The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-12

music, Mrs. G. Il. Davis presiding at the or
gan. Rev. G. Il, Davis made some we'll
timed remarks, which were responded to
by Mr.. Curtis. Mr.. Davis offered prayer
and the affair closed with q bountiful re-
past. 80 There was a social gathering at
Mrs. E. G. Colby's last Wednesday after
noon. The time was pleasantly spent in
sewing for the family Of the pastor, Rev. G.
Il. Davis. 60 G. W. Davis is attending
county court at Chelsea as juror.
SOUTH RANDoLPH.-The stone culvert
across the brook near l.. G. Kelsey's was
washed out by the heavy shower of June 1.
The selectmen have laid out road around
it. - White River Pomona Grange met
with Middle Branch Grange June 8. The
attendance was good and the meeting
pleasant and enjoyable one. - Herbert
Welch and wife and Carl Dudley and wife
of Montpelier visited at John Hills the first
of the week. - A. A. Storrs has his new
creamery building well under way. 1t will
probably be ready for use in few weeks.
1t is to be run by water-power, as it is
"hitched to grist-mll. 80 G. G. Paine,
who spent the winter in Florida, has re-
turned He captured " number of Gu
riosities, among which are a dozen young
alligators and the skin of a wildcat.
WEST RANDOLPH Frank Butler
and two daughters were suddenly called to
New York last Thursday. - At the
school-meeting, Monday evening, it was
voted to repair the school-building and put
in sewers. 60 Selden Holman's team ran
away, last Friday, doing considerable dam
age. The horse was quite severely injured
- Herman Morse is building a house
OH Cleveland avenue. - Chldren's day
was observed at the Congregational and
Methodist churches last Sunday. - Ed
SGckney, who called himself the strongest
man living, gave a free show here Monday
night. He also passed the hat four times
and every succeeding time got sadly left
- Rev Edward Fairbanks of the South
church, St. Johnsbury, is to exchange with
Rev. V. NJ Hardy week from next Sun
day.
STAFFORD three barns of Samuel
g. Brown were burned between the hours
of one and two Saturday morning, with a
yoke of good oxen, one cow and a fat swine.
Mr.. Brown was seriously burned while at
tempting to save his property. The cause
of the fire is unknown. - Samuel Il.
Bacon has bought back of Marcus A. Pres
ton the large farm he conveyed to him four
years ago and the contract for the nainte-
nance of Mr.. Bacon and wife is revoked by
consent of the parties.
NORTH THETFoRD.- Children's day was
not observed here this year. - A. w.
Jaquith is repairing his store, making the
salesroom larger, and will have the post
Office as soon as it can be moved. - Mrs.
Herbert Holt is seriously sick and is not ex-
IL
fessor Bradley Hosford and his grand
daughter are expected this week. 80
Mrs. G. w. Jaquith is out of town for a
short vacation. - Mrs. j. L. Hosford
has been visiting friends in Massachusetts
and Connecticut the past month. -
Bessie johnson is teaching school on Acorn
Hill at Lyme, n. II. - Abbie Downer
has graduated from the academy and will!
teach school this fall.
WEST ToPsHAM.-T The community is
greatly excited in consequence of the dis
interring of two children of o. H. Palmer,
who died two years ago of malignant diph-
liberia and were buried at Waits River. Mr.,
Palmer moved to Manchester, n. H., re.
Gently, and Mrs. Palmer came from there,
two or three weeks ago. and asked permits
sion of the selectmen to remove the re-
mains of her two children to the cemetery
in West Topsham. The selectmen refused
the request but Mrs Palmer, with the as
sistance of her son-in-law, James Rouhan,
removed the remains in the nighttime to
the cemetery here, and defied the authori-
ties to help themselves. A petition was
started, and signed by large number OF
citizens of Waits River and this place, re-
| questing the selectmen to take immediate
action in the matter and have the parties
| prosecuted to the extent of the Jaw. -
Miss Florence Sanborn, whose leg was am
putated three weeks ago in consequence OF
gangrene, died last Sunday. The gangrene
reappeared in the stump and also in the
other foot. - DIR. and Mrs. o. l.. Wat
son, with their son, started for Saratoga
Monday morning, to remain two or three
weeks.
WILL1AMsTowN.-R f. w Hamblr
and wife left on Monday last for vacation
at their old home, Marstons Mills, on Cape
| Cod. They will be away until July q
- II. E. Robinson, Tufts College di
vinity student, who was taken sick on hi'
way here, last Saturday week. to supply tn,
Universaist pulpit, has been very SICK
| since. His mother came some days ago Il
care for him. - Rev. |. Jones is at
tending the Congregational convention al
| Windsor this week. He has Just beer
cheered by the announcement that Clarl
Shepard will give lot near the store OF
Milestone Hill, Barre, for a church for his
congregation, provided a building wortl
1000 shall be erected thereon. The founda
ton for the building has also been pledged
| The money needed for the building, il il
thought, will be secured. - Rev. W. S
HaZen of Mortified will preach at the Con
gregational church next Sunday forenoon
and at the Macauley clearinghouse, Mill
stone Hill, Barre, in the afternoon. =
George Newton student in the Methods
Seminary at Montpelier, will preach at tn
Methodist church next Sunday. - Chill
dren's day, as observed at the Methods
church last Sabbath, seems to have been
|
noon an exercise, prepared by G. ii. Payne
secretary of the board of education of til
Methodist Episcopal church, was given
1t is called six Steps to the Throne
The house was made unusually attractiv
by floral decorations. - Williamstow
Grange will observe Chidren's day, as al
vised by the master of the National Grange
on Saturday. June 10, beginning at ten 4
NJ. A free dinner will be served to all VIII
will accept the cordial invitation to attent
The suggestion is made to the fraternity {
grangers not to forget their lunch baskets
- DIR. C. III. Jackson was here on Nor
day as counsel in the case of II. Il. Robin
son, and that of Mrs. Philo Hibbard, VIII
has rheumatic fever. - w. Wallace Ma
tin has lately lost a horse and Jesse Poo
and AFRO Nichols each cow. Georg
Lavine, young Frenchman, who has bee
suffering for some years from injuries II
ceived from the kick of horse, has bee
sent to the hospital at Burlington for trea
ment. - Mrs. Lucy Earl Holt an
husband have returned from Brattleboro I
Barre, - Christopher Hood recent
shot henhawk that measured three fe,
and two inches from tip to tip of wing
g. The Williamstown Granite Compan
! has bought the Hubbard house of G.
Peters, who will soon vacateit. Mr.. Pete
will probably remain in the place throug