The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-25

away several weeks ago. His bondsmen
prefer to deliver him up rather than pay
his bonds. - Mr.. Crockett occupied the
pulpit last Sunday, in the absence of Elder
Reynolds, who was away officiating at the
funeral of Charles Simpson at Waits River.
- Mrs. w. Il. Carpenter is quite sick
with pneumonia - Meeker & Tubbs
have been enlarging and repairing their
store and now have as pleasant and con-
venient quarters as can be found in Orange
county. - n. b. Curtis has rented the
house on lions Hill recently vacated by
Henry Huntington and is soon to move
there.
Tunbridge.
THE body of Charley Monkey was brought
here from Barre and buried last Wednes-
day. Services were held in the Congrega-
tional church. - The numerous cases of
pneumonia, together with serious case of
scarlatna, gave rise to a considerable scare
last week. - ID. p. LEISURE moves into
the Riddall house. - The examination
of teachers is to be held at No. IA North
Village) school-house next Saturday. -
James NJ. Whitney has been i'll for few
days. 60 William =. Brown was taken
with typhoid pneumonia Saturday night and
il seriously i'll. - Mrs Diana Francis,
very sick with pneumonia
Washington.
DIR. FRANK a. WARNER of East Topsham
Is W TtIlONt W lIllS village llt DTtStHb week,
renting the house formerly occupied by DR..
Newcomb. He will be cordially welcomed
by the people of this community. -
Will e. Worthley, the popular host of the
Washington House, is confined to the house
with his old enemy, the " shingles" -
Mrs. Ruth Dickey has been quite i'll the past
week with neuralgia and meningitis, but it
is thought she is now on the road to re-
covery - Mrs. T. g. White has been
i'll for several days with pneumonia.
West Fairlee.
LAST Sunday horse which Mr.. Gains
son was riding in this village stumbled and
threw the boy off, and then fell and broke
its neck. The boy was not injured. -
During the recent storm of rain and sleet
snowtell to the depth of ten inches in Yer
shire on the heights towards STAFFORD.
Williamstown.
A TELEGRAM was received here last
Thursday announcing the serious illness of
our eX-townsman, Mr.. Wesley Martin at
his home in Michigan. His wife has been
much out of health of late. - Fernando
G. Davenport has been quite i'll of late, as
has Edwin j. Poor. - Mr.. Asa G. Will
bur, who has been in southwestern Louisi-
ana for some months past, is expected home
about the middle of next month - Miss
Edith Tarbell is very pleasantly situated in
Hinsdale (near Chicago, ILL.,, where she is
learning the millinery art, for which she
seems to have shown special fitness. it is
said. -" Gentle spring had the door
shut in her face last Friday, while decrept
winter stole in at the back-door to make
what is hoped his final call. Several inches
of snow fell that day - Republicans of
the town are asked to meet at Town Hall
on Saturday evening of this week to organ
ize republican club. - Charles Web
ster of the West Hill is in the employ of
Butcher " Ed" Smith. Mr.. Smith has his
market just now at the old cheese-factory.
- Mrs. j. NJ. Seaver continues very
feeble, though it is hoped she is to be well
again. - Miss Dora House, daughter of
Henry c. House, is to teach the coming
summer in the j. M. Bass district Miss
Luna Hibbard of Randolph sister of Mrs.
Andrew Burnham, will teach in the Calvin
Flint district, Miss Hattie Brockway in the
David Gale district and Miss Hattie Briggs
in the Charles Woolcutt district 60
George Emerson has moved from Rev.
Harvey Webster's house to David Gales.
- VIII Fogg, son-in-law of eX-TOwns-
man John Bacon of South Barre, has moved
to that place, where he is TO have work in
granite-polishing shop. - Some Will
iamstownians here and in the West will
readily recall the late Joseph Burnham,
son of the late Dea. Enoch Burnham. His
only living son, Will Burnhap is a success
full stone-cutter in Barre. A few years ago
he purchased a house and land in Barre for
$1,000 to $500. A part of the land he had
sold for granite purposes, and last week
parties connected with the Wells River rail
road bought the house and what remained
of the land. Altogether he realized some
$4,000 for his original purchase. -
Tracy L. Jeffords, in addition to his work
as private secretary for Congressman George
w. Grouse of Ohio, is attending the Law
School in Washington, ID. G. - Our
citizens were recently gaddened by an in
curry from western granite-working firm
| employing, we hear, large number of
! nnlr a1a iva tn nj % n ttnn for
their business. Our arms are open to the
wide world, and what we will do should he
limited only by our ability. - Rev. ID.
r. Miller still feels that his health requires
he should soon leave here and give up for a
time the work of preaching. He will prob
ably locate, temporarily at least, near Bos-
ton, where his only son is living. In the
three years and more that he has been here
! his people have come to esteem him very
| highly-and not alone as minister, but as
a most estimable citizen, will his loss be
| felt. - "A person Interested in colloquial-
| isms is sure to find some pat ones among the
! Scotch. The other day Scotch woman,
| telling us of one who was not quite of
sound mind, expressed it in the words,
She is not all there" - Howard VIM
chester is to carry on the Silas b.
honon farm the coming year - People
who are balancing the question of whether
! to leave the state or not will nat
urally be interested in the experience of
Other NermOnterS VINO nave maue tne
change. One of the most estimabe ladies
of our acquaintance left Vermont, with her
family, a year or two ago, and is now living
in the midst of rare educational and other
advantages in another state. Under recent
date she writes: " Vermont is home to me,
and sometimes have ongings for it and
feel as though it would not be a matter for
entire regret if something should happen to
take us back again" How many others
have like feeling 60 G. u. Lathrop
was called by business to Lebanon, n. H.,
last week. - The survey made by the
Central Vermont Railroad Company from
Barre Lower Village to the quarries of that
town was continued. into this place, ter
minatng at point on the line between
Charles SCOTS and Daniel Townsend s
farms in the northeast part of the town. 1t
has been duly recorded in our town clerk
office. This survey touches thirty five
quarries in Barre and Williamstown. -
Winslow Flint has sold the new house
built last year in the quarry district at what
our informant thinks a fine profit Some
look for boom in business, building, etc,
soon in that NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. more
especially just over the line in Barre. -
" Ed" House, son of Henry G. House, who