The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-21

Windsor County.
Bethel.

WITH the thermometer at 80 below zero
Sunday morning and 10 below on Monday
one might call it chilly weather for the 18th
and 18th days of March. "The Border
Land" was the subject of Professor W. G.
Cragin's lecture, delivered at the Universal
list church to a fair-sized audience Wednes-
day evening We hear the present course
of lectures by home talent spoken of as
much more interesting than the course of
last winter by expensive foreign speakers.
60 Sixty-nine couples were in attend
ance at the leap-year ball at the Bascom
House last Friday evening - The viii
lage schools began on Monday, with Pro-
fessor w. G.. Cragin as teacher i'll the high
school, Clara Barrows in the grammar,
Mary Chadwick in the intermediate and
Mary Leonard in the primary. - The
Eolian quartette of the st. Adams glee
club, with Abbie Clark as accompanist and
Henry l.. Chadwick as cornetist, have de-
cided to give concert at the Bascom House
in this place Wednesday evening, March
%. - The lecture at the Universalist
church Sunday evening by Rev John KIM
ball on "The Story of Eden was a very
interesting one. n. f. Clark of st.
Adams was in town Friday of last week
- Albert Richardson of Lodi, Dakota,
visited friends in town last week. - Ira
Ellis and Carl Cushing returned to their
studies at Goddard Seminary, Barre, last
Saturday. - Mrs. George Taggart of
Stockbridge visited friends in this place and
vicinity last week. - Rev. Mr.. Mccoy
returned from Brattleboro last week much
improved in health - Bertha Burnett
has been spending some weeks with friends
in Rutland. - Jessie Chadwick who
has been spending the winter with sister
in Winchendon, Mass, returned to her
home in this place last Saturday - Last
Friday the remains of Charles G.. Smart,
who was killed by being thrown from a
snow-plow on the railroad at Henniker,
n. H., on Tuesday of last week, were
brought here for interment. His age was
forty-sx years. He was a brother-in-law OF
Hon. A. p. Hunton of this place, and mar,
ried Julia Paige, the youngest daughter OF
the late Dr. Alfred Paige of this town
- Carrie Curtice, who is teaching in
Lancaster, N. H., returned to her school
last Friday. IS. T. Coy of Bellows
Falls was in town the first of the week
- At the earnest request of many the
exhibition given by the scholars in district
No II at the close of the winter term OF
school was repeated on Wednesday evening
March Z, and was one that every one in the
district should be proud of.
East Bethel.
THE storm of last week was the mos
severe ever known in this section. The
roads were so badly drifted that it required
passabe condition. Will Rand, the stage
driver, braved the storm Monday and carried
the mail from Royaton to North Randolph
distance of fifteen miles. His face anC
ears were badly frozen and he has since
been confined to the house. No mail wa
received here from that time until Thurs
| day night. 1t is estimated that from two Il
three feet of snow fell during the storm
- Heman Smith celebrated his nine
tieth birthday the 18th instant - JOIN
bearing has sold his farm to his cousin
George bearing, and will go to Montpelie
to live.
Norwich.
FREDERICK MARTIN of this town died o
pneumonia March la little less thar
eight days after the decease of his wife from
the same disease. Mr.. Martin was able t.
attend the funeral of his wife, although h
was not feeling well at the time.
Gaysville.
Mr.. EUGENE GooDELL, who has been il
Dakota for number of years, returned las
week. His little daughter came with him
- Miss Anna Brown and Fred Kimbal
returned to Barre, where they are al
tending school, last week. - Quite
number of young ladies and gentlemen al
tended the leap-year ball at Bethel Frida
night.