The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-09-11

North Fayston.
j. II. Marble and wife of Gouldsville WIS.,
tied in town last week
Mrs. Reuben Richardson is visiting her
daughter Mrs. Zero Of Barre.
Clara Harris of Northfeld, accompanied
by Mrs Mary Cora visited Mrs. Norton a
few days recently.
Mrs. Abro Porter is stopping with her
father in Duxbury short time, her mother
having died recently.
Charlie ingalls, and Mary Pearsons of
Gouldsvile were in town last week visiting
relatives of Mr.. Ingalls,
Groton.
Manley Clark is to move to the Melville
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Melville will leave
for their Minnesota home next week.
Edward Keenan,, an old and much
respected citizen, is in very poor health.
The Baptist convention, which closed on
Thursday last, was pleasant gathering.
Miss Ida Clark will go to Massachusetts,
next week, where she expects to remain
through the winter with her relatives.
George Pillsbury and Matte and Clara
Chalmers, sisters of Mrs. Pillsbury, are sick
with typhoid fever. DR.. Bushnell is teach
ing in Mr.. Pillsburys place for the present.
Hardwick.
w. Henry Henderson has moved his fam
lily back to Ryegate.
Bert Reed is now at home on short va
cation. He returns to Chicopee, Mass, on
Monday next.
Ora Wakefield, son of the late Charles
Wakefield, returned home from the West
the past week
Mrs. II. A. Holton returned on Wednes-
day last from her visit of several weeks in
Massachusetts.
G. o. Grimes was acquitted on Saturday,
August 81, by jury, of an alleged assault
upon Lawson Hoyt.
Rev. A. p. Drown is erecting a set of
buildings at Mackville. o. II. Marsh has
charge of the carpentry work.
L. d. Hathaway Esq, attended the East
ern townships fair at Sherbrooke, p. O.,
and extended the trip to Quebec the past
week
III. r. Mack has secured a contract to fur
nish granite work for an entrance or portal
to a cemetery at Plymouth, n. H., to cost
about $1,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Bridgman is now
in town visiting friends. He is still en-
gagged in the life insurance business and re-
sides in Bangor, Me.
Our academy schools began their fall term
September 4th with an attendance of about
ninety scholars in all departments. This
number will doubtless be considerably in
creased.
Lieutenant Victor H. Bridgman, U. S. A.,
and family are now here visiting his parents
and friends. He belongs to the heavy ar
tillery service and is stationed at Newport,
Rhode Island
Adolphus Holton of Norwood, Mass, is
spending two weeks vacation at his old
home in this place. He is employed in a
Il Il.
dent of the Boston School of Pharmacy.
NJ. V. B. Hathaway and wife returned
from their pleasure trip to New Hampshire
and Massachusetts, on Wednesday. Most
of their time away was spent at Manches-
ter, n. H., and Lowell, Mass, and Canaan
and Concord, n. H., were visited.
Emerson Brush, our village druggist, has
purchased of the Judevine estate the Earl
place, or burnt district" so called, near
the post-office. We understand he intends
to erect business block thereon next year
for the better accommodation of his large
and increasing business.
Prominent officials of our railroad visited
the various granite quarries in this vicinity
recently to more fully ascertain the i'm
portance and prospective value of rail-
road to the quarries, for which surveys
were made last winter. We understand
they were favorably impressed with the
showing our granite interests were able
to make.
The HdrdWick Gazette, j. E. Harris, editor,
made its first appearance on Saturday.
August 81. Mr.. Harris has given us a very
creditable paper in both appearance and
contents, and we wish him the fullest meas
ure of success in the new enterprise. As its
success depends upon the people of this
town and vicinity, we hope they will bestow
a liberal patronage.
Marshfield.
Sociable on Friday at James Bouldry's.
Bridges are being repaired and new ones
made in the village.
The new carpet was put down last week
in the Methodist church.
Rev. o. ID. Clapp went to Sheffield last
week to visit his parents.
James Newton took four horses to Wor-
cester, Mass. for Mr.. Morse, Monday morn
ing.
Ed Smith and wife of Sioux Falls, Oak,
are in town visiting her parents, S. X.
Wooster and wife.
George Bliss and wife have this week
gone to st. Johnsbury to visit his mother,
and in the mean time take in the fair.
MIR. Boutwel's sister and daughter from
Providence, r. l.. and sister from st.
Johnsbury, who have been visiting him,
left for their homes last week
Moretown.
Mrs. f. G. Evans is on the sick list.
III. o. Ward is walking on crutches, the
result of badly sprained ankle.
Mrs S. ID. Moulton is an Jericho taking
care of Mrs. George Walton of Montpelier.
Fred Towe and family from Westminster,
Mass, are in town visiting Mrs. Towle's
parents.
Nearly everybody attended the Mad
River Valley fair and a few went TO the
state fair at Burlington.
Miss Luana Strong had stroke of paraly-
sis Saturday night, paralyzing her left side,
and she is in critical condition
N. X. Herrick of Middesex had his pock-
cts picked of one hundred sixty dollars on
the fairgrounds at Burlington, September /.
H. o. Ward moved into town the past
week from Duxbury, moving into the house
lately purchased by him of Philo G.. Towle.
Among the other entertainments at the
Mad River Valley fair was a free fight in
the evening of the second day by the vendors
OF picture frames, peanuts etc.
Gouldsville band furnished music for the
Mad River Valley fair the third and fourth.
They were entertained by mine host Dow
s. Philips at his hostelry the night of the
third, and discoursed some very fine music