The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-23

fine building lot and is to build house on
1t. - The personal property belonging
to the late Charles Morse is to be sold at
| auction the Goth.
West Randolph.
Levi Needham has opened barber.shop
in the third story over Il. A. Thomas store.
- Charles Steele is working for G, w,
Hayward - Julius Flint Of Boston,
who has been spending a two weeks vaca-
ton here, has returned. - II. j. KIM
ball and family, who have been spending
the summer at their beautiful home, Mon
tague place." returned to New York Friday
morning. 80 Martin Tewksbury has been
making extensive repairs on his house.
- Fred Huntington of Boston is in
town. - Master Morgan Evans, who
has been the guest of Charles Mccall for
some time, has returned to New York.
- About ninety from this place at
tended the fair at Mortified. - Elmer
Bean has bought w. c. Cushman's barber
shop. - Harry Beedle is home from Rye
Beach, where he has been spending the
summer. - Rev. w. A. Rice, colored
preacher of Boston, spoke to large audi
ence in the Methodist church Thursday
evening. - Frank w. Sault of Burling-
ton begins his labors for w. s. s. Buck this
week. 60 Lena Spaulding was home from
Chelsea over Sunday.
East Roxbury.
Avery Ladd is convalescent. - Hon.
Samuel Everts Of Cornwall, the veteran
postmaster Che has held the Office for forty
two years in succcssion), visited at Fl. P.
Abbott'S last week. - Florence Hall a
miss of ten years, received first premium on
white bread at the fair last week. -
Peck IL Bowman, Warren Williams, S. H.
Allen and II. p. Abbott exhibited sheep at
the Mortified fair and received several of
the awards. 60 Aaron Webster is set
ting out an acre of strawberry plants this
fall.
South Ryegate.
The third annual fair of the Ryegate
and Wells River Dairymen's Association
was held here on Wednesday and Thursday
of last week. The exhibition of horses was
quite large, and the other departments were
well represented Dinner was served in
large tent by the ladies of the two Presby-
terrain churches. The South Ryegate Band,
which has just received new uniforms, fur
nished music. A baby show was one of the
features of the fair. The attendance was in
the vicinity of 1000 each day.
Shady Rill.
Rev. f. E. Dawson of Brockton, Mass,
made short visit at this place last week
and preached Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings. - Rev. Loren Bixby is to
preach at the church next Sunday, Septem-
Der 27.
At recent wedding in this town, it is al
legged, the bride was but thirteen years old.
AS Mrs. K S. Warren and Mrs. r s.
Warren were returning from funeral in
Morrlstown, the horse stumbled breaking
the bit. The horse ran some distance but
was finally stopped without injury to either
of the ladies'.
Waitsfield.
The hotel property has been sold to
of III .;
sideration, 81, 300.
1t is expected that Rev. Mr.. Hazen of
Northfield will occupy the pulpit of the
Congregational church next Sunday.
A little child of Mrs. Wright daughter of
George Ainsworth), formerly of this place.
was brought here for burial last week.
Mrs. Patience Thayer, who has lived with
her daughter, Mrs. Hollis Mehuron, was
buried in the Irasville cemetery, Thursday.
There will be meeting at the Congrega-
tlonal church vestry, next Saturday even
ing at Z: 30 o'clock to see about making ar
engagements for singing school here this
winter, and everybody who is interested
ia vocal music is especially invited to be
present
East Warren.
Two weeks of beautiful harvest weather
has made the farmers smile, and harvest
ing small grains is well completed. Many
haVe ChIesneu, anu tne ylelu Is good and
quality fine. Corn is nearly out of the way
OF frost-spd the growth is good. The pas
lures are holding out nicely, there is an
abundance offall feed. The potato crop is
quite good and yield very satisfactory.
Some complain NQf rot, but not bad. -
me widow of Rufus Ihayer died last week,
and her funeral was held Friday conducted
by Rev. John Buzzell. - a little daugh-
ter OF Frank Carpenter was very severely
hurt by being run over, last week
Waterbury.
An auction sale of the personal effects of
secondhand. clothing dealer Eoisselle varied
the monotony of market-day, last Monday
One of our leading farmers says that his
crops this year have been larger tGan any
others he has harvested during his thirty
six years residence in town.
The removal of the staging from MIR.
McIntosh's new house renders still more
apparent the fact that it is to be a great
addition to the attractiveness of our beauti-
full village.
Luke Roberts has built a carriage house,
George G. Demmon a shop and c. b. Clark
barn. Deacon Haines is also to build a
new barn on the site of the one recently
torn down.
The thunder-showers of last week were
unusually sharp and violent. A bolt of
lightning came 81 near Mrs. William
Cooley as to render her unconscious for a
long time.
The shoe shops at Burlington and the
asylum at Waterbury threaten to make
female help scarce article in this section
Oh, for the cooperative housekeeping of
Belamys Looking Backward"
The Congregationalsts have lately been
sampling different kinds of preaching,
Rev Mr.. Wheeler having had several sup
plies. Last Sunday he exchanged with Rev
Mr. Fisk of Waitstield.
The meetings held at the Congregational
church, last Thursday and Friday, by
Evangelist Walbridge, were fairly well
attended. General appreciation was given
to Mr.. Walbridge's sermons. He is an
earnest man, and calculated to do good.
George ID. Glover. leader of the Mozart
Quartette of Boston, will sing a solo at the
Methodist church next Sunday morning,
and assist at the praise service in the EN-
ing. Mr.. Glover is on a wedding tour, and
is guest of his brother-in-law, f. G. Mille..
1t has been many years since there has
been a series of religious meetings in the
village, which have been favored with
anything like general attendance. With
all the material improvements, ought not
there to be an aggressive movement by all
tha moral farpaa N tho nj