The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-15


day morning. 80 The Young Peoples
Society of Christian Endeavor held pleas
ant socable at A. A. Smiths Friday even
ing. 60 Mechanics band will have a
levee and banquet Friday, February "a.
- There will be no vacation between
the winter and spring terms of the graded
school. - The night train from the south
was several hours late Sunday morning,
owing to an accident near Brattleboro.
80 M l.. Washburn and wife are soon
to return to Alaska. Their many friends
wish them health and safe return. -
There will be grand ball in Dubois &
Gays hall on Washington's birthday.
Music by Curtis orchestra. - Miss Hat
tie Smith has gone to Boston. She will go
to Bangor, Maine, to spend the winter with
her uncle, Hon. j. p. Bass editor of the
Commercial. - Rev. j. A. Pierce has
been away on business in Burlington and
Rutland county, so there were no services
at the Baptist church Sunday 80 Mrs.
L. S. Pierce is sick with measles. - A.
A. Wainwright and wife went to Middle
bury last week to attend the golden we'd
ding of his parents. 60 Rev. Mr.. Elliot,
secretary of the Vermont Bible Society, is
expected to preach at the Christian church
next Sunday. - We regret to learn that
Thomas Lamson, one of our oldest and
most respected citizens, is in quite poor
health. - NJ. A. Tewksbury has re-
turned from his western trip. - w. II.
Dubois was in Montpelier last week on
business. - John German starts for
Texas this week. - A. b. Manchester
has been visiting in Boston. - Cortes
Nutting has resigned his position in f. A.
Thomas store and moved his family to
Brandon, where he and his brother have
bought store. 80 Mrs. Jackson Lam
son has been quite sick, having been threat
ened with pneumonia. - Miss Emma
Ashley has gone to Royalton, where her
brother is very sick. - Mrs. A. l..
Bailey has so far recovered that she re-
turned home to st. Johnsbury Saturday.
- Mrs Il. r. Slack has returned from
Rome, n. Y, where she has had three
cancers removed by the skillful cancer doc
tors, Kingsley Brothers.
North Thetford.
THE clipping in your last issue (taken from
the Free Press stating that malignant
scarlet fever was raging in Thetford is
wholly false, as no epidemic exists now or
has existed the present winter. - The
quiet of orr peaceful little village seems to
have been strangely disturbed of late by
those who are not willing to live here and
enjoy the peace and prosperity which has
fallen to its jewellers.
Tunbridge.
THE river roads near the village are wide
and solid. Thanks are due Ben. Tucker for
the pains he has taken to run the roller
over them. - The Universalists had
Relief Corps meets Saturday evening.
- Chase Rowell has been very sick for
few days. - b. f. Butterfield has had
several offers for his farm but has not sold
it. - c. o. Burnham now carries pas
sengers to South Royalton and return for
fare one way when the return is made the
same day. - Whitney Post meets Satur-
day evening. - B. F. Bntterhed is
shipping hay to Boston. - Will Morrill,
is working in Hayward & Kibby's mill.
- Mrs. L. a. Corwin of Chelsea made
a short visit to her parents last week. -
A Grand Army fair has been proposed.
North Tunbridge.
REV. S. A. PARKER will preach in this
place at the usual hour next Sunday fore
noon Subject, "The Souls Rest"
Williamstown.
WE hear Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Briggs are
going to work for David Bowles of Barre
the coming year. - Farmers hereabouts
seem to be anticipating a scarcity of help
this year on account of railroad building.
Taking the railroad, granite and farming
interests together, the demand for labor
may likely be such as to draw large num-
Der of workmen to this section. - 1t is
said that Henry n. Jillson and sister and a
son of Mrs. Mary Jillson Spear will likely
get some $4,000 each from the estate of the
late James f. Jllson. - will"
Wheeler son-in-law of S. Talcott Perrin, is
employed in Des Moines, Iowa, at large
salary, by the Chicago McCormicks of
reaper fame. - Newell b. Walker died
on Wednesday of last week, at the age of
ffty-seven, in Washington, ID. c., where he
had lived quite good many years. For
some time previous to the present admins
tration he had held an important position in
the government service there. His health
had been poor for months-in part, we be-
| lieve, from a heart trouble. He leaves a
wife and two children. - The Whitney
Brothers are much pleased with the heating
apparatus lately purchased for warming
water for their stock. - George Nichols,
acting for his brother, Marcus b. Nichols
recently of Philadelphia, Penn, has bought
| the Ira Gale farm, Just over the line in
Barre. He paid $3.50 for the farm, forty
| tons of hay, ten or more tons of straw, two
| hundred bushels of corn, one hundred bush.
els each of oats and potatoes, three hogs
sugarng apparatus, farming tools and a
bran-new buggy. The farm is an excellent
one. Mr.. Gale was once offered $4,000 for
it, and that previous to laying out over
| 81 200 for a horse-barn and some slight re.
pairs. To understand the situation more
| fully, we may say that Mr. Gale has been q
remarkably successful farmer, and is so far
above board financially that it was fal
enough from forced sale. And all this in
Barre! The foregoing trade places the
| four Nichols brothers Zone in this town
and three in Barre) with their four hundred
| nifty acres OF lana IN 1uXtapOSltlon
- As Barre offers our people the best
market for some of their products, it may
be of interest to know that good hay has
been selling there for only 50 to SO per ton
60 There were two snow-slides on the
east side of the Gulf last week. One is
said to have covered a portion of the roaC
to depth of some eight feet. - Henry
Jersey, son of Joel Jersey, has been trans
ferred from the signal service station il
Deadwood, Dakota, to one in Florida -
| Luman j. Hersey, who is wintering in Den
yer, Col, on account of his health, is 81
much improved as to think of returning
home next season. He recently had tn,
pleasure of attending "a meeting of the Som
of Vermont in that city. - Mrs Georg,
Nichols is under a physicians care being
confined to the bed with sciatica. -
ed" Martin, f. f. Studdert and Whitne,
Brothers have recently lost horses 80
Mrs. Warren S. Covell has been under DIR
Watson's care Of late. - Let MS wei
come anything that helps us to "A better ap
probation of our surroundings. A Yer
monter in southern California writes, undo
recent date, that there is no place so beau
tful as New England in summer. Only tn
ill-health of member of the family woul'
have caused them to leave their pretty littl
home in Vermont for what they find there
- Lucius Flint, who has been YER
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