The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-06


The regular sociable of st. Mary's church
will be held at the rooms in the depot next
Thursday evening Supper at half-past five
o'clock.
The adjourned annual meeting of the
Dog River Valley Fair Association will be !
held at Village Hall Saturday, November
g. at one o'clock P. NJ. All interested should
be present.
Mrs. e. S. Stebbins is visiting in Montreal
this week. == b. S. Sylvester and wife
of Montpelier were in town few days last
week =-= Mrs. Homer White is visiting
friends in Enosburgh.
Plainfield.
The local Teachers Association held
another meeting last Friday evening.
The Good Tempars' lodge installed its
newly elected officers last Friday night.
The village schools will close Friday. A
public entertainment will be given in the
evening in the school-house hall
W. j. Batchelder received intelligence
last week of the accidental death, from
burns, of his sister, Mrs Dunlap, at Pueblo,
Colorado.
The supervisor of schools will meet the
teachers of this section at the village school
rooms next Saturday at $3.50 A. NJ. for drill
i'm educational branches and methods
An assessment Of seventy-fve per cent on
the amount of the capital stock subscribed
to the Plainield Building and Improve
ment Company has been voted, to he paid
at once TO the treasurer.
A letter received from Q. l.. Hoyt and
family announces their safe arrival at Fort
Payne, Alabama. They were accompanied
by Miss Julia Haines of Cabot, who went
South for the benefit of her health.
The granite sheds are completed, and
special inducements are offered 10 respon-
sihle parties to occupy them. We have
seen some fine specimens of dark granite
from ledge which is easily accessible.
The homes of Henry Camp and a Mr..
Hamblet ION the Spring road are sadly
afflicted, one member of each family hav-
ing recently died from what has been pro-
uounced diphtheria. Others are danger
ously sick
RoXbury.
Robert and Burton Dickinson have con-
veyed their farm to Luciu4 Webb, Jr., and
are to move back to the village.
Horace NJ. Nichols, former resident Of
this town. died at Calais | st week. His
body was brought here for interment.
Cassius Wetmore, who has been working
at Barre, is at home, sick with typhoid
fever. Henry NJ. Spalding is also seriously
i'll.
The many friends of DR.. j. II. Winch of
Mortified were pleased to see him in town
again, after his recent severe Illness on Fri
day of last week.
The young son of O. A. Flint, while out
hunting found four large coons near his
fathers residence. The young Niinrod,
with the aid of Phneas Flint, succeeded in
killing them.
Roxbury East.
viii Chatterton has moved his goods and
family to Barre. -= Mrs. Charles Dura-
way of Worcester, Mass, is visiting her
parents -L l.. A. Eastman recently re-
,t itf t4I a At horse 70
FROM parties in Massachusetts. = Mrs.
:. II. Allen has gone to Plymouth, n. H,
to visit her sister.
Waitsfeld.
The ladies of the Unitarian society will
have an ice-cream and coffee sociable at
Mrs. l.. K. Joslyn's on Wednesday evening,
November IL. Tickets for refreshments,
fifteen cents.
Warren.
The horse breeders of Warren have or
ganized an association with the following
named officers: President, f. II. Morse (;
secretary, O. ID. Green; treasurer, n. n
Robinson.
Warren East.
A valuable COW owned by Alfred Lamb
died last week.
The annual meeting of the Ladies Mite
Society is to be held with Mrs. J. c. Glea-
son tomorrow Thursday afternoon. A
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The funeral of James Brown was attended
| from the church in the village last Sunday
! afternoon, Rev. John BuZZell officiating.
| Mr.. Brown had been sick for several weeks
| with typhoid fever. Leon, the eldest son,
| is very low with the same disease. The
! sympathy of all is with the family.
Rev. O. ID. Clapp of Marshfeld visited
the Good Templars' lodge last Saturday
! night. - Stephen and Hiram Good
| speed have been spending a week with
| friends in Waitsfeld, Moretown and Water
! bury. 60 Grace Hall of Brookfeld is
stopping at James Tillotson's. 80 Rev.
and Mrs. Leander Brigham have been
| spending couple of weeks in Bridgewater.
Waterbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kerrin are rejoicing
in the birth OF a son.
Two Shonio children living on High street
are ill with cankerrash
Mrs. Henry Coburn has been threatened
with fever, but is better.
DR.. Minard was called to Burlington last
! Wednesday to assist Dr. Sparhawk in "A
! surgical operation.
Charles Clark has moved from the Cen
ter to the new house recently purchased by
him of G.. w. Randall
DR.. Mcintyre of West Randolph was in
town last week to see his aunt, Mrs. Girls
| void, who is quite feeble.
Mrs. A. b. Remington returned from
Hartford last Thursday. Her son Joe now
has a good position in Minneapolis.
Rev. /. p. Booth has organized Teach
ers' Association in town. 1t will doubtless
prove very beneficial to all the teachers
who belong to it.
w. b. Clark and his father have bought
the lot adjoining the new residence of j.
A. Fife, and G.. w Randall is to build them
house in the spring.
Miss Belle Cooley was given surprise
party by her schoo-mates on Halloween
and Miss Elliot also entertained a few
friends on that evening.
Rev. A. j. Hough of Montpelier delivered
fine lecture in the Methodist Episcopal
church last Monday evening his subject be.
ing " How to Get There"
Miss Abbie Haines attended the state
meeting of Christian Endeavor Societies
held at Rutland last Wednesday and Thurs
day. She went as delegate from the Con-
gregational society of this place.
The first annual entertainment for the
benefit of the library will be given at Bar.
rets Hall on Wednesday evening, Novem
Der IL. Considerable effort has been made
TO make the. programme as interesting aS
possible, and it is promised that the exer-