The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-11-07

be enabled to repair the vestry as they de-
sire. The work has already been placed in
the hands Of competent workmen and strong
efforts are being made to have the work
done at once.
WARREN.-Mrs. f. Miller died last Fri
day night after long illness Funeral
services were held at the house Monday
afternoon. - Mrs. Robert Long Is seri-
ously i'll. - Myron Goodspeed has sold
his farm to Edwin Williams for 81 600
Possession given in two weeks. 80 Tina
Banister returns to Hartford, Conn, this
week. - Over twenty of the little folks
gave their teacher, Rose Perkins, a surprise
last Thursday evening. - Mrs. William
Shepherd is on the sick list
EAST WARREN.-Will G.. Harmon is sick
with slow fever. - There are no services
at the church until one o'clock next Sab
bath, when there is to be a Sabbath-school,
followed by quarterly meeting services con-
Quoted by Rev. NJ. II. Barney of Middlesex.
- Grace Hall is visiting at j. l.. Till
otson's.
WATERBURY,. AT the Catholic fair Satur-
day night, Matt Cars friends, whose name
Is legion, voted him the COW and the elegant
silver pitcher, which were the highest prizes
contended for. Recently Matt was voted
line gold watch at a fair at White River
Junction. the most popular conductor.
- The Barre boys attending the fair
were a little belligerent, Saturday night,
the peace - Newell Gibson the barber
at the Waterbury Hotel, went to New York
city last Wednesday morning. John Dill
lingham Of the Center is in the hotel shop
for the present. - Tim Casey's build
ings on Hayden hill were burned last week
with all their contents Fully insured in
the Vermont Mutual. On buildings, $500, 90;
on furniture and clothing, S120. 60 The
wife of Joseph Ather, Jr., has been very
i'll for some time with consumption, and
last Thursday she was taken to Burlington
to her fathers, where she died last Sunday.
She leaves two small children. - Mark
Canerdy is home from his annual trip West.
He has been to Napoleon, Iowa, to visit his
nephews, Ed. and Gil. Smith - Rev. &.
M. Sheldon has gone home to Salem. Mass,
for two weeks of needed rest: - Rev.
Mr.. Tenney supplied the pulpit in the Con-
gregational church last Sabbath - The
Congregational society has put in hand
some coal furnace in the basement to heat
the church and vestry. - Professor
Elias f. Barakat, converted Syrian and
native of Damascus, gave a lecture in the
Methodist church, Sunday evening on the
customs of that country. On Monday even
ing in the same church, he gave an enter
tainment, An Evening in Syria and
Egypt" which is highly spoken of by all
who were there.
SOUTH WooDBURY.-Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Benjamin have returned from New York
X.
There is to be chicken-pie festival at the
church vestry, Wednesday evening, No
vember 14th. - The school in this vii
lage, taught by Elsie j. Wheeler, closed
last Friday.
WoRcEsTER.-Rev S. C. Hayford will
preach here next Sunday evening at seven
o'clock. - j. NJ. Gould has sold his
farm to Samuel Black - George Rich
ardson's little girl put her shoulder out of
joint last Saturday night. - Miss Mabel
Keith and Lucian Whipple are visiting at
Mr.. Keith's
EAST HARDwICK.-Harvey Burbank will
teach the school at the Center, Lucy Hodg-
don at the North village and E. Brown Fay
at Hardwick Street. 80 G.. l.. johnson
has bought large timber tract in Walden
and will do an extensive numbering bust
ness this winter.
Caledonia County.
GRoToN.-Number OF votes for Harrison,
1873; for Cleveland, 50; for Fisk, 6. -
Mrs. E. Plummer has had paralytic stroke
and is not expected to recover. - Carlos
Page has sold his farm in Barnet and will
go to live with his father in Groton. -
Mrs. Daniel Roberts, the mother of Harriet,
who was put into the insane asylum at Con-
cord, N. H., has sold her home place to Mrs.
Caleb Wilson for $3.50. 1t cost Daniel
Roberts a few years ago almost four thou
sand - Harry Kicker is at Groton on a
visit. - Fremont Miner the blacksmith,
a lifelong resident of the place, was killed
by the bursting of an anvil while celebrat-
ing the news of the election.
Franklin County.
FAIRFAx.-Mrs. Martin Fowler of Colches-
ter has been making her mother, Mrs. n. H.
Learnard, visit. - Mrs. Minnie Free
drette has returned to her home in Chicago
after spending the summer with her mother,
MrS Co hau
been making quite extensive repairs to the
building on the old home farm, the Bnck
farm. u. H. Ruggles has built bal
cony to the front of his house. - Miss
Ella Finn, when coming down the stairs at
the clearinghouse at the falls, fell and hurt
herself quite badly. - Miss Cora Judd
has closed her school in the Marsh district
She will teach the winter term in the SAT-
ford district. - Miss May Adams of
Canada is visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. p
Warren. - Miss May Sturgess has
closed her third term of school in the Falls
district and contemplates spending the win
ter with friends in New York, for rest, as
she has been teaching constantly since she
left school. II p. S. Hathaway and wife
have gone to Middlebury to spend the win
ter with her sister, Mrs West, to help her
about settling up her business. They have
rented their farm to Ed Bellows. Mrs
Diantha Colby will keep house for Ed
- Seth Carpenter has decided the Ward
farm to Mrs. M. Clark, with whom James
Ward will make his home. - Mrs. Eliza
Purmort is visiting her sister, Mrs A. b.
Beeman. - l.. ID. Roberts has rented his
farm 10 John futile. Elmer Austin has
taken the Ort Ellsworth farm. - The
corn crop in this section is almost failure
potatoes, very good crop; but we hear
some complaints of their decaying. Owing
to the wet weather, the farmers are very
much behind with their fall work.
Lamoille County.
EAST ELMoRE.-Calvin Fisher has sold
his farm to a Mr.. Stoddard, and gives i'm
mediate possession. - Mrs. Charles
Dugar is quite ill, but Mrs. Erwin Morse is
gaining in health. - The friends of Mr.
and Mrs Ira Morse visited them upon the
forty-fifth anniversary of their marriage,
enjoyed themselves very much and left
valuable presents.
Orange County.
BRAINTREE.-There have of late been
many removals, among them these: Elroy
Fuller, to the tenement vacated by w. III.
Perkins; Mrs. Hosea Flint to the house
lately occupied by Jefferson Flint, who has
gone to Strafford VIII Chatterton to the
house lately occupied by G. f. Boynton
Mr.. Marsh and family to Alder Meadow;
A. NJ. Scribner to Mrs. Flagg's house; Jane