The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-09

did not receive the patronage which the
cause should receive. - A chimney on
the Wilson House burned out Monday and
our village was saved from a serious con-
Migration by the very excellent workings of
our water-works, which were put in for fire
protection year or two ago. 60 G.. Il.
Grahams ten-year-old daughter caught a
trout last Saturday that weighed one and
three-fourths pounds and Mr.. Graham
caught one on Monday that weighed two
Rogers of South Royaton visited friends in
this town last week. - Mrs. Holden G.
Hatch of this village seems to have won
derful faculty for raising birds. She has
now ten fine German canarys and brood
of five young cinnamon birds which she
has raised this spring. - S. s. Blakely
is selling off his household effects, with a
view to moving to Waterbury, Conn, to re-
side, where he has several sons.
Owing to the bad travelling most of the
schools in town did not commence until
Monday. Mrs. T.. ID. Wellington is quite
i'll. - William Brooks has moved on to
the Durham farm in the west part of the
town. near Lloyd Johnson's, having recently
exchanged his real estate in the village
with j. ID. Cushing for the farm. - Mrs.
Walter Carpenter visited in town last
week. - Charles Kidder began work on
his new house Monday, with II. o. Markham
OF South Pomfret as master-bulder. -
Miss Hattie WEIGH has secured the services
of Miss Gertrude Barnes in her millinery
store this season as trimmer.
East Bethel.
REV. o. j. TAYLOR has just closed seven
years pastorate over the Baptist church
here, and, with his wife, goes to Somerville,
Mass, this week. to visit their son. -
Rev. w. NJ. ellis of South Royalton held
services in the Union church in this village
Sunday and has an appointment for May
20 at two o'clock P. NJ. - n. Fowler has
surveyed the Burnham and the Cogswel
farms. Both farms are to be divided.
- Fred Wedgewood and wife of Essex
junction were in town Sunday to visit his
father, who is ill; - The sick ones are
all better. - Isaac Thayer has sold his
hotel to II. w. Fowler Il Co., who will
move and remodel the building for dwelling,
tin-shop and store. - Albert Harlow
lost his pocket-book recently. 1t contained
nearly 500. After searching the sugar
place for two days he found it at home in
the wood-box, where it had fallen out of
his pocket.
Rochester,.
THE stone are being drawn for the founda-
ton of the Grand Army building.
The river roads are settled and dry, but
some of the hill roads have had to he SHOW
eled out so that people could travel with
wheels the past week. - The Alsatan
glass blowers gave an entertainment at
Hotel Hall last Monday evening. The
suit between ID. n. Coolidge and the town
has been appealed to county court. -
w. II. Campbell recently took some sui
phuric acid into his mouth, thinking it to be
maple syrup. He had pretty sore mouth
for few days. - Rev. Il. Gerry has
moved on to his farm in West Randolph,
but will supply the Congregational pulpit
here for the present. - David Eaton is
not expected to live but few days. 80
Chester Pierce and family are expected
home the 10Th from California, where they
have spent the past winter. - Jesse
Wright and wife of Gaysvile spent Sunday
in town. - Will Hubbard has gone to
work for Messrs. Bush & Greeley at the
Lower Mills.
Sharon.
THE tariff question was decided by the
board of decision, according to argument, in
favor of the Mills bill at the meeting of
the republican club on Monday evening.
- Our people are going to have a side
walk and street-lamps will probably be put
up. - 1. ID. Pettis of Boston is in town.
- G. A. Williamson was at his old
home here over Sunday.