The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-28

pected instead that Rev l. p. Booth will
preach here the following Sunday.
Mrs. William Hudson is on the sick list.
- Horace Steele lost a valuable colt re.
Gently. 60 Jessie Knapp has recovered
from the measles. Mrs. j. e. Goodenough
is convalescent Six children in the family
OF Benjamin Warren are sick with the
measles.
Moretown.
Father Brelivet held mass at the Catholic
church last Sunday.
There was a school exhibition and Spirit
ualist fair at Belden's hall last Saturday
night. Quite a delegation of young people
from this village attended. The entertain
ment consisted of speaking by the scholars,
vocal and instrumental music, grab bags,
etc.
A son of Charles Corliss of Duxbury,
while at work in the woods on his fathers
farm, in company with Neill boy, his
cousin, was instantly killed by tree or
limb falling on him and crushing in his
head. He was only fourteen years old, and
the Neill boy was twelve.
Messrs. Bruce and Parcher are to erect
new school.house on the line between More
town and Duxhury next spring, as the old
one is not large enough to hold the More
town scholars with what go from DuXbury.
1t is to be % by 80 and two stories high, and
is to be ready for use by September l.
Miss Hall, niece of ID. G. Holt, from Dick
inson, n. Y, who has been stopping in
town for some few months, has returned
home. - Mr.. Trip has hired three
more men from Waitsfield with their teams
to draw logs. 80 Mr. l.. Wilcox and wife
were called to Stowe on Friday last to at
tend the funeral of Freeman Smith, Mrs
Wilcox's uncle. He had been a long time
sufferer from paralysis until death ended
his sufferings The funeral took place Sum
day last.
Morgan.
Repairs on the church are progressing
finely.
|. g. Taylor had second shock of par
alysis January 10 and was unconscious to
the time of his death on Tuesday. He
leaves wife and seven children to mourn
the loss of loving husband and father He
was highly respected
Il. F. Moore is going into the overall
business. - K. X. Lord has moved to
his home farm.
Morrisville.
The Congregational ladies' will meet with
Mrs. 7. X. Gleed on Friday afternoon and
evening next.
Colonel Sanford, in his humorous lecture
on travel in China and Japan, is the next
in the winter course.
The new brick block at the corner OF
Maine and Portland streets is now all &C.
cupied on the ground floor.
Rev. p. b Fisk of the Congregational
church lectured last week at Essex juno
ton and Wolcott on - he Cost of a Boy"
A village meeting is called for next Mon
day night for the purpose of amending the
bylaws to govern the licensing of pedders,
auction men, transient tradesmen, etc,
with which the village has been overrun
for some months past, as no license has
been exacted heretofore.
Mortified.
The Odd Fellows are to hold special
meetings this week and next on Thursday
evening.
Hon. j. o. Booth is to deliver another
public temperance lecture in the Univer-
salist church next Sunday evening under
the auspices of the Good Templars' lodge.
The regular quarterly election of the Good
Templars' lodge occurs on Friday evening
of this week. They have voted to use the
competitive system in the lodge work for
the coming quarter.
The annual meeting of the Mortified
Construction Company will be held at the
Office of the clerk G. ID. Edgerton, next
Monday afternoon at two O'Clock. There
should be a large attendance, as action is to
be taken in regard to building more gran
lite sheds this spring.
Last week Tuesday evening the officers
II, were installed by Grand Master George
| w. Wing of Montpelier. At eight o'clock
the members marched from Masonic hall in
| Central block to Concert hall, where the
| public exercises were held. A large num-
| Der were present and the impressive cere
monv was listened to attentveiy. After
| the formal service was concluded, Grand
| Master Wing delivered an able address on
THE True Spirit of Masonry" Attn close
| the lodge reformed and marched to their
! hall.
Miss Flora Huntley has returned TO Barre
| to her position as book keeper for her uncle
| Asa Harrington. Wellie Wright and
Misses Emily Stebbins and Vira Pingree
are setting type in the job department OF
the NcWS Office. e. Bert Holton is very
! i'll with typhoid fever al Barre where he has
been with his brother.in law, II. NJ. Hous
ton. BY the latest report he is somewhat
better. - Charles Henry, who has been
running as fireman on the Ogdensburg &
Lake Champlain division, has been trans
| ferTed to the way freight running betweer
St. Adams and White River Junction
Orange.
School in district No. 2, taught by Lucy
j. Smith, a graduate of the normal schoo
at Randolph, closed last Friday. She wa'
successful as teacher and bids fair to be
come one of the best She goes to SOul
Dakota in February, where she has schoo
engaged Tor the next summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Gave of Barre ar,
staying with Il. p Lord, Mrs Caves father
Mr.. Cave has been quite i'll. 80 Tit
youngest child of Mrs. Saprona Coffin diet
at Manchester, N. H., last week 1t wa
brought here for interment. - Cheste
Tillotson and wife of East Montpelie
stopped with friends in town Saturda.
night. They were going to Fairlee to atten'
the funeral of Mrs. Piper, Mrs. Tillotson'
sister.
East Orange.
The Union church is to be dedicated Jan
uary 29th.
Miss Jennie Colby returned home iron
Seminary Hill, Montpelier, last Friday, il
with measles, and Miss Davis accompanies
her. Miss Davis probably will be dow
soon with the same disease.
The remains of Mrs. Sarah Chuhb, VIII
died in Hardwick on the 18th inst, wer
brought here for interment on the followin
Thursday. Denison Chubb her son. wit
whom she lived, and Mrs. Rodney Lund
her daughter, OF Boston accompanying tn
remains.
Mrs. j. M. Smith returned from visit I
friends in Washington on Sunday. 80 II
Il. Davis has returned home after spendin
Gavaral wapkS with friends i'm WashinptOI