The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10


Barre on Saturday in the capacity of commits
sioBer on the Barre railroad. - Willis
Cady has moved from Burnham's mill to
the tenement over Tilden's store. - j.
II. Harris of St. Adams has bought house
and lot of Mrs. Ellen Goss.
WAITsF1ELD-Mr. j. j. Kelly, the stage
driver, will run team to Montpelier on
July Is, to carry all who wish to attend the
drawing of prizes at the Grand Army fair,
at one dollar for the round trip.
WATERBURY. - Principal Fernald and
Miss Sumner have been secured by the
school board for the coming year, and it is
probable that the old corps of teachers will
be hired throughout arrangement that
will be extremely satisfactory to those in
terested in good instruction in our schools.
- The residents on Winooski street
tell marvellous stories of large, white ami
NAL seen by a number of them several
nights since. The various descriptions place
the beast as being cross between the
pterodactyl and the mastadon, with slight
resemblance to the sea-serpent When pur-
sued the creature took flight across the
river, leaving tracks of wonderful magni-
tude behind. 80 Wilbur Henry and wife
of New York are on two weeks visit to
his mother. They will sail from New York
on July 18th for few months stay in Eng
land and France, making their headquarters
in London with Mrs Henry's parents who
reside there. - Miss Eta Straw has re-
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and the trustees have selected as her sue
cessor Miss Nina Bruce About one hun
dred thirty new books have recently been
purchased by the association. - viii
l.. Rhoads, formerly of Waterbury, but now
a resident of Los Angeles, was married last
week to Kate Burns of Cleveland, Ohio, at
the residence of Rev. s. II. Wheeler, Long
Branch, California. 80 Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Graves are in attendance upon the
large gathering of New England teachers
at Bethlehem, n. H. Mr.. Graves returns
to his school in the state of New York in
the fall at an advanced salary. - New
ell Gibson, now of New York city, has been
in town for a week, and has sold his barber
shop in the hotel to John Dillingham;. -
Miss Florence l.. Haines and Charles f.
Davis were married at the residence of the
brides parents on Wednesday evening, July
3, Rev. Mr.. Davenport officiating. -
Thomas T. Farrell has been appointed just
ice of the peace, to fill the vacancy in the
board caused by the death of the late I. T..
Sanborn. - Miss Edna Boyce has closed
a very successful term of school in Waits
| field and is now at home for the summer.
- Rev. l. p Booth of Mortified, county
supervisor of schools, was in town last Sat
urday. - Miss George e. Kingsbury of
| Warren is employed in the bakery and con-
fectionery store of w. b. Talbot. - Mat
| thew Fortier, an instructor in st. Michaels,
and in attendance at the Toronto Institute,
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Remington has hung in the post-office a
sample of his grass crop which measures
| over five feet in height. - Mrs Leonard
NJ. Knight and daughter have been for a
week the guests of Moses NJ. Knight. -
| Bernie Fullerton is home from New Haven
on a two weeks vacation. - General
! Henry of Burlington was in town last
week. - Mrs. DR.. Willard of Chicago is
spending the summer with her mother,
Mrs. Forrest. - Mrs. c. NJ. Hutchins
and Mrs. j. j. Colby and children have ar
| rived from Brooklyn and will occupy the
old homestead for the summer
WOODBURY.. There is to be a Sunday.
school concert at the Methodist church next
Sabbath - Mrs. G. II. Chadwick and
daughter, Susie, from Bangor, Maine, are
visiting Mrs Chadwicks parents and
friends in this place. Mr.. Chadwick is ex-
pected soon. - 1t is expected that the
post-ofiice will be moved from d. p. Mel.
ing week. - Buck Lake quarry has shut
down for the present - Theodore
Stowe and wife of Barre are visiting her
sister, Mrs. Albert Burnham for whose
recovery fears are entertained. - Char
lotte Burnham from Massachusetts is visit
ing here. - Over fifty couples attended
the Fourth of July ball at r. f. Drenan's
- Stone is being got out for bridge al
the foot of the hill on the road leading tC
Woodbury. granite quarry. - AT the
annual school meeting of the Center district
the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Moderator, X. II. Drenan
clerk and treasurer f. n. Ainsworth; col
lector, o. w. Jackson; auditors, g. Bill, ID
b. Nelson and o. w. JAG SON. committee
ID. b. Nelson Voted to have thirty weeks
of school. - Amos Hopkins, agent fol
Ufford of Barton, sold in the month of Jun,
twenty-four buggies and ten harnesses
- II. b. Harvey has sold his bay four
year-old colt to G. F. Harvey Co. o
Saratoga Springs, n. Y, for $l67.50
SOUTH WOODBURY.. Misses Falvy anC
Houston of New York arrived at l.. j. Ben
jamin's, to spend few weeks, last Friday
- Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Stowe o
Barre are visiting in town. - DR.. Lane
recently purchased a horse of George Dan
iels. - A young son of Mrs. Georg
Leavitt of Plainfield who is stopping at X
NJ. Pray's, has tonsilitis. 60 Dot Foster o
Brooklyn n. Y, is spending the summe
here.
WoRCEsTER.-Willi Bruce fell upon
scythe, last week, cutting a severe cash il
his side four inches long. Levi Lawrence
also cut his leg in the same way. - DR.
Hunt was called to Barre TO attend tn
child of Ernest Hill. - Myra Hartman
has returned to her home from Minnesota.
Orange County.
BRooKFIELD.-The Fourth of July ha,
rather OF a sad beginning here. Ine boy
who We're firing the gun early in the morn
ing had the misfortune to get their powder
that was in small salt-boX, under the arm
of Frank Buxton, on fire. He had jus
opened the box when one of the other boy
threw fre-cracker that landed in the pow
der, The two Buxton boys Marshall Peck
Rome Stratton, Leon Ditty and Robert Dill
BILE were quite badly burned about the fac
and hands. 1t was raining at the time, ant
the boys were huddled together in the band
stand. They are all doing well, and W
trust they will come out with only FEY
scars.
CHELsEA.-Asa A. Goodwin died on Sur
day, June 80, having been in feeble healt
for long time. The funeral services wer
held on Tuesday, Rev. T. S. Hubbard c
Tunbridge officiating. Mr.. Goodwin wa
born in Concord, n. H., April 10, 1870.
came to this town in 1920 and ha
lived in the house where he died for forty
seven years. He had long been we'll know
as an industrious, successful and NJ
right farmer, in his middle life often hel
Office in town, and represented the town /
the legislature of 1874. He was married o
May 10, 1882, to Lucy S. Barnes of Chelsei
who is still living, A son lives on the oil
place and another son in Montpelier
daughter is not living. He had been sui
scriber to the WATCHNIAN since he came