen has gone
into the grocery business in Barre, and o.
NJ. Jones works for him. - Mrs. Per-
kns, Rose Perkins and Mrs. Geer take in
the excursion to Boston this week, -
Plyna Parkeris is building large barn. -
| The ladies of the Unitarian society are to
hold sociable, including dancing two
! lOnrS at the town hall Optnhar Stb A II ara
invited, both old and young.
Waterbury.
SEE announcement for DAILY JOURNAL
and WATCHMAN for session on first and
fourth pages Subscriptions may be left
with j. G. Griggs. How many will raise
clubs of five, ten or more? - The PEN
sion of Thomas Norway has been increased
from IS to SIS per month, and the rate of
| w. L. Elliott's has been raised from S4 to
So. Charles Wheeler OF Duxbury has also
been fortunate enough to secure an advance
of S1i, which will bring his pension up to
$50 month. - The room now occupied
by Dea T. l.. Mussey has been secured for
the library. Mr.. Mussey gives up his pres
ent quarters for the accommodation OF the
association, and will remove his stock of
goods to his home. 1t is his intention to
solicit orders throughout the village and to
deliver goods to his customers. - No
tice is given by Thomas T. Farrell secre-
tary, that the first reunion of the Fourth
Regiment Vermont Volunteers will be held
at Montpelier, Friday, October 10. A bust
ness meeting will be held at the court house
at two o'clock p. NJ, and campfire at 80
in the evening in the hall of the house of
representatives, IL is expected that the
governor and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS will be
present. - Mr.. Charles Wells set out on
his proposed trip to Gettysburg the oath.
- A. w. Hobson has returned to Bos-
ton. He completes his course at the Boston
University next spring. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Cove and their son Frank were in town
during the fair Mr.. Cove is not yet per-
manently established in any line of bust
ness. - A number of our tradesmen
have taken advantage of the merchants
! excursion 10 run down to Boston. -
The Young Ladies' Christian Temperance
| Union will hold a sociable at the home of
Miss lnez Moody next Friday evening, 10
which all young people are invited. This
! organization ran stand at the fair from
| which temperance drinks were sold. -
The show of apples at the fair was excep-
| tionally good Mr.. Davis takes his exhibit
! to other fairs in the state as an advertise
ment of his line of fruit trees. re-
mark that dance hall was a little out of
place at an agricultural fair was met with
the explanation that the boys were only
hoeing it down"