The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12

1SSS.
Boston is taking her summer vacation at
her fathers. - The Dillingham; club
will hold meeting at the church next week
Saturday, the 22d instant The secretary of
the club will speak on matters OF political
interest. Ladies are invited. - Jack
Frost made his first visit last Thursday and
came with vengeance too. - Eight of
the young people of this town are at school
on Seminary Hill They are Wallace Good
Stevens, Alice Sanders, Inez Dngwall
Myrtle Cove and Bell Hersey. - The
Dillingham; club will hold meeting at the
Center Saturday, September %. George
W. Wing and j. G. Wing, Esq, will address
the people.
Marshfield.
THE Wide Awake club voted the Plain
field band S5 for services rendered at Mont
peler at the county rally. Let the good
work go on and take in the home band for
services rendered at our flag-raising and
rally. - Fred Preston is working as
clerk at Adams store - Mrs. Warren
Fifield has returned to Burlington for
another year and was accompanied by her
sister, Susie Severance. - The trial of ID.
ID. Averill last Thursday for intoxcation re-
suited in an appeal to the county court with
out a second trial. The jury did not agree
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was elected town representative on the
second ballot, by majority of twenty-four
over the democratic and bolting candidates.
The republican gain over 1886 was forty-six
votes, while there was no increase in the
democratic vote. Six persons were
admitted to the Methodist church on COM
munion day, September 2. - The band
is to furnish the music for the first annual
fair at Ryegate to-day and tomorrow Sep
tember II and 13). - There is much sick
ness in town Just now. Hiram Cole is i'll, ,
| Mr.. Getchelps daughter and Carcel Bems
daughter have fever, and a daughter of Mrs
Arminda Ashley of White River Junction
a former resident, is dangerously ill with
diphtheria at Frank Whites, and others
are on the sick-list. - Stella Mears has
closed her school in the Hollister district.
- Henry Carlton was thrown from his
bicycle last week Tuesday while going over
the " bar in front of M. ID. Bemis' and was
badly hurt, but will be out again soon.
- A. f. Putnam returned from Malone
n. Y, last Saturday.
MiddIesex.
REV. PERRY MARSHALL of Stowe will
preach in the village church next Sunday,
September 16, at 9: 10 o'clock, P. NJ.
Miss Blanche Pentecost, who has supplied
! the pulpit for the last few weeks, has re-
turned to her studies at Meadville, Penn.
During her stay here she has won many
! friends whose good wishes attend her.
- Enos Stiles says that there has been
no frost since September T. 1916, seventy
two years ago, that has done so much dam
| age to corn and other vegetation as the
! frost of last week. - Mrs William p.
Holden and Miss Celia of Newton Lower
Falls, Mass, are visiting friends in town.
Middlesex Center.
Two sharp, biting frosts on the 9th and
9TH succeeded the close of the hot political
campaign. The corn leaves and vines are
all killed, and so are the hopes of many
candidates. - Middlesex is I" all right"
Her representative, George H. Ladd, is a
good specimen of the thrifty, active, intelli-
gent Vermont farmer. He is in the prime
of life and will no doubt do good service, as
his father did in the same place in the dark
days of 1861 and 1862. - Messrs. Davis
and Landt of Waterbury have bought the
wood-lot situated on the mountain and
owned by Harry l.. Chaplin of Oak Hill,
Florida. - j. f. George is again prepar-
ing to build mill at the old Billings place
above Shady Rill. Frank is a spunky
worker and it is hoped he will succeed.
Shady Rill.
WILL GooDENoUGH of Granville has
rented David Taylors place. - Jesse
Flint caught hawk last week which meas
ured ffty-two and one-half inches from tip
to tip of wings
Moretown.
AFTER Une republican rally ana nag
raising the 1st instant was a republican vic
tory at the polls the following Tuesday.
| DIR. James Haylett was elected on the first
| ballot by twenty-three majority. Evidently
! democracy in this town has fallen into a
fearful decline. - Frost Thursday and
Friday nights destroyed the corn crop, gar
den vegetables and flowers. Potatoes are
all right and the crop is good.
Northfield.
menced September 13. 1t is expected that
there will large number of new cadets.
- The frosts of last week did much
damage. - The Northfeld cornet band
with the republican club, attended the dem
onstration at Waterbury. - A special
communication of Dewitt Clinton Lodge, F,
and A. NJ, will be held next Saturday even
ing at 1880 o'clock for work on the third
degree. - The ladies of the Congre-
gational society will hold their sociable at
the fairgrounds Thursday September l3.
A boiled dinner will be served at II o'clock.
= Eddie Wilder had his face filled
with powder while firing a small cannon.
- Surveyor Orcutt has improved the
roads the past week with gravel from the
mill-pond. - The store of A. +. An
drews at Gouldsville was broken into last
week and a small sum of money taken.
- The sociable of the ladies of St.
Mary's church will be held at their rooms
Thursday afternoon and evening. - DR..
Winch is happy. See births.
Plainfield.
ONE of the features of the campaign in
| this Dlace was n flag raised by yOunp lad v