The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-08


= Parker A. Smith coming home from
Jacksonville, Fla, at the time the extreme
cold weather was being experienced here,
said it was oppressively hot there, the Their
mometer registering 90o in the shade. 60
Those who make their plans to hear the
closing lecture in the course next week Fri
day night by Elihu b. Taft, Esq, of Bur
lington will not go away disappointed. His
subject is Mexico" - The new steam
mill is fast approaching completion and will
be one of the best arranged and most con-
venent screen manufactures in the world.
The new firm will be crowded with work as
soon as they start as they have the best
screen made. Uncle Dudley Strong
is growing feeble all the time. He is at II.
Smiths in Gilead. - n. Osgood Snow
has lately completed a crayon portrait of
A. A. Smith that is one of the best we ever
saw. 1t is perfectly natural and life-lilSe
- Nearly all of our commercial travel
ers were showed in during the recent storm
A. G.. Wheeler was at Lebanon, n. H.,
about twenty-seven bours j. w. Gabrielle
at Montpelier and Walter Wedgewood was
in the wilds of northern New York. All
had quite an experience - Mrs. III. Il.
Flint of Springfield, Mass, is visiting in
town. - Joel Wood, formerly of Barre
and now living in Pine Valley, Oregon, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Kimball Bancroft.
- Mrs. f. II. English has moved into
her new house on Central street. 80
Emma Ashley, who has been very sick with
pneumonia at White River Junction, is bet
ter. - John Gorham's health is so poor
he is talking of going to Texas, - A. b.
Thomas, Esq, of Hardwick was in town
last week. He is largely interested in the
development of the granite at that place.
f. p. Rogers of Burlington was in
town over Sunday. - Mr.. and Mrs. II.
T.. Flint of Springfield, Mass, are visiting
Dubois returned from New York Thursday.
- Mrs. George Walker is able to be out
again after her long illness.
STAFFORD.
THERE were eight births, fourteen deaths
and six marriages in town last year. -
The great advance in the price of copper
is giving a new impetus to copper mining
in this town. The Elizabeth Company is
gradually increasing its working force, and
a full complement of men will probably be
employed when spring opens. Forty thou
sand pounds of plate or crude copper have
been shipped within few weeks. -
The Grand Army Post has been trying for
several weeks to give an entertainment in
connection with public installation of its
officers, but the storm embargo has been too
strong to permit it The bills now announce
that the affair will come off the Sth instant.
Captain Hall of Chelsea and other comrades
from neghboring towns are expected to be
present and assist. - Special religious
meetings have been held in town almost
continuously since New Years. The Week
of Prayer was observed as usual. The Free
Baptsts and Congregationalists held union
services in this village about nine days in
succession, beginning January 16. On the
Both Rev. Mr.. Stone of Connecticut, Adj
ventist, assisted by the resident minister of
that order, Mr., Haynes, began series of
revival meetings. All those meetings have
been well attended and much interest has
been manifested, yet few conversions have
followed. - Mrs. James w. Tyson, wife
of the chief owner of the Elizabeth mine in
STAFFORD, died in Baltimore, Md, on the
oath ult., of pneumonia. Mrs. Tyson was a
daughter of the phlanthropist, " Friend y
Dawson Philadelphia. She was full of
good works and alms-deeds and, like other
of the Friends persuasion, was quiet and
unostentatious in her beneiicence. She will
be greatly mourned and missed by our peo-
pie. - James Thompson has conveyed
to William II. Billiard all his property, and
is to receive therefor life support. -
j. j. Quimby, Esq, of South STAFFORD is
compelled by sickness to dispose of his
homestead and other real estate. The sale
is by auction next Wednesday, when much
of his personal property will also be dis
posed of. Mr.. Quimby and wife intend to
reside with their son Frank.
North Thetford.
THE business men of the place are trying
| to get up some interest among the people to
build hall in this village. One is very
much needed. 60 Mr.. Gilman, our Con-
gregational minister, delivered very able
discourse last Sabbath. He is from Dart
mouth. - f. G.. Thickett of the firm OF
Watson & Thickett went to Paterson, n. j.,
last week to see his father, who is danger
ously i'll. - Mr.. Dorothy of Canaan, n.
H., is holding singing-school here one
been having their way here for several
weeks. The afflicted ones are all doing
well. - The only daughter of Hiram
Ware died recently of scarlet fever
Tunbridge.
THE G. A. r. boys will give campfire
soon. - Mrs. E. A. Kenyon of Towns
bend gave very interesting " chalk talk u
here Friday evening. - There is to be a
| Universalist festival this "wednesday even.
ing. - The Womans' Christian Temper
| ance Union library is open FRIDAYS. -
Lester Corwin has gone to Fitchburgh tc
spend few days. 60 Charles Osborne
returned Monday.
Williamstown.
The railroad spirit has been breathed into
Mr.. Enoch Howe's old blacksmith shop
long ago mumifed-and it is to come forth
a meat-market in the near future for " Ed.
! Smiths use. - A member of the grange
here tells us the order is in very prosper
GUS condition at the present time. There
are nearly Sixty I'VE workers IN IL. An out
slider can easily believe with the insiders
that their meetings are productive of mncl
good. - A daughter was recently borr
to DR.. and Mrs. George Il. Maloy, now o.
Glencoe, MINI. - Mrs. Fanny Abe
Woodward, now of Atchison Kansas
writes that married daughter, twenty-sH
years of age, was thrown from carriage
and so injured that she lived but few
hours. She was the second daughter of tina
age that Mrs. Woodward has buried. Fiv,
children yet remain to her. - Alder
Pierce, only child of Mrs. Abby How,
Pierce, who went TO Washington Territory
to seek his fortune few years ago, writes
under recent date, that he has doubtless
been poisoned Specimens of bread, il
which he suspects the poison was put have
been sent East for examination. He ha'
been very poorly, though somewhat bette
of late. - James p. Bass has returned
to Waco Texas, from Washington Terri
tory, where he has heen residing for som,
time past. 60 Travelling Salesman Arthu
Ralph was taken so seriously i'll on hi
last trip that he sent for Dr. Elliot b. Wat
son to come to him at Richmond las
Wednesday. He is again better. 60
Daniel ID. Royce, one of our most success
full farmers, proposes If he does not sell o.
rent his farm Che wishes to do so) to us
some two acres of land for garden products
He seems to have been quite successful il
the past in that line of farming, - =. Il