The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-29

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sale millinery store. ". !. Spear of
Braintree bought several lots of wool in
town last week at a low price. 80 The
members of Henry Freeman post will spare
no pains to make the reunion this week
success. - Miss Amelia Hull, formerly
of this town, now of Hartford, Conn., is
visiting friends in town. 80 Misses
Blanche Flint and Emma Reed went to
Montpelier Monday to attend school at the
Methodist Seminary George X. Sprague
Normal School. =- Rev. Almon Shep-
hard of East Randolph supplied the pulpit
at East Brookield last Sunday in the alb
sence of Rev. Benjamin p. Parker, who is
away on a vacation.
Chelsea.
Mrs. LYMAN d. HUMPHREY died on
Wednesday, after a long and severe illness.
The funeral services were held at the house
an Friday, conducted by Rev. T.. T.. Her
rick Mr.. Herricl1 also oiiiciated Saturday
at the funeral of Electa Hopkins, who died
Friday morning of consumption, and on
Sunday afternoon ut that of Ina Mabel the
daughter of Monroe o. Coburn, who died
Friday evening at the age of nine years.
| Ina was an unusually bright and lovable
| girl and her parents have the deep sympathy
/ of many friends. 80 Miss Lucy f.. Cor
win has begun fall term of school in Wash
| ington. - Miss Hattie f.. Stevens has
gone to Ferrsburgh to teach for the year
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Saturday for the correction of the check
list and after making some changes adj
iOurned till Saturday afternoon next at four
o'clock. The young men who will be en-
titled to vote on taking the freeman's oath
! must bear in mind that this adjourned meet
ing will be the last chance they will have to
| get their names on the checklist before the
! freemen's meeting, and that they can not
vote on Tuesday unless they come before
the board on Saturday. - Let every re-
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urday afternoon at two o'clock at the caucus
| for the nomination of town representative.
Corinth.
Mrs. HIRAM THURBUR died Saturday
August 2jth, at the age of thrty-four years.
Funeral services We're held Monday at her
late home. - While working on the
south road last week the road machine
struck some obstruction, breaking it so
badly that it had to be sent to Boston for
castings. - G.. G.. Cooke has gone to
Saratoga for recreation. - Four per-
sons were immersed last Sunday by Rev.
| Mr.. Davis at the church at the Meadow.
Regular preaching services are held for the
! present at that church, as the society has
been fortunate in securing the services of a
preacher-W. Il. Bliss - Miss Nancy
Fits fell last week, dslocating bones at the
elbow Joint
East Corinth.
GEORGE c. TAPLIN is attending school at
/ Bradford. - A. w. Bragg of Boston was
in town last week. - John Smith of
West Newbury took in wool here last week
| Tuesday. - Mrs Charles H. Peters and
two children of Denver Colorado, were in
town last week visiting at the home of
Charles Page. - II. X. Darling of
Chelsea is in town, visiting r. r. Fulton.
West Randolph.
H. A. SMITH, Esq, and wife and sons,
Charles and Willie, of West Rutland, were
in town the first of the week. - Mrs. w.
f. Williams returned from Boston and re-
opened her dress-making rooms last week.
- Mrs. Mary A. Livermore will be here
the middle of next month. - The people
of the Christian society held their annual
| picnic in Angeles woods last week -
Miss Mary Rowell is to work as clerk in
| Morton's drugstore. - Ralph French
of East Everett Mass, was in town last
week. - Mrs. e. NJ. Bickford returned
from her vacation last week. - A good
audience was in attendance at Dayton 8
exposure of Spiritualism Saturday night
- The democrats quietly put up good
| looking flag across Main street, between the
depot and Dubois & Gays block last week.
- The premium list of the World s
Fair at Tunbridge will be issued from
Bucks printing-otfice this week. - H.
G. Soper has sold his horse for $500 -
l.. 7. Sparhawk has put in fine set of
Fairbanks scales at the railroad yard.
ton is visiting her mother, Mrs. King -
1t is expected that the Abbott mill will start
| up this week - The First Brigade band
| from this place, at the state muster, was en-
tertained at dinner Friday at the Memphre-
magog House by Hon. w. II. Dubois and
Robert j. Kimball, Esq, of this place. The
band returned Saturday evening, having re-
ceived many compliments while at New
port - Andrew Foster and daughter
have been visiting friends in Concord, n.
| II. - Miss Laura Atwood of Ithaca,
\. Y, has been visiting at j. w. Atwood 5.
- E. A. Thomas was in New York last
week.
STAFFORD.
THE republicans of STAFFORD assembled
Friday in Town Hall, where they were
addressed on the issues of the day by SEN
ator Morrill,, j. d. Denison, ESQ, of West
Randolph General Willard Warner of Ala
bama, who is descendant of our own Seth
Warner of revolutionary fame, and by Hon.
S. b. Hebard of Chelsea. In the evening
there was a torchlight procession at the
South Village, followed by speeches by G.:
A. Brown, Esq, of Bellows Falls and
Colonel S. NJ. Pingree of Hartford. The
republicans of this town are thoroughly
aroused and mean to give a good account of
themselves at the polls, while their oppo-
nents are disheartened, many of them dis
gusted with the free-trade policy of the adj
| ministration. - General Willard War
ner, who was ON General Sherman's staff
during the rebellion, addressed the Grand
Army post and citizens of the town Satur-
day evening, giving many interesting rem
iniscenses of the war and portraying south
ern sentiment and southern methods as now
existing. - Senator Morrill, is visiting
friends in Boston and vicinity - Har-
rison Sanborn of Springfield, Mass, David
A. Morrill, and wife of Elgn, ILL.,, Mrs f.
w. Newell of Pittsburgh, Penn, and John II
Moore and wife of Pawtucket, r. l., are
visiting friends in this vicinity. - The
town caucus will be held on Saturday next,
at six o'clock p. NJ.
West Topsham.
A TELEPHONE dispatch last Friday even
ing announced the death of Miss Eva
Blodgett, daughter of Hon. Calvin Blodg'
EFT of Burlington and niece of Mrs. Burton
of this place. Mrs. Burton went last Mon
day morning to Burlington to attend the
funeral. - The republicans of Wes
Topsham last Saturday evening raised q
Harrison and Morton flag and after givinG
three lusty cheers for the flag they agar
cheered the candidates and sang ole
America" Mr.. Mervin Pratt of PlainfelC
and Hon. Adam Fellows of New Orleans
made speeches, chiefly dealing with stats
tics. If the enthusiasm and the numbers
present is any criterion to Judge from, ex