The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-17

The funeral OF Maud Smith, aged four
teen years, was attended on Thursday.
Consumption, resulting from la grippe, has
thus ended a fair young life and made a
household sad and lonely.
Vershire.
A cyclone passed over the town early
Saturday evening, unroofng barns and
completely running fruit and sugar orchards.
The highways were covered with fallen
trees.
Washington.
The ordinance of baptism will be admin
istered at the close of the Sunday morning
services at the Union church by the pastor,
Rev. G.. III. Richardson.
Waterbury.
The fair opened yesterday with good pros
poets of success, if the weather proves favor
able
The wet weather is having depressing
effect on the farmers. A great many have
had grain cut down for two or three weeks
and it has been ruined
| Tom Carver has received from the pension
| department SSSO2j for the care for two
! years and for funeral expenses of Mrs.
| Catharine Linnehan, widow Of James Lin
nehan.
Joseph Somervlle has bought out the en-
tire interest of Charles Harwood in the
| hardware business of Harwood x Smith,
and the title Of the firm in the future will
be Smith u SomerVille.
On account of sickness, Rev, w. r. Da-
venport was unable to preach last Sunday,
and union service was held at the COngre-
gatiOnal house morning and evening. Mr.
| Davenport is expected toipreach next Sun
day.
About one hundred friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. De Witt Green of Colbyville gave them
"A complete surprise last Thursday evening,
it being the twentieth anniversary of their
ma ri ln CIT nftla RI.
charge of the house, and run things to suit
themselves. Under the charge of Mrs.
Walter Guptl, Mrs. August Booker and
Mrs. Thomas Farrell, things moved along
smoothly and full justice was done to
the supper prepared by them. Many use
full and handsome presents were brought,
which were received by Mr.. and Mrs. Green
with surprise and thankfulness The even
ing was very enjoyable one.
Last Thursday Samuel Norton was buried
here, Rev. II. S. Wheeler officiating. Young
Norton went eighteen months since to his
uncle's in Auburn, Mass and had been
working in "A wooden mill The mill men
We're preparing new room for some spin.
ners and Norton was up on a ladder oiling
the shafting when the ladder slipped on
the floor and he fell, striking his head or
some machinery. He was taken up un
conscious and remained so from Saturday
, forenoon until Monday evening, when ht
died. His remains were sent here for in
, terment His parents We're teegraphed
= for, but by neglect ewhere the messages
! We're not delivered aud the boy was deaC
/ before his mother left here. Samuel Nor
ton was about sixteen years old and be
> loved by all who knew him. He was al
earnest Christian boy, "A member of thu
: Young Peoples Christian Endeavor Societ.
, | both here and at Auburn, and his lif
showed his love for the Masters cause. II
n will be missed by the society of which h
= was a member
e Mrs. Matt II. Carpenter and family, VIII
i have been visiting at Ex-Governor Pau
Dilliugham's, returned to their home il
Milwaukee on Monday afternoon. 80
Fred a. Rowland has been visiting at hi
home in Lisbon, n II for the last wv
r weeks go Fred \. Fernad, late prime
pal of the graded school left yesterday ia
-, Boston to begin his labors there Mr.. Fen
II nald has many friends here who are sorr
/! to have him leave. They wish him success
. elect G. S. Page was in town last weel
. IS. Il. Parker left yesterday fc
Amherst Mass, to begin his second year i
college there. 60 Frank G. Evans Ina
gone on the road for Boston grocery firm
y - Misses Katrina Landt and Inc
Moody leave next week Tuesday for Blu
y lingtOn, to enter the college there. 80
Hiram Colby Of Jonesvile was in tow
n over Sunday, visiting relatives.
l. Williamstown.
Rev. X. l.. Nanton's subject next Sunda
u will be, Thoughts on the falling leaves.
" John Perry's contract for the building
:, the new hotel calls for its completion ne,
IL March
" Three of our villagers appealed in val
, from the late real estate appraisal by OF
~ listers.
Rev. Leonard Tenney will continue
preach here and at GraniteVille for Il
VI present.
=" The Unversalist society is about to new
cover the church building, put on ne
.e roof and put in stained glass windows.
80 The jaw of DR.. James Bailey, now
Ticonderoga n. Y, was recently broken
re the kick of a colt. His wife, nee Miss Pc
H. sis Abbott, has been suffering from "A seve
fracture of the collar bone.
NJ Our old townsman, Charles Crane, nc
VI of Dexter, Iowa, recently visiting us, Tel
Il, us that Iowa farmers find the times as dit
~ as Vermont farmers do. In fact, he thin
IL our farmers have some advantages that a
IN IN to be highly priced.
~ DIR. j. Henry Jackson of Barre has ju
passed some ten weeks delightfully."- in G.,
10 many, France, England, Ireland and Sc,
" land, but he tells us that one of the be
al features OF his trip was his return home
as America, a land that, by seeing other LAND
lu he values more highly than ever if possib
ne 60 Winslow Flint is building anoth
ny house in the quarry district. 80 Elw
VI Prescott has left work in Washington a
gone to work for George Towne of Bar
on His wife and child are in town at preSeI
'e, 60 Samuel Reynolds has left work
at the railroad and gone with his wife to ha
is the care of Wilbur f. Shepard's boardir
ITS house at Granteville. - G. c. Barn
lat will sell his household goods at auction
he day "wednesday 80 Frederick Ign,
as NJ d., and wife are visiting in Montpel
ITS and will 90 thence to Mortified for br