The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
From Our Town Correspondents.

school has been started here by A. j. Eaton
and S. +. Ramsdell, two young men from
the Methodist Seminary.
SrRAFFoRp.- Frank Kent has bought the
Dea. Walker residence at the north end of
the village. = Clarence u. Burroughs
has sold the Alpheus Ladd farm to William
II. Johnson. == Mrs. Henry G. Hatch
has gone TO Washington, -. c., to care for
her son, Lee Hatch, who is i'll with malaral
fever
WORCESTERSHIRE entertainment of the
Young Ladies Mite Society netted it
S25. === John Templeton of California is
visiting his father, Horatio Templeton.
- The Grand Army post meets Satur-
day evening, January ). =- The grange
met at F. A. kemp's and elected officers
last Friday.
CoRINTH CoRNER.-Charles Rollins is pre-
pairing to make a supply Of butter and sugar
tubs for the coming spring. - The quar-
terly meeting held al the Methodist church
December % was well attended. The pre-
siding elder, Rev. A. H. Truax was present
and conducted the services. -= Mrs.
Samuel Flanders is in poor health
SoUTH WOonBUBy.-Scho reopcned last
Monday, with II. A. Farnham of IIardwicl1
as teacher, w. f. Fisk not being able to
uish the term on account of poor
health. == Lillian Pray went to Calais
last Friday to spend week with friends
there and at North Montpelier. -
/ Charles Cady has been home from Brook
| ueld during the past week.
/ FAYsToN.- house-warming at Samuel
/ MaXwell's last Friday night, was attended
| by about one hundred fifty of his friends
/ and neighhors. Good things to eat, good
dancing and general good time kept the
/ party together until nearly " broad daylight
/ in the morning. - Josiah Smith has
gone to Woburu, Mass, where he was mar
red Christmas eve TO Miss Hattie Bell of
/ WaitSfield.
WEST ToPsHAM.-C. NJ. Tubbs of Barre
was in town over Sunday S. G..
Meeker and n. b. Curtis are both around
with hand in a sling. Mr.. Meeker stuck a
rusty nail in his hand three weeks ago. Mr..
Curtis has a felon on his thumb. == The
donation for the benefit of Elder Reynolds
a few evenings ago was well attended,
about forty-five dollars being paid in. ==
The Christmas gathering at the hall on
/ Tuesday evening was a complete success,
the hall being crowded to its utmost ca
pacity.
GoULDsvrLLE.-Anna and Eugenia Rich
We're pleasantly surprised Christmas eve by
their friends and neighbors, who called and
left numerous gifts. - Leila Parson was
at home on a visit from Randolph last week
- Eben Gaynor has received the news
of the death Gf mis- father at Boston, Decem-
ber %. - Ernest Hall of Enosburgh
Falls is visiting his uncle, a. S. Cross
- Among those on the sck-list are
Mrs. j. l.. Greenwood, Mrs. Fremont Ford
II. j. Eaton.
WoLCoTr,-The Christmas ball at Dow
Brothers hotel last week Tuesday evening,
was well attended, siXty-tive couples being
present. - The eldest chiid of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. j. Miles formerly of this place
but now of Greensboro, died Saturday
morning of diphtheria, - The Christ
mas tree at the Congregational church last
week Monday evening was well attended
and the exercises unusually interesting
~ Nancy McKinstry was buried last
week Tuesday. - Charlie Small has
finished painting for c. +. Clark and re-
turned to his home in Morrisville.
STowE.-Christmas was observed by ap-
prOprate exercises at the different churches
Monday and Tuesday evenings. - A
Christmas exercise which was being held
in the Ira Mum district was interrupted
by several roughs, who had evidently i'm
bibed too much old cider - Several
persons have been unfortunate in the use Of
the axe lately. Among these are Chandler
Watts, Herbert Fuller, Herb Cleveland,
Chancey Newhall and Lincoln Griswold,
the latter splitting the bone of his leg to the
marrow. -= Charles Kellogg and family
are here for the winter
RoXBURY.-Z. S. Stanton was at Mont
pelier last week, sitting as referee in q
county court suit. - Mr.. Arthur Bradley
of Maiden, Mass, has generously presented
the Congregational Sunday-school with
sixty new volumes for its library. -
Enoch Rhodes, a Central freight conductor,
had the misfortune to break his leg, while
shifting cars in the yard at this station, last
week Friday. He was taken to his home at
St. Albars -= Mabel Spalding is quite
i'll, as is also AFRO Simonds - Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Johnston of St. Albans are in
town. == Frank Ellis of Rochester was
in town last week.
EAST ToPsHAM, - The Christmas exer-
cises and tree in the Methodist church on
Monday evening passed off very pleasantly
- Professor G.. +. Batchelder opened
another term of writing-school last Satur-
day evening. Hereafter the class will meet
in the town clerks office on Monday even
ing. == Peter Tabor has been quite sick
for few days past, but is at present
convalescent. Little Agnes McLam is
slowly recovering from her severe illness.
c. w. Emery is still confined to his
house by sickness. Mrs. Gilbert Hood
is improving. = Mrs. Austin Gilbert
returned from New Hampshire last week.
EAST CALAIS The Good Tempars are to
celebrate their tenth anniversary this
"wednesday evening by an entertainment
at Lambs hall. The drama Aunt Dinah' )
Pledge will be presented After the en-
tertainment the members of Moscow lodge
will partake of their annual oyster-supper in
the lodge-room. - Perkins Richardson
and his sister, Mrs. Martin, are to close their
house and go To East Montpelier 10 spend
the remainder of the winter with their
another entertainment at Lambs hall On
Friday evening of this week similar to the
previous one. The proceeds 20 toward
purchasing church organ.
PLAINFIELD.-The comrades of w. f..
Martin Post No. 10l, q. \. r., will hold a
public campfire in the Congregational
church ON the evening of January 10. Gen
eral Stephen Thomas and Hiram \. Huse,
Esq, will speak in the interests of the Grand
Army. Colonel f. L. Eaton is expected to
speak for the Sons of Veterans and Mrs.
Amanda L. Newcomb for the Womans Re-
lief Corps. There will also be appropriate
music. The exercises commence at seven
o'clock. All are invited. == Nelson |.
Sanborn lost a valuable horse Sunday night
from pneumonia. - The Week of Prayer
will be observed by prayeH and preaching
services every night at seven o'clock, be-
ginning with Sunday evening,
GRoroN.-A well-arranged programme
successfully carried ont by the Sunday
school, and a heavily-laden tree, with pres
ents for old and young, made Christmas an
occasion TO be remembered with pleasure
by those who attended the exercises at the
Methodist church, = At the Baptist