The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-16

town, visiting Mrs. William Sawyer, Mr.
Walkers sister.
Mortified.
c.. d. Edgerton is correspondent and
agent for the WATCHMAN, and items and
payments can be left with him. ONCE in
Paine's block.
Rev. w. S. Hazen exchanged Sunday
with Rev. e. S. Fs1e, pastor of the Congre-
gational church at Waits6eld.
The railroad company is building wire
netting fence on the east side of the track
north of this village, and posts have been
set as far as the dry bridge.
The Good Templars are to have a lawn
social at the residence of Mr.. b. j. Reed, on
Main street, Friday evening of this week.
Each member of the lodge is to invite a
friend.
Mrs. Albert l.. Johnson died Tuesday night
OF consumption. Funeral services were held
Thursday morning at the house, Rev. |. p
Booth officiating, and the body was taken
to West Topsham for burial. She was
thirty-siX years Of age
The bridge over the river near Calvin
Farnsworth's farm is completed. The stone
work was done by Leonard Pearsons and
Augustus Boardman, and the wood work
was in charge of w. II. II. Clahin. 1t seems
to be an excellent piece of work
Last Tuesdays storm did considerable
the West hill and in the southeast part of
the town were injured. In this village the
damage was confined to shade trees, of
which many were blown over or broken
A tree about two feet in diameter, of the
species called balm of gilead, standing in
front of 7. j. Houston's house on Union
street, was blown down into the yard and
the roof injured by the branches. On nearly
every street trees were broken down.
j. c. B. Thayer and his son Harry, with
their families, spent Sunday in Burlington
80 Miss Libbe Whitmarsh returned
Saturday from Tunbridge, where she has
been visiting for several weeks. 80 Miss
Addie Cobleigh is visiting in Montpelier.
80 Mrs. Maggie Markham went to Con-
cord, n. H., Monday, to work in a printing
office.
Plainfield.
Will Martin is at home from Tufts Col
Iege Tor the summer vacation.
Rev. L. f. Fortney will preach in the
Universalist church next Sunday at one
o'clock p. NJ
Rev. q. II. Shinn and son Eddie of
Omaha, Neb., made a brief visit, last week
at the home of Rev. l.. f. Fortney, who is a
half brother of Mr.. Shinn.
There will be village meeting at the
school-house next Monday evening at half
past seven o'clock to choose a bailiff and
death of the late n G. Lombard
Mrs. Andrew Emerson died of heart dis
ease Tuesday morning of last week, and Mr..
n. &. Lombard quietly passed away in the
evening of the following day. The funeral
services of Mrs. Emerson were held on
Wednesday and those of Mr.. Lombard ON
Friday.
Mrs. Lydia Smith of Williamstown, aged
eighty-siX years, recently visited her son.
Ilw 1. ..ff -. II.
be persuaded to extend her visit beyond the
second day, on account of her dairy ut home,
in which she takes as great an interest as if
she were young farmers wife of twenty
five,
South Randolph.
L. II. Abbott lost a valuable horse a few
days ago.
Many farmers will finish haying in this
locality this week.
The oat crop seems to be recovering from
the rust, and may be good one yet.
H. NJ. Smith, who is ninety-two years of
age, is very poorly and seems to be failing
gradually.
Bees have not swarmed to any extent in
this locality this summer and very little
box honey will be had.
Arthur Luck has been confined to his
house with malignant sore throat for the
past week, but is improving.
Charles p. Whitney of Fitchburg, Mass.
spent few days at c. G.. Whitney's re-
Gently. - Mrs. Elizabeth Folsom of
Tunbridge, who is eighty-five years of age,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. G. S. Paine.
- Mrs. Laura Burnham has returned
from Brattleboro, where she has been stop
ping for some weeks. - Hon. Homer n
Hebard and two daughters of Chicago, ILL.,
spent few days with friends in East Bethel
and vicinity. He was a former resident.
- Sadie Kent and Carrie and Amy
Paine have gone to the White Mountains to
do table work at the Mount Pleasant house.
West Randolph.
Ira Williams has been granted an increase
of pension. - Will Bruce is home from
Boston. j. f. Cushman of Burling-
ton, the nominee for states attorney of
Chittenden county, was in town the first of
the week on business. 60 Bessie Standish
is in town from Fayetteville, n. y. -
Ada Fits and a friend from Boston are in
town. 80 Misses Mamie and Alice Gas
kell and Mr.. and Mrs. Story of Philadelphia
are spending the summer in town. The
latter are at Idleton cottage - Colonel
Robert Kimball was in New York last week.
So Kingsley Jones held an auction of