The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19
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since. - G.. b. Evans came to town last
Saturday on account Of the sickness of his
mother, who is eighty-one years old. -
Children's day passed off very pleasantly
at the Methodist church last Sabbath, with
speaking, singing and other exercises by
fully decorated with choice flowers. 80
L. W. Knapp and family were in town last
Sunday visiting friends.
NoRTHFIELD.-St Mary's Guild held a
reception at the residence of Mrs. w. f.
Cushmau last Thursday evening. Ice
cream and cake were served. - The
band played in several places in the village
last Thursday evening. - Henry ID.
Bean has moved to the house formerly oc-
cupied by the late Perley Belknap. -
Eugene Campbell has gone to st. Johns as
telegraph operator. - The ladies'
circle will be held at Mrs. w. f. Cushman's
Thursday afternoon and evening.
There will be no services at the Episcopal
church next Sunday, owing to the absence
of the rector at the annual convention of
the diocese at Rutland - w. o. Whit
marsh and Frank Plumley attended the Ma
sonic gathering at Burlington. - There
was game of ball Friday between the east
and west sides of the town. - NJ. A.
Howe of Terre Haute, Indiana, arrived in
town Saturday evening, and is to remain
during the summer.
PLAINFIELD-The case of smallpox at
Williamstown, which proved fatal last Sun.
day morning, has created some anxiety
here, as Rev. l.. f. Fortney of this place is
one of the many who visited the young
man before his case was declared to be
small pox. - The village schools will
close Friday of next week - Thirty
eight laborers on the railroad have been
boarding at the hotel for the past few days.
- Mabel Lazelle returned from Rich
mond last Saturday, having closed another
year of successful teaching. - This
place is soon to lose Mr.. and Mrs. o. l..
Hoyt, as they expect to reside at Fort
Payne, Alabama in the near future.
MISUNDERSTANDING the heavy shower
of Saturday the large new barn of Otis
Wallis was struck by lightning. The light
timbers through to the cellar, splintering
them somewhat, but fortunately did not set
fire to the building. - j. w. Palmer has
sold his trotting mare, Daisy Pr to st.
Adams parties The consideration is re-
ported to be $500. - Willie and Fred
Eaton, aged thirteen and twelve years, had
very narrow escape last Wednesday.
They went out on the mill pond in a small
row-boat with only one oar, when, owing to
the high wind and the current the river be-
ing swollen by the recent rains, their boat
was carried down stream until it struck the
DAM where it fortunately lodged until help
came. To frankie Brown belongs the
honor of first reaching them. He swan
from the west side, and held to the boat
till William Palmer swan to them from the
opposite side and rescued them from their
perilOuS position - AT a meeting of
the directors of the Mad River Valley Ag-
ricultural Society, held Saturday afternoon,
it was voted to make several needed i'm
provements on the fair grounds, including
a new judges stand and new secretary and
treasurer's office. Some additions were
also made to the premium list and slight
..f hoe
WARREN.-Clarence Grandy is building
a house and f. M. Dana barn. -
Leonard Freeman, on old resident, died last
week. - Walter Bagley's son and six
daughters, with several grandchildren, WIS.,
tied him the past week. - Mr.. and Mrs.
e. A. Eldredge are visiting in Randolph
Brookfeld and Barre.
EAST WARREN.-Mrs. Albert Eldredge
has been seriously sick during the past
with what seems to be measles, - Mrs.
Charles Beech and children of Burlington
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fitch and Harry
of Claremont, N, H., are spending a few
weeks at n. l.. Dickenson's. - Mrs. j.
X. Sterling and Miss Alice Pike of Walpole,
n. H., are spending several weeks with their
mother, Mrs. Harriet Pike. Mrs. Sterling's
son is here with his mother u. p.
Greenwood's mother and sister are visiting
him. - The Mite Society is to meet with
Mrs. Charles Cahee next Thursday after
noon. - Rev. w. A. AveriiI is to
o'clock - Grain in this vicinity is not
looking much better than last year at
this time. Corn can not be near up TO an
average. Many farmers are narrowing their
corn up and sowing barley. The weather
being cold, much seed rotted. Some pieces
We're replanted twice. Oats are very I'M
even and spotted on ground that is usually
dry. Potatoes are looking very well where
planted on light soil. Potato bugs are more
abundant and ravenous than ever. Grass
is booming and will be ready to cut soon.
If we could have week or ten days of dry,
sunny weather to give it body it would ex-
coed last years crop. Help is very scarce,
and will be difficult to find at reasonable
wages. With butter at fifteen cents farmers
do not feel like hiring much help. -
The road commissioners have been hard at
work trying to put the highways in safe
condition, but the heavy rains have made il
very unpleasant and not very profitable
work
WATERBURY, Rev. Francis Parker and
wife have arrived in town and taken up
their permanent residence with Mrs L. 7.
Sanborn. - Albert Stevens, with his
bride, formerly Miss Fannie Mason of Rich
mond, has been making "A brief visit at his
aunts, Mrs Walter Guptil's, whence the
party left Tuesday for a trip to New York.
- Alec Patterson of Kicker mountain
died Saturday last, after an illness of sew
eral months, at the age of seventy years.
- Lyman Douglass Of Mill Village has
left town under circumstances which do not
call for his return. The longer he remains
away the better it will be for the commu-
nifty. - The Street has recently been IA
vored with the performances of prodigies
in the athletic and oratorical line. The
boneless wonder was the attraction for one
evening, man of muscle with heavy dumb
bells drew crowd the following night, and
some days later a travelling street salesman
harangued the gullble, and exchanged cot
ton handkerchiefs and suspenders for She
kes. - The children OF the Congrega-
tional Sunday-school are preparing for a
concert on the evening of Children's day,
Jnne 30, under the direction of Superin-
tendent W. b. Gould. On Thursday
evening, June 81, concert will be given
in the hotel hall, in which the following
talent will take part Mrs. Bertha o. Miller,
soprano soloist; Mr.. George III. Wilder,
flute soloist; Miss Kate Washburn, violin
soloist The Waterbury orchestra will as
sist, and Mr., ii. II, Scrbner will serve as
accompanist. This entertainment prom
ises to be superior TO any local concert that
has been given in Waterbury. Mr.. Wilder
is a musician of sufficient merit to appear
before any audience, and he has no equal as
a tiutst in Vermont or New Hampshire.
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