The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-02-20
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BRAINTREE.-lne grange OySIer-Supper
has been deferred from time TO time on ac-
count of sickness of some of the members.
The date is now fixed for next Saturday
evening. 80 Mrs. Nettie Blanchard re-
turned last week from visit to her sister,
Mrs. Cora Hunt of Boston. 49, The
grange has received several new members
and more applications are expected. 80
The friends and neighbors of Salmon
Williams made him visit Saturday after
noon and evening. 80 Cora Williams is
home on a short visit 80 Professor ODER
has conducted a very successful term of
singing-school at this place this winter.
The last one is this "wednesday evening.
Next week it is expected that he will give
a concert. - Mrs. Jennie Smith is quite
sick.
HARDwICK. Asa j. Kittridge, keeper of
grocery-store and clearinghouse in this
place, was fatally burned Thursday morn
ing February a. by falling down the stairs
leading from his store to the billard-room,
with a lighted lantern. The lantern was
broken and his clothing being saturated
with the burning oil he received such serious
injuries as to cause his death on Saturday.
80 Il. ID. button, j. S. prenan and b.
+. Taylor Of the Grand Army post at
tended the recent state encampment at
Brattleboro. Taylor was the elected dele
gate. - DIR. A. n Jackson and wife
started for Florida Monday. They expect
to be absent till April - Emerson
Brush visited West Randolph the past
week to attend the funeral of little daugh-
ter of DR.. w. S. Curtss, who recently died
of consumption
CHELsEA.-M. V. b. Davis attended the
Grand Army encampment at Brattleboro
last week as a delegate from Waterson
Post, and Mrs. A. Il. Goss, Mrs. I Il. At
wood and Miss Eulie e Dutton represented
the Woman's Relief Corps. 60 The
spring term of Chelsea Academy will begin
on Wednesday, the 9th - Miss Mary
A, Burbank has finished a very successful
term of school in district No TO- which
closed with an exhibition in the evening.
- Captain II, o. Bixby, with detail
from II. f. X. Hall Camp, visited East
Corinth last Thursday evening to muster
in new camp of Sons of Veterans. 60
G.. l.. Haywood has had the misfortune to
lose agood horse. = - The Congregational
church will be a hundred years old in
the event in so'ne suitable way.
PLAINFIELD. - Mrs. Amanda T. New
comb will meet the ladies of Plainfield and
vicinity at the Grand Army hall Thurs
day afternoon, February 81, at half-past one
o'clock, to organize Woman's Relief Corps.
- The comrades of w. e. Martin Post
in Plainfeld will hold public campfire
at the Congregational church on Thursday
evening, February 81, at seven o'clock.
Past Department Commander Blodgett of St.
Johnsbury and other prominent speakers
will be present and address the meet
ing. Admission free. All are cordially in
vited to attend - Eveine A, wife of
Burrage d. Marsh, died last Friday, after a
sickness of several months, aged fifty-two
years. Her funeral was attended at the
Congregational church (of which she was a
member) by a large number of neighbors
and friends, who sincerely mourn her loss,
as she was worthy woman in every re-
spect and admired and loved by all.
BARNARD Mrs. Cynthia Pike has been
confined to the house for some time with
bronchitis. Miss Mary G.. Chamber
lin, Mrs DIR. Day and Mrs. A. T. Trevillian,
who have been very i'll, are reported better.
- Mrs. Monroe Gambell died last Sat
urday of pneumonia. The funeral was held
at the house Monday. - Talmadge
Wyman, an old man living in South Bar
nard, died suddenly of heart disease short
South Royalton will preach at the Meth
odist church next Sunday in exchange with
Rev. A. G. Austin. - Miss Bertha Ham,
mond went to Randolph last Thursday to
attend the Normal School. - An unoc-
cupied house belonging to j. ID. Davis sit
early last Sunday. - There have been
several transfers Of real estate within a
few days. Lorenzo Wheelock has sold his
farm to his son Lemuel, and bought the
Henry A, Wood place in the village for
81 200. Mr.. Wood has bought ID. S. Per
kins' village place, paying $50 for it, Mr..
Perkins has moved to his farm in the Smith
district.
RoXBURy.-Z. S. Stanton delivered an adj
dress at Good Templars' union in Sharon
February Is. On Thursday he was at West
Randolph, acting as arbitrator in the case
of Ford rs. Town of Braintree - S. NJ
II. Flint of Randolph. with a force of men
has been trying to obtain ice from Halls
pond for the Central Vermont railroad
but the thaw of Sunday interfered anc
the project was abandoned. - Nelson
Latham of Barre was in town on Friday
- The town auditors meet at Stan
tons office to-day TO adjust accounts o
town officers. - Two old citizens dice
last week. Sylvester Ellis, who has Ions
been sufferer from cancer, passed away
on Thursday and Hiram Walbridge on Fri
day. Mr.. Walbridge died quit suddenly
of apoplexy. - George Walbridge o
Waitsfield and A. j. Walbridge and Rev
Henry Walbridge of Peterboro, n. IL.
were in town over Sunday, being Gale,
here TO attend the funeral of their father
- Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Ray have gon,
matte club is to play Among the Break
ers at Warren next Friday evening.
SOUTH RANDoLpH.-A A. Storrs is get
ting large quantity of logs into Mr.. Booth
mill, intending to use the lumber next sum
mer in building creamery in East Bethel
- The railroad surveyors are slowl,
but surely working their way down through
this valley, fact which creates lively in
terest among people in this section. -
| The dime sociable at j. g. Fowler's was
very pleasant affair Upwards of sever
dollars was realized and five more donate,
by Hon. e. Il. Burnham of Newark, n. Y
The money is to be used in repairs on TIN
Baptist church. - A. j. Morey of Straf
ford who was run over near the Sharon
station, receiving fatal injuries, was SOM
thirty-five years ago resident of this place
and previous to that was engaged in trad
in East Bethel. - Ernest Heckle,
young German, and his father, who hav
been here as farm laborers, have gone Il
| Philadelphia. Rev. Mr.. Kimball o
Bethel preached in the Union church, Eas
Bethel, last Sunday for Rev. s. A. Parker
- l.. ID. Greene of Brattleboro visite,
his father ID. Paul, last week. - Tn
young man who had "A horse belonging +
George Weeks die on his hands from n,
fault of his has paid up in full all damages
This looks well for his honesty considering
that he was only fifteen years of age,
GRoToN.-The following are the names @
pupils having no marks for the winter tern
ending February 8, in the primary depart
ment of districts No. and 6, Ada j. SheI
burne, teacher George Clark, Bernar
| Eastman, Moses Frost Flora Kittredge