The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-02
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make. - Inc roads are all pau, anu
some of them are impossible on account of
the snow. - Pigs are scarce and high.
80 Miss Minnie Swasey has returned
home from California, where she spent the
winter Miss Mary Watson has returned
home from st. Johnsbury, where she has
been at school the past fall and winter.
- Rev. s. G. Hayford will preach at
the school-house at Maple Corners next
Sunday at half-past two P. NJ.
East Montpelier.
REV. S. G. HAYFoRD will preach at the
Brick church next Sunday at eleven O'Clock.
As there have been no services for few
Sundays the people are reminded that the
meeting is to commence promptly on the
hour
North Montpelier.
THE meetings will be held, commencing
with next Sunday, promptly at half-past
twelve o'clock.
Fayston.
A. ID. BRAGG has sold one thousand cans
of pure maple syrup this season for the
western market to j. G.. Griggs of Water
bury. He tapped 1,S00 trees. If all had
been sugared off it would have made 64OO
pounds of sugar.
MarshfieId.
Mrs. MAY GILMAN, wife of Frank Wooster,
died April %, of typhoid pneumonia and was
buried Friday, April %, Rev. G.. l.. Wells
officiating. Mrs. Mary Ann Jaquith of
Gardner, Mass Mrs Shurtlef of Mont
pelar and Daniel Wooster and daughter of
Mortified attended the funeral. A large
concourse of people was present at the
funeral services, although the travelling was
so bad no one could stir with a team on the
hills, Mr.. Wells, in coming from Hardwick,
being obliged to leave his team and come
on foot some four miles. - Saturday
and Sunday were very warm days for April
- The river is the highest for good
many years and the water is in the road in
quite number of places. In some localities
ha thnr nat or ron ahOun
80 A deer was seen on the track near
Groton one day last week. - ID. b.
Bancroft is putting in a Fairbanks hay
scale in front of the hotel.
Shady RilI.
SPRING has come at last Sunday, the
29th the thermometer registered eighty
degrees above Zero - The programme
for the grange meeting this month is as
follows: Subject for general discussion,
''The grass crop and how best to secure it."
Question: " Resolved, That the hay crop
should be cut later Leading disputants,
Taylor; negative, II. w. Cummings and j.
p. Flint. Select reading by Sisters Davis
and Cummings. Local paper, edited by
Arthur Markham and Elmira Taylor. -
Frank George has purchased the wood lot
of F. p. Whitney and J. w. Dillon. -
The Widow Minott is ILL.,
Moretown.
MAY-DAY was celebrated by dance at the
Central House. - The village schools
are to be taught the coming summer by
Miss Clara Browri of Fayston and Mrs. julie
Joslin of Waitsfeld. 80 Snow is reported
to be four feet deep east of Camel's Hump.
- Among the recent visitors in town
we notice Mrs. II. c. Vandeusen and
daughter of Warren. Mrs, G. II. Dale of
Waterbury, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. b. Evans and
Evans visited in West Randolph last week.
- Miss Jennie Mayo has returned from
California. Will Freeman, Roger Prentiss
and Fred Moulton have returned from
Florida
Mortified.
F. j. MARTIN, at the office of f. Plumley,
will receive subscriptions and advertise
ments for the WATCHNIAN. - f.. II.
Thayer has bought the Frank Kimball
farm of George n. Irish. Mr.. Irish is expect
ing to start for California soon. -
George Abbott, who recently moved to this
place from Wiliamstown, is quite sick. 1t
is feared that it will prove to be an attack
of eryspelas, to which he is subject. -
The warm weather we had last week had
the desired effect on our snow-capped hills,
and as result the river was uncomfortably
high. Last Sunday many of the houses on
Water street were surrounded by water and
the street was rendered impossible. The
west abutment of the foot-brdge was saved
by a temporary dam, which prevented the
water from crossing the street at that point,
and stones were placed on the Fuller bridge
to keep that from floating down stream.
The water was the highest it has been for
seventeen years, when it covered the floor
in Smiths store to the depth of fourteen
inches. - The Good Templars are soon
to hold their annual meeting to comment
crate the anniversary of the organization of
the order in this town. - S. Bemis of
Barre in town Monday of this week.
- Boynton Post, G. A. r., will hold So
ciable in Good Templars Hall this (Wednes-
day evening. - The cadet baseball
alma hoe l., ..,.t,. g 81.
playing qualities of the Goddard Seminary
nine after playing them at Barre. The
score stood seven to ten in favor of the
Seminary nine Next Saturday the same
clubs play on the cadet grounds and all
who attend may expect an exciting game.
Gouldsville.
GEORGE MARsDEN has moved into the
tenement vacated by Maurice Ryan. -
Mr.. and Mrs. F. p. Kinds, who have been
visiting at A. f. Andrews, have returned
to their home at Hinsdale, n. II. -
Maurice Locklin has sold his house to Fred
Hutchins and gone to Saugus Mass, to
work in barber-shop. - Andrew Doty
has closed his house and gone to live with
his daughter at the Center. - Arthur
Martin has secured position in hotel
at the Adirondack mountains. He will go
there some time next month.
PlainfieId.
HOWARD p. MARTIN had a valuable OK
daughter returned last week from New York
- Mason I. Page of Barre, a former
resident of this place, was in town last Fri.
day. - Nelson Shorey's new barn on
Main street is nearly completed. - The
cheese factory is in process of erection and
will soon be ready for operations. 60 c.
e. Perry's boys, who have been sick with
that dread disease, diphtheria, are better.
Mrs. Silas f. Willis is also better. -
Miss Mabel Lazelle has taken a school at
Richmond for year at IS per week and
board. - Georgia, eight-year-old daugh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Batcheder, died
Monday night, April 90, of diphtheria
Grace, seven-year-od daughter of Mr.
and Mrs c. K. Perry, died April g
of membraneous Group. 49, Mrs. JOIN
Foss has gone to Burlington for short visit
Roxbury.
THE public examination of teachers was
held at the village school-house on Satur
day. - The highway leading past the
" old pond " has been impossible for sew
al I.