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

RoxBuRY.- Fred w. Roys has bought the
lothian Ellis house of Billings Spalding and
taken possession. == John Ferris has
bought the Sylvester Tracy farm. -
Miss Lizzie Butterfeld has recently re-
turned from visit at Lexington, Mass.
NORTH PoMFRET.-Last week, while Mr.
Amos Colburn was driving nail, it flew
back, hitting one of his eyes. 1t is feared
he will lose the sight of that one if not of
both He is in Boston for treatment. -
School in No. 3 began on Monday, with
Miss Maggie Fairbanks, from Woodstock,
as teacher.
EAST WARREN.-Elwin A. Williams has
moved to his farm recently purchased of NJ
Il. Goodspeed. Myron has moved to the
village into the tenement lately vacated by
Homer Van Deusen. 80 Frank j. Tilot-
son of Burlington has been spending several
days with his parents. - Il. III. Elliot
spent few days last week in Lincoln and
Starksboro.
WAITsFIELD.-M. S. Bennett and family,
who have been visiting at j. T.. Berry's the
past few weeks, have gone to Waterbury,
where they will spend a few days, visiting
friends, and then return to their home in
Ganges, Michigan. Mr. Bennett was for
mery Vermont boy, but is now extern
sively engaged in peach culture in the Mich
igan peach belt
BARTON LANDING.-Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Brown are spending two weeks in Boston.
- An elegant sign, the work of S. b.
Tucker and e. ID. Stafford has been pre-
sented to J. w. Taylor, druggist, by friends
in this village. - Lewis Nye has been
dangerously sick the past week. He is
now thought to be out of danger. - vii
lage schools begin next Monday
SOUTH WooDBURY.-Dr. II. II. Jewell of
West Concord is in the place this week.
80 Mrs. Lucinda Farnsworth has re-
turned from Sheffield, where she has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Benjamin Farr.
- Mrs. John Lance of Cabot is visiting
her sons. DR.. and George Lance. - Mr..
and Mrs. Rufus Bigelow were in the place
visiting last week.
WEST ToPsHAM.-Rev. II. f. Reynolds,
assisted by Revs. George Crockett and
Lyman Sargent, conducted services last
Sunday. Erwin Harvey was baptized and
he, George Hight and Mrs. r. NJ. Bill united
with the Methodist church. G.. NJ
Tubbs, instead of going to Manchester as
was announced short time ago, has bought
out the Jones bakery at Barre and takes
immediate possession.
BRooKFIELD. - Orrin and Tullis Hall
started for California last week. - The
land and snow rollers which b. +. Buxton
is making are so popular and so well
adapted to the use for which they are in
tended that many have been engaged for
the winters work. - Mr.. Hayes and
William Winter are quite sick. - Dana
Freeman is at home for a few weeks.
- Leila Peck is teaching in district No. 2.
RocHEsTER.-MissL Lila Martin is spend
ing few days with her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. T. B. Martin. - Albert Ire
william and wife of Barnard spent last Sun
day in town the guest of Mrs. Carlisle.
- Alfred Eaton of West Randolph
spent Sunday with relatives here. 20.
NJ. Forel's opening ball was attended by
thirty-five couples. - The young peo-
pie Of the Universalist society are to pre-
sent the domestic drama /" Our Messmate I"
with the farce " Brother Bill and Me-" on
Tuesday evening, December 18th, at the
vestry.
EAST CoRINTH.-About five couples were
present at Butterfeld's Thanksgiving ball
on Wednesday evening. - Several from
this place attended the ball at Corinth
Thursday evening. - Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Gage Of Bradford were in town over
Thanksgiving. - II. j. Kemp, attending
college at Burlington, and G. l.. Kemp, at
tending college at Hanover, n. H., spent
Thanksgiving with their parents -
Mrs. Frank Southworth was in town last
week. il. H. Chamberlain of New
York City was in town last week, but re-
turned Friday.
SOUTH RoYALToN.-George Foster has re-
turned from Keene n. II. - Mrs. A. p.
Skinner is visiting her sister in Manchester
n. II. - l.. G. Dckerman is in Boston
and Worcester this week. - About forty
couples attended the Thanksgiving ball at
Southworth's on Thursday evening. -
Mrs. William Bingham and Miss Ona Day OF
Lowell, Mass, were home at Thanksgiving
Mr. and Mrs. George Goss of Montpelier
visited in town last week. - Thomas
Prindle has returned from his visit to Clare.
mont, n. III. - Miss Jessie Kinson re-
turned on Saturday to her school in West
Woodstock.
SHADY RILL. - Mr.. and Mrs. j. d.
Flint spent Thanksgiving with his brother
Joseph Flint, in Worcester, Mass. -
There will be preaching services here on
Sunday, December 16. - M. c. Max.
ham and H. w. Cummings are home on a
vacation Mr. Cummings returned to
school on Monday. Mr.. Markham is to
teach the school on Hampshire Hill
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius E. Sanders and family
spent Thanksgiving with William o. Cum,
mings. - Herbert w. Cummings spent
his vacation at home, and has returned to
Waterbury Center to resume his studies al
Green Mountain Seminary.
WINDHAM.-Mrs. William d. Harris OF
Deerield, Mass, recently spent few days
with friends. - Miss Belle S. Cook has
gone to Athens to teach the winter term OF
school in that place. - The blacksmith
shop here is once more open, after being va.
cant for some time. q. w. Pebbles is the
present occupant. - Two young men
while hunting for sheep, found bear. They
at first thought they saw dog, but the re-
suit of a closer observation was a black
bear. They left Mr.. Urso severely alone
and when later search was made they
found Mr.. Bear had left, aside from his
tracks, only the skeleton of a sheep.
CALAIs.-There is TO be an old folks ball
at the Memorial Hall, December II. -
School in district No. IL, taught by Miss NJ
Edna Goodell, closed November "a. The
scholars having no absent marks We're Abbit
Hawkins, Eta and Nellie Barton. Those
without tardy marks were Heman and
Frank Hersey Eta, Nellie, Weston and
Elmer Barton, Alfred and Walter Darling
Abbie and Mary Hawkins. Lucy Pray had
but one absent mark, and Lillian Pray but
two. There were but two instances of tar
diness and one of dismissal during the tern
of twelve weeks. - School in district
No 10 opened last Monday with Miss Ada
Nye as teacher.
EAST ELMoRE.-George A. Morse has
sold his house at the sand hill to George A
Keller. - Rev. ID, Z, Bragg is visiting
his son at Watervile this week. Mrs. ID. p
Bragg is visiting in Massachusetts. &C.
School in District No. Q commenced De-
cember 3, with Miss Edith Silloway as
teacher. - Quarterly meeting at the
Methodist church Saturday and Sunday
December and o. Il. w. Culver, the pre-
siding elder, will preach Saturday evening