The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-20

ten years of welded life on the evening Of
the 18th. A handsome hanging-lamp, sofa,
dinner set and a sum of money were among
| the numerous presents left. a good time
! generally was had.
Mr.. and Mrs George Atkins were called
| to Barnet last week to attend the funeral of
| Mr.. Atkins niece. == Mrs. John Gregory
is visiting friends in Willamstown and
vicinity. ==== Charles Eddy is moving to
Huntington, and Mr.. Douglas will occupy
the place formerly owned by him.
Warren.
Singing-schools commence the Goth.
The play Dot, the Miners Daughter" is
! to be given at Town Hall next Wednesday
! evening.
The ladies Of the Unitarian Aid Society
| meet with Mrs. George Bragg next Tuesday
afternoon. In the evening the gentlemen
and young people are invited.
The marriage of Jessie Thayer and John
| Gleason, Jr., will take place Wednesday
evening in the church at the village. 49,
| Pliny Parker has lost one of his matched
! span of colts == Mrs. George Bragg is
soon to open line Of millinery goods
80 Fred Cardel has bought the Harry
| Porter place. - L. NJ Heath has
bought the Frank Williamson place.
80 Orvis Jones and family have moved
back to Warren. They are soon to 60 to
housekeeping on the Putnam farm. =-=-
| Miss S. NJ. Thompson has been making her
many friends in town a call. == Rev
j. Edward Wright lectures at the village
November 25th on temperance.
Waterbury.
Several western horses have been sold in
town the past week.
The introduction of vocal music into the
graded school is being considered.
The scholars in the high and grammar
schools have rented an organ of j. G. Griggs.
The school in district No. II is to be
taught this winter by Miss Katrina Landt Of
| Colbyville.
Sheriff Dudley was in town Monday after
two DuXbury characters who created dis
turbance at the capital Saturday
The grammar and primary schools will be
closed Thursday and Friday for the teach
ers to attend the examinations at Mont
peier.
The general health in town is very good.
| Tom Marway says if there are not more
graves to dig he must have his pension
raised.
1t is now said that the town will not take
the Thompson place for poor-farm and
that the land has been decided to G.. +.
Moody.
A vocal male quartette from here fur
nished the music for the prize speaking at
the Green Mountain Seminary Tuesday
evening.
IL Is Sdlu Ilat u. T.. Moody mas bought
2OOOOO brick, TO he ready for use in the
| spring before he can have his brickyard in
operation.
Work is suspended for the fall on the
asylum. One thousand lineal feet of wall
have been laid, being over one-haf the
| present contract
The lecture course committee has been
very successful in selling season tickets in
the village, and course of five entertain
ments is assured.
j. C. Griggs shipped 800 gallons of maple
syrup Friday, to be used on the dining cars
of western railway This completes an
order for 1000 gallons.
DR.. Washburn and Sam Drugg had an
engagement with varmint" late Satur-
day night. They came off victorious, after
a severe struggle, proving that the battle is
not always to the strong"
village meeting is warned to meet next
Saturday, at seven o'clock P. M, to consider
the question of opening a street between
the houses of Mark Canerdy and Mrs.
Caldwell to the new street laid out by Mr.,
Randall parallel to Main street
The town Teachers Association met Satur-
day afternoon at the Center school-house.
Miss Kimball of the village school con-
Quoted table talk or reading About
twenty We're present. The next meeting is
to be the second week in January.
Mr.. Luther Davis is preparing to move, in
the spring, the Tenney house, recently
bought by him, to place about midway be-
tween his own residence and that Of Rev.
l.. II. Elliot. Thoroughly reconstructed as
the house will be, it will make very de-
81. able residence, as the locality, with the
fine view down the river, is one of the most
delightful in town.
A fair-sized audience attended the Ii
brary benefit in spite of rainy night, and,
Judging by the applause, was well enter
IA "a
ceived, noticeably the Three Maids from
School. They were simply bewtching,
though their hirsute faces were something
of a setback to the missionary zeal of some
of the young men. The orchestra was in
creased to ten pieces, the latest acquisitions
being f. S. Frary, cello, and Master Paul
Dillingham;, violin.
Eugene II. Towne, in competing for the
prize of $500 offered by the Americdn Agri-
cUitUrist for the best acre of corn, has har-
vested from one acre what is equal to 1913
bushels of shelled corn, the quantity being
found by Smelling three hundred pounds of
ears and weighing the same The kind of
phosphate used was the Qninnpiac. Mrs.
&. X. Towne harvested from one acre and
eighty-one rods of land planted to corn 3i6
bushels of ears. The kind of seed corn and
phosphate used was the same as used by f.
r. Towne on his prize acre.
The case of Sheets rs. f. A. Atherton up
in Franklin county, has ended in the
triumph If the defendant. This was "A suit
for false Imprisonment, growing out Of Mr..
Atherton's efforts in the spring of 1884 to
break up illegal fishing in Lake Champlain.
He had succeeded where every one else had
failed, in the face of murderous opposition,
and one of the aggrieved fishermen re-
taliated with suit for false Imprisonment.
} After many delays the case was referred to
Hon. j. l.. Edwards to find the facts. His
report was rendered last week and was all
that Mr.. Anterior could wish.
For long period of years prior to the
! building of Mrs Faes' house-in 1884, we
think-no additions, in the way OF new
houses, had been made to the erections
in this village. 1t had stopped growing.
The additions since that time have not been
large in number till within the last two or
three years, and particularly the present
season. Now and then a previously exist
ing dwelling had been remodeled, adding
materially to the appearance of the village,
as in the case of DR.. James attractive cot
tage, and year ago George w. Atkins
erected handsome dwelling on the site
occupied by the one it replaced. During
the past year, however, a number of fine