The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

bhlutu' - OHhIleS II. stone, VINO mas
won merted distinction in the ranks of the
New Hampshire democracy, spent Thanks
giving day with his uncle, Matthias j. Stone.
80 Lester Abbott, son of Deacon n. j.
Abbott, is quite sick at Barre of typhoid
fever. - Thanksgiving service was held
in the Congregational church. The sermon
was delivered by Rev. j. e. Knapp. 80
The young people of the CONGREGATIONAL
church will hold fair in the church parlors
December 22-25 All are invited to furnish
some saleable article. - Edwin Burn
ham and family, formerly of Calais, have
moved to the Lance house at the upper end
OF the village, recently purchased by them.
MARsHFIELD. --Thanksgiving day passed
very quietly with us. There was no service
through the day, but there was one in the
evening at the Congregational church.
Mrs: N Robinson had family gathering at
her house although her daughter Minnie was
not home from Bradford rs was expected
Among those from out of town who spent
the day in our midst were Judge Fisher and
family of Cabot at T.. l.. Spencer's, John
Damon and wife of Cabot at Moses Whit
ney's, and Stephen Colby and wife at Sam
uel Bemis'. - A. T. Durant is saving
chair stock, having two band saws running
with help to keep them going. 60 Rev.
o. ID. Clapp returned home last Saturday
and preached to his people on Sunday but
returned to Mortified on Monday. He re-
ceived a telegram Saturday afternoon that
his wife's mother, Mrs. Farnsworth, was
dying in Providence, r.. l., where she had
gone visiting, and he will probably be gone
from home the entire week. He preached
in Plaintied, Sunday afternoon, for Rev. &.
III. Farnsworth, who was in Providence car
ing for his mother 80 There will be a So
ciable at the vestry of the Methodist church
next Friday evening with musical and
literary entertainment. - The Thanks
giving promenade was attended by seventy
couples and was highly enjoyed by all.
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cises of the fall term of Green Mountain
Seminary were of especial interest. At the
prize speaking on Wednesday, Miss Pottle
of Stowe received the first prize, f. G.
Bingham of Bethel the second, and Miss
Flora Davis of Andover received honorable
mention. The committee of awards was Mr..
Fernald of the Waterbury graded school,
w. f. Minard, NJ. D., and Mrs. w. f.
Marshall. The prize students of the COM
mercial school were II. G.. Ward of More
town, third term George H. Chaplin of
Waterbury, second term; Jennie Shea of
gins December a. There is prospect of a
| large attendance. - Elmer Nelson of
| Concord, who is visiting his aunt, Mrs. H.
f.. Hunter, will remain and attend the win
ter term of he Green Mountain Seminary.
- James &. Emerson, the popular prin-
| cpal of the Minard Commercial School, has
returned from visiting his brother at Wells
| River. - Miss Nettie Chase, A. b.. is
visiting her mother at WATERFORD, Maine
- The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union meet at Miss Colley's on Saturday
afternoon, December Sth. The Young
Woman's Christian Temperance Union will
| hold its next meeting on Monday evening,
December 10th. The Loyal Temperance
| League has its next meeting Friday even
! ing, December 18th.
EAST MoNTPELIER.-Rev J. o. Sherburn
| is to preach at the Center every Sunday af-
ternoon during the present month. -
| Next Saturday evening, the lyceum at the
| Center will discuss the relative merits of
the Ptkin high license bill and the temper
ance law now in force. - Mr.. Morse
! from Seminary Hill is teaching in the Bliss
district. - George Daniels, who has
been at his home in Woodbury., with a
! bruised hand, has returned to his work,
- School at the Center commenced on
Monday, with Miss Helen Goodwin as
teacher. - Alfred Bailey was in Cabot
- Mr.. and Mrs. N. III. Dodge are
spending the week with their daughter at
the Center. - Mrs. Dingwall has re-
turned to Morristown. - Miss Myrtle
Ormsbee recently spent week with her
sister in Warren - Mrs. H o. Steward
has been spending few days in Boston.
- They have another son at III. NJ.
Paine's. - As Mr.. and Mrs. Andrews of
Moretown were about starting from their
home with the intention of spending
| Thanksgiving uay Win tnelr daughter at
the Center, the horse became frightened
and Mrs. Andrews was thrown from the
carriage and so severely injured that she
| gave UP the days visit. - Owing to
continued ill health N. II. Dodge has given
up work in his shop and disposed of his
wagons, with the exception of one first-class
farm wagon, which will go at bargain.
WILLIAMsrowN.-He b. Hersey, of
the United States Signal Service, and at
present stationed in Florida has had a Sc
we're attack of yellow fever, but is GONZALES
cent. - Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Abbott
expected to sail from New York last Satur-
day, for their home in st. Augustine,
Florida. - DR.. Charles A. Gale and
wife of Rutland were at the old home here
for Thanksgiving festivities last week
- Our town contains, in round num-
bers, one thousand inhabitants. By actual
count, every one OF these thousand inhabit-
ants was present at the union Thanksgiving
services at the Methodist church last
Thursday with the tritling exception of nine
| hundred sixty-nine persons. But doubt
less we are not distinguished above other
New England towns, in this respect. -
| Return S. Davis, now of Salem. Mass. lately
made a flying visit to this place. The
famous Englshman, Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph
Chamberlain, with his wife just visited the
family of the gentleman employing Mr..
Davis. Mr.. Davis speaks pleasantly of Mr..
Chamberlain's come-at-able way. 1t would
treat others, and be treated by them
which insures his being taken to other
American hearts than that of his new wife
- Mrs Keene w. Davis, a former resi-
dent, now of Colorado, finds free and de-
lightful home in her old age, with family
she befriended there some years ago, which
gladly returns her kndnesses in this way
Such memory of kindness shown deserves
public mention. Winter terms of
school are TO be taught by Erwin II. Martin
in the James Walbrdge district; Horace
| Farnham in the Ezekiel Odds district, South
Barre Miss Nellie Williams in the David
Gale district; a Miss Glines of Berlin in
the Calvin Flint district Miss Eta Mar
tin in the Jacob Flint district. -
/ Orville II. Briggs, and his brother, DIR, j,
G. Briggs of Barre, attended the funeral of
their father, Mr.. j. Wright Briggs. in Roch-
ester, n. V, last week. Mr.. Briggs six
sons were present and acted as bearers. He
was buried in Newark, n. Y. - Rev |.
Jones will, we believe, exchange with Rev
Mr.. Hall of Berlin, next Sunday. - A
new street has been laid out on the Alvah
Smons meadow, running north from depot
street to the old "meadow road. -
Misses Flora and Katie Erskine are attend
ing school in Bristol. - Ed. Smith has
hired the meat shop in George Wilbur's
| new builuinp. Norman r. DaVan-