The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-14
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son of Charles W. Hopkins, is very i'll with
pneumonia. 80 Quarterly meeting at the
Methodist church last Sunday. Presiding
Elder A. Il. Truax was present, Two per-
sons were baptized and received on proba-
ton.
East Corinth.
Mrs. VoDA BAGLEY died in Manchester,
n. H., March 10. The remains were brought
here Monday for interment. - Hamil-
tons band played at Corinth Thursday
Frank Il. Page are on the sick-list 60
A. G. Jackman of St. Johnsbury was at
home over Sunday. - George G. Taplin
is attending school at Bradford.
West Topsham.
Mr.. A. J. WALLACE, longtime resident
of this place, died suddenly last Friday
morning with heart disease. Mr.. Wallace
had been suffering for few days with
hard cold, but had been about the house
every day. About three o'clock Friday
morning Mr. and Mrs. Beede, with whom he
boarded, heard him call, and Immediately
went to his room, when he said ] have just
woke up and feel badly" Mr.. Beede no.
ticed he was very sick and Immediately
called DR.. Watson, but before the doctor ar
rived he had ceased to breathe. Mr.. Wal
lace had kept the hotel here for the past
twenty-five years, and had been engaged in
mercantile business for about the same
length of time. Last fall he sold his real
ing with him at the time of his death. He
leaves four sons and one daughter and
large circle of friends and neighbOrs to
mourn his sudden demise.
Tunbridge.
THE expenses of the schools for the past
year were S2,129.96. The public money
received was S74S.16 The average wages
paid teachers, board included, was SIS per
month. Sixteen districts have maintained
col al lnnn fal M WI int
term; four maintained schools more than
the required number of weeks. The super
intendent rightly condemns the inhuman
practice of striking pupils over the head
that some teachers have had, and also the
practice some parents have of criticising
teachers in the hearing of their pupils.
- The pew-owners of the Congrega-
tonal church and the owners of the parson-
age are to meet at the church Saturday of
next week to see what repairs they will
make upon the parsonage and church.
- The Grand Army fair was de-
cided success, and a handsome sum of
money was realized from it. - Carrie
Freeman, who now lives in johnson, has
been visiting her old schoolmates in this
village the past week - w. n. Dud-
ley and wife of Berlin, with George Kibby
of Montpelier, attended the Grand Army
fair last Wednesday evening. - Jesse
Flanders is at Cornelius Noyes' and is
very sick. - There will be a Grand
Army meeting Saturday evening. -
A sugar season commenced and ended Sat-
urday. ID. II. Blanchard will move
into the Methodist parsonage soon. -
Mrs. A. j. Wills is better. - Mrs. S. Ct.
Goodwin died last Wednesday, after suf-
fering for many months with a cancerous
trouble that affected her whole system
She was very highly esteemed by the whole
community. - Mrs. A. p. Cushman has
been very sick, but is now better. -
The Universalist sociable is to be held at
Eliza Whitneys this evening,
Ely.
| THE place formerly known as Ely has
heen named Copperteld, and the new com
pany is called the Copperiield Mining and
Smelling Company, with o. X. Krause
president and f. NJ. f. Cain secretary
agent and superintendent. The wages paid
are ninety cents per day at present. The
dwellng-houses are being repaired to some
extent and the old wash-house is cleared
away to get at the dump. Mr.. Gains Of
flee will be over the old company store.
Williamstown.
REV. r. ID. MILLER thinks he shall be
compelled by ill-health to give up minis
terial work here about the LIST of May. He
hopes by change of residence and rest to
be able to resume preaching somewhere
later on. - The lecture by Rev. Peter
Mcmillan of Barre on Wednesday evening
of last week, subject, Objectionable PEG.
ple," was pronounced capital one. -
j. NJ. Seaver is on business trip West
- March meeting occupied Tuesday
! and Saturday of last week. Unwillingness
to accept offices prolonged the meeting.
! The board of listers, as finally elected, con.
sists of Messrs. Oliver S. Walker, Joshua
f. Bailey and Edwin c. Smith. The resigna
ton of the board of street commissioners
leaves the care of the highways upon the
selectmen. 1t was voted to exempt from
taxation for five years any manufacturing
| interest entered upon at any time within
the next five years. Tax, entire, 12 cents
- 1t may be of interest to our townspeo
Pile to know what it costs Barre annually tC
keep in repair the roads over which the heavy
hauling of granite is done. A writer in last
weeks Barre Enterprise states it to be about
81 800 for six miles, or $500 per mile, agains
S55.73 per mile of the other roads. These fig
ures may, perhaps, afford a hintin the matter
of the cost of building suitable highway fol
granite as compared with THAT of road fol
ordinary use. - On Saturday last Mr.
and Mrs George Bruce buried their little
daughter Nellie May, aged two years. We
hear it reported as case of diphtheria
- Yankee economy not unfrequently
manfeStS itself i'll somewhat cOmical ways
1t was recently told in our hearing that
Vermonter not thousand miles away tool
some letters to his post-otfice about the
time of the change of postage from three tC
two cents. On finding that the change haC
carried the letters back home to keep
meantime mindful, doubtless, of wha
comes of taking care of the pence" -
Will Martin son of Ophir s. Martin, being
about to finish his three years apprentice
ship with Perley Chandler of Barre, ha.
been hired by the latter for the year t,
come. - Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hatch
now of Indian Springs, Nevada county
California, are to celebrate the tiftieth an
niversary of their marriage on the 22d in
slant. They will please accept the heart.
congratulations of scattered friends on TIN
occasion. - Our venerable townsman
Mr.. Lucius Edison, reached his ninetietl
birthday last week Tuesday. He seems t.
have made his long life worth living. -
Mrs. Rice Davenport has been i'll for som
days past at the house of her daughter, Mr.
Enos H. Walker. - The heartiness wit
which our townsmen re-elect Mrs. Fanni
Martin Stewart each year as superintendent
of schools may reasonably be gratifying t
herself and friends, and how Warren $
Covell is to get excused from serving a
auditor unless he should die or move out c
the place. is conundrum he may b
willing to give up after some year
Z more of trial. - The Boston JOurnC
last week announced that Townsma
George w House, soldier in the MeXica
l war had been given a pension, 60