The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-27
From Town Correspondents.
Washington County-Calais.

William Martin has purchased the farm
of w. V. Herrick for LOCO.
o. S. Smith has had three young cattle
die this fall g. A. Watson has lost one.
Ina L. Robinson, teacher in the primary
department in district No. 8, reports an
average attendance of thirty.four and a
fraction out of thirty-six pupils.
School in district No. 10, taught by E.
Annie Burnap, closed November 20. Jennie
Fay, Avis Fair, Allie Cameron and Bernard
Jack were neither absent nor tardy. Ruth
Batcheltler was absent but one day and
Archie William two days Bernice Jack,
Milly SCribnrr, Irena st. Rock, Leila Teach
ont, Josie TtaChOut, Sadie Wheeler and
Dean William We're not tardy. The school
continued twelve weeks. There were
twenty-five scholars, with an average at
tendance oftwenty-one. The teacher wishes
TO express her thanks to the pupils for acts
of Kindness, good attendance, diligence in
study and good department.
Dean, son of Fred Durham, is sick with
typhoid fever. - Van r. Kent and fam
lily started yesterday, the Goth, for the South
ami West. Their first stopping place will
he Alabama. Will White has leased
the store at Kent's Corner and will sell
goods ON commission through the winter
- Blake Fair has moved on to his farm
in Woodbury.. - Captain A. j. Mower
paid about Sl5 per acre for the n. l.. Ban
croft farm. He is moving on to it.
East Calais.
In place of the usual morning service
there will he IA childrens meeting next Sun
day. - Will Richard has rented rooms
at l.. ID. Bemis' and gone TO housekeeping
- w. l.. Pierce shipped nearly two
tons of poultry to Boston last week.
A. Dwinel & Son have added to the ma
chinery Of their lunber-mill one of the
Lane Manufacturing Company's improved
Watchers and iOiuters.
East Montpelier.
Lewis Nelson has purchased a place in
Calais. - G. j. Hubbard OF Kansas CITY,
Mo-, has been at home on visit -
Jennie Bailey expects to go to New Hamp-
shire in the near future. - Mrs Tabor
has returned from Dakota and is to spend the
winter in Calais. - Mrs. Martin, rela-
tive of Mrs. j. ID. Wiley, has been i'll several
weeks. So Mr.. Gilmore has purchased a
part of the Willard homestead, paying
81 900. - f ank Gray has moved into
the house that he recently purchased at the
East Village. - MIR. and Mrs. Colby, "A
uewly-married couple from Warren, have
been visiting at the Center. 60 Mrs. n
III. Dodge has spent two weeks with her
daughters in town. She returned to her
home in Calais last Sunday. - Clarence
Dirty from the Seminary was in town sew
eral days last week. lie accompanied w.
G.. Goodwin to the teachers examination in
Plainield. - Helen Goodwin's organ
arrived last Saturday from New Jersey and
Mrs. A. w. Bdileys piano is en- route from
New York. &C. The students from this
town who attended the Vermont Methodist
Seminary, numbering twelve, are at home
for n two weeks vacation. Most of them
are intending to return. Mr.. and Mrs
j. g. Bass started for their home in Minne-
sofa asst week, expecting to visit relatives
in Albany aud East Aurora and also a
daughter near GAINESVILLE. Wis.
Blanche Spaulding and E. A. Pierce were
in attendance at the teachers examination
at Montpelier. Mr.. Pierce is to teach at
the Center and Miss Goodwin returns to
the Benjamin district in Berlin. Loitie
Woodward is to teach in the Wheeler dis