The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-07-11

left the Center and East village without a
preacher. 60 Rev. A. ID. Jones of the
Free Baptist church at the Meadows left
few weeks ago and went to New Hampshire
on account of i'll health, which necesstates
cancelng his engagement with the church.
60 The showers of the last few days
promise to add to the hay crop, which is
very green and still growing. II will prob
ably fall short of last year. But little is
yet cut. Other crops are looking well, but
are late. Rose bugs are making bad work
with some crops. Beans seem to be their
favorite food after rose and blackberry
leaves. In some instances they eat small
apples upon the trees Perhaps this may
be benefit in thinning the fruit and get
ting larger growth in what remains;
- Mrs. Loren X. Richardson died
July 8. Funeral services were held at her
late home the following Sunday, conducted
by Rev. j. W. Lees of Bradford.
North Randolph.
THE Wide and Sharp guard plate " has
proved an entire failure and several farm
ers are wiser and poorer for the invention.
60 Most of the farmers cut quantity of
hay last week. 60 The Ladies' Aid So
ciety met in large attendance at John
Clark's last Wednesday and took in "
some of their fine strawberry bed.
West Randolph.
G. NJ. HOWARD goes West this week on
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sionary society held picnic and dinner in
Forest street grove the Fourth, netting
fair amount of money. - Wallace Il
Company's circus was here Thursday. The
attendance was good, the crowd orderly
and the performance fine. No circus that
ever visited this town had so slick and we'll
kept horses as this one. - There are
several cases of chicken-poX in the village.
- Bishop Bssell held services in the
Episcopal church Thursday afternoon.
- Charles Davey of Illinois is visiting
Henry Vinton. - Will Sault and wife
are here on their vacation. - w. A.
Drew and wife of Elgin, Illinois, have been
visiting in town. Mrs. Drew was formerly
Miss Fay of this place. She has been alb
sent thirty years. - The hay crop is
very good in this vicinity. - Concrete
walk has been laid to the three entrances
Johns church Sunday were conducted by
j. ID. Denison, Esq. - Grace Parker
died Friday of cholera morbus, at the age of
eleven years. The funeral was held Sunday.
- About thirty members of the repub-
lican club met at j. ID. Denison's office Sat
urday and voted to purchase a 800 banner
and have big ratification meeting the last
week in the month, with Hon. Henry Bal
lard of Burlington as principal speaker.
The members present quickly subscribed
$50 and a soliciting committee was APP
pointed to raise $50 more for the banner
Leans of West Randolph propose showing
that they still believe in the grand old
party" which has several recruits in this
town from the democratic ranks. -
Father r. f Higgins, formerly priest of the
Roman Catholic church here, died in Paw
tucket II. L., recently. - S. S. Yuran
died last week Tuesday and the funeral
services were held in st. Johns church Fri.
day. His age was ninety years. -
John Haley and wife of Chicago are visit.
ing in town. -" Peck's Bad Boy" will
be presented by the Atkinson Comedy Com
pany in Dubois & Gays Hall Saturday
night. - E. II. Dutton, formerly of this
place, but lately superintendent of the
Clark's Island railway at Valleyfeld, p. Q.
was killed on the railroad last week. The
funeral was held here Sunday A few years
ago Mr.. Dutton, his wife and mother-in-law
were killed by the cars in Braintree. His
second wife was Mrs. Alvord of Mortified
whose first husband was killed by the cars
Mr.. Dutton was friend to railroad mel
and others, who will greatly regret his
death.
STAFFORD.
THE celebration of the Fourth was hello
at Barrett's grove, South STAFFORD unde
the auspices of the Free Baptist society
The citizens generally of STAFFORD an,
pated. The literary and musical ex
ercises were under the direction of r
A. Hatch. +. G.. Avery delivered a goo,
Grafton on the American citizen as dis
tinguished from the politician. n. b. Cob
gave a five minutes talk on the horrors an,
the cruelty of war, its waste and demoral
ization and the prospect that national dis
putes, like those of individuals, would sooi
be adjusted by third parties Rev. II. Cum
mings delivered short address on Chris
tianity, the source of all national blessing
and privileges the only hope for the future
! A Pos nf inJ,
Miss Douglass of Thetford all trained elo
cutionists, and others gave select reading
and recitations. South STAFFORD cornet ban,
and orchestra, Miss Maggie Walker and tn
Hatch family gratuitously furnished mos
excellent music. In the tournament viii
Hewes took thirteen rings, against Jane
w. Tyson, Jr., twelve. The usual contests
tug of war, hurdle race, creased pig, grease
pole and others followed A plentiful din
ner was provided, the profits of which ar
to apply to repairs of the parsonage of tn
Free Baptist society.
North Thetford
A HARRISON AND MORTON flag is now i
order. - Summer arrivals in town il
clude Mrs Byron c. Earle and SON, Mis-
Nellie Berry, Miss Sarah Conant, Mis-
Emma Adams, Reynolds Brothers an
Monehans of Boston. - Night wa
made miserable on the Fourth by boy
ringing bells and yelling until daylight
- Rev. f. p. Butler occupied the pu
pit here last Sunday in the absence of NJ
Gilman.
Tunbridge.
Mrs. ALBERT A. NoRTHRoP died su,
denly of heart disease the morning of tn
ID. Her age was forty-tive years. -
Horace Woodward and family of Campbell,
Mass. are with Albert p. WOODWARD
- The local Woman's Christian Ten
perance Union had social tea at Mr.
Charles b. Smiths last Thursday afternoon
- General Stephen Thomas has bee
engaged TO deliver an address here neI
Memorial day. - Farm help is scare
The farmers have to pay higher wages tina
they can afford. - The school in tn
village closed last Saturday. Miss Freema
has taught very successful term. -
marty of nhillrnn with a fnNy nllnr Moon