The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-04
Washington County.


washington county.
Barre.
| LELAND T. POWERS, the impersonator,
gave an entertainment in the lecture course
last Thursday evening to an appreciative
audience. Your correspondent last week
said that the next entertainment would be
! given on the evening of January 11th, and
! supposed he was correct, as he obtained his
| information from the bulletin published by
the association. The Fiske Jubilee Singers
are to be here Wednesday evening, Janu-
airy 11th, as noticed last week. - The
members of the Congregational society held
their annual reunion and dinner at the
church last Saturday, with the usual eXer-
cises. - The village schools commenced
Monday. Mr. and Mrs. c. V. Roberts,
Edith Barnes, Genevieve Clark and Flor
| ence Howard are the teachers. The
! illness of Mrs. A. NJ. Jackman terminated
fatally last Saturday. She had been sick
| quite a long time and was thought at one
time to be gaining. The funeral was held
from the house Monday afternoon. Rev.
j. A. Sherburn of Chelsea, assisted by Rev.
j. f. Rhoades, conducted the services.
- John Callagan and Nellie Durkee
were married last Thursday evening at the
residence of the brides parents by Rev.
! William j. O'Sullivan and Rev. j. f.
Rhoades. The bride and groom took the
1910 train from Montpelier for short we'd
ding trip. - Several of the boys from
Tufts College made a short visit to Goddard
Seminary last week. 60 The services at
the Universalist church will be held at 1915
AM next Sunday, and at that time in future
until further notice. - Last Saturday
morning thermometers registered from 30
to 36o below zero in the village. - Clay
ton V. Perry is at home for few days He
returns to st. Johnsbury to-day (Wednes-
day.
Cabot.
THE Week of Prayer is being observed,
| with ha1 al Ia, Mo+
odist and Congregational churches. -
Mr.. Wells is somewhat better than last
week, but his physicians do not consider
him out of danger yet - Our worthy
townsman, G. NJ. Seabury, who was badly
in niured in one of his limbs and shoulder
about three weeks ago, by being thrown by
horse upon the frozen ground is slowly
/ improving, but it is feared it will be some
time before he will fully recover.
Gertle 5. Haines entertained quite large
number of her young friends very hand
somely last Saturday evening, it being her
fifteenth birthday. - Mrs E. G.. Haines
is spending few weeks with her daughter
Matte, who is teaching in Newport, n. II.
Calais.
REV. j. j. LEWIS of South Boston will
preach at Maple Corner next Sunday at two
O'Clock p. NJ - The grist-mill recently
put into the red shop" at Maple Corner
by l.. A. Kent is "A boon to farmers in this
nIClHliS, saving tnelll inlleS Ol tIdNel. -
The members of the Calais Circulating
Library held their tifty-third annual meet
ing last Monday. - Cadet |. Rich Mower
is at home for a few days. - Miss
Mary Watson, who has spent the holidays
at nome, Will return to her school at st.
JohnsDury TINS week. - Byron Nelson
is confined to the house with sore eyes.
Gus Alnsworth is very poorly with heart
trouble - Oscar Ainsworth is about
moving to Kent's Corner. - Call and
] .. D.. .l.I..
Kent. II will we'll repav Won for the
trouble. Less than one-half of the
colts born in this town in 1887 are living
- The ruling price for potatoes Is
seventy-fve cents per bushel. - Over
sixty persons are reported to have died from
cold and starvation in Kansas already this
winter. In Vermont we neither starve nor
freeze, but have comfortable homes. good
schools, etc. Note the difference. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Wheeler celebrated
their golden wedding December 2Sth A
large number of guests were invited but
owing to the snow-storm some were unable
to attend. Their sons-W. III. (and family
of Des Moines, Iowa, and Walter p. of New
York city-were present. Their fifty wears
of married life appear to rest lightly npon
the venerable couple. The presents were
numerous, noticeable among which n were
Wheeler n bean,ifniP Pumbrala from w II
Wheeler and a gold headed cane from their
son.in.Iaw' A i DndIev of Cascade Case ie Lacks ,resi
Ora1on Ntiss Pano GnarnSay, raaJ o.,
anniversarv noem On tbe oIden t;ma Mr. T.
A. Kent, Mrs. NJ. A. Kent and Mrs. III. w.
Town sang to the tune of "Auld Lang
Syne words selected by the bride, and this
was followed by an original poem bv Miss
Ellen o. Peck, which was written for the
occasion. The affair was a most ENJOYABLE
one TO all present, and at half-past ten
P. NJ. the guests departed
East Calais