The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-27

Thursday next al ten a. NJ. All are invited.
It is probable that the Smons 4 Gale
store will be rebuilt right away.
The annual meeting of Vermont Central
Pomona Grange will be held here on Thurs
day, December ., commencing at ten A. M.
ed" Houses barber-shop having been
burned in the late fire, he has opened
room over Albert Il. Martins black NTH
shop.
A son was recently horn to Russell NJ.
and Ruhamuh Erstine JeifOrds, aud a daugh-
ter to Luther and Alice Brown Waldo.
Also, November IS. d daughter to Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Holden.
If graniteCutting firms here and elsewhere
are complaining Of lack of orders Just at
present there seems to br "A good demand for
rough stock. Our WilliamstOwn Granite
Company is now bringing some very fine
random stock from its quarry TO its yard
here in the village.
Granite boulders are in good demand.
Some one has just offered Charles NJ.
Erskine $500 for what have not already
been worked mp on his farm. But MIR.
Erskines price Is $50 David Gale, it. is
said. refuses to sell his only AZ they shall be
used here in town.
From John Clark, of whom the lime
kiln property was last purchased, we learn
there are seven or eight acres of mari, with
Il depth OF some nttctn or more feet. Inc
two ewly-erected kins will each turn out
one hundred barrels OF lime in five days,
requiring the services of six men. He
thinks for quality the lime has no superior.
Horace, son of John Farnham, left for
Princeton, H., last Wednesday. He is to
teach a winter term of school near there at
| $40 per month and board Lewis, son of Her
bert p. Martin, is to teach in the vicinity Of
Princeton. This arrangement is doubtless
to he accounted for by the fact that Our
eX-townsman, George Harrington. is the
! county superintendent of schools for Bureau
! county, ILL., Mr.. Martin is this week with
his cousin, Egbert Martin, now of St. Louis,
! Mo
The Williamstown Granite Company will
| probably rebuild the hotel if our towns
! folk will assist in the work, as it seems emf
nently proper they should do. Let every
! body "give a lift " in this work, so vital TO
| our town. - Ldter.-Frank Martin and
/ Marcus A. Smith are canvaSsing for sub
scriplions towards the new hotel. They
report that ii ten or twelve hundred dollars
will be given by our citizens the company
will erect binding at "A cost of five or six
thousand dollars. That is just what the
| place needs
Frank Barnes is about to leave work in
Montpelier to accompany his father. G. C..
| Barnes, in canVaSsing some of the Middle
and Western States the coming season.
- 5. NJ. Curtis, whose wife is Lucy,
| daughter Of the late Russell Martin has
fifteenth anniversary Of their marriage was
to be celebrated last evening at the resi-
dence of X. E. Beard of Orange. =- Mrs.
Elijah Edison has sold her house on the
BrOokield road TO Asa G.. Wilbur and son
| George, who have rented it. to Section
boss Murphy - James II. Walbridge
began last week term of Singing-School
in the Carlos j. kingsbury district, Wash
ington. AS a singer he is well aud favor
ably known here. - George Wilbur,
Frank, son of Ophir S. Martin, Irving
COvel and Miss Hattie Brockway are 10
teach, the coming winter, respectively in
the village, the John Farnhan, the II. ID.
Abbott and the Orville ii. Briggs districts.
- The late Mrs. Ellen Kathan Morse
had "A life insurance OF 81 900. == Edwin
Prescott has recently visited Maine. =-==
Mrs. Denison Martin has inst returned
from her visit West === Joel A. Bass
goes to New Hampshire again next week
for public reading == MIR. and Mrs II.
ID. Abbott are to visit friends in Springfield,
Mass, this week. == Mrs. Martin S.
Adams of South Royalton has been in town
several days with her mother, Mrs. circuit
Abbott,