The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01
Washington County.
Barre.

WILLIAM MFRS has moved into Fred
Sherburn's house on Currier Park. -
w. A. Boyce, Esq, returned from Wash |
ington, ID. c., last Wednesday. He reports
quite wntry weather in that section. -
The Hungarian Gypsy Quartette gave their
entertainment in Opera Hall Thursday
evening, commencing about nine o'clock
No train being able to get through, four
horse team brought them from Montpelier,
taking from six to nine to get here. The
attendance was not as large as ii would
have been had the weather been good The
gentlemen who secured the quartette here
had to pay small sum more than was re-
ceived from the sale Of tickets. - The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
holds sociable in the vestry of the Meth
odist church Friday evening of this week.
- The storm and high wind of Thurs
day completely blocked travel during
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Even in
the village it was difficult getting about.
Trains came in when they could, which was
not often. - The three societes-the
Congregational, Universalist and Meth
odist-are each to receive this week some
81 800 from the estate of the late Lemuel
Richardson of this place. - A meeting
was called for last Friday evening to see
what could be done about introducing
electric lights into the village, but owing to
the storm the meeting adjourned to later
date. - Mr.. and Mrs. f. E. French are
to start for California the first of next week,
where they are to remain some months.
- Mrs. Martha Stowe and Mrs A.
Gordon are on the sick-list, - Collamer
Magoon is completing new double tene-
ment-house, which will soon be ready for
occupancy. - n. f. Averill has built
two-story-and- basement shop next to the
trotting park bridge, which is being occu-
pied by painters and carriage-makers. -
DIR. w ID. Reid has just put fine furnace
into the house on Main street he recently
purchased from Dr. Jackson. - A large
three-story frame house, designed for four
tenements, is being erected on Stony Hill
by Mr.. Barnes - There is talk of or
ganizing republican clubin the village.
Berlin.
CENTRAL VERMONT POMONA GRANGE will
hold its first quarterly meeting in this
place with Eagle Grange on Wednesday,
February 8. The master of the State Grange
will be present. Subject for discussion;
"Our Common Schools-How can they be
Improved?" - Mrs. George Stickney
died of consumption last Friday - Mrs.
Maria Lull, whose illness was recently
mentioned, is failing. She is a great suf-
ferer. - Five men froze their faces last
Saturday while breaking roads. - The
mail-carrier is about to petition the gov
ernment for snow-sheds over his entire
route. We received only one mail last
week after Wednesday.
Cabot.
The very severe storm and unprecedented
| COlu OF laSU week was Ine WOrSU ever eX-
perenced in this town. Friday was the
toughest day. The memory of man goeth
not back to a day when not a team passed
between the two villages. This day not
team passed until three P. NJ. Then the
stage made out to get through. f. W.
Haines has carried the mail to Marshfield
depot for twelve years, and this was the
first trip he has lost during the time. -
| The item in last weeks WATCHMAN in re-
gard to the eclipse gave number an oppor-
tunity to take cool bath in light clothing
on looking out of their bedroom windows
early Saturday morning last to view the
wonderful phenomena. - The village
has snow-roller that weighs eighteen hun
dred pounds. AS yet it has not been
obliged to go out of town for business.
- Services were held in the vestry at
each of the churches last Sunday. - In
the village of Cabot with population of
! less than two hundred, there are twenty
five widows, eleven maiden ladies, two
bachelors and five widowers. If any town
can make better showing than this let
Rev. Mr.. Russells occurred Tuesday even
ing of last week. Notwithstanding the
severe cold, about ninety attended. -
Alice Morse has been temporarily acting as
clerk in the post-otfice the past week. -
| Ella Lance commenced her work as assist
ant teacher in the school at Lower Cabot
last Monday.
East Calais.
NEXT Sunday morning there will be
service for the children, to take the place
of the regular monthly concert - The
| oyster-supper which the Good Templars
were to have had last Saturday night was
of necessity postponed and will take place
next Friday evening, in connection with the
regular lodge meeting. - G. NJ. Gray
lost good farmhouse last Thursday by its
getting loose and eating all the grain it could
hold. - There was no school in district
No. last Friday, as but one scholar got to
the school-house. In district No. 6 the COM
mittee had the teacher dismiss school at
noon Thursday just in time. Had they
waited a few hours neither teacher nor
scholars could have got to their homes.
- There is to be chicken-pie supper
and dance at Levison & Lambs Hall next
Tuesday night. The proceeds go for the
benefit of the East Calais circulating IL
brary. - We were without our mail but
one day last week, and that was Friday.
- Thursday night the stage-driver got
as far as North Calais. Saturday night a
special carrier brought the mail from Plain
field, meeting the driver at North Calais.
East Montpelier.
THERE is much good feeling among our
residents respecting the saw, dressing and
shiugle-mill to be erected the coming
spring by Mr.. Wheelock of Berlin, since
it is to be first-class mill and a
first-class man is to run the same. -
George Dagget of Wnooski is visiting
relatives and friends in town. - The
oldest person in town is Mrs Harriet Good
win being ninety-one years old her last
birthday. - The horse-sheds at the
Brick church have been rebuilt. -
With the coming new mills the telephone
will be required. and no doubt Colonel
Brown will be pleased to weave a village
and a depot station into his extensive and
well-managed system as soon as practicable.
Marshfield.
ABOUT two feet of snow fell last week
Tuesday and Wednesday, and there was also
a high wind, which drfted it the worst ever
known in this town. The stage did not
make its usual trip from Cabot to the depot
in this place Thursday morning and the
West Danyille stage did not get through
until Sunday morning. - 1t is expected
that Mrs. Kenyon will give chalk talk -
at the Methodist church next Sunday even
ing at seven o'clock, under the auspices of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
This lecture will be of interest to all and a
full house is desired. No admission fee will
be charged. - The agent of the Yer
mont Bible Society will preach in the Con
gregational church next Sunday morning and
in the Methodist church in the afternoon.