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

lecture at Town Hall next Friday evening
Subject: ACROSS the Continent" 80
The worst storm of the season occurred last
week. The stage to Roxbury was blockaded
three days, so we had no mail from Wednes-
day until Saturday.
Waterbury.
ALL the reports that come in from the
country districts point to the same fact-that
the recent blizzard was the worst known in
these parts for years On Blush Hill the
drifts range from fourteen to eighteen feet
deep and they are of about the same depth
on Perry Hill. The roads in the village are
well plowed out, yet Main street presents
quite a magnificent sight with the huge
drifts on either side-a sight which many OF
the oldest inhabitants seldom have seen.
- The funeral OF Mrs Susan Town,
whose death was mentioned in the last issue
of the WATCHMAN, took place at her home
on Blush Hill last week Wednesday.
Rev. G. NJ. Sheldon is in Boston this week
and will be absent over Sunday Rev. Dan
iel Torrey of Dorchester will occupy the
pulpit next Sunday morning and evening:
- Rev. Mr.. Smith being absent no
services were held at the Methodist church
last Sunday - Meetings are held every
week at the Colbyvlle school-house, CON
Quoted by Rev. Mr.. Smith - T. 7. Far
rill is in st. Johnsbury this week attending
the Grand Army enCampment. - There
is to be an oyster-supper at Barrett & Sons
Hotel this week Friday evening, to which
all are invited.
Waterbury Center.
Mr.. TIMOTHY WHEELER writes as fol-
| lows, under date of January 2S: "In last
weeks WATCHMAN you say: II. NJ Beebe
of Simonville has trapped thirty-one foxes
this season and claims the belt l would
say that Charles Fisk of this town had
trapped and secured eighty-six foxes two
months ago-and how many since | have
not learned. So think when the belt is
awarded it will fall to Mr.. Fisk"
Woodbury..
A SEVERE snow-storm, with an unusually
high wind, visited this town the past week
The hill roads were terribly blockaded and
all business was suspended. The stage
driver with much effort has been through
with the mail, with the exception of Thurs
day night, when he could get no further
than North Calais. Saturday the snow
rollers did good work breaking out roads
80 Owing to the severe storm there were
no services at the Methodist church Sun
day, the 29th ult. - Professor g. W.
Foster suffered severely from cold and
| drifting snow on his return from Worcester
and was unable to meet his appointments
the last part of the week on account of the
storm. - Mrs Paulina Mack has re-
turned home from Calais, where she has
been visiting her children. - Mrs. Har-
low Chase, who has been quite i'll the past
week, is improving - Edward Foster
of Brooklyn, n. Y, with his wife and son,
visited at George Fosters last Monday.
South Woodbury..
THERE came near being serious fire at
Nathan Wheelers last Friday night Cora
Wheeler awoke from a sound sleep at about
! eleven o'clock with feeling of sutfocation.
She soon discovered that the cause was
smoke from the bed-cothes, which had
taken fire from a heated brick which she
had taken to bed. She Immediately ex-
tinguished the fire, as she supposed, and
went down stairs. After opening the doors
to let the smoke escape she saw light in
her room through the register. She hurried
to her room and, finding the bed in flames,
called to her father. She then went to the
neighbors for help. Mr.. Wheeler removed
the burning bed from the room and they
succeeded in extinguishing the fire. The
room was badly damaged and many of Miss
Wheeler's clothes were burned, aside from
the bed and bed-clothes. 1t was a narrow
escape for Miss Wheeler, who must have
suffOcated had she not awoke as she did
- We have had one of the worst
storms ever known here. From Wednes-
day night until Thursday night of last week
twenty inches of snow fell. Our mail from
the south due Thursday night did not
reach here until Friday night. The roads
were impossible Had it not been for the
mountains we might have shared the sad
fate of our western friends. - The win
ter term of school in the Ball district, taught
by Miss Rose Trow, came to an end last week.
Worcester.
THE promenade held last week at Grand
Army Hall was we'll attended, notwith-
standing the inclemency of the weather.
- Meetings were continued during the
week at the Methodist Episcopal church.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Campbell lost a
little son some four years of age last Thurs
day. He died of diphtheria and his re-
mains We're carried to Montpelier last Sun
day for interment - The severe storm
of the past week so blockaded the roads
that all business was suspended and no
mail was received for two days. -
Frank Dunham made a misstep and INJURED
his knee. He has been laid up for the past
week. - Dr. Watson of Plaintield,
n. H., was in town over Sunday.