The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-25

family carry with them the best wishes of
the people of this vicinity, wherever they
may go. - Daniel Hopkins Of Water
bury has established butter market at the
store of w. A. Jones every Friday. G. f.
Eddy also buys butter on the same day at
George Fullertons store. - Mr.. Il. A.
Spaulding, who has been spending few
weeks in Mr.. Thomas Sanders family, re-
turned to his home in Nashua, n. H., Sat
urday.
Mr.. AMAsA PARSONS, aged ninety-seven
years, died at the home of his son last week.
Rev. j. Buzzell conducted the funeral serv-
ices. - Alma Marston has gone to
Montpelier, where she has employment in
a talor-shop. 60 Lewis Cardell cele-
brated his eighty-ffth birthday last Friday
by giving sugar-party. 80 Mrs. e.
Miller is quite sick. George Cardell is
also on the sick-list. - Pima Parker
is making repairs on, and is about moving
into, the Hoyt Parker house, which he re-
Gently purchased
East Warren
REV. GEORGE o. HOWE is to occupy the
pulpit here next Sabbath at two o'clock,
and is to preach at the same hour once in
two weeks through the year. Sabbath
school is to commence at one o'clock. -
Mrs. Julia Russ is again failing in health.
- Herbert Poland had the misfortune
to cut his hand quite seriously last week.
- Rev. j. II. Wyie again disappointed
the congregation here last Sabbath by his
third failure to meet his appointment.
Waterbury.
A PARTY of about thirty from this place
attended the opera at Burlington Monday
night == The sugar season seems to be
nearly ended in this section and some
makers have gone so far as to gather their
tubs. Let your buckets hang; there is just
as much money in black sugar as there is
in the better grade. - The library seems
to be progressing well and by May /, if each
and every one do their part in signing the
paper, the amount will be raised. - NJ.
Nj. Knight is in market this week.
Woodbury..
THE public examination of teachers for
this town will he held at Town Hall at the
Center next Saturday. Quite number
of our young ladies have been engaged to
teach the coming summer term of school,
| - Travelling seems to be in its worst
state just now. Our stage-driver made his
/ first trip on wheels last Thursday night
Friday snow fell and he was able to go on
| runners the rest of the week - The
sugar season appears to be favorable one,
as a considerable quantity of excellent sugar
has already been made. - The Lawson
farm, used the past year for poor-farm
and belonging to the town. has been rented
| to the granite company. - An invitation
from Warner Thomas to eat new sugar was
accepted by goodly number Thursday of
last week. The facilities Mr.. Thomas has for
making maple sugar and syrup can not fail of
securing article which must bring a
good price. - The temperance meetings
are still very well attended, withstanding
the bad travelling. - Widow Elisha
/ Town of Worcester is engaged to teach the
summer term of the Center school. -
Nathan Batchelder is OH the sick-list.
South Woodbury..
VIENNA WHEELER has engaged to teach
the summer term of school in the Ball dis
trict. - Mrs. Charlie Dana visited her
mother, Mrs. Farnsworth, last week. -
Mrs. s. ID. Blake is still very i'll. -
Reuben Wilbur has made 800 pounds of
sugar this spring, consuming only eight cords
of wood in making it. He uses IA cast-iron
arch. - Alton Benjamin and wife have
moved to Andrew Lyford's. Bert Wheeler
and wife, who have been at Mr.. Lyford's,
are to move on to the farm commonly called
the Green Mountain place.
Worcester.
THE Grange is to have sugar-party at
Town Hall Friday, the 27th instant. -
Rev. William S. Hazen of Northtield is to
deliver the address here on Memorial day.
- There is to be "a Post meeting Satur-
day, the 2Sth instant. A full attendance is
desired, as arrangements are to be made
for memorial services. - Jennie Lowell
and Mrs. j. A. Keton are both sick with
filled with powder last week by the prema-
ture discharge of "A gun 80 Dean Hunt
recently killed eight crows at one shot.