The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-12-09

ing with singing by the choir and benedic
ton by Rev. w. II. Wight. All dispersed
greatly pleased.
Mrs. Amos Ellis is slowly recovering
from her illness. - Mrs. Albert Vose
and Mrs. George are ON the sick list. -
DR.. Fred Brigham has gone to Burlington to
attend medical lectures.
Plainfield.
Mrs George Wheat is sick with pneu.
monia. - Last Saturday suit was tried
at the office of o. l.. Hoyt, Esq which
lasted through the day and well into the
evening-John Mansfield V. G. T.. McCrillis
The former had worked for the latter, and
the suit was brought to secure payment
Hoyt for plaintiff and f w. Bisbee OF
Barre for defendent. Verdict for the plain.
tiff. - John Mansfield and family have
moved to East Montpelier. - John
O'Rourke, of the granite firm of John
O'Rourke & Co., returned last Saturday
from a trip of several days soliciting orders
for monumental work. He met with good
success, and brought with him a span of
beautiful dapple grays, which he took in
exchange for work. This company is doing
some fine work, and may they succeed in
building up the granite business here.
West Randolph.
C. f. Wood has secured a position in the
store of ID. Nichols, Roxbury, and will be-
gin work this week. - The regular meet
ing for the election OF officers of the Grand
Army post was held last Friday evening,
- Frank Wadleigh is again in the
meat business, having bought OF Whitelaw
a. Pope the market which he sold to them a
short time ago. - Mrs. V. A. Grant OF
Pittsfield has been in town during the past
week, the guest of Mrs. S. l.. Gladding
- The ladies of the Methodist church
held sale and supper in their vestries
Thursday afternoon and evening. -
Hot candy and cake was served at ID. K.
Godings candy store, Friday evening, by
the Congregational society. - Mrs. j.
w. Carleton went to Troy, n. Y, last week
to visit "A sister who lives there. 60 Miss
Alice Hatch is working in Bethel.
The high wind of Friday night and Satur.
day did considerable damage to the tele.
phone lines between here and the surround.
ing towns. - Miss Name Moulton is
visiting friends in Springfield, Mass.
Roxbury.
An unusually large number attended the
sewing society at Mr.. Ira Roys' last Thurs
day, some of the young people remaining in
the evening.
At the annual meeting of the Sabbath
school, last SUNDAY, L. T.. Cram was elected
uperintendent, Lee Wiley assistant, and
Charles Wiley clerk.
Sunday-school children, last Sunday, at
tracted a good audience and was an I'M
doubted success, most of the children doing
remarkably we'll.
Billings Spalding has just received a
handsome monument from Scotland. 1t is
of Scotch granite, and it is to be finished
with Barre granite base. When set, the
monument viii probably be the finest in the
county.
Report sayeth that fox distracted ten
large turkeys from the flock of G. l., Ellis,
one night last week. Surely this fox pos
sessed not only the fullest cunning of his
race, but also the prudence of the ant, who
layeth up her store for the winter
While Eugene Flint was preparing to
move to Stowe, his wife had the misfortune
to step through hole from which the stove
pipe had been removed, breaking two ribs
and infiicting severe bruises. Consequently,
their departure is indefinitely postponed.