The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-03

support ana many happy returns OF the day.
j. G. Gleason and wife go on Wednesday
to visit friends in New Hampshire and
Massachusetts and to attend the reunion Of
the New England California pioneers aud
forty-niners, which will be held in Boston
| September 9. They expect to be gone sew
eral weeks. - John Moriarty from
Provide nee, Il. l., with his sister, Miss
Kate, is stopping at home. 80 Miss Anna
Averll has gone to Waltham, Mass, where
she intends to remain year at school
| 60 Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Colby and Mr.
and Mrs. George Colby were in Lincoln
last week attending a family reunion.
- William Elliot, who has been in poor
| health all summer, was much worse on
Friday. - will G. u. Harmon went to
West Dedham, Mass, Saturday to act as
clerk for Charles II. Ellis. 80 Mr.. and
Mrs Abel Morgan and children of Lincoln
are visiting at William Elliot's. - Mr..
| and Mrs. G.. =. Stearns and children and
| Mrs. Nahum Nichols are visiting in Ferris
burgh. - Will Slayton of Morrisville is
at home at present.
Waterbury.
Mr. Cheney, the former popular leader of
the Stowe band, was serenaded by that Or
ganization last Friday night.
A social was given Monday evening by
the young people of the Methodist church.
A pleasing musical and literary programme
was given, after which refreshments were
| served. Inc remainder OF Jne evening was
spent in social manner.
The Free Press displays commendable en-
| terprise in this town. Its correspondent
regularly goes into certain store here,
where the WATCHMAN and ArguS are taken,
produces his notebook and proceeds to
copy their items. After a liberal introduce
ton of errors these are served up as news
at some subsequent date in the Daily Free
Press.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darling left town Tuesday,
going to Washington, d. c., and Richmond,
Va, where they may make their home.
- Miss Alice Colby is at home from
Clinton, where she has spent the past
year. - Miss Flora Scagel began her
work as teacher in Jonesville last Monday
- Henry Aiken, who is to teach at
Mortified the ensuing year, visited f. A
Rowland, a classmate, last week. -
F. A. Fernald is home again from Boston
but will soon return, to take up his work in
a private school in that city. - Mrs
Baker is engaged as organist at the Meth.
odist church for the present. - Frank
Graves has accepted a position in the Swan
ton schools - Frank Lyford has left
the employ of G. f. Richardson. His place
is to be taken by Fred Luce.
Williamstown.
Dysentery and kindred troubles have
been rather frequent and quite severe here
recently.
Lady friends from indianapolis and Rut
land have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Rice
Davenport.
Rev. Leonard Tenney of Waterbury il
expected to preach here and at Granitevill,
next Sunday.
The subject of the sermon next Sunda.
forenoon at the Methodist church is " Tn
Secret Things of God"
Appeals from the recent real estate ap
praisal are to be considered at the tow
hall on Thursday of this week.
3 The Williamstown Granite Company ha
= just contracted with John Perry to bull
the new hotel. He will soon be at wor
q upon it.
| 1t is said that c. c. Barnes, whose wor
is almost wholly away from here, is abou
D to rent or sell his place in this village an
, go elsewhere.
, We are told that the first report iron
London, with reference to the purchase {
granite quarries hereabouts by an Englis
syndicate, was somewhat encouraging &c
/ the project
x Rev. l. Jones and Miss Gertrude Barne
q were married on Wednesday last, and wei
u to Saratoga, n. Y, for short stay, prev
I. Gus to going to New Haven, Conn, for I'll
J. coming months. So quietly went on I'll
t minister's wooing that his best friends wei
# all caught mapping, but their well-wishin
- for him and his shall not be less than the
). surprise at the event.
s George Robertson, a young Scotch al
e prentice in the stone-shed of John Duff
e Is very i'll with dysentery. Much sympatl
is felt for him. - Veteran Gilbert Smit
was in attendance at the late national Ell
campment at Boston. Miss Nell
t Sanborn is to teach the fall term of scho
1t in the Orlando Flint district - Sole
Wood of Galesburg, H., a brother of Mr.
d Chester Martin, is visiting here, accou
s. Bernice Sibley will attend school in Blu
/. lington this fall. Miss Bertha Sprague hi
V jast begun a course at the Normal Scho
s. in Randolph. - Mr.. and Mrs. Walt
II Newcomb returned last week to their hon
IS in Detroit. - Our old townsman, Charl
L. Crane, now of Dexter, Iowa, is visitiI
n friends hereabouts. He was summont
n here by the illness of his mother, who
now convaescent. - Members of ii
family of Rev. NJ. III. Ryan of Worcest
d are visiting his father-in-law, l. d. Ro
inson.
South Woodbury..
The schools in town commenced la
ia Monday.
,s Eben Lewis and family have moved fro
ia the Heath farm, lately purchased by Samu
Daniels, to the Jack farm, owned by Prime
. Wheeler. Charlie Lilley aud family ha'
- moved into the house vacated by NJ
- Lewis.
IL Mr.. Hartman fell few days ago. recei
ing severe injury
Mrs. Alice Barnes of Iowa, former REL
dent is visiting in this vicinity.
n There is to be grange fair at the TOW
n hall the last Friday in September.
% q Miss Mary E. and Abbie G. Hovey a
p visiting their father at the old home
- Worcester.
There was an exchange of pulpits la
Sabbath between Elder Carpenter al
re Elder Ryan.
If The friends of Charles Beardsley and wi
gave them pleasant visit last week. on t
ID anniversary of their marriage.
st Mrs. Horace Hovey, a former resident
OF this town, died at the residence of h
III daughter, Mrs. Socrates Udall, in Graf
ID bury recently. Her daughters, Mrs. Lynn
a. Udall of STAFFORD, and Mrs. ID. Is. Jones
T. MddleseX, attended her funeral in Graf
h. bury. Her son, Roger Hovey, was sick a.
unable to attend.
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