The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
From Our Town Correspondents.
Washington County.

! church has been moved out to the line Civ
ing larger lawn and improving the looks
of the street - w. G. Nye and wife in
tend to start this week on a trip to the
West, visiting in Iowa, Minnesota and Ore
gou. -- Rev. |. p. Booth, supervisor of
schools, was in town last Friday - E.
II. Glidden has returned from his vacation
- b. Il. Turner, who has been visiting
his former home, has returned with his
family. -= Rev. w. Il. Davenport of
| Waterbury preached at the Methodist Epis-
copal church, Sunday. Mr.. Beeman spoke
at the Young Mems Christian Association
meeting on the park. 60 The Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will meet
with Mrs. f. =. Kenerson, Wednesday
afternoon at half-past two o'clock -
Milne Wylie have moved their granite
works into f. L. Smiths shed. This is the
most extensive plant in town.
BERLIN.-Mr. f. Il. Towner of Montpelier
will address the Young Peoples Society of
/ Christian Endeavor next Sunday evening,
at half-past seven. Subject, " The National
Convention of the Young Peoples Societies
of Christian Endeavor," held at Philade-
phia in the early part of July. All are
cordially invited TO attend. 60 Burton
Downing went to Springfield, Mass, on
Monday. He has situation as clerk in a
dry goods store. - Mr.. and Mrs. Wilde
of Royalton are guests of Mr.. and Mrs j.
n. Perrin for short time.
CABOT The fresh-air children all enjoyed
a picnic in =. X. Garney's grove last Satur-
day and returned to New York yesterday
Tuesday. - The ball team played at
Barre last Friday and at Plainfed ON Sat
urday. The boys appear to have enjoyed
themselves on the trip although it was not
a marked success in point of brilliant vic
tories. - George n Morse has gone to
work in grocery store in Claremont n.
III. - b. G.. Rogers and wife have been
visiting friends in Lyndonville and st.
Johnsbury. 60 Mr.. and Mrs L. Myers
drove to Willamstown Springs last week.
CALAIs.-Mrs. Rachel Tucker, eighty mine
years old, fell last week and broke her hip
EAST CALArs-Cara Pike returned from
Old Orchard Beach last week. - Mrs.
b. l.. Dwinell and two children of Taunton,
Mass, are at |. S. Dwinells. 80 Pro-
fessor c. l. Marsh and family of Syracuse,
\. Y, are stopping at w. f. Bliss. -
F. b. Fay of Boston spent last week with
his parents.
EAST MONTPELIER. - Mrs. Downs of
Charlestown, Mass, spent last week with
her sister at the Center and returned to the
beach, Saturday, accompanied by her
niece, Miss Lottie Woodward. 60 II. A.
Gould is at Martha's Vineya rd. -= Mrs.
SSiylvanus Ellis is entertaining her sisters,
Mrs. Tucker and Mrs. Shaw of Boston.
- Mrs. Flora Keyes of Warren is with
her mother, Mrs. Ormsbee, who has been
ILL., but was better at last accounts. -
Helen l.. Goodwin is engaged to teach in
Berlin. - Fred Cummings is taking his
vacation with his parents. - The Cen
ter Sunday-school will picnic to-day
"Wednesday at Mirror Lake.
FAYsToN.-F. A. Bragg has sold his fast
stepping horse to John b. Clarke, editor of
the Mirror and Farmer, for S225.
MARsHFIELD.-Through an error on some
body's part, it was stated last week that
George o. Davis had had leg broken. If
we had said that Charles Robinson, a travel
ing salesman for Davis, had broken his leg
while in Randolph, we would have stated
the exact truth. - b. NJ, Shepard is
making short visit here. - Nena Hud-
son and Burt Pike go next week to the
Methodist Seminary at Montpelier to attend
the fall term - The ladies of the Meth
odist church have procured a new carpet
} for their house of worship - Mrs. A.
7. Town and daughter were in town a few
days last week. - K. ID. Putnam OF
Montpelier, an old resident, was in town
one day last week. - DIR. U-ta-wa-un
failed to put in an appearance, as adver-
tised - Levi Benton has sold his colt
TO Warren Fifeld of Burlington. -
Samuel Cole and son have sold their span
of horses to Mr.. Hildreth of Worcester
Mass; price, 500. - Mr.. Otis Gerry
his wife and two children from Fall River
Mass, are visiting her mother and sister at
Benjamin Nownes', - The hotel has
changed hands again. Laraway of Wolcott
has bought the lease of Stone and the
livery of Wallace Lamberton and takes
possession right away. - Eli Edison has
two-foot knives. - Mrs. Joseph Hamil-
ton of White River junction is visiting her
parents, Dr. Packer and wife. - Ardy
Winter has gone to Paterson, n. j., to work
for the electric light company. - Rev.
c. II. Merrill of St. Johnsbury will preach
in the Congregational church at one o'clock
next Sunday afternoon.
PLAINFIELD-Th game of baseball
played here last Saturday between our
home nine and the cabot Kickers - was
urAt l,x-t tla -
to five. The attendance of spectators was
large. - There are several cases of
typhoid fever in town. - Mrs. Charles
Batchelder of South birmingham, Mass,
arrived in town last Monday, and is the
guest of II. II. Dewey. - Miss Edna
Clark has returned, after two months
visit with friends in Massachusetts. -
Three more summer boarders from Boston
arrived at our hotel last week. - There
is some prospect that Barre granite will be
worked here in the near future. 80 Mrs
j. A. Crosby and Miss A. w. Crosby of
Somerville, Mass, and Mr., E. b. Griffin are
stopping at the Planfeld House. -- Miss
Jennie Gale Of St.Johnsbury and Amy Gale
of Barre have been visiting at Dea. S. B.
Gales. - Mrs W. S. Page has returned
from Cambridge and Mrs. Wilbur Bartlett
from Burlington. 80 II. ID. Canney of
Lowell, Mass, is in town. - Mr.. and
Mrs II, NJ. Adams of Marlboro are visiting
at Rev. O. f. Thayer's. - Miss Lou
Holt is visiting in Woodsville, n. II. -
Rev. G. II, Merrill of St, Johnsbury will
preach in the Congregational church next
Sunday at half-past ten A. M,
RoXBURY,-Mrs Mary Bradley and son
of Maiden, Mass, are in town, the guests of
A. n. Tiden. - Rev. NJ IL. Ryan OF
Hancock preached at the Union church last
Sunday afternoon. == There was a larger
attendance of old soldiers at the reunion
last week than commonly, though, owing TO
the rainy weather, the general attendance
was less than usual, - Z. S Stanton
was at Plainheld, Wednesday and Thurs
day of last week, in the capacity of commits
sioner in highway case. = f. +. Mar
tell and wife of Cambridgeport, Mass, have
been in town several days past. == Mrs.
John Eddy was called to Bennington ON
Saturday by the death of her foster father,
Asahel Minor, who was an inmate Of the
soldiers home.
EAST RoXBURY. Elder Lang of White
field, n H., preached here Sunday morn
ing TO full congregation. - Ora Boyce
and wife are attending the camp-meeting at
Bethel this week - Several of the boys