The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-12
From Our Town Correspondents.

SHADY RILL.-The grange is to hold an
oyster-supper Wednesday evening, Decem-
Der 10. - Miss Della Virgins is attend
ing school at Northtield.
GLovER.-N. d. French has sold his farm
to j. p. Ellis and moved his family to Barre.
- Nathan Norton and Lydia Hnckly
teach in the village schools. - Willie
Leonard has been confined to his bed for
several weeks.
CoRINTH CoRNER.-Don Bliss has COM
menced his first year at Dartmouth College.
- Charles Spear is teaching at West
Cornth. Sarah Fellows teaches at the
Corner. 60 Hiram Carleton is build
ing hennery. Henry Heath has
been on the sck-list during the past week.
WEST FARLEE.-A telephone line is be-
ing built by the West Fairlee, Thetford and
F. flee Telephone Company. 1t is to ex-
t nd from this place to East Thetford and
up the river to Fairlee. Poles have been
set from this place to East Thetford and it
is expected that the line will be completed
so far by January.
SHARoN.-Dan b. Mosher, aged forty-one
years, who had been sick so long with con-
sumption, died Monday, December Sd. He
leaves a wife and three children. -
Il. X. Baxter and wife were in Boston last
week. - There will be a meeting of the
Mill-dam Stock Company Monday evening,
December II. - Christmas will be OBJ
served at the Congregational church with
] tut customary lcotlNltico'
WoRcEsTER.-Frank Pratt was severely
injured last week, while at work in the
woods, by falling from a tree. The fall
caused conclusion of the brain and his re-
covery was at first despared of. He is now
slowly improving and is expected to pull
through - Mr.. Durfey has moved his
crippled son to Burlington, where he is to
go soon. - The Young Ladies' Mite
Society is to hold fair in the town hall
Friday, December 81, afternoon and evening.
WARREN.-The Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union will meet with Mrs. Slayton
next Tuesday afternoon. - G. A. Ford
has bought the stock in trade of James and
| Will Cardell and expects to occupy the
store soon. - Mrs Seth Sterling died
last Friday night of pneumonia, after an i'll
ness of but two days. - +. ii. Edgerton
is stopping at home for short time. -
Charles Stone has moved into the tenement
over the tin-shop, Bert Miller taking the
tenement vacated by Stone.
WHEELoCK.-Luther Gray has moved from
Mrs Davis house to Mrs. Balls. -
j. X Gray has moved into Mrs. Bullock's
house for the winter - The presiding
elder was here Sunday afternoon and
preached at the Methodist church. Three
! persons were taken into the church, two on
probation and one by letter. = Miss
Davis of East Burke is here visiting her
sister, Mrs. Eli Eastman. - There will
be supper and donation December 20 at
| the town hall, Tor the Deneht OF Kew y. y.
Nelson. All are cordially invited.
SOUTH RoYALToN.-The village school
| opened last week Wednesday with the
same teachers. Fifty-seven scholars were
| in attendance. - Henry Dutton and
| Edmund Burke are serving as petit jurors
at the county court at Woodstock. -
Miss Atwater of Burlington is in town.
| - Christmas eve will be observed in
both churches with the usual Christmas
/ tree and annrODriafa pXnrCiSpS. MIR,
Remington OF Rhode Island is in town buy
! ing horses. - Ida Howe and Alice
Buck are attending the Methodist Seminary
at Montpelier.
SOUTH WooDBURY.-G Gideon Sabin was
| very ill for a short time last Saturday after
noon. On his return from hunting he was
| taken with a faintness. which lasted for
some time but at length he recovered and is
now better. - MIR. j. G. Brown of Bos-
ton stopped over Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Town. 60 Miss May Blake is to
teach the winter term OF school in the
| Harvey district. - The school in this
village began last Monday, with Mr.. w. K.
Fisk as teacher - Mrs. Joseph Benja-
min, Mrs. Severne Benjamin and Miss Cora
Wheeler have been on the sick-list the past
week.
WAITsFIELD.-The ladies of the Congre-
| gational church and society intend to have
their chicken-pi festival little earlier
than usual this year. and the time appointed
| is one week from this "wednesday evening,
December 10Th. These gatherings have
tooSTISuzD ON FIFTH PAsxl