The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-24

" was suggested by the ueatn OF MRS. Oren
Smith, Masters Willie and Arthur Sibley,
Misses Florence Miller and Ethel House.
A union meeting was held in the church in
the evening 80 A painful incident, con-
nected with the foregoing morning service,
was the sudden seizure of Frank Boyce
with heart trouble, from which he has once
before, this year, seriously suffered. He
was carried to the Methodist parsonage,
and in the afternoon taken to his own
home. =- Rev. ii. X. Grain Of West Ber-
lin has entered upon his eighth year of
work with the Free Baptist church of this
place. He is to be congratulated upon the
healthful condition of things in his parish
Revs. Cross of Vershire and Shepard of
East Randolph were present at last Sab
baths services in this church. 80 Per-
sons having unsettled accounts with the
town for work on highways are requested
to meet the selectmen at the town hall at
nine A. NJ. next Saturday, April q. -
Ex-Governor j. Gregory Smith was in
town last week on railroad business. He
gives us no encouragement of railroad to
the quarries from this point, on account of
the difficulty of competing with the Barre
railroad Now, for the upbuildng of our
town in the granite-working business, let us
invoke the aid of that Providence that
helps those who help themselves -! -
Miss Nellie Colby is to teach the summer
term of the village school. - Miss Eta,
daughter of Ophir S. Martin, is to teach a
mer - Conductor Frank w. Flint was
at home over Sunday. He is about to 90
West to attend the Conductors National
Convention at Denver, Col. On the way
he will visit the families of Horace Flint
and James Hopkins, in Gibson, Neb. -
ID. ID. Royce, who finds fine retail market
for farm produce in Barre, has sold over 900
bushels of potatoes of the last crop. 80
Your correspondent is told that last week
the mercury reached ninety degrees in the
shade hereabouts On Monday last there
were snow-hakes in the air. - Albert
r. Martin has not been in his blacksmith
shop for some weeks past on account of the
sickness of his daughter from diphtheria
At this writing the latter is thought to be
doing well. - j. b. Brockway is to build
a house for a workman on his land lying
alongside the road passing the Asa S.
Smonds place. - What may happen
to one who has Montpelier bee in his bon
net, Vermonters well know. However, it
was not the legislative bee that took GER
tain one from a neighboring town to the
capital last week. He himself by his own
confession, took bottle with him to be
filed there Having filled himself there
after from the bottle, it is no wonder he
could not take a bee-line for home. He
brought up north of the village with horse
and vehicle. Forgetting the uses of a rail-
road he attempted to drive along the track
near Wallace Martins His horse went
\ SdIelN over CdIult pass, DuU when III came
to the high trestle-work, south of Mr.. Mar
tins house, it concluded to go down the
bank. The driver then went on through
the fields, letting down fences, distributing
his effects promiscuously, and was found
! towards evening, in pitiable plight, in the
/ vicinity of Walter Williams. Help was
extended him and he finally reached home
Returning day or two later, and express
! ing hearty shame over his course, these sad
facts might not be published but for the
lesson they ought to teach. - DR., j. c.
Briggs is thinking seriously of removing
from Barre to Somerville, Mass, where his
brother-in-law, Dr. G. G. Ellis, resides
While he stays hereabouts his Office will be
in l.. NJ. Averill's block. in the room just
vacated by the Misses Stevens, dress
makers. - Word has come here Of the
sudden death, from heart disease, last Sat
nrday, Of Ezra Walker, living Of late neal
East Bethel. His wife was buried a weel
ago last Sunday. - Theron g., the little
son of George Williams, is an amateur in
door farmer. He has corn two feet ant
three inches high, and beans with pods two
and one-half inches long. If only that low
of Vermont farming might not " die young y"
- K. Z. Farnham has rented the tene
ment in the old cheese factory. - Land
lord Charles E. Peters wants to sell out ant
60 to Denver, Col, where his son resides
- Mrs. Orcutt Abbott and daughte
have returned to the old home here for tn,
season. James ). Abbott OF st. Augustine
Florida, is expected later. - Georg
Poole recently paid flying visit to TIL
asylum at Taunton, Mass. He did not lik
well enough to remain and is now in Rugg'
hotel, Barre. - A daughter was re
Gently horn to Professor and Mrs. Willis III
Gale, now of Norfolk, Neb. u. X
Lynde goes to the Boston market this weel
for new goods. - Charles Seaver is re
ceiving goods for his new store. - Las
week somehow fire got to the stubbl
ground of Rev. Harvey Webster's place
near the village, and spread rapidly owe
it. 1t nearly reached the buildings, whicl
were saved, it is said by the two littl
Lewis children, near by. - Joel Herse
has rented his farm for four years to Jasol
johnson and Mr.. Hutchins. - The Ed
son Martin farm, willed by him to the Meth
odist church and leased by it for the mex
millennium to Wesley Demeritt of Water
bury, has been released by the latter to hi
son Bert. - The suit which the War
Brothers, railroad contractors, had inst
tuted against Wesley Demeritt, on accom-
of some granite trouble, has been volun
tarily withdrawn by them.