The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-07

six months. 80 James Albe and wife of
Ware, Mass, are in town on short vaca-
ton. 80 Misses Doty and Royce OF
Cleveland, Ohio, have been visiting at
has just resigned his position as assistant
porter at the Red Lion Inn, has added to
his now numerous unlawful acts by running
away with Frank Butterheld's wife. Their
whereabouts is not known, so far as we can
learn. 80 Mrs. Jennie Bass and son,
Fritz, are visiting in the north part of the
state. 80 Will Bruce is home from Lynn,
Mass, on a vacation. He has a good posi-
ton in shoe factory there and is doing
well. - Charles Thurston is a man of
modern improvements. He has built an
Office in his large grocery store, near the
front entrance. The office has glass sides
and front, having small cash windows on
each side. Miss Carrie Haufler is in charge.
Her only duty is to receive cash, or act as
charger, as the case may be. This is a vast
improvement over the old system, and we
think some of the other grocery stores will
take it up, as it is the only one in town.
- Abner Wainwright of Lynn, Mass,
Is visiting friends in town. - Edwin
Wires is stopping with his uncle, Henry
Wires. He is employed as shorthand
writer in the firm of Asbestos Peck & Co.,
Boston. - j. b. Wells shipped several
valuable horses last week. - Rev. Mr.
McCalman of New York, a classmate of
Rev. w. f. Peters is to occupy the Chris
tian pulpit for the next three Sundays.
SoUTu RANDOLPH Simeon Jones of
Brattleboro is visiting at her fathers, w.
NJ. Harlow - Mrs. NJ. c. Fowler has
been in Burlington recently. - Sammie
Wright, a nine-year-old son of George
Wright, had a bad fall recently, bruising
his head so that he was in dangerous con-
dition for few days. - Mrs. f. NJ.
Paine and three children of Hyde Park,
Mass, visited her relatives here last week.
atn x.-tf I'D
child, visited his son, DIR. w. f. Paine, in
Union Village, Thetford, last week. -
A A. Storrs has started business at his new
creamery and is turning out gilt edge ar
ticle, He uses the Cooley creamery. -
Mrs. Crear and son of Chelsea visited at o.
b. Hinkley's recently. - II. p. Riford
and family visited his aged parents last
week. =C c. G. Paine and c. p. Folsom
have gone on a trip to Montpelier and
vicinity for a few days. - Professor w.
w. Cooke Of Burlington made brief call
on us one day last week. - Theron
Cummins and wife of Dixon, Illinois, have
been visiting his od-tme friends in this
| vicinity. He was boy here upwards of
| fifty years ago, and is now wealthy manu-
facturer of plows and other agricultural
implements. - Arthur p. Morey and
| wife of Sedaia, Mo, visited his uncle, G. S.
Paine, and other friends here last week.
He was one OF our boys forty years ago, and
| is in prosperous business in his place of
residence. - Miss Bertha Doty and Miss
Nettie Royce of Cleveland, Ohio, Miss Mary
Prince and Mrs Jessie Flint visited at j.
! f. Pr;n ,e's recently.
SOUTH STRAFFoRD.-Marshall Flint, an
old resident of this place, died on Sunday
night. The deceased was widely known
and honored and respected by all. -
| Fred Kendall of Pompanoosuc is at his faith
ers house, threatened with typhoid fever.
- Mrs A. p. Waterman is recovering
from another severe attack of neuralgia.
- The South STAFFORD cornet band is
again united and discoursed some fine mu-
sic on Saturday evening. - A few things
people in this village would like to know
| Who moved all the gates last Saturday
evening and turned the gude-boards up
side down? Who put Kendall's dog down
| the cellar window and fastened Henry
Richardson's hound into Sam Buel's back
room?
NORTH THETFoRD. - Miss Mary Howe
starts for Short Track York state, this week
for a two weeks visit to her former home
- Mr.. Gilman, our orthodox minister
is spending his vacation here with his par
ishioners. - Byron Earle and wife re-
turned to their home in Bedford, Mass.
Monday. - George Carpenter and fam
lily are expected this week. ~ Tracy
Horsford, who has been quite sick for three
weeks, is now convalescing. - Rev. l.
w. Morey and wife from Lancaster, Mass
are visiting at Alden w llinOJ \.
WEST FAIRLEE.-Mr. Howe and family Of
the Eagle Hotel returned last Friday from
their Journey. Mrs Quimby of Bos
ton came here last week Tuesday to attend
the funeral of her mother. - Severa
Young ladies from this place attended tn,
examination of teachers and the three
weeks of training at Wells River. Cort
Morrison, Jenny Huntington and Iizzi,
Huntington and Arlie Taylor received
| tO tnaph ri
Jenny Huntington are engaged to teach il
the graded school in the village, where they
taught last spring.
WMLIAMsTowN.-Rece arrivals are DIR
Gideon Dickinson of Milford, Mass; Judg,
Austin Young and wife, who have been fol
, a short time at Rye Beach, n. H.; Mrs. j
Edward Ainsworth of Missouri Valley
. Iowa; James Gregory of Champlan, n. Y,
. Mrs Elizabeth Beckett Martin and daugh
ter of Martinton, III. - Walter Bas
and wife, now of Ottawa, Kansas, are eX
pected here this week. - VIII Daven
port, son of Rice Davenport, has returned
, from year. stay in Rome, Georgia, wher
he was employed in the scale works. II
doesn't like well enough to 90 back South
but has engaged with manufacturing com
: pany in Providence, r. |. He will be her
through this week. - Miss Fannie
l daughter of Lucus S. Simons, has latel.
: come home from Elgin, ILL., - Georg
Wilbur is to teach the fall term of the vii
lage school. Flora Erskine is to teach il
? Barre. 1t has looked as if there might b.
g a scarcity of teachers for the coming season
- Albert r. Martin has been absen
from his shop of late on account of sickness
e - Messrs. Lynde and Cheney find
!; necessary again to increase their facilitie
for polishing granite, and will erect neN
. shop for this purpose. We do not recall
, time when there were so many workme
3 from outside the place as now are employe
here and what promises well is, the
, seem to like both place and people. -
}, George Williams has just purchased som
!. lease land " of j, b. Brockway lying nea
, Williams farm. The following motto
4 from Rev. l.. II. Elliot of Waterbury, see
+. rotary and agent of the Vermont Bible Sc
3 cety, will commend itself TO many of tn
! citizens Rev. ID. f. Palmer expects I
commence the canvass of Williamstown til
- present week for the Vermont Bible So
= ciety. He will be prepared to sell Bible
y and Testaments at cost and to give to tn
e destitute who are unable TO buy. | b.
4 speak for him the hearty cooperation OF a
~ people in this important work. Any gri
n tuitous entertainment of the canvasser
- any money handed him TO help forward ii
a work will be so much assistance to the 81
- ciety. BY a recent vote Of the Coz
~ gregationalists, Rev. |. Jones will
granted the month of October in whiC
o to accompany his father on his wester
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