The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-22

went to the rally at Chelsea Saturday, rid
ing most Of the way over and back. 60
The mechanics band of this place, APP
pointed First Brigade band by the state,
goes to the muster with twenty-four men.
60 Miss Nellie Joiner sang for the Con-
gregationalists at Rochester Sunday.
More coal is being put in this season by
people here than ever before. - ALI
House of Post Mills plays with the me-
chancs' band at the state muster. 80 l..
7. Sparhawk is putting in new coal scales
near the railroad track. 60 Mrs. j. w.
Carleton will return home from her vaca-
ton this week. 80 Arson Burroughs and
family have moved into Smiths block.
North Thetford
GEoEGE CARPENTER and wife from Bos-
ton are in town for few weeks. -= Miss
Addie Morey is spending the summer in
STAFFORD. go w. Il. Earl comes home
this week from Bar Harbor Maine. $50
Allen Cummings will enter the freshman
class at Dartmouth College this fall. -
Miss Mary Burbank of Warren, Mass, Is at
the Hosiord House. - Mr.. Gilman, who
is supplying the pulpit of the Congrega-
tional church, is visiting among his parish
toner's during vacation. He will 90 to
Dartmouth in September. Herbert
Barnes from the Hotel Brunswick, Boston,
Mass, is home on vacation. - Large
parties from this vicinity visit Fairlee Pond
every week. Some only for a day and
others to camp out week. == Mrs.
Jackman Wise is quite i'll. She has tended
the toll gate for many years. 60 DR..
Goodale left last week for Cabot having a
greater inducement to settle there than
here.
West Topsham.
Mr., VICTOR WALLACE and family from
Missouri and Everett Wallace and family of
White River Junction are visiting friends
in this place. 60 The remains of the wife
of Rev. Lewis Dexter were brought here
for interment last week Tuesday. Mr. Dex-
ter is located in Maine - Last Thursday
Ed. Magoon went to the town liquor agent
and procured quart of alcohol and filled
himself up with it until he got fighting
drunk, when he went on to the premises of
ID. r. Sargent to fish. Mr.. Sargent ordered
him off but he refused to go and swore he
would fish. Hard words passed between
them and Magoon struck Sargent over the
head with his fishpole, cutting small cash,
which bled profusely. Miss Alice Sargent
came to the village and procured Officer
Smith and returned. When Magoon saw
the officer he started upon the run. Smith
ordered him to stop, telling him if he did
not he should fire at him. NJ. f. Wilds be-
ing present with rifle, drew up and fired,
which brought Magoon to a standstill.
Smith brought him to the village and sum-
moned States Attorney Watson. Magoon
was brought before Esquire White, pleaded
guilty OF intoxication and was fined IS.
and costs, amounting to S11.16, which he
paid. Then he was arrested for assault
upon Mr.. Sargent He pleaded guilty to that
charge, was fined $50 and costs, all in
both complaints amounting to about $40.
Magoon thought it rather an expensive
drunk. - A complaint was entered
against one Martin Collins for intoxication.
He was arrested, pleaded guilty, fined the
usual sum and costs, and then was arrested
again for procuring liquor upon false repre-
sensations, pleaded guilty and was fined
SO and costs, amounting in all for both
complaints to over $50.
Williamstown.
THERE is to be basket picnic in Mr.
Enoch Howe's grove at ten o'clock A. NJ
Thursday of next week, to which all the
Sunday schools of the place are cordially
invited. The invitation is also extended to
all others who would like to attend.
Rev. w. w. Nutting, some twenty years
ago Free Baptist minister here, will preach
week from next Sunday in the afternoon
at the church of that denomination in this
place. - Mr.. A. l.. Parsons will begin a
series OF evangelistic meetings on Wednes-
day evening next at the Clark Shepard
school-house, just over the line in Barre
and near the quarry district. He will be
glad OF the hearty cooperation of all here
who can assist him in this work. - Rev.
| F. w. Hamblin invites all who would like
to attend the Methodist camp-meeting at
Northtield this week TO share the Williams
town cottage with his own parishioners, as
there is a plenty of ROOM The late
DIR. ID. Dana Dickinson carried life insur-
ance to the amount of $1,000. - Mr..
| and Mrs. Myron III. Bass left last Friday for
| New Hampshire and Massachusetts, on their
way home. - Miss Christiana Ayers,
now of Lowell, Mass, is visiting her niece,
Mrs o. S. Martin. David Bradley of
| Chicago, H., has recently visited his
brother-in-law, Mr.. Enoch Howe, and re-
| turned home with his family. - There
seems to be little or no prospect of the re-
covery of Mrs. Enoch Howe, who is help
less from paralysis. Owing to her condi-
ton, her son-in-law James Burnham, with
his family has been compelled to move into
Mr.. Howe's house to care for her. -
Miss Alma Benedict is just now at home
from work in Middletown, Conn. - DR..
w. B. Mayo of Mortified was last
week called to lay another little body
beside those of his three young boys sleep
ing in the cemetery of this village. -
George Wilbur has purchased a lot of Mrs.
j. NJ. Beckett, east of the Simons & Gale
store, and is preparing to build meat
market. - Mrs Charles Il. Benedict is
| so much better that she is able to get out OF
doors little. - Enos +. Walker is about
to enlarge and add another story to his
house. His son Willard has been sadly
afflicted with boils and carbuncles for some
some weeks past. - Any who have the
opportunity to see Miss Alice Walkers
|
by doing So Some of her work was deemed
good enough to be sent to Chicago last year
on the occasion of the meeting of the
National Teachers Association in that city
- Albert Pierce does not recover from
the effects of his poisoning in Washington
Territory last year, but is in poor health
- The widow of the late Rev. Mr.
Ladd, of Roxbury and Berlin is, with heI
two sons visiting her sister, Mrs. DR.
Elliot b. Watson. - The greatest sym,
patty is expressed with DIR. and Mrs
j. c. Briggs of Barre in the death OF
their little daughter, Allie, from diphtheris
last Thursday evening. The necessity Of
immediate and hasty burial added to the
sad circumstances of the case. - Messrs
Beckett, Lathrop and Lynde have agreed tc
build large stone sheds for the granite firm:
on land purchased by them last fall from
Enoch Howe The sheds are to be com
pleted by November l. - Lynde &
Cheney are to put granite polishing works
into their steam mill. - Winslow Film
is preparing to build another house on hi,
land in the quarry district. - A prom
inent citizen of Washington invites the PEG
Pile of this place TO attend hag-raising il
that town Saturday afternoon, when ex
Governor Farnham is to speak. - Mrs
Mary (Edson) Little of Boston has recent.
visited frieuds in this place. - Mrs
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