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

spirits and delighted the large audience
with her humorous explanations. Net pro-
ceeds, 500, to be applied to benevolent pur-
poses.
PIainfield.
Mr. and Mrs. e. r.. Currier of Dover, N.
H.. are visiting at A. f.. Shows.
Garlic Parker has been engaged to teach
school in the Joseph Lane district
Mr. and Mrs. G. Il. Woodward Jr., are
visiting her parents, DR.. and Mrs. Lazell.
Dudley Marshall has one-half acre of corn
nearly destroyed by coons and hedgehogs.
G. A. Barnes of Missoula, Montana, has
been visiting his sister, Mrs G. f. Nutting
b. ID. Marsh recently returned from
pleasant visit among friends at Magog, p @.
Henry Maxield, who has been sick with
typhoid fever for six weeks, is gradually
recovering.
Ida Smith, whose dangerous illness was
mentioned last week, died on Wednesday
last. [See obituary.
Mr.. Booth was in town last Saturday and
examined three more young ladies for
certificates TO teach in special districts.
Mrs. w. S. Young has returned from her
visit in New Hampshire and Mrs r.. Skin
ner is visiting friends near Manchester, n. H.
The little girls of the primary school
headed the funeral procession last Friday
afternoon, each one carrying bouquet of
flowers.
A large tarantula was found on stem
of bananas the other day in the store of j.
NJ. Batchelder and Son. 1t was imported
with the fruit, no doubt, from a foreign
country and was probably the largest of the
spider kind ever seen in Vermont. Their
bite is said to be very poisonous.
West Randolph.
Mary Prince has been visiting in North
field.
Rev. w. I. Chalmers and wife have re-
turned to Riverhead, S. G..
Mrs. Balou, Miss Anna Ballou, Mrs. d.
w. Mckenzie and Emma Chandler have
returned to their homes.
Mails will be made up now Sunday nights
for trains the same as other nights. This is
advantage of the same
Bert and Frank Chandler started from
here Tuesday on their columbia bicy-
Giles for Albany, where they will take the
train for New York city.
Visitors in town during the past week are
+. n. Kathan of Boston, Albert Prince and
wife from Rhode Island, Mrs. Belle Holden
of Middlesex, Misses Anna and Clara Kim
ball, Mrs. Harvey Spaulding and her daugh-
ter Rita of Washington, ID. c., Mrs. Mary
Kinney of Tampa, Florida, Jennie Babbitt
of New York, Mrs George Quimby of Iowa.
e. A. Thomas Lamson & Tilson, Charles
Thurston, j. G. Mann w. T. Lamson, Mrs.
Sulham, Mrs. Bickford, Mrs j. Gladding,
Samuel Bass, Tewksbury & Sons, |. S.
Iitchfeld Beedle Brothers, j. ID. Mitchell,
n. NJ. Draper, Fred Joslyn, Jasper Lam
son, have agreed to close up their respective
places of business on Wednesday evenings
at half-past six until May list, go.
The graded school opened on Monday in
all its departments, with 293 pupils and a
prospect of twenty more. The building is
large and commodious, having four grades
and two recitation rooms. One, however,
is now used for the library and laboratory,
besides two closets and the iantor's room.
The halls, two in number, are large. There
are two flights of stairs and the whole is
well ventilated.
SOUTH RANDOLPH.
Fred Fowler has returned to Worcester,
Mass, after a few weeks vacation.
The place and household goods of Mrs.
Mary Fowler have been sold at auction
for $3.50
The lawn party at George Wright's was
social and financial success. Beedle's
orchestra furnished the music.
John Hill and family have removed to
Montpelier from c. Belknap's, where he
was expected to permanently locate.
Visitors in town for the past week Mary
erville, Mass, at j. G. Fowler's; Norman
Fay and sister of Croydon, n H., at George
Harlows; Mrs Jewett and two sons from
Weybridge at III. p. Riford's; Mrs. E. III.
Prince at the residence of Mr. Princes
father, j. F. Prince; Walter Spooner of
West SUmerville Mass; Lewis L. Greene,
wife and two children, from Brattleboro at
Darwin Paul's; Phineas Smith, an old resi-
dent, at p NJ Smiths.
RinhpnnI
Mr.. NJ. Stevens and family have left town
for visiting tour through the northern
part of the state.
Mr.. Delinger is making good Roadway on
his residence on Main street and will soon
have very pretty place.
Samuel Andrews, who was quite severely
injured last week, has returned from the
hospital, where he went for treatment, and
is about town again.
Mr.. Goodrich, in connection with Mr..
Howe, has applied for patent on very
simple potato,dgger which is on exhibition
at the fair at Waterbury.
Roxbury.
Mrs. Ruth Montgomery has returned to
her home in Lexington, Mass
Miss Hattie Burnham is at home from
Peterboro n. H., and is quite i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Almon Richardson of Bos-
ton are in town, the guests OF a. f.. Rich
ardson.
Clarence Spalding, former resident OF
this town, died at Bradford on Monday of
last week.
Rev. w. S. Hazen of Northfed will
preach at the Congregational church next
Sunday forenoon.
Messrs. George Roys and Clark Flint are
petit jurors at the September term of court
and Aaron Webster is grand juror.
EAST ROXBURY.
Daniel and Albert Churchill of Quechee,
and Mrs. A. Baker and Mrs. Lewis Beck
with of Chelsea, visited at j. 7. Edson's
last week.
Our people, and especially Orlando
Thayer, are justly indignant at the poison
ing of Mr.. Thayer's horse with paris green
during his absence. Some malicious per-
son put pound or more in the manager.
South STAFFORD.
Miss Laura Buchanan has arrived at
Buena Vista
John NJ. Barrett, son of the late Lester
Barrett, is in town.
The school was closed several days be-
cause of the illness of the teacher, Miss
Farnham.
North ThetfOrd.