The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-08

hOony graduating exercises. thursday
evening, a concert by the Howard opera
house orchestra.
Characterization w. Ainsworth died
on Wednesday of last week, after long
illness. The funeral services were held on
Friday, Rev. Mr.. Reynolds officiating
60 DR., Arthur " Goss has given up his
practice at West Randolph to become resi-
dent physician in the Butler hospital for
the insane at Providence, r. |. - Hilas
Il. Roberts of Boston is at the hotel. -
The town records have long been in great
danger from fire, but that danger has now
been removed by the purchase and arrival
of two safes of the Mosler manufacture
costing costing $3.50 $3.50. They weigh about $500
tricts are maintaining spring schools. The
teachers are as follows: No 2, ella N
Jones; No. 3, Lucy Il. Corwin No. 7, EN-
lily F. Carpenter; No. s, Lillian M. Rich ;
No. 8, M. Alice Flint; No. H., Carrie l..
Conant; No. II, Mary A. Burbank. Laura
r. Fuller is teaching in the Stanley district
bury. 80 Rev. Elbridge Gerry of Ran
dolph preached at the Congregational
church last Sunday. 60 Rev. John H.
Mason of Brockport, N. Y, son of Mrs. r..
l.. Nj. Douglass of this place, has lately ac-
cepted call to Baptist church in New
Haven, Conn, at salary of $1,000 -
G. Mavro G. Hatch and Fred A. Hatch are
here from Iowa to visit their father, Amos
S. Hatch, who is in feeble health.
CoRINTH.-One year ago at this date no
land but that on warm, dry locations was
fit to work, and many farmers did no springs
work till several days later. Now much SOW
ing has been done and the work of prepar-
ing planting-ground is well advanced.
Many farmers will try to raise more of their
grain and corn and buy less from the West.
- Wool-growing was the main interest
here formerly, but now fewer sheep and
more cows are kept. - The lawsuit be-
tween the town of Corinth and A. NJ. Car
penters bondsmen, which has dragged
through several years time and two trials
in the supreme court, is still on the war
path. The bondsmen have filed a petition
for new trial on a claim of new evidence
and OF insufficient deliberation on the part
OF the supreme court, though that court
had the case under consideration one and
one-half years before giving verdict. A
hearing upon the petition has been held
and evidence taken to be presented to the
court at the coming term at Chelsea. -
Rev. K w. Hatch has moved his family to
East Corinth, where he will preach each Sun
day forenoon; also at the Center in the
afternoon. - The Baptist society at the
Meadow has engaged Rev. Mr.. Wright of
Wentworth, N. H., to preach for the com
ing year - The old repair shop at
Cookville formerly occupied by w. NJ. Ed
wards is being fitted up by Joel Bixby.
EAST MoNTPELIER.-Mrs. Joseph Butter
field is visiting in New York. - Mrs.
Mary Brown is stopping with her daughter,
Mrs f. w. Ormsbee. - Fred Sibley
has purchased the Lemuel Cate farm. -
III. A. Gould has gone to Lincoln, and is
making himself useful in the laboratory of
DIR. j. S. Dodge. - The wife and daugh-
ter of DR.. Prentice Kent of Massachusetts
are visiting in this and neighboring towns.
- Carrie Foster is teaching at the Four
fnrNa ~ m -
Morse school-house. - Mr.. and Mrs.
e. W. Ormsbee and Mrs Brown spent sew
eral days in Warren last week, being called
there by the death of one of Mrs. Browns
grandsons. - There is to be preaching
at the Morse school-house two weeks from
Sunday. - A yoke of oxen, to be used
on the road-machinc, were purchased Satur-
day and the commissioners expect to COM
mence work next Monday. - Clark
Sibley has reprinted his buildings, George
Vincent doing the work. - Those inter
ested in the study of English literature will
be glad to know that at last we have quar-
terly review devoted exclusively to the
poets and poetry of our language. During
the year it will give personal sketches of
one hundred favorite poets of the past and
present, with characteristic selections,
quotations, autographs and portraits, also
current poems from the best periodicals. 1t
is edited by G. w. Moulton of Buffalo, n. Y.
RoxBURY.-Luke Tarbell has moved to
Northfield and John Flint to the house
vacated by Tarbell. - George Tilden
has returned from trip to Boston and
George Roys and j. l.. Flint attended the
Washington centennial at New York, last
week, as members of the New England
Guard of Northfeld They all report big
time, - j. ID. Sherman was summoned
to Duxbury, by the critical illness of a
hAr .lnWv
Howard is about to begin housekeeping at
the residence of Clark Wiley. - Lulu
Richardson is teaching in district No u
and Grace Ladd of Mortified in No. s.
80 A special freight train leaving here
at an early hour Saturday morning was de-
rallied near Webb's siding at East Gran
Vile The train broke apart, and the rear
section collding with the front caused the
accident. Sixteen cars loaded with hogs,
two with grain and one with wool were
completely wrecked, and large number of
hogs were killed. The track was cleared
for the passage of trains early Saturday
afternoon ii. X. Burnham and c. l..
Ellis do not believe in abandoning the Yer
mont hill farm. Each of them are erecting
fine and commodious barns ON the farms
they occupy. - Mrs. l.. j. Wiley is
convalescing from her recent severe illness.
- The appointment of ID. l.. Nichols
as postmaster at this Office is announced.
He will make good official,
BARRE w. e. Barney, ESQ, is the au-
thorized agent of the WATCHMAN at Barre.
To him subscriptions may he paid and
items of news or interest handed for publ
cation. The publishers earnestly request
all who have such items to commune
cate them to their local agent -
George Mann has the frame up for his stone
shed on Burnham's meadow. - Walker
q Cook have sold out their granite bust
ness TO John w. Gordon. - ID. G. Bick-
ford has sold his new house on Riverside
avenue to Peter Alexander. 60 Frank
Griswold of West Randolph was in town
last week looking after the sale of lots on
the Smith farm. - The auction sale of
lots by Mr.. Griswold and f. g. Rowland is
postponed till next Saturday. G. II.
Kenerson has purchased of George e.
Hooker the house he now occupies on
Riverside avenue. - l.. w. Watson has
sold lot of tillage and wood land, about
two miles out of the village, to I. r. Cor
don of Montpelier. - ID. II. Mcleod
granite sculptor, is finishing statue of a
soldier for New York parties, which will be
one of the finest pieces of work ever sent
out from Barre. - Rev. l.. l.. Beeman
has been confined to the house for a num-
Der OF days by quinsy sore and Rev. j. A.
Sherburne occupied his pulpit last Sunday.
- With complete equipment of new
type, presses and machinery, the WATCH
MAN lob office has SUPERIOR facilities for iob