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

Piled the pulpit last Sunday at East
Montpelier for the Rev Mr.. Hayford.
! 60 b. @. Leazer has sold his resi-
dence in this village to Eugene Cree, re-
serving for himself a valuable building lot.
Cree has sold his farm to Willard Harris.
80 Rev. o. ID. Clapp of Marshfeld will
give lecture on temperance in the Meth
odist church on Tuesday evening, December
Is, at seven o'clock. All are cordially in
vited to attend. - The village schools
opened last Monday with Mr.. Earl Davis of
| watts River as principal and Miss Clara
Pike of Calais as assistant.
CABoT-At the annual meeting of the
Morrill, Post w. X. G. the following officers
were chosen for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Henry Preston; vice-presidents,
Mrs. S. i. Wiswell and Mrs. Orrin Peck
chaplain, Mrs. Minnie Hill; treasurer, Mrs
Hiram Wells; conductors, Mrs. E. York
and Mrs. Voodryi guard, Mrs. G. f. Clark.
&C. School opened ON Monday with a
large attendance. The teachers Mr.. Drew
man and Miss Silloway, board at the hotel
- Mr.. and Mrs. Orvis Fits are board
ing at n b. Rogers until DIR. Gale RECEIVERS
sufficiently TO vacate their house. 80
Rev. Mr. Knapp of the Methodist church
has been absent during the past week assist
ing in revival meetings at Jacksonville.
His pulpit was supplied last Sabbath by
Mr.. Newton, a student from the Montpelier
Seminary. == reading circle has been
organized at Lower Cabot. Meetings are to
be held every Monday evening. 60 Mrs.
Sarah Phillips of Pittsfeld Mass. daughter
of the late Fred McDuffee, is visiting her
mother and sister, Mrs. Harrington. -
Mr.. Frank Davidson, who has been sick
with typhoid fever for the past nine weeks,
was kindly remembered by his neighbors
last week Tuesday evening. They left at
the house of Mrs. Dow large amount of
provisions and $40 in money.
WATERBURY.-Ata meeting of the Meth
odist Episcopal Sunday-school it was de-
] giI LODI In 70 pic ON,
Christmas eve. - Parties were in town
Monday looking up rooms with view to
establishing a weekly paper - The
schools close this week. Very satisfactory
reports come from all the grades. As prin-
cipal, Mr. Fernald is spoken Off the highest
terms by both pupils and visitors. District
, No II opened December with thirty-four
scholars. 60 Miss Lola Bixby has re-
signed her position as instructor in the Sem
mary at Montpelier in order to take a
, course in art at Syracuse University. -
Rev. Mr.. Davenport has been appointed
town superintendent of schools in place of
Mr.. Palmer, resigned. 80 Miss Inez
Moody has been engaged to teach in the
Seminary at the Center, taking the classes
previously taught by Miss Cooley. -
Miss Katie Washburne is to remain in
, Boston with her aunt Mrs Sarah Wash
, burne, during the greater part of the win
, ter, attending school and taking lessons on
, the violin - Dr. Leonard Graves, son
, of Mr.. Cecil Graves, at present studying
surgery in New York hospital was in
: town through last week. - The sacred
right of petition is being freely exercised
, by the citizens of Waterbury.
! HARDwIcK.-The South Ryegate Granite
3 Company is opening a granite quarry on
{ AlonzO Crandal's farm. 1t is claimed that
: the stone is of excellent quality and the
| prospect is that the quarry, when fully de.
e veloped, will be valuable one. - The
a petit jurymen for the December term of the
=. county court drawn from this town are
| l.. III. Warren and Mark French. - S. s
4 Woodmansee has rented the basement tene
y ment in Judevine's "Remick house and
= moved into it. He resided in Gilmore fol
{ the past year or more. - The donation
festival for the benefit of the Methodist
e pastor, Rev. A. B. Blake held at the churcl
$ on Thursday evening last, was quite sue
/ cessful, yielding about SOL. - A fire a
: the residence of Butler Shipman Friday
i evening last damaged the house consider
l. ably and destroyed or damaged large
i amount of clothing. The fire originated il
J. a clothing closet, end many think that i
n was of incendiary origin. - Frank Meat
:. of Burlington has moved to this place, rent
i ing the tenement in l.. d. Hathaway's office
i building. Frank is painter by trade ant
resided here several years ago. - l.
- Titus has been laying water-pipe during tn
u past week, connecting his new residence
! with the aqueduct. The work of ditch-dig
:, ging has been an expensive job, the fros
-. averaging over lOOU IN ueptn.
If WILLIAMsTowN.-A CHARLES Wesle,
I. memorial service was held last Sunda
Q forenoon at the Methodist church and il
e the evening there was praise service
q - Rev. j. j. Hall of Berlin occupe,
1t the pulpit of the Congregational church las
s. Sabbath. - The Congregationalist la
If dies sociable will be held at the house @
IS Mrs, George A. Ainsworth on Friday even
% ing next. The public is cordially invited
p - Adna Downs was recently so unfoI
', tunate as to lose his pocket-book, contain
/, ing nearly fifty dollars, in Barre. However
,s he is skilled in the art of retilling it, -
G. One of our old townsmen, whose veracit
is is unquestionable, tells us that the lat
al Deacon Enoch Burnham one season dug
1t picked up and put into the cellar in
10 single day sixty bushels of potatoes, and i
le addition put into the cellar one hundre
" bushels dug by hired help. And he d
x this not only once but frequently. -
Melvin Burnham and family have returne
20 from Chelsea West Hill and are to occup
% Mr. Enoch Howe's house, formerly occu
70 pied by James Burnham. - Mis-
II Cynthia Templeton is teaching in the j
= NJ. Bass district, and Miss Hattie Briggs i
~ the Charles Woolcutt district. - TIL
= Warren Poole house is being transforme
- intoa tenement-house to accommodate tire
~ or four families. - Joel Bass, who is t
e graduate next year from the Boston Schoc
70 of Oratory, purposes to give public read
70 ing here about the last Saturday evening c
v this month We bespeak for our worth
~ young townsman most generous patron
10 age. He will probably give other reading
90 90 in the vicinity. - Tracy l.. Jeffords ha
. begun the practice of law in Washington
~ ID. G. He contemplates locating pei
~ ~ manently in New York city. - TIL
- children of Mrs. Andrew Burnham, nov
- living with her youngest son in Wasl
y, ington, celebrated last week her eighty
first birthday in II manner to gladden. he
=, old heart. =- Mrs. Enoch Howe COZ
~ - tinues almost wholly helpless from paralysis
~ - j. NJ. Seaver begins work this wee
~ in Montpelier for a Chicago dressed bet
;" company. His family will remain her
for the present. - Messrs. Beckett l.,
IL throp and Lynde are about 10 double tn
ne capacity of their store sheds and begi
" work at getting out granite in the Pra
ne district. Reports are again current ths
III the Central Vermont Company will Ell
IL long extend the railroad to the quarrie
y Such an addition would put the place on
er footing with Barre as IA granite center. -
rs The afternoon train for Montpelier is to leay
OF hereafter at twenty-five minutes past on
b. 80 Miss Fanny f. Waldo, Henry Wald
re and Bert Bailey are to attend the Methods
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