The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-01
From Our Town Correspondents.

% M. Tinkham has recently sold
Jersey COW to party in Burlington for
800. 80 Walter Harrington has sold his
yearling colt to Dr. Sperry for $40.
WATERBURY, CENTER.-Chares Fisk has
caught the past fall and winter ninety
eight foxes, forty-six muskrats, thirty-one
skunks, six martins, twelve coons and two
minks. w. f. Marshall is building
an addition to his house. 60 Mrs Sarah
Cheney has been visiting in Stowe.
MDDLEsEx CENTER.-The new " Amer-
can Champion " road.machine was tried
Monday afternoon, and though the team
and help were all new at the work, it did
very good business. We fear the old " hoe
brigade of croakers will have to go back
to the ark and ask father Noah to take
them in.
EAST CoRIN1H Mr.. and Mrs. e. S. Row.
land are visiting Mrs. Rowland's parents at
Weybridge. - Mrs. j. b. Kemp and
Charles johnson are in Boston. 80 Miss
Bertha Taplin has the mumps. - L. f.
Risley OF Piermont, N. H., was in town last
week - Miss Ardell Dickey is in Bos-
ton purchasing goods.
BRooKFIELD.-The dramatic club gave
the drama, The Soldier of Fortune" in
Union hall, Friday evening, to fair au-
dience. The proceeds were for the benefit
OF the band, which will play at North Ran
dolph Saturday evening. - Charles
Amsden has bought the Wales place, giving
$500, and moved there last week.
GAYsvILLE.-George Salmon moves to
Royalton this week, Mrs. Sadie Spaulding
to Claremont, n. H., and Lorenzo Bird to
Newport, n. II. - Mr. Adams has
bought the saw-mill in the village and also
the house occupied by Mrs. Sadie Spaulding.
- Herbert Mills little boy, who has
been very sick with pneumonia, is recover
ing. - Mrs. Susan Brown has returned
from Boston.
WARREN.-Mrs. Lyman Heath died sud
denly Tuesday, April %, of heart disease
Her funeral was attended April % by Rev.
Mr.. Nutting of Mortified. - Mrs.
Plyna Parker is very low. - E. A.
Heath is repairing and building an addition
to his barn. - George Cardell is paint
ing his house. Plyna Parker has also had
his buildings painted. - Elma Ralph is
teaching in Lincoln. 80 All the schools
in town will commence May 6.
EAST RoxBURY.-Mrs. Bowen of Massa-
chusetts visited George Foss, her brother,
last week. - George wardner cut his
foot severing two arteries, while fixing
fence last Friday. DR.. Goodrich of Brook
field was called to dress the wound. -
Emmons Howe came near breaking his leg
one day last week, load of posts running
over him. - Miss Markham of Northfield
will work for S. H. Allen this summer.
Louise Pope is to work at f. o. Aliens.
MoRErowN-C r. McElroy has newly
shingled the store occupied by l.. Wilcox.
- Jason Hill has his new house fin
loutu
E. Spaulding has his new blacksmth-shop
completed and is at work in it. - Mrs.
j. A. Dana of South Fayston, and daugh-
ter of c. B. Whittlesey, died last week of
a tumor. =C c. H. Sawyer of Middlesex
has been here the past two weeks writing
up life insurance for the PhnGix Company.
BARNARD.-Th selectmen have bought
road-machine. - Lorenzo Wheelock is
painting his house. - j. ID. Billings,
who recently came here from Georgia on a
visit, had shock of paralysis last week
while at work with his brother, NJ. H. Bill
lings. He is in critical condition. -
Misses Lille and Dencie Putnam are en-
gagged in the millinery and dressmaking bust
ness in Milton. - Mrs. James Atwood of
Bethel is visiting her daughter, Mrs Nelson
Chamberlin.
RoxBURY.-The dramatic club played
the Hidden Hand recently. j. ID.
Sherman has bought the Sylvester Ellis
farm and leased the house on it to c. j.
Goodrich - Miss Hannah Flint has re-
turned to teaching at Stock bridge and Miss
Nellie Spalding to her school at Pittsfield.
- Carl Ellis has lately assumed the role
of a horse-thief detective, and the midnight
ride the young man took recently was of
the Paul Revere sort. He didn't start, how
ever, until it was found there had been no
stealing
NORTH THETFoRD.-Rev. Mr.. Gilman, the
Congregationslist minister, who has been
studies at Dartmouth. - Mrs. j III. Post
will return to her home in Alabama this
week, after six months visit with her par
ents. - Messrs. Bartlett and Cobleigh
spent last week in Boston. - Hon.
George o. Carpenter, a former resident, now
OF Boston, has been in town recently, making
arrangements to build some houses. -
Charles Berry from Charlestown, Mass,
was at home last week, also f. G. Earle and
wife from Lexington, Mass
began term of school at the Corner last
week. - The Christian Endeavor So
ciety spent very pleasant social hour in
the church vestry, last Friday evening, after
the prayer-meeting; "=E Mrs. G.. II. Gran
spend couple of weeks with her sons in
that city. - Mrs. j. e. Perrin is visiting
her brother, Ralph Horsford of Orange, n.
j. - A: j. Pearson of Barton is visit
ing his father, A. \. Pearson - The
Womans Christian Temperance Union held
public meeting in the church last Sunday
evening.
PLAINFIELD. CLARK Reed has about com
pleted the foundation of his new house on
High street, and the framework is being
constructed. - A. n, Greeley is at
Marshteld doing the stone-work for Samuel
Coles new barn. - Rev. j. j. Lewis of
South Boston has been spending few days
in town. He was called here by the Sc
rious illness of his sister, Mrs. Willard S.
Martin. - III. III. Dewey does not belong
to that =" stitf-necked generation " of which
we read, but it will not do to judge him by APP
pearances, since he has been visited by plu-
rality of Jobs comforters. - The spring
term of the village schools began last week
taught by Laura Gale and Clara Pike.
MORGAN. G. Moore leads the sugar
making. From one hundred eighty-five
trees he made 1,065 pounds of sugar. -
John Fisk and Charles Ewens have ex-
changed places. - The lake is free of
ice, being several days earlier than usual
:" r. Maplesden is building barn
Fred Taylor cut his foot with an axe April
a. for the third time in nine months
- Roy Hall and Gertie Waterman were
married April %, and have gone to Fitch
burg, Mass, to live. - Mertie Marsh
teaches the spring term in district No. l.
Mertie Moore in No. and Maggie Branard
in No. 7. - l.. ID. Farr is running f.. X
Lords saw-mill. - Hollis Wheeler has
moved to Holland
MARsHFIELD.-Frankie Mason of Boston
has come to spend the summer with his
uncle, Frank Cole. - Nelson Cole lost
very promising colt recently, on account
Of the animals breaking a Lao MarIx