The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-24
From Our Town Correspondents.

- Rev. Mr.. Bragg and wife attended
conference. - Mrs. Frank Lowell, Mrs
Will Way and Mrs. Scribner are sick.
- A fourteen-year-old son of Forrest
Green has run away.
ORANGE.-Mrs. A. II. Goodrich is sick
with nervous prostration. 80 Quite a
number OF the young people have been Wis
tied by the mumps. Ernest Cutter was
very sick with them. - The ladies in
district No. 10 turned out to vote at school
meeting This is as it should be. Other
districts should follow No. los example.
EAST WARREN.-Frank j. Tilotson Of
Burlington, who is home for rest, is quite
sick. - Will Harmon had another mar
row escape from serious injury last week
Tuesday evening. While coming from the
sugar-pace in a cart the oxen ran, tipping
over the cart, which struck Wills head.
He fortunately escaped with few bruises.
- Hattie .. Fassett has been spending
a week in Waitsfeld.
BRAINTREE.-Jonas Coburn and Hannah
Cross were married last week j. w,
Martin has been building an addition to his
barn. 80 Farmers have finished sugaring
and are busy with their springs work. -
Mrs. Caleb Grow died last week.
Work on the creamery has been suspended
for short time. The help has gone to fin
ish up the one near b. f. Adams, in Ran
dolph. - George Glidden has so far re-
covered as to be about on crutches.
CoRINTH.-S. Willis died suddenly last
week Monday. - l.. d. Heath and r.
e. Streeter have traded places again. -
William Orr contemplates moving into the
shop recently vacated by w. E. Edwards.
- Il. L. Munson is sick. - The A.
M. Carpenter bondsmen are moving for a
new trial. - Farmers have commenced
work on their land - Rev. Mr.. Beck
with from Post Mills preached at the
Meadow last Sabbath. t. Mrs. Eaton
is in poor health
WoRCEsTER.-FredC Cameron is very low
with consumption. - A. j. Stone has
rented his farm and moves to Shady Rill.
He is to travel the coming season In the in
terest of New York firm, selling fruit trees.
- There were Easter services at the
Congregational church last Sabbath -
A special meeting of the Grand Army post
is called for Wednesday, May /, to perfect
arrangements for Memorial services. -
A series of revival meetings will begin at
the Congregational church next Sabbath,
led by noted evangelist. - Amos
Chase has rented the Hubbard farm.
EAST TCoRINTH.-Charles johnson made
business trip to st. Johnsbury last week.
- G.. f. Butterfeld of Dover, n. H., is
at home for week. - A. c. Jackman
has returned to school in st. Johnsbury,
- r. F. George and Jennie George
have the mumps. - School commenced
last Monday, with Mrs. George Taplin of
u.
George has moved into E. G. Sawyer's
house - Mrs. William Dickey has
moved back to her old place on the
mountain. - George b. Chamberlin of
Cornell University is spending his vacation
in town.
SOUTH STRAFFoRD.-Dr. Fred Chaffee was
called to Chicago last week by the danger
GUS illness of his sister, Mrs French. DR..
Fish of South Royalton attends his patients
during his absence. - Mrs. Freeman
Hewes and Mr.. G. b. Dow are both danger
ously sick with pneumonia. - The
funeral of Mr.. Lester Barrett, aged eighty
three, occurred last Friday afternoon The
deceased was an old and honored resident,
loved and respected by all who knew him.
- George Quimby has taken the clerk
ship in S. f. Frary & Co.'S store in place of
Osman Godfrey, who left on account of i'll
health.
MoRETowN. - DR.. Haylett has given
his house and barn new coat of paint.
- Several of the taxpayers have
petitioned the selectmen to warn a town
meeting to see if the town will vote to raise
an additional tax of thirty-fve cents
to pay the state and state school tax.
Added to the fifty cents raised at the annual
meeting, this makes total tax of eighty
five cents. - George Dale and wife
were in town over Sunday - Fred, l..
Moulton is at work at the Hotel Winthrop
Palatka, Florida, where he went immedi-
ately after the closing of the Putnam house,
April /. - j. II. Sawyer's health is poor
and he is confined to the house most of the
time.
EAST MONTPELIER. - Herbert A. Gould
returned last Friday from Boston, where he
has spent several months. - Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Pierce of Moretown have been
spending several days at the Center. -
Stella Woodward is sick with a fever
- Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. Ormsbee are
visiting in Waitsfield. - Herbert Kel-
ton recently sold a fine horse to George
Walton of Montpelier. - Enos Stevens
has been quite i'll from the effects of cold
but was able to be out Saturday. - Mrs.
s. A. Ormsbee is back from Irasburgh.
- Frogs and lightning-bugs were out
the first of last week. May-fowers are
abundant. There will be the usual
religious services at the Morse school-house
next Sunday.
MmDLEsEx CENTER Frederick A. Rich
ardson died at Bratteboro April Is, aged
siXty-two. The remains were brought to
Middlesex for interment = The Will
lam Lewis place was sold at auction Satur-
day, April 20, for $50 to j. f. Hastings.
- Abbie Nichols is to teach the Center
school. - A letter from Frank G. Clark,
an old Middlesex boy, now of Austin,
Texas, says the state is going down on the
free-trade idea of buying everything that
costs high and having nothing but raw ma
to 6,000 inhabitants in the last decade and
other towns in proportion. Mr.. Clark has
lived there for several years, has married
and raised a family there, and ought to
know about these things as well as the
boomers.
WEST CHARLESTON. - Thursday evening,
April Is, was the occasion of a merry gath
ering at the residence of Mr.. Church, it
being the birthday anniversary of his
youngest daughter Miss Clemmie. -
The Sugar season is about closed and re-
ports show that the farmers have been well
rewarded for their toll, James Morse
of Morgan Corner reports having made $50
pounds from eighty-ive trees, lacking forty
pounds of coming up to his last years record
from the same number OF trees. 80 Land
lord Norton and wife have been called away
to attend the funeral of near relative,
Upon his return he intends to tit up his
house, the Clyde River hotel, for summer
boarders. 60 DR.. Bowker having re-
signed b. Hoton is circulating petition
for the Office of postmaster.
HYDE PARK.-Raymond, son of f. Z. Hill,
died April Is, aged about six months 60
William Putnam received a bad wound
over his left eye, last Saturday from piece
of board which flew from a circular saw in
H j, Lilley's wagon factory, Six stitches