The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19

Wednesday. 80 Edwin Thresher was
married to Mrs. Tenny of Randolph last
Saturday. 60 The Fourth OF July is to
be celebrated at Pethville In the evening
in the yard of f. II. Cleveland, followed by
fireworks. - Several scholars in dis
trict No have the mumps.
CHELsEA.-Mr. John Arnold Reyes of
Winona, Mimi, is visiting his parents and
other friends here. - Miss Emma M
Dickinson has returned from her winters
sojourn in the South. - Rev. Charles
l.. Guild Of Enosburgh is visiting at John
Stanton's and preached at the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday. - Rev. w
A. Bushee of Morrisvlle will preach at the
Congregational church next Sunday. -
John Stanton has bought the Thetford stage
route. - II. o. Bixby attended the state
encampment of the Sons Of Veterans at
Bennington last week and was appointed
major of the Vermont division.
EAST CoRINTH-G. f. Way intends to
move his family to st. Johnsbury July 1.
- Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Kemp intend to
make trip to Boston this week. 80 S.
T. Thompson and family, who have been
visiting in Boston and Lowell, returned
Sunday.
WEST RANDOLPH Miss Story of Man
chester, N. H., has been visiting at Henry
W. Tewksbury's. - Salisbury Brothers
are building cottage at Greensboro pond.
- Mrs. G. f. Harris and three children
of Jersey City are in town for the summer.
80 Colonel r. j. Kimball and family
are expected this week. - Misses Grace
and Sue Sanford gave g sheet and pillow
case" party Friday night About fifty
were present, and fine time was enjoyed
by all. - Mrs Dutton of Springfield,
Mass, is visiting at G. NJ. Towards. -
ID. G. Upham, former editor of the Herald
and Ne,cs, now of Shelby, Ala, arrived
home Monday. - There will be a game
of base ball Friday between the home team
and the Rochesters.
WATTS RIvER.-Chldren day was OBJ
served at the Methodist Episcopal church
Sunday, June 9. A beautiful and appropri-
ate service, entitled "Six Steps to the
Throne" was given by the Sunday school.
Great credit is due to j. T. Carter for his
efforts in preparing the concert. - The
work of repairing and frescoing the Meth
odist church has already begun. - A.
r.. Beede went to Manchester, n. H., last
Thursday, returning the last of the week.
- The first quarterly meeting will be
held in the Metho list Episcopal church at
East Orange and Waits River next Sunday,
with sacramenlal service. The quarterly
conference will be held at the parsonage
Saturday, June %, at ten o'clock A. NJ.
WILLIAMsTowN.-Ou place was startled
on Thursday morning last by the decision
Robinson had varioloid as well as rheumatic
fever. A resident of Springfield, Vt, and
a member of the class of 'S9 of Tufts Col
lege, Mr.. Robinson came here a stranger,
some weeks ago, to supply, temporarily at
least, the Universalist pulpit After brief
stay he returned to Tufts to graduate. The
meeting of the Central Vermont Universal
ist Association here week before last
brought him here on Saturday, June ], to
attend it, On his way here he was seized
with rheumatism, and on his arrival he
could with difficulty reach the boarding
house of Landlord Durham (the house for
years past occupied by our physicians sue
cessively) in the center of the village. He
grew very sick, and his case appealed very
strongly to the sympathies of our citizens,
who (more especially his own society Law
ished upon him by day and by night their
tenderest and most watchful care up to the
hour that the physicians (Drs Jackson and
Packer of Barrel decided that he also had
varioloid. just when he could have COM
municated the latter disease was question,
but it was said the names of fifty persons
had been taken by the town authorities
who possibly had been actually exposed to
it, This fact was naturally terrifying. Drs.
Porter and Mayo of Mortified were here
the following day. and we understand their
opinion conceded with that OF the other
physicians that the disease had not pro-
crossed far enough at the time of its dis
covery to be given to but very few, If any,
of our people. Mr.. Robinson's mother
came early in his sickness, and his father
reached here last Wednesday evening.
Though the case had seemed hopeful, Mr..
Robinson died about one O'Clock Sunday
morning, and was buried before sunrise.
He was told that he had variooid, but it is
not known how he could have taken it. His
physician regards his death as caused by
exhaustion. The varioloid itself was of
mild form, having made its appearance
some ten or twelve days after he was taken
with rheumatic fever. With his previ-
GUS hard work in college he went down,
when otherwise it seems he would have
easily borne up under the last attack. In
his delirium he is said to have fancied him
self organizing societies of Christian En-
deavor, as he had been doing in Massachu-
sets, or helping his mother to get ready to
attend the graduating exercises of his cl S.
The impression he seems to have made
upon the people here is that he was an earn
est, devoted Christian man. His fathers
family must remain here for the present
cut off largely, as they necessarily are, from
the expression of the great sympathy felt
by our people for them. The town authori-
ties are endeavoring to do all that they are
empowered by law to do to prevent any
further spread of the smallpox or varioloid
and are entitled to the heartiest support of
every citizen of the place in these endeav-
ors We may confidently hope that entire
control will be had of the disease. Every
body needing it is being vaccinated and
such other precautions used that there need
be no panic here or elsewhere over the situa-
ton. - Rev. l. Jones, felow-boarder
with the late Mr.. II. 4. Robinson at Mr..
Dunham's ministered to him, as he was
able, in his sickness to such an extent that
he is obliged for the present, to suspend
his work as pastor and preacher the safety
of the community requiring it. 1t must be
lifelong joy to him that Mr.. Robin
son remarked, IAN own brother could
not have done more for me-" -
Mrs. Phio Hubbard daughter of the late
George l.. Martin, died last Wednesday
evening of rheumatic fever, at the age of
thirty-seven. She leaves two young daugh-
tiers. She was member OF the Methodist
church and esteemed as good woman.
- G. NJ Sanborn, the husband of our
townswoman, Carrie Davenport, died at his
home in Manchester, n H. last week Mon
day. For twenty years past he has been
identified with the life and fire insurance
interests of that city and till within few
days of his death attended to business,
though for long time sufferer from kid
ney trouble. - Rev William Schofeld
and wife of Irasburgh have been visiting
old parishioners here He preached an ex-
Gallant carmon last Sabbath from the Con-