The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-15
Frem Our Town Correspondents.

home missionary of the Free will Baptist
society, has been holding meetings at West
Corinth. There was once a strong church
at this place, but death and removals have
scattered the society.
DECENTRALIZATION Miles teaches the
school at Putnamsville. - A son was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Norris Edgerly May
IL. j. w. Dillon was in Barton the
past week. - Envelopes of any size or
quality at the WATcHMAN job Office.
SHARON. Mrs. Nathaniel Manning met
with serious accident on Monday OF last
we by jumping from wagon. She rup-
tured muscle in one leg, which renders
her helpless. - G.. w. Morrison lost a
good breeding mare and colt one day last
week. - Mrs. Zerah Watkins is very
low.
NoRGAN.-Erastus Parker is quite low.
60 AlOnzo Ewens is carrying on j. A.
Gray's Mapesden farm this year. 60
Mrs. George Batchelder got badly burned
while putting papers into the stove, among
which happened to be package of powder.
- Arthur Cobb expects to move to
Island Pond soon.
EAST ELMoRE.-F. L. Merritt lost a nice
hog and Levi Fisher valuable horse last
week. - School commenced last Thurs
day, with Alma Silloway as teacher. -
Fire has been running in the woods near
Morse's mill. 80 AlonzO Jennings raised
his new barns Saturday. = George Le-
Blank forms of every kind at low rates at
the WATCHMAN job office.
SHADY RILL.-Olive Dutton of Crafts
bury teaches school in district No. II. -
j. w. Markham and family have moved to
Barre, for the purpose of erecting buildings
on land purchased last fall by j. w. and
Arthur Markham. - Rev. II. f. Dickey
preached here last Sabbath, and will preach
again next Sabbath. - A. j. Stone has
moved into Mrs. Wells house. - Mrs. r.
J.. George is keeping house for her son, Asa
w. George.
NORTH PoMFRET-Captain Bruce has re-
turned from Dakota and is soon to move to
his farm in this town - The delegates
from this place to the quarterly convention
of the =" W. r. G. f. Union" at Norwich
are Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Davis Mr.. and
Mrs. W. Roberts and Miss G. Snow. 60
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. c. Rodgers
April Q. - Common oats for sowing are
selling at forty cents. - Wool-buyers
are plenty, offering twenty cents for un-
washed wool. - Corn planting by ma
chinery is sturdily gaining in favor.
NORTH THETFoRD.-Rev Harry Brickett
from the Hill was here last Sabbath and
administered the sacrament in the Congre-
gational church - Mark Ware at the
Bow was seriously injured last week by one
of his oxen hitting him in the face with its
horns. - The famous Shepard family
gave concert here last week. - A. w.
UduullH 10 IndhluB On HIS SIOIt.
- Howe, Cummings and Heath are
painting their buildings. - The remains
of Charles Emery, former resident, were
brought from Topsham and inferred in
Pleasant Ridge cemetery last Monday.
SOUTH WooDBURY.-Exercise appropri-
ate to Memorial day will be held in Me-
mortal hall, North Calais, under the auspices
of Stowe Post and Relief Corps, May 80.
George Wing, Esq, of Montpelier will
speak in the afternoon. All are requested
to bring lunch, and cup for drinking tea
and coffee, which will be furnished by the
post. - S. ID. Blake has just procured
pension of S14 per month and $500 arrears
for Mrs. George II. Wheeler of Marshfield
- With complete equipment of new
type, presses and machinery, the WATCH
MAN job office has superior facilities for job
printing, including commercial work, book
and pamphlet printing.
Observation-Disclosures services will be
held at the grounds of the Putnamville
school-house. Rev. l. p. Booth of North
field is to deliver the address. - The
new Methodist pastor has settled in his
new field Of labor and gave very interest
ing discourse last Sabbath. =J. NJ.
Gould has bought place in Calais and is
moving there. His horse ran away while
| he was loading some goods, but was stopped
! at Putnamsvile before much damage was
done. - Minnie Swasey has again been
engaged to teach the Corner school. Laila
/ ~ oNtn ltdCutS III tlSlIlCb NJ. =.
School or entertainment programmes in
neat designs at the WATCHMAN job office.
EAST RoXBURY.-John Webster and wife
of California are visiting Mr.. Webster's
brother Aaron and other friends. - Mr.
and Mrs Dana Allen of Concord, n. H.,
are visiting here for a few days. - Mrs.
NJ S. Wheatley with her son, of East
Brooktield has been with her mother for
two weeks past. - Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Hall celebrated the twenty-first an
niversary of their marriage last week and
received several valuable presents. -
! Mrs. William Perno has been moved from o.
Boyce's to Sylvester Motifs - Mrs II.
Y. Blanchard is at Williamstown caring for
her daughter, Mrs Martin. - Envelopes
of any size or quality at the WATCHMAN job
| office.
NORTH FAYsToN.-E Eugene ingalls, stopped
with his sister, Mrs. Norton, over Sunday.
- Mr. C. A. Church of Bloomingdale,
n. Y, was in town last week for a few
days. == John Hryce is the guest of Mrs.
Jane Boyce. - f. II. Chipman has
been in Northfeld the past two weeks
working for his brother-in-law. - Mrs.
Eunice Boyce is in poor health. She is in
her ninety-tirst year. 80 Timothy Chase
is again suffering from an attack of heart
difficulty. - Bryan Marble and wife re-
Gently moved in with his father. A
daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs. George
W. Nelson April % - Bills, statements,
notices, posters, etc, in any desired form,
at the WATcHMAN job office.
EAST ORANGE.-Mrs. Lewis Parker is
still very sick. DR.. Locke of Corinth and
DR.. Minard of West Topsham are treating
her. - Herbert Sanborn has the mumps.
- r. III. Blake visited at East Topsham
last Saturday and attended the funeral of
Mr.. Emery on Sunday. -C G. T.. Parker
of Barre spent Monday at home, on account
of the illness of his mother. r. f. Brad
| bury accompanied him. - Della Went
WORTH who has been spending the past
year at j. f. Sleeper's in Bradford, returned
last week. - Ethel the twelve-year-old
daughter of NJ. r. Hamilton, who went to
Philadelphia last September with Professor
A. n. Fuller's family, returned last Thurs
day. - Envelopes of any size or quality
at the WATCHMAN job office.
EAST WARREN.-O G. Fassett is seriously
sick. - Quite number of the ladies',
with Mrs Oliver Campbell and Miss Emile
Gleason of Waitsheld, met at j. G. Glea-
sons last Wednesday afternoon, to remind
Mrs. Gleason that her fifty-sixth birthday
had come. == Henry Stearns OF Boston
is visiting his son Gilbert. - ID. n.
Stearns, who is attending school at Sem
mary Hill, spent Sunday with his parents.
-- Kate j. Tillotson went to Norris