The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-10-08

- Miss Stella White of Rutland is visit
ing at Ambrose Batchelder's. 80 Rev.
Leonard Tenney of Waterbury was called to
ofiiciate at the funeral of Thomas Wilson on
Friday. 80 Mrs Ursula Howe is more
than holding her own and indications are
favorable for her recovery. 80 Arthur G.
Averill and family have gone to Boston,
where they are to reside for the winter.
80 l.. A. Gale has moved his family
here from Gilmore and will live in part
of the house occupied by DR.. II. l.. Gale,
his son. He will engage in the lumber
business.
Bradford.
The fine weather of the past few days
causes the faces of our farmer friends to
wear smile
Rev. A. j. Hough, chaplain of the house
of representatives, was in town on Thursday
to attend the funeral of Lewis r. McDuffee.
80 Mr.. II. X. Worthley returned on
Saturday from visit to Cornish. 80
William T. Carter of st. Johnsbury was in
town last week visiting friends. -
Mary Fulton is teaching a successful term
of school in her own district.
Braintree.
Potatoes are selling from forty to forty-five
cents bushel when delivered at the cars;
eggs, TWENTY-FIVE cents dozen, with pros
pect of being higher before long.
Dorsey Eddy and his wife have finished
| work for G. b. Mann. 80 Lora Hutchin-
! son has returned home from Concord, n.
II. She is convalescing from typhoid fever
Brookfield.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Second
! church will meet at their rooms on Thurs
day afternoon Of this week.
A good delegation from town attended
| the fair at Tunbridge last week. The
Brookfield cOrnet band received the second
premium, $50, Bethel taking the first.
Rev George Boyington preached at the
Second church last Sunday morning and at
the First church in the afternoon. Rev. S.
l.. Bates supplied the churches at East
Braintree Hill in exchange with Mr. Boy
| ington, preaching and administering the
communion sacrament.
Marcia Peck has not yet recovered so as
to be able to return home from Peak 5
| Island. Her physician thinks she may re-
turn in two weeks. - George Crane of
| Williamstown, who has been suffering from
rheumatic fever and its effects for the last
three months, was able to visit his mother
in town last week. - Mrs. Susan At
well of Plainfield is a guest of DR.. V. G.
Goodrich. - Mr.. and Mrs Fletcher of
northern New York are guests of Deacon
William Graves. - Miss NJ. A. Brown
of Athens, Ga, with her sister, Mrs. Emma
Crawford of Northtield, recently visited
friends in town. Miss Brown will visit a
niece in New Hampshire, and expects to re-
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friends of Mrs. Clara Dyer Harvey, now OF
Royalton, will be panied to learn that she
has buried her youngest child. - Fred
Smith of Ashburnham, Mass with his little
daughter, visited his mother, Mrs. Daniel
Smith, last week. - Mrs. Frank Nc
Whorter of Barre spent day last week
with her invalid sister, Mrs. Freeman.
Cabot.
October 10 is the time limited for paying
taxes to the town treasury.
Addison Laird has sold his farm, stock
and tools to his son Allen, and has bought
the place owned and occupied by the late
Noah Clark at the north end of Main stree
in the village.
William Smith, representative from Roy
alton, spent last Saturday and Sunday with
friends in town. He was an old-time resi-
dent of this town, and his presence a
church reminded some of the old people o
the congregation strongly of the gray hea(
of his venerable father fifty years ago
b. G. Rogers, of the firm of Wells & Rog
ers, is in Boston purchasing their fall stock
of goods. - Representative GoOdspee'
} of Montgomery spent Sunday with hi
brolher-in-law, George Kimball. - Mis-
Mary Martin, who teaches in the Danvill
graded school, passed Sunday with he
| aunt, Mrs. E. G. Haines.
Calais.
, MIS-, a. Nj. Bunnell OF Ottawa, ont
daughter of Allen Morse of this place, wit
a her three children, had a narrow escap
from perishing in the flames of their burn
ing house last week. They were awakened b
q smoke in their room about five O'Clock in tn
: morning, and Mr.. Bunnel FASTENED to tir
alarm box near by to give the alarm BE
fore he could return, the stairway leadin
:, to the rooms above, where the family SLEPT
= was a mass of flames and escape that wa
= was cut off. The family was finally rescue
from a window eighteen feet from tn
! ground, two of the children in an uncor
: scious condition, but by prompt medica
. assistance they were resuscitated.
: East Calais.
i On account of an unexpected delay
; getting the order for harvest music file,
! the service which was to have been hel
: last Sunday was postponed one week.
: West Concord.
: "The measles " is the prevailing ep
Il demic here.
If Saturday was bad day for colts. a val
+ able colt owned by j. II. Wabrdge WI
h gored by bull in his back PASTURE and /
D A Josyn's fine four-year-old was throw
n from the railway track and killed.
=, North Fayston.
II Eli Wheeler has moved his mother
) Moretown. - Mrs. Annie Pusnett CT
e New York city. - Lewis Shontelle
>, moving to Moretown. - A bert NortC
Il is moving on to the G. McElroy place
II - Charles Grandfeld has bought ON
II half of his fathers lumber business and hi
n moved in with his father. - w.
Grandfeld has moved in to E. A. Davi
n house. 80 Mr.. and Mrs. g. b. Marble "a
III visiting friends here. - l.. ID. Ingal
from Gouldsvlle has been visiting frien
in here.
20 Hardwick.
- Hardwick band attends the Grand Arm
o reunion at the Morrisville fair ground TIA
T.. week.
lie Rev. II. W. Worthen, pastor Of the Met
Or odist church, is announced to deliver a IL
s. ture here next Friday evening on the su
Ii ject of " Masonry in the East" The lt
of ture will be free to all, and everybody
ia cordially invited to attend.
re A change in railroad time for some trai
II. went into effect Monday morning By t
rd change the Hyde Park train going cd
er leaves this station at Il: "A A. NJ, about thT
= quarters of an hour earlier than before, al
as arrives at St. Johnsbury at s: 80.
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