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


IT is with feelings of sadness that we have
to chronicle this week the death of Rev. A.
ID. Mccoy, which occurred at the home of
his son-in-law, Hon. j. j. Wilson, in this
place on Friday afternoon last, from Bright's
disease of the kidneys 1t had never been
our good fortune to be acquainted with the
deceased before the shadows had come to
shut out from the world his noble intellect,
but sometimes when the clouds opened for
awhile and his brilliant mind shone out
through the rift it was a treat not often en-
joyed to sit and listen to the kindly words
that like the glistening dews of heaven, fell
sparkling from his lips. We would gladly
write at length of him did time and space
allow, for to such man is the tribute of
love and respect due from every one, and in
his case he had them from all who knew
him. Every one who knew him mourns his
loss, and although we knew him but little
that little taught us to love him. - Be-
low we give what the different school dis
trcts in this town raised to support their
schools the coming year and the committees
that they appointed to spend the money for
them: District No . EAST Bethel, Frank
Greene, twenty cents No. 3, f. f. Wallace,
fifteen cents No. t. U4ocust Creek, Moses
Chase, twenty-five cents; No. (Old Church,,
Alonzo Emery, twenty-siX cents; No.
(Gilead), Fred Young, fifteen cents; No. s
Camp Brook, Elmer Spalding, forty cents
to pay for school and repairing house ex-
tensively last year; No 10 EAST Christian
HID, Albert King, twenty-five cents; No.
II Gilliesville), Wesley F. Baker. forty
cents; No. u (Finley's Bridge, Clarence
Chadwick fifteen cents; No. II (Mountain
DISTRICT Elmer Flint. We could gather no
returns from the Lympus district or the
money raised in No. Is. - AT caucus
of the republican voters held at DIR. r. NJ.
Chase's office Saturday evening last A. A.
Brooks. A. T. Willard and DIR. r. NJ. Chase
were elected delegates to both the con-
ventons at Montpelier and Burlington this
week, with authority to appoint their own
alternates. - The Universalist and Con-
gregational societies united in holding
very pleasant Easter services at the Uni
versalst church Sunday evening. -
Last Sunday was. the first Sunday of
the forty-fourth year that Isaac Emery has
sang in the Universalist church in this
place. Much of the time he has been Choir
lister of the choir. or those present at this
church last Sunday Mrs. A. c. Davis was
the only one that was present on that day
forty-three years ago, when Mr.. Emery sang
there first. OF the different members of the
choir last Sunday there was only one but
what had entered upon life since that time,
and we think that the parents Of some of
them have first seen the light of day since
Mr.. Emery first sang there. - Arthur
McMellin and wife formerly Nancy Soper
of this town of Austin, Mimi, are visiting
relatives and friends in this vicinity. -
Adams at the BasCom House Hall last week,
we learn, was fairly well attended. -
The directors of the White River Agricul-
tural Society held a meeting at the office of
Secretary Arnold on Saturday last to
arrange for the coming fair next fall. -
Cashier Sylvester and wife have gone on
two weeks trip to Washington, ID. c.
- Eddie Fisher is spending a few days
at his home in this village, hoping to i'm
prove his health. - Abbie Fisher came
home last week from Attleboro, Mass,
where she is teaching, to spend her vaca-
ton, - f. NJ. Whitcomb has moved into
the tenement in Mrs Lincoln's house which
was vacated by Cornelius Buchanan, who
has moved into the tenement in Mr.. Towers
brick house near the branch bridge just
vacated by Frank Burnett. - The Uni
versalist ladies' held their dime sociable
with Mrs. II. II. ellison last week Wednes-
day evening. 80 II. c. Durham returned
from his six weeks western trip on Satur-
day of last week.
East Bethel.
ZEBINA WHITNEY and daughter have re-
turned to their farm to spend the summer.
- Emma Ferris is at work at II. W.
Fowler's. - Lee Monkey and Walter
Brown have gone to Quechee to work on a
farm. 80 b. f, Burnham has moved on
to the farm lately owned by his father TO
carry on the half owned by his brothers, who
live in Newark, \. Y. - There was a
social dance at |. Thayer's hall Thursday
night - Loren Holt has bought James
Davis farm in Royalton and will take
possession in the fail.
White River Junction.
WILLIAM II. LEGG, superintendent of the
Hartford Wooden Company, is wasting
away with an internal abscess caused by
being thr )wn from his sleigh some weeks
ago upon pile of logs at North Hartland
He has sued the owner of the logs for
S11 900 damages. The logs were piled on
either side of the road leaving driveway
of only five feet in one place. - The
famous suit of the Newtons of Holyoke,
Mass. as. the Ottaquechee Wooden Com
pany, for damages sustained by the injunc-
ton placed upon the Newtons for building
a dam on the Connecticut, so as to interfere
with the mill of the latter company, has
been settled by the payment of 81 900, and
the Newtons have sold their plant in Hart
land to Russell & Co. of Bellows Falls, who
will proceed to erect mills.