The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06

Orange County.
Bradford.

Bradford.
MAITLAND JENKINS, who has been head
clerk in the post-ottice for the past eight
months, has severed his connection with
the Office and accepted a similar position at
Claremont, n. II. He started for his new
field of labor Tuesday. 80 The venerable
Captain Enos Taylor, who had lately lived
buried last Saturday. - Mrs. Lucy
Ormsby died May rs at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Porter, on the South Plain
aged eighty-seven years. - w. f. Cum
mings has recently patented corn-planter
1t works nicely and plants two rows at
time. - The measles are having quite a
run here. School in district No 2 has
closed for two weeks on account of them
and that in No. II stopped for a like time
but is now open again. Nearly all who
have had them have gotten along we'll
- The household effects of the late
Ellen Morse were sold at auction last
Saturday.
Braintree.
Mrs. WOODBURY. of Massachusetts, is Wis
iting her daughter, Mrs. f. II. Cleveland
- Edward Banks, a student from
Oberlin, Ohio, is supplying the church on
Braintree Hin during his vacation. -
H. A. Powers and wife visited her sister in
East Montpelier the first of the present
week. - Hiram Luce has moved to the
farm of Gilman Mann in Randolph. -
Miss Annie Woodward, who is teaching
school at East Bethel, spent the Sabbath
with her parents. - The cards are out
announcing the marriage of Mrs. Mary
Mudgett's daughter, Ella Flora, to Clarence
Webster Tuesday night of this week.
Chelsea.
ALMoN NEWELL has gone to New Hamp-
shire with the intention, it is said, of re-
manning. - Mrs. Blackwell and Miss
Hon of pali at NJ
b. f. Dickinson's. u. X. and Hale X.
Darling went to Corinth on Sunday to at
tend the funeral OF Rev. Mr.. Winch. -
Rev. William Carr of Brookfeld preached
at the Congregational church last Sunday
on exchange. - Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Stanley attended the funeral of Mrs. STAN
ley's mother Mrs. Ormsby, at Bradford last
week. - Landlord f. ID. Barnes has
swung out very neat sign, and new sign
also appears at what has been known as
Ira Hoods clearinghouse, but is hereafter
to be called the American House. -
Decoration day was observed very pleas
antly at the church and cemetery on the
West Hill The Grand Army of the Re-
public Sons of Veterans and Ladies' Aid
Society attended in a body and performed
the usual ritual service. Rev. Mr.. Herrick
spoke very acceptably and some exercises
by the children were well rendered. -
The selectmen, in pursuance OF the vote OF
the town last March, have given over the
care of the highways to the following men,
following the lines of the old highway dis
tricts: l.. ID. Humphrey, A. w. Whitney,
AFRO Hood, Il. b Robbins, G. w. Goodwin,
g. H. Hayward, II, \. Luce, e. b. Stanley,
f. n. Bacon, G.. f. Reed, c. w. Bixby, C..
c. Cross, j. NJ. Flint Franklin Dearborn,
g. b. Roberts, w. E. Bacon Smith Taylor,
V. ID. McAllister, G. w. Jersey, NJ. G..
Allen w. II. Emery, Horace Monkey, j. M.
Grant, II. S. Fitz and Benson Sanborn.
60 Children's day was observed at the
Methodist church last Sunday, the services
Sherburn is to be absent for the next three
Sundays, going, with his family, to visit a
brother at Calliope, Iowa. Mrs. Dewey
goes with them to visit her daughter, Mrs.
A. j. Whitney. Rev. III. A. Webster of
Williamstown will preach next Sunday.
- 1t is proposed to celebrate the Fourth
of July here on somewhat extensive scale.
A committee appointed to solicit subscrip-
tons is meeting with gratifying response.
The programme has not yet been definitely
arranged. - Mrs. Irene (Flanders) Gates,
wife of Marshall o. Gates, died on Sunday,
were held on Tuesday, Rev. S. A. Parker OF
Bethel officiating. - County court
opened Tuesday, Judge Powers presiding
The grand jurors from this town are Frank
lin Dearborn and E. b. Stanley and the
petit Jurors are Dudley Cabot and +. II
Il
district suit will be tried this term.
Corinth.
THE remains of Christopher Avery were
inferred at the Meadow May n. Deceased
was one of a family of nineteen children
and was about eighty years of age at the
time of his death. 80 The funeral OF Rev
Mr.. Winch was held last Sunday at the
Center. Rev. Mr.. Hubert preached the
sermon. - Heavy frosts occurred last
week. The buds on fruit-trees were no
injured.
Orange.
DECORATION DAY was observed for the
first time in this town. A procession was
formed at the church, headed by MARTA
music, which marched to the cemetery
decorated the graves and returned to thu
church, where appropriate exercises wer'
held. All present voted the affair success
1t is hoped that more will turn out next year
West Randolph.
| REV. S. A. PARKER will preach in thi
| place at two o'clock P. NJ. next Sunday
! Subject, "Agnostcsm.'
North Thetford
Miss ABBIE BARNES, a former resiien
| of this place, late of Canada, is visiting
! friends here. - Mrs. Susan Downer ha
gone to Chelsea for a short time. =-
! Frank Wilcox spent last week at the Club.
! -- Wis isooiEhp .Nttt iiat'io " iiNoN
is home from California to spend the sum
mer with her parents. - Miss abb
Downer is teaching school in Union Village
West Topsham.
j. NJ. CILLEY has traded his farm in TIL
Gore for the George Bond place on Wait
River. Warren Page has bought the n
b. Curtis place on lions Hill, - TIL
Charles Fellows place on Waits River wa
sold at auction last Saturday. Henri
Fulton was the purchaser. He paid S33
for the property. The same place was sol
only few years ago for 5000. == Severa
parties are trying to negotiate with G.. NJ
Tubbs for his trotting horse. 60 ID
Watson has so far recovered from hi
! .arioue mi urv cauaaI Inv a fall that he ia n