The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-10-10
Wolcott.
Orange County.



On Monday afternoon Of last week c. w.
Clarke's house was found TO he on fire near
the chimney, which had burned ont earlier
in the day. II had gained considerable
Roadway, but prompt action on the part of
the fire department prevented what other
wise would have been destructive confla-
grafton. == Mr.. and Mrs Il. w. Smith of
Lowell, Mass, have been visiting their
family here and Mr.. and Mrs Charles r.
Corwin of Boston are now here. =
Frank l.. Hudson who is now employed in
Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, is here on a
short vacation 80 Mrs. DR.. NJ. H. Cor
win and Miss Flora NJ Corwin attended
the recent Woman's Christian Temperance
Union convention at Rutland. = Rev.
j. a. Sherburn attended the county Sum
day-schOOl convention at Newbury last
week. -= Miss Mary f. Atwood, who
has been away since early in the summer
has returned home, =- Despite the I'M
favorable weather, many of our people
attended the Worlds Fair at Tunbridge
An unusual amount of lquor-selling and
drunkenness is reported. -- John w.
Moore, who went West some weeks ago. has
settled for the present at least, at Seattle
Washington Territory. =- Byron Berry
has returned from South Royaton, and has
gone to Barnet for some weeks to work at
his trade. - There has been no preach
ing service at the Congregational church the
last two Sundays, but the regular services
will be resumed next Sunday.
Corinth Corner.
JAMES A. MERRILL of Manchester, n. H.,
state temperance agent, has been visiting
relatives-Norris Heath and family and
Mrs. A. Hanson. = Dan Smith and fam
lily have returned to New York. - Mrs
Smith Norris is visiting her daughter and
son in Manchester, n II. - Rev. S. c.
Vail exchanged pulpits with his brother in
Groton last Sunday.
East Orange.
AS both our pastors were taking a vaca-
ton, there were no services on Sunday I'M
til evening, when Presiding Elder Truax
preached and held a communion service
- The church building is now ready
for plastering. 60 The Home Aid So
ciety will meet at Warren Curtis next
Friday evening.
Williamstown.
WE learn that the cost of the new road,
quarryward, is little less than seven hun
dred dollars, instead of eight hundred as
stated last week an item of interest to our
taxpayers. - The Cleveland and Re-
form 4" tidal wave has gathered volume
enough in the three and half years of its
roll" to be about to lift Robinson Tenn
pleton into the postmastership of this
place, -according to his own statement, as
yer died last week at the home of her son,
Stillman Seaver, at the age of nearly
ninety. She was buried on Sunday after
noon, Rev. /. Jones officiating. - Miss
Grace Riley of Mortified is to teach a fall
term of school in the William Il. Pratt dis
trict - Loami b. Flint, a native of this
place, died recently at his home in St.
Johnsbury. - Mrs. NJ. j. White and
daughter are to return to their home in Mel
rose, Mass, this week. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Bates of Amboy, ILL.,, and Mr.. Job
Bates of Essex junction were last week the
guests of Mrs. Chester Martin aud Mrs.
George A. Ainsworth. - Miss Harriet
A. Smith is visiting friends in Worcester
- At the close of the Methodist
Preachers montpelier District meeting on
Wednesday, Presiding Elder Truax will be-
gin a series of meetings, to be held every
evening at the Methodist church, for some
days. - Cornetist Fred NJ Blanchard is
to have a "beneft" at the opera house in
Barre on the 18th instant. 1t deserves the
success which is predicted for it. - The
railroad company has laid the foundation
for an engine house here. As yet we have but
half of what the town bargained for in the
way of daily trains. - Leslie Gale is
preparing to build on the lot recently pur-
chased, near the site of the granite shop.