The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-10-09


teresting and profitable In connection
with this there will be harvest supper.
Come and bring your friends
Waterbury.-M Mr.. George r. Perkins and
family of Minneapolis, who have spent
several days at the hotel, left Monday for
Boston.
The insane asylum commissioners were in
town Friday.
The selectmen have purchased the Joseph
Thompson farm for town farm. Price
$4,000.
Mrs. G. NJ. Hutchins, Mrs. j. j. Colby and
children returned to Brooklyn, n. Y, Tues
day morning, accompanied by Mrs. Arthur
Ropes of Montpelier.
Governor Dillingham; left for Gettysburg
on Monday, accompanied by Private Secre-
tary Rowland, Dr. James, William Elliott
and Charles Humphrey.
Shortly after noon on Friday word was
received at the telegraph office that the
Mount Mansfield hotel at Stowe was burn
ing, and aid was asked from here. In re-
markedly long space of time, owing to lack
of procuring strong horses, our engine was
started, accompanied by about twenty men,
The trip was made as quickly as possible,
but the hotel was entirely consumed when
they reached there and the men returned
soon after, leaving the engine for use in case
the fire should break out again.
The celebrated Dr. Gage was at the hotel
last Wednesday. - Will Nichols of
Plymouth, N. H., was in town last week
- Miss Lottie Carpenter is confined to
the house with sprained ankle. -
Josiah Somerville of Helena, Montana, is
visiting friends in town. 60 Dan Richard
son of Dartmouth College spent Wednes-
day with his parents. 80 Miss RUSSELL
sister of Mrs. Henry Coburn, returned to
Chicago Friday. 49, Mrs. Rowland of
Lisbon, n. H., has been spending a few
days with her sister Mrs. w. p. Diling-
ham. 80 NJ. L. Smile and son of Mont
pelier were in town Saturday. 60 James
X. Fullerton started for Fort Payne, Thurs
day. -= General Manager j. w. Hobart
of st. Adams was in town, Thursday. -
Albert Anterior and wife and Mrs. w. II.
Ashley went to Boston, Monday. - Mrs.
o. f.. Scott and Guy are in Lowell this
week. = George Frary is on the sick
list. 80 Timothy c. Hutchins is visiting
in town. 60 Theodore NJ. Spicer of Bran
don is visiting his brother, William Spicer.
of Bloomingdale, n. Y, visited r. NJ. Pray
over Sunday - Stephen ID. Blake, PEN
sion attorney, recently procured pension
of SO per month and $500 arrears for Mrs.
Marcus Ainsworth of North Calais. -
Willie Wells is very i'll with typhoid fever
at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Flora Nelson,
- 9. G. Levison and family and Ar
thur Kirby returned to Brooklyn, n. Y,
this week.
Orange County.
Braintree.-Mrs. Jesse Martin is very
much better. 80 Mrs. John Peavy, who
has been living with his son in Chelsea,
has moved to this place. - Those that
an excellent address by Colonel j. III. Brig
ham of Ohio - II. p. Mann of Ran
dolph, Mass, who has been stopping with
Mrs. Tiler Bigelow, is to return home this
week.
rookfield.-Brookfeld has had an OBJ
iect lesson during the past week illustrating
the effects of intemperance, such as perhaps
it never had before and it is to be hoped
may never be repeated. The demolishing
of all the windows of the honse of friend
as was done last Thursday, and the abuse
of ones own family is only another proof of
how the " vile stuff will transform kind,
peaceable man into a raving mailman. Dis.
closures were made upon Locklin of Mont
peier and he was arraigned before Attorney
Denison Of West Randolph and put under
one hundred dollar bonds for appearance at
the county court. If the penalty of the law
were sufficient to reach the conscienCes of
the vendors through the pocket-book or in
any other way 80 as to put stop to the
abominable traffic, such lesson might not
be without its value, humiiatng as it is to
have such a blot on the temperance record
of the town. 1t is also warning to TEN.
perance workers not to relax their vigilance
Rev. Mr.. Gary of West Randolph preached
at the Second church again Sunday morn
ing. - Mrs Tinkham of Pomfret is
spending few days with her sister, Mrs
Dea. Clark, who has not yet recovered her
| health. - Mrs. Mary Pease of White
River village has been visiting relatives il
town. - 2. NJ. Upham with his daugh
ter Mary took a carriage drive to Willistor
last week. - The Peck brothers go t.
Gettysburg this week.
Chelsea.-Orcutt Bixby has a trace o
! fifteen ears of sweet corn which weighs 10;
pounds.
A. l.. Morse has sold the l. II. Merrill
farm to Melvin d. Church of Randolph.
f. Herbert Dearborn begins this week {
term of school at the Old City, in STAFFORD
The long uncertainty over the post-ofiic,
is now removed, w. p. Townsend receiv
ing the appointment.
Rev. Stephen Smith of East Douglas
Mass, preached at the Congregations
church last Sunday.
j. B. Atwood has squash on exhibition
at his store weighing 1898 pounds, which
was grown in his garden.
The Ezra Walker farm will be sold a
auction next Friday, together with a larg,
amount of stock and farming tools
To the list of the teachers in town SHOULD
be added the name of Nettie b. Johnson o
st. Adams, who is teaching in No. 10.
S. NJ. Keyes advertises his farm for sail
on the 10th instant, together with stock
tools, hay, grain and furniture. He is t,
move into Dudley Cabot's house in the vii
lage.
The body of Fred e. Humphrey wa
brought here on Saturday from Montpelier
He died there quite suddenly from pneu
monia, following run of measles. Funera
services were held at the vestry of the Con
gregational church, Rev. Mr. Hamblin o
Williamstown and Rev. Mr.. Reynolds OF
floating.
e. n. Bacon is receiving a large humble
of letters of inquiry concerning purchas
able farms in Chelsea, owing to his lette
to Commissioner Valentine, which wa
published in the latter's report We hop
that this agitation will call attention to som
purpose to the unoccupied and in man
cases desirable farming land in this an,
other parts of the state.
A lyceum will be held at the academ
building on Friday evening at seven O'Clock
at which the question will be discussed
ReSolued, That a young man can bette
himself by leaving New England for tn
Far West" The disputants are, afiirma
tive, Fred V. Fuller and Willard j. Moore
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