The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09
From Our Town Correspondents.


CoRiNTH CoRNER.-The Methodist society
gave its pastor, Rev. S. G. Vail a dona-
tion Oh Friday evening, January I. The
proceeds amounted to S27 90 in cash and
large stock of provisions.
SHARoN.-Rev. Mr.. Parker of Bethel will
lecture at Smiths hall on Friday evening.
There will be a singing convention at the
same place on Saturday evening, conducted
by Messrs. Shattuck, Smith and Bugbee.
- Mrs. James Ashley is very i'll. 60
Frank Scenes has moved into the DR..
Morse house.
CoRINTH,-The lyceum at Cookville is
tlOurishing. - School has opened in the
lower room Of the COOkVille graded school,
with Ann a. Height as teacher. - Jerry
Day has moved on to the A. NJ. Carpenter
place. - The people al the Corner gave
their pastor, Rev. Mr.. Vail, donation visit
on Friday night.
WARREN.-C. A. Ford has moved his
goods to the James Cardell store. -
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
will meet with Mrs Martha Divoll next
Tuesday afternoon. - w. II. Slayton
has returned to st. Johnsbury, where he is
attending school. E. H. Edgerton is
teaching in Marshteld.
EAST ToPsHAM-AIrs. Esther Barnard is
visiting her sister, Mrs. r. p Orr. - DR..
Warner of Washington was in town last
week. - The Ladies Aid Society met
with Mrs. s. c. Vail last Wednesday. -
! Mrs. Edwin Green returned from New
Hampshire last week. - Mrs. Garland
| Currier has been dangerously i'll for a few
| days, but is now convalescent.
EAST RoxBURY.- Mrs. Jacob Wardner is
| very sick. - Mrs. r. Y. Blanchard was
taken suddenly ill last Monday, but is now
improving. - Dana Battles and wife
are spending few weeks with Mrs. Battles
father, f. A. Howe. - Mrs. Betsey
Fisk of Brookfield is visiting her daughter,
| Mrs. II. =. Abbott. - George Foss is
working for Mr.. Rice of Northield
SOUTH WooDBURY.-L. j. Benjamin is i'll
with diphtheritic sore throat and his little
| son Wade with scrofulous sores on his neck.
- r. M. Pray is laid up with rheuma-
tism - S. ID. Blake was injured last
week by being hit in the side by pole he
was using in skiddng wood: The result was
a cracked rib. - L. G. Pray stopped
over Sunday with r.. NJ. Pray, his brother.
! LuDLow.-Allen District Pomona Grange
met at Chester with Williams River Grange,
January l. and elected the following Of
| ficers Master, Dewitt Davis; overseer, S.
! \. Wright; lecturer, f. A. Batcheder;
steward, H. f. Virgins; assistant steward,
| George Whitcomb; chaplain, Mrs. NJ. S.
| Carlton treasurer, A. ID. l.. Herrick; gate
keeper, William Colburn. Industrial grange
of Andover is doing finely, having by enter
tanments nearly paid for its organ, which it
! paid $50 for year ago.
GoULDsvILLE.-AlceO O'Brien is very i'll
with pneumonia. Fred Dumas and Jennie
! Coburn are also quite sick with lung
troubles. - Miss Kate Patrick has re-
turned from Methuen, Mass, where she
has been visiting her brothers - Her
| bert Eaton was surprised, one morning
! last week, upon opening the depot, to find
tramp making himself comfortable in the
! waiting-room. He had made fire. after
] locking himself seemed greatly
| turbed at being called at such an early hour.
GRoToN.-Thomas Tasey recently made
! a small quantity of maple sugar, which he
intends to send to relatives in California.
- f. ii. Bushnell has returned to Bur-
| lington to complete the winter course of
| lectures at the Medical College. - Sew
eral parties have recently been arrested
and fined for selling and imbibing intoxi-
eating beverages. - There was pleas
ant children's entertainment at the vestry
of the Baptist church Tuesday evening,
January I. The funeral of Mrs Patty
Welch was attended by Rev Mr.. Wood
ruff at her late residence on Thursday,
January 3. == Augustus Heath is in Bos-
ton on business.
WoLCoTT-Professor Elmore commenced
term of dancing-schools at DORIS hall last
Saturday evening, twenty-four couples be-
ing in attendance. - The public in
stallation of officers of Mineral Lodge will be
held at its rooms Tuesday evening next,
Dorr Brothers furnishing the supper at
seventy-tve cents per couple. 80 There
have been twenty-five deaths in town dur
ing the past year - Only two couples
from this place attended Randall's New
Years ball at Hyde Park last Monday even
ing. -- The Methodist society held do
nation in the church vesGyy last Friday
evening, large number being present.
Forty dollars was left after paying expenses.
VERsHIRE.-An Advent society of about
thirty members has been formed here. ==
Hattie e. Parker of the Franklin school,
Boston, is at home. 60 Joel Bixby
has built a carriage repair-shop at the Lower
village. - Asa Brown has moved his
family to Wentworth, n. H., where he has
been for some time engaged in the lumber
business. Mr.. Brown was for many years
a prominent citizen of Nershire and will
be much missed in our community.
The property of the grange was sold at pub
lie auction November IA, - Henry Bry-
ant and family have moved to Chelsea and
Theron Aldrich to Bradford. 60 Mrs.
Charles Flanders formerly of this place,
died on Christmas morning at Minneapolis,
MINI.
WATERBURY, CENTRR.-There will be no
service at the Baptist church next Sabbath,
as the quarterly meeting is held at the Free
Baptist church on the River the 1lth, 18th
and 18th. == The Y's will give conun-
drum sociable in No. at the Seminary
Monday evening, January IA All are in
vited. - The literary societies at the
Seminary will give an oyster-supper at she
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