The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-12-31

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E. L. Field and family arrived Thursday
from Boston. He returned Monda, and
Mrs. Field will remain awhile. =
Father Brelivet was engaged to sirg at a
concert in Ticonderoga, N. Y, Tuesday Of
this week, for the benefit of the Catholic
church there. - Miss Lizzie Hidden
came home Thursday and remained till
Monday, during recess of her school in
Barre. . Mrs. John Marsden of Gilbert
vile, Mass, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Wardner. - Mrs. l.. o. Sherbur,e Of
Enosburgh Falls is visiting relatives in
town. - Joseph Denny has returned
from visit to Worcester, Mass. His son
Homer and wife will come this week. g.
r. 7. Austin is at home from Brockton,
Mass, nursing crushed finger. Mfrs
T. e. Joubert of Haverhill, N. H., Is in
town, being called home by the illness of
her brother, Stillman Hatch, who has been
having hard run of pneumonia.
Gouldsville.
Dancingschool will be held Friday night
OF next week.
Mary, wife OF L.. G. Williams, died in the
hospital at Boston December 25 She had
had a tumor removed, and died from the
effects of the operation. The funeral look
place here Monday afternoon.
Mrs. j. III. Mayo visited here last week
- Herbert and Ernest Cross of Sping-
field, Mass, spent Christmas with their
parents. - William Forsyth and Miss
Myrtle Adams were married last Wedhes-
day evening at the home of the bride. Con-
gratulatiOns are in order. - CHARLES
Barre. - Mr.. and Mrs. Alden Rich Mr.
T. b. Sleeper and Mrs. L. L. Wiley
are visiting at Lyndonville. - Robert
O'Brien has moved into the Hornbrook
house.
Orange.
George Batchelder and Stella Pinney of
Randolph visited in town Friday.
A Christmas tree and exercises at the
church made pleasant time for the chill
dren.
Christmas was a gala day for the young
folks. j. M Lord was married at South
Ryegate on the 24th on the 25th John
of the parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs.
NJ. B. Curtis, and Fred Paige of Barre and
Lucia Hartman at f. G. Camps.
Plainfield.
Christmas exercises were very pleasant
and appropriate at both churches and the
trees yielded abundantly.
An axe in the hands of one of the men at
Harry Laird's mill glanced and slashed into
his foot splitting the great toe nearly the
whole length and neCessitating amputation.
DR.. Will LaZelle dressed the wound
Erwin E. Lombard who spent the summer
here with other friends from Boston, was
taken sick on his return to that city about
the middle of September and his health con-
tinued to fail until last Wednesday, when
he died of heart failure While he was here
last summer his father, the late n. G. LJm-
bard, died quite suddenly, and now that
vi has a tpn nf nf
has come to the bereaved family circle.
The deceased was very pleasant and con-
genial, and leaves many friends to mourn
his early departure. The funeral services
were held at his mothers home here last
Sunday, and the form was buried on the
new lot beside his father
Rev. G. p Taplin was called to Orange
on Christmas day to unite a couple in mar
rage. - w. S. Martin, Jr., is at home
from Tufts College for short vacation.
Randolph.
Dr. Noyes and Mr.. NJ Washburn of Alaska
are spending the winter here. Though they
are called neighbors out there, they are
about az far apart as from here to California.
They tell us big stories of that big country,
with its seals and Leuts," bears and wal
ruseS.
The Society of Christian Endeavor cele-
hrated its fifth anniversary by an evening at
the Congregational parsonage. Though the
mercury was at zero, and the wind made it
seem ten degrees colder, about fifty were
present. One part of the exercises was
unique but profitable. We CHOSE up"
and each side was asked twenty-five ques-
tions about Christian Endeavor history and
work. The umpire decided that each side
had answered twenty-four correctly, so he
called it " q tie."
Christmas was observed Wednesday even
ing at the Episcopal church and on Thurs
day at Normal hall. AT the latter the stu
dents appeared in costume. All sorts of
characters were represented, from Brother
Jonathan to suntlowers, daisies and snow
balls, including Lady Stuart, King Cole,
Nights Despair and Hope, Indians, Negroes,
Chinese, Turks, witches and owls. Good
old Santa Claus was put on trial, but
in spite of all that Josiah Allen and all his
kindred could say, though Old Grand
mother Grievous did add some pretty s,ri.
Gus points, the audience generally agreed
that the two loaded trees acquitted him,
and applauded his promise to come again.
West Randolph.
The West Randolph Dramatic Club will
present drama in about one month.
Thomas Connolly has been earring pota-
toes. Seventy-tive cents per bushel was
paid.
Salisbury's mill will shut down the first
three days in January, in order to take an
invoice.
The annual business meeting and supper
of the Congregational church occurs Thurs
day evening in the society's new vestry,
Thirty three pouches of mail were received
and thirty-fve dispatched at the post.ofiice
in this village December "A and 25-the
largest amount ever received or dispatched
in one day.
Mrs. Ernest Boyden and Miss Emma T.
Smith from Boston are with their mother
for few days. - Mrs. ii. M. Duiur and
Mrs. Il. Il. Hutchins are in Boston taking
care of II. II. Hutchins, who is sick. -
George Prince is hauling from his mountain
lot a number Of logs for his own use in the
production of his butter tubs.
Roxbury.
There was no public observance of Christ
mas here, but there were several trees at
private residences.
Rev. Mr.. Howard will preach at the Con.
gregational church next Sunday. - f.
W. Roys was at home from his work in
Massachusetts, during Christmas week.
- Miss Addie Dunsmoor has returned
to the hospital at Burlington for further
treatment. - Ben amin G.. Persons is
quite ill. - Mrs G. W. circuit is visit
ing her friends at West Randolph. -
Miss Lizzie Butterfield has been awav