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

man flats" Monday, the 9th. The town will
be called on to pay damages, which should
prove a good lesson to the authorities.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Merrick of Troy, n. Y,
are visiting Mr.. George II. Pierce. 60
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Bragg are visiting
friends in the northern part of the state,
spending nearly three weeks on the trip.
Marshfield.
A. e. HALL of Chelsea, Mass, visited his
mother, Mrs. Il. o. Hall, last week. -
Frank Whitcher is home from Massa-
setts on a vacation. 80 The selectmen
have furnished the liquor agent, Ira Bemis,
with liquors to sell. - A large number
of republicans from this town went to the
rally at Wells River last Friday. - Mrs.
Sophia McCrilis is qnite ill at the house
of Abijah Bemis, the result OF slight shock
! of paralysis. - Funeral services follow
ing the death of Perley Spencer will be held
at the Union church next Sunday at one
o'clock P. NJ. - Mrs. Irene Ball OF
Waltham, Mass, who has been visiting her
father, A. M. Bullock, during the summer
starts for home Thursday morning.
The annual meeting of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union will be held with
Mrs. Evans McCrillis next Friday afternoon.
- George o. Davis went to Boston Mon
day to purchase stock for boots. - d.
B. Wooster of Northield W as in town over
Sunday. - Herbert Eddy is working on
the section at Lanesboro. - Mrs. Mary
Phelps is quite i'll at the home of her son
Allen. - Alden Winch has been home
for fortnight, but returned to his work in
New Hampshire Monday. - Mrs. NJ. g.
Dwinell and Mrs. Charles Brown returned
from Worcester, Mass, last week. - j.
w. Davis has been quite sufferer the past
week with a felon on his thumb. - Eli
Edison and wife went to Northheld Mon
day to attend the funeral of Mrs. Joseph
Denny, whose first husband, the late Lewis
Moulton, was an uncle of Mr. Edison. -
Daniel Averill was tried here Monday be-
fore Justice NJ. d. Bemis and a jury for in
toXication. The verdict has not been given
at this writing. - The Wide Awake re-
publican club will raise a Harrison and
Morton flag next Saturday at one o'clock
P. NJ, with an address by Hon. j. p. Lamson
of Cabot and music by the Marshfed cor
net band. Let there be rousing rally.
Middlesex.
ARTHUR l.. FOSTER of Hartford, Conn, has
been in town few days, visiting his neigh
bors and friends, MIR, Charles Heck
linger and family have returned to their
home in New York. - George Stowell
of Brooklyn, n. Y, an old resident of Mid
dlesex, made a short call here last week.
He had not been in town for about thirty
years. - The conference of Unitarian
ministers held here last week Monday even
ing and Tuesday and Wednesday proved a
very pleasant time and the exercises were
well attended. The picnic in the grove on
Wednesday attracted large number and
was greatly enioyed Walter Yelling
ton and family of Fitchburg Mass. are in
town, visiting his parents and friends.
- Mrs. Nancy A. Brown of Manches-
ter, n. H., is in town
Northfield.
THE board of civil authority met at
Village Hall Saturday, August IS, to cor
rect the check list. - f. L. Howe
started Saturday for muster: He spent
station agent at Wentworth, n H. -
Mrs. F. L. Howe is visiting her parents in
South Dorset. - E. w. Howe has been
at Morrisvile and Cabot setting monu-
mental work for f. l.. Howe & Co. the past
week. - Loren Newell has returned to
Philadelphia after a short visit. His family
will remain in town several weeks -
d. A. Farnham has sold his farm and stock
to f. X. Jones and will start for the far
West next week. - Smith & Son have
sold their grocery business to A. +. An
drews. - Frank Pumley, Esq, goes tn 8
week to Michigan to take the stump for Har-
rison and Morton and protection. - A
regular communication of Dewitt Clinton
lodge, f. and A. NJ. will be held this even
ing. Miss Myrtle Gokey who was
, injured at Warren several weeks ago,
, has recovered sufficiently to be removed
to her home here. - Company f went
to muster yesterday. The detail to make
, camp went Monday morning. - 1t is re-
/ DOIltu Jldl lJOEtuLO DtlhAdD, d lOIlItI ItSl-
dent of this place, but now of Marshalltown,
, Iowa, has recently suffered a shock of
, paralysis. - Andrew A. Falk, who has
been jewelry salesman on the road with
, headquarters in this town, recently stole a
horse and top wagon from parties in Pawlet
and was last seen August - at North Gran
, vile, n. Y. Several parties here would like
! to interview Mr.. Falk
; RoXbury.
THE " old church " is being repaired NJ.
Mansfield is doing the work. - The
annual reunion of the surviving members
of Company H. Sixth Regiment, Vermont
!, Volunteers, was held here last week Tues
{ day, with a good attendance. Exercises
/ We're held at the Union church, consisting
, of remarks by many old soldiers, including
F. E. Martell, George w. Flagg, Captain j.
+. Eldredge and Captain Wilkinson of Cam
' bridgeport, Mass. game of ball was
PLAYED in the afternoon between a picked
! nine and the Randolph club, resulting in a
! victory for the former by score of seven to
two A large number attended the ball at the
: Summit House in the evening. - John
, Spaulding of Perry, Iowa. is visiting his
father S. K. Spaulding, - Mrs, Adeline
Bachelor died last week and funeral serv-
ices were held at the Congregational church
on Friday, conducted by Rev, Mr., Howard.
/ Waitsfield.
THE funeral of Rev, Lyman Prindle was
t held at his late residence Sunday, the 10Th.
{ - The Highgate campers returned Sat
e urday afternoon and report a jolly good
: time. - Mr.. G. f. Moody of Waterbury
was in town Saturday and purchased Pima
Lockwood's horse, "Dagon." - Seven
@ young men took freemans oath the 18th
: and not democratic voter was included in
= the number. - Mrs. Reuben Bates and
a Mrs. Henry Zurich were tipped over and
: pinned under their carriage in such man.
. ner that they could not eXtricate themselves
: but had to await assistance. They suffered
q no serious injury, though the carriage was
badly broken. The accident occurred on
= Maxwell $ hill - Rev Mr.. Fisk and wife
= are having their vacation. The Congrega-
, tionalists worshpped with the Methodists
= Sunday, Presiding Elder TruaX preaching
! the sermon. Two were admitted to the
church in full connection and two taken
on probation. - The democratic rally
came off on Tuesday of last week and as the
Z day was pleasant quite number of re-
D publicans and democrats attended, The
cheering was rather feeble and was done by
few. The speaker was eloquent and
!; scholarly, and sometimes it appeared that
: there must be few democrats present or they
: depended on two or three to do the cheer
: ! ing. He shOwad considerable alrOtnaSS in