The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-27


EAST MoNTPELIER-Th Mallory farm
and French place are to be sold at auction
next Saturday. go Mr., and Mrs. h. G..
Webster too wedding trip to Boston last
week. =-= The sociable at +. Il. Stevens
last week Tuesday was the best of the sea-
son. - a. w. Bailey is repairing his
barn, putting ON cupola, etc. 80 Syl-
vanus Angel is sick. - Mrs. II. b.
Woodward spent last week with Mrs
LuCius Sanders. - Charles O. Ormsbee
started for the West last week Monday.
- The tariff question was discussed at
the last lyceum, and the question for next
Saturday evening is: " Resoired, That immi-
grafton would be beneficial to the United
States"
FAIRFAx.-Dr. Pettee of Underhill visited
his brother here recently. Delphia
Squres, who has been visiting in Fletcher,
has returned to her sister, Mrs. o. A.
Shepardson 80 Mrs. Mary Buck of
Johnson is the guest of ID. j. Norton. -
j. b. Alfred has bought seven hundred gal
Ions of maple syrup, which he will ship to
all parts of the United States - Mary
Wheeler of Swanton has come home to
spend her vacation. - Ella Carpenter
has been spending her vacation at her
brothers in Cambridge. 80 Myrtle Per-
ham closed her school in the Orion district
last Friday - Mrs George Hunt enter
tanned her Sunday-school class recently at
her home in Huntvile. She treated them
to new maple sugar.
CABOT. Lower Cabot reading club
closed the gatherings of the season on the
evening of March Is with the presenta-
ton at the Advent church of the popular
play 1.-THE District School" The school
was composed of thirty scholars with ages
ranging from fourteen to seventy-five years,
Mrs. Moses l.. Haines acting as teacher
The boys appeared in their homespun suits,
occasionally one with prominent patch on
the rear. The girls were attired, some in
short dresses big aprons and pantalettes,
and others in dresses that had the appear
ance of being the same ones worn by their
grandmothers. The antics of the scholars
and the unique punishments inflicted by
the teacher kept the spectators in con-
tinual roar of laughter and every one went
home with sore sides.
MARsHFIELD.-C. G. Cove and wife of
North Adams, Mass, were in town last
week to attend the funeral of Mr.. Gove's
mother. - Three deaths have occurred
within one week in one school district-Mrs.
Haskins, Mrs. Lamberton and Mrs. Cove.
- There is one case of mumps in town,
Ira Ormsbee. Almost every one has seen
Ira and expects the humps, as it has
not been in town for eighteen or twenty
years. - Cadet Gilman is home from
school at Mortified. 80 The Guy Broth
ers' minstrel show will be given in this
place this Wednesday, evening. 80
Artha Blake and Stella Mears started for
Sioux Falls on Monday. 60 There is a
cake on exhibition at George Wooster's that
was made twenty years ago when he was
elected representative. He gave a supper
and the cake has been preserved
WORTHWHILE. - Rev. ID. W. Hardy of
Maine occupied the desk at the Congrega-
tional church on Sunday, and is spending a
few days in town on a visit to his mother
and sister. - Three weeks from now
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session here in the new Methodist church
dedicated last fall - The drum corps
will hold the last masquerade party of the
season at the town hall on Friday evening
of this week. - 7. G. Cheney, j. G. Nor
gan and f. G.. Mower of the University of
Vermont are spending the vacation between
winter and spring terms in town. - 1t
seems quite likely that considerable
amount of building will be done here the
coming season. - George Earle, captain
of the g. w. Doty camp of Sons of Veterans
is the popular candidate for the post office
here, ana unless some as yet undeveloped
force is brought to bear, he will undoubt-
edly get there" whenever the department
sees fit to dispense with Mr. Rich's services
- The village streets and walks are
getting in fairly dry and settled condition,
quite little earlier than usual.
WooDBURY.-Mrs Nathan Batchelder,
who has been confined to her bed most of
the time since Christmas is improving.
- Mrs. Oliver Clapp is very low with ty-
rented George w. Fosters farm. - Mark
E. Foster goes to Worcester to study medi-
cine with DR.. Hunt. 80 There has been
some dissatisfaction with men who work on
Woodbury. granite quarry. At present no
work is being done. - Mr.. Ferrin, the
proprietor of Buck Lake granite quarry,
has returned from visit to his former
home, and work at his quarry is progress
ing. 80 Harry Burnham and Clarence,
his brother, went to Massachusetts last
week, having engaged to work there the
coming season. - On account of bad
travelling the temperance meetings have
been discontinued for the present. 80
There is much said as to the benefit of a
liquor agency in this town. We think the
better part of our townsmen who compare
our town as it is now with what it was five
years ago, will agree with our Williams
town friends. While it is little nconve-
nient to be without the agency, very much
good has resulted from its discontinuance.
EAST ORANGE.-The Methodists held their
quarterly meeting at the vestry last Sunday
evening, Presiding Elder A. b. Truax of
Montpelier being present - Several
attended the public reading given at West
Topsham last week Tuesday. Mr..
and Mrs. AbAer Currier of East Topsham,
who have spent the winter with their SON
in-law, r. II. Blake, returned last week
Wednesday. - Charlie Wells of Pier
mont, n. H., was in town last week. -
There was syrup and doughnut social at
the vestry last week Wednesday evening
for the benefit of Rev. G.. e. Davis West
Topsham was represented by thirty complies
A few from Waits River were also present
The entertainment consisted of rotations
select reading, vocal and instrumental
music, etc. Misses Eastman and Wiles OF
West Topsham presided at the organ. The
evening was enjoyed by all and the pro-
eeeds amounted to $40. - Mr.. and Mrs
Benjamin Blake went to Marshtield last
week to spend few weeks with their SON.
- Nellie Hutchinson went to Bradford
on Monday to attend school. 60 Frank
Bradley has hired out to Warren Nye of
Barre the coming season and has COM
menced work.
BERLIN.-Mrs. e. II. Bloss whose death
was announced last week, died of diabetes.
She had resided at the Corner for about two
years and was universally loved and re-
spected Mr.. Bloss has the sympathy of all
who know him, here aud elsewhere. The
funeral services were held at the house,
Rev. Mr.. Sherburn of Montpelier official
ing. The remains were deposited in the
tomb at Montpelier, g. Farmers who
tapped their sugar places the first of last
week agree that they have had the best
run OF sap for several years. n. p. Nye re-
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