The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-12-24

by dog. 60 Ora Philbrick has gone to
| st. Adams to visit his cousin, Charles
Folsom - Mrs. James Richardson is
very poorly with rheumatism.
East Warren.
The sick at Nahum Nichols are improv-
| ing slowly. No new cases of the measles
are reported.
There is snow enough for business pur-
poses and numbering is well started.
big blow drifted the roads badly last week
and it cost the town quite sum to break
them out.
The Sunday -school at the village gives an
entertainment Christmas eve, consisting OF
Rotations and singing There will be a
tree loaded with presents for old and
young. All anticipate good time.
think the WATCHMAN has an excellent
clubbing list, as good al can well be Sc
lected, and at very low rates. WATCHMAN
subscribers should take advantage of it.
There seems to be no good reason why
people should ego it blind when small
sum so well expended will give them so
many and so trustworthy publications.
Washington.
Christmas Is to be observed this year at
the Universalist church on Thursday night.
The customary order of exercises will be
followed.
Russell of Hanover, N. H., is the teacher.
1t will have to continue fourteen weeks in
order that the district may draw the public
money.
Mrs Emma Huntington goes to Lebanon,
n. H., this week. where she is to reside
of Enosburg Falls is visiting at Chester
Dickey's.
Waterbury.
Frank Evans has sold his horse to Henry
FarnswOrth of South Duxbury and his
sleigh to Mr.. Arva smith of this village
There have been frequent parlor gather
ings at the Waterbury hotel where the
singing and playing by local talent have
been much enjoyed
The weather has been cool but pleasant.
The sleighng is good and is improved not
only for numbering and business purposes,
but for pleasure also.
The emigrants whose team broke down
on Friday evening and strewed the hill at
Mill Village with their belongings will hear
of something to their advantage by call
! ing at the house of Walter Guptil
Miss Annie S. Hyatt, ruusic teacher at
| Green Mountain Seminary, will give lessons
! in piano-forte and reed organ music, Wednes-
| days and Saturdays of each week at Water
bury. Terms: Fifty cents per lesson, pay
! able every fifth lesson.
The concert given by the Fisk Jubilee
Singers last Saturday was well attended,
every seat being taken. The singing was
of a high order, and every one was salts
| fed. The committee having in charge the
winter course of entertainments has made a
good beginning.
There was great rush at the store of j.
| c. Griggs last Thursday morning to buy
tickets for the lecture course. From nine
to ten o'clock A. NJ. one hundred sixty sea-
son tickets were sold. The sale of season
tickets has far exceeded the expectations of
those having the matter in charge.
S. Ridley Parker of Amherst College is
home on a three weeks vacation. Joseph
Goodrich of Hardwick, a classmate, is his
guest. - Dan G. Richardson of Dart
mouth is at home for four weeks. -
who are attending the Moody School at
Mortified, Mass, are at home for three
weeks. - H. l.. Marshall of Auburn,
Maine, has been spending week with his
brother, G. f. Marshall. - Il. NJ. Has
kins, formerly of Moretown, but for the last
fourteen years living at Warren, Wis, is
spending the winter with relatives in town.
- Frank Graves of Swanton, principal
of the graded school at that place, is at
home with his wife and child for few days
vacation. - Rev. Mr.. Hazen and wife of
Richmond were in town last week the
guests of Rev. Mr.. Elliot. - n. p.
Wheeler, who travels through Canada for
the drug firm of Glare Sons of Montreal is
| in town till after New Years, visiting his
daughter, Miss Jessie NJ. Wheeler, ut the
house of Mr.. Frank Joslyn. - Nicholas
Breene, who works at Sharon, is at home for
a few days.
Waterbury Center.
Fred Smith of Minneapolis is visiting his
brother and sister here. 60 Charles Smith
and wife of Waitsteld were the guests oil
w. Il. Marshall last week. - Henry
Marshall from Maine is visiting here. ==
DIR. Cheney of Bates College visited the
Green Mountain Seminary last week.
Williamstown.
The granite business is brisk at the pres
ent tiIue and there is talk of an increase o
help.
Rev L. Tenney preached an interesting
Forefathers Day" sermon on Sunday
evening last.
Next Sunday Rev. Messrs. Tenney anC
Nanton will exchange pulpts. In tn,
evening the subject in the Methodist churcl
will be " Thoughts on the Old Year"
The Christmas festivities will be at th,
town hall on Wednesday evening, unde
the care of the Methodists. Everybody il
cordially invited to be present and bring
gifts.
Joel II. Shepherd died recently at an al
vanced age, after an illness of eleven hours