The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-07-25

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town, the guest of Mrs. John Bigelow.
60 Mrs. jerome Stowe is very sick with
pneumonia. go Miss Jane f.. Howard,
who has been teaching in Dighton, Mass,
for the last year. returned home last week.
Captain William Blanchard is very
much better, being able to be about and
attend to business little. - The saw
mill frame is up and partly boarded, -
Haying is progressing finely. The farmers
are getting n good crop and in first-rate con-
dition., The quality is very much better
than last year. Farmers are becoming
convinced of the great value of red-top for
hay, as evidenced by the fields that show on
almost every farm where ten years ago none
could be seen except on some low moist
meadow. == John r.. Woodward who
graduated at the Burlington Medical Col
lege last week. has gone to oxford, Mass,
to practice. 80 II. A. Powers has con-
veyed water from the Sharpe farm to his
place. &C. Whooping-cough and chicken
poX are prevalent.
Chelsea.
Mrs. THOMAS l.. FLANDERS died very sud-
denly on Wednesday of rheumatism of the
heart, having been i'll but few hours. The
funeral services were held on Friday con-
Quoted by Rev, j. A. Sherburn. 80 The
democratic county convention will be held
here next Saturday. The speakers expected
are l.. w. Redington of Rutland and Pro-
fessor T. &. O'Sullvan of Burlington, the
latter being the candidate of the party for
acknowledgements the present year. -
The village was very quiet last week,
large number of our business and profess
sional men, with the county clerk in the
van being on visit TO the mosquitoes and
alleged fish of Groton Pond. They were
expecting to remain till the middle of this
week, but homesickness overcame them,
and they returned to the bosoms of their
respective families on Saturday. - The
fall term of Chelsea Academy will open on
August 30 to continue twelve weeks. Miss
Sarah r. Cummings remains as assistant
with Miss Ella y. Jones as primary teacher.
80 Among former residents in town are
Fred Lewis of Wayne, Ind, Fred l.. Beck
with of Hardwick, John S. Parks of Boze-
man, Montana
East Corinth.
CHARLES JOHNSON, Henry Kemp and AL
bert Corliss started Wednesday for the
Maine woods, where they are to spend two
weeks fishing. - G.. w. Stearns re-
turned home from Boston Thursday.
Orange.
w. II. CROCKETT recently found one of
his fine matched horses with its leg broken.
He has had it set and hopes to save his horse.
- Miss Nellie Waterman is at A. S.
Martyrs i'll with rheumatism. - Mrs.
G. II. Gale is a little better, but still quite
ill. - Frank Gale of Lowell Mass, has
bought the place where his father, g. II.
Gale, has lived for a great many years and
will spend a part of the summer on it. 60
Mrs. Lucy Wood of Barre, one hundred two
years and six months old, will visit her son
and other friends in town this week.
East Randolph.
ALBA CHAMBERLAIN and wife of Boston
are visiting at this place - Ned Sprague
has returned home. - Clarence Grow is
at work at the experiment station at Bur-
lington. - Maud Drill of Melrose,
Mass, is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. j.
S. Penney. - George Boswell is clerk
for Carter & Osgood. - Mrs. Clara
Baldwin and daughter of Chicago are visit
ing her father, j. johnson. - E. d.
Camp has opened real estate agency at
this place. - Grass is plenty but help
scarce.
West Randolph.
GEORGE f. WOOD of the Soldiers Home
visited his brother here, William S.. last
week. - Professor A. S. Hardy of the
| St. Johnsbury Academy is in town, the
guest of his brother Rev " NJ. Hardy. His
wife is in Brookfied. - B. G. Bass has
rented his tenement to Mark Chadwick
who has moved in - The large repub-
lican banner will be put up this week. The
Dillingham; club of young men talk of get
ting flag - Ben. f. Briggs and Miss
Nettie S. Moulton We're married by Rev. V.
NJ. Hardy last week Thursday evening.
| Mr.. Briggs, with his bride goes to Hartford
to live. where he is station agent. They
! have host of friends here who wish them
| Joy. - Mr.. Cakes has returned to Jack
sonville, Florida. - Howard Gilbert
and son have returned from the West.
- Miss Mary Thayer of MEANWHILE,
Ohio, is visiting in town. - City visitors
are beginning to be numerous on the streets.
- Hon. n l.. Boyden gave a rousing
speech before the young mems republican
club last week. - The democrats in this
town haven't enthusiasm enough to get up
oil rl.atr tngt
Goodrich has his new house nearly COM
pleted and the grounds graded 1t is fine
residence. - Robert j. Kimball has re-
turned from New York. - The first
brigade band had an ice cream concert in
the school-house yard Saturday evening.
Bailey father of DR.. A. c. and Hudson
Bailey fell from the top of a piazza Monday
morning and received injuries which proved
fatal in the afternoon. - The delegation
from this place to Burlington Thursday will
be a large one. - The United States
Screen Company that put up a steam mill
last spring has found it necessary to build
| an addition and work will commence on
it soon. - All four of the separators in
the creamery are being used. Business is
! rushing. - Mrs. Ruth Howard of Ran
dolph, Mass, is spending the summer with
her sister, Mrs. I. H. Bigelow. - Miss
Louise A Parish is attending the National
Teachers Association at San Francisco, Cal.
- Rev. L. y. Hopkins OF burlington
will hold services at st. Johns church next
Sunday, July %. There will be communion
services following the regular morning serv-
ices. - John Gorham has been confined
to his bed since his return from Texas,
where he contracted malaral fever. -
e. p. Flint is buying large quantities OF
wool. He purchased most of it in the west
ern and central parts of Orange county
paying from 10 to 20 cents for unwashed and
% for washed. - Carleton w. Mcintosh
and II. l.. Burt of Boston are visiting
friends in town. - Mrs. Roland Smith
of Toronto, Canada, is spending few days
with her father Irving Lamson. - Mrs
j. X. Albee of Ware Mass, is visiting
friends here, the guest of her father, n. o
Snow. - Mrs. Frank Gates of Ware
Mass, is visiting her father, Irwin Lamson
Williamstown.
DIR. CHARLES A. GALE of Rutland, ac-
companied by his wife, is taking a two
weeks vacation at his old home here. 60
Mrs. Arthur Ralph was called to Bristo
last week by the sickness of her husband
who travels for Cross & Son of Montpelier
- Mr.. and Mrs. James s. Abbott, who
came to New England from st. Augustine
Florida, some weeks ago, are to be here
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