The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-16

| ing OF CnelSea was counsel Tor DuttOn, and
! N. l.. Boyden for the town.
Mrs. Louise Clark and Miss Winnie Par
| menter are the delegates elected by the
Sunday-school of the Second church to at
tend the state convention at Newport.
Rev. James Ramage of South Royaton
| supplied the First and Second churches last
Sunday, having exchanged with the pastor,
I Rev. O.. III. Morse. 80 Miss Coleman of
Norwich spent last week with Miss Mary
Dewey at Mrs. Kibbee's - Miss Lila
Partridge of Brockton, Mass, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Earl Gaylord. - A. w. Ed
son and family have returned to their home
at Worcester, Mass. - Mr.. and Mrs. G.
week. - Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Folansbee
visited at Stafford last week. - Mrs.
Annette Griswold is spending few days in
town. - Merton Griswold arrived in
town last Saturday, en- route for Amherst.
- Mrs. Lydia Reed, with her son,
Eugene Rice of Plainfeld, N. H., visited
friends in town last week.
Calais.
A. & e. A. Morse are filling their s4lo this
week.
Harvey Nelson is to cut a lot of logs for
j. V. r. Kent on his Woodbury. mountain
land.
Professor Il. A. Bishop of Montpelier de-
livered an able and interesting sermon to an
attentive and appreciative audience at
North Calais last Sunday.
The regular meeting of w. r.. Burnap
Camp, Sons of Veterans, and Stowe Relief
Corps will be held at Memorial Hall on Sat
urday evening, September 49,
Farmers were gratifed last week with
some fine weather for their harvesting.
The yield of grain promises to be good.
There is good crop of potatoes, but they
are rotting some.
Will ID. Peck carried off some of the
honors at the fairs with his Van Franklin
colt, taking first money in the special prem
ium for yearlings driven to harness at
Waitsfield, and first premium on yearlings
at Waterbury.
Chelsea.
j. A. r. Corwin has bought out G. p.
Dickenson's clothing department
Mrs. F. W. Jackson of Barre will open a
millinery store in Mrs. G. NJ. Hydes house.
about the first of next month.
The shoe-shop is now working about
twenty-five hands, with constant additions
to the number, and the outlook is very
favorable.
hotel is vastly improved by new coat of
paint, and the Congregational meeting
house is now being painted
Miss Mary A. Burbank has returned from
Randolph normal school on account of her
sisters illness. The latter has had a relapse,
but now seems to be slowly improving
There was quarterly meeting at the
Methodist church last Sunday, and Presid-
ing Elder Truax preached in the village
and ON the hill. There were four baptisms,
one being by immersion.
The system devised by II. L. BiXby, in
1880, for signaling the weather forecasts by
steam whistles, has been adopted by the
government weather bureau, with some
notifications to make it correspond with
the flag signals in use.
The grand union picnic on Brocklebank
HILL on Tuesday of last week, was a great
| success. We hear estimates of the atten-
dance all the way from twelve hundred to
six thousand, but fifteen hundred is prob
ably conservative figure. Speeches were
made, by ID c. Hyde in behalf of STAFFORD
by DIR. e. f.. Dean in behalf of Tunbridge,
by =. 5. Emery in behalf of Chelsea and by
Colonel G.. w. Hooker and S. b. Hebard
representing the world at large. Much
attention was paid to the granite lodges,
and good judges pronounce the stone in no
way inferior to the best Barre granite. 1t
now seems certain that the quarries will be
developed, and that a beginning will be
made this fall.
An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs Elmer G.
Reed died on Saturday at Smith Taylors
- George A. Tracy is clerking at the
Orange County hotel. - Robert w.
Laird has received an increase of pension.
- Mrs. G. F. ID. French has been
dangerously i'll with erysipelas, but is now
somewhat better. - Miss Eulie Il. Dut-
ton is clerking in the post-oflice, during
Miss Cooley's indisposition. - Albert
| W. Chandler has returned to town from
Olcott and will work in the shoe.shop, His
family will come soon. - Bert Allen
has returned to town.
There have been five deaths here within
a week.
Fred Rowel has moved into one of the
new houses on Depot hill, and is running
livery.
Oric Ball and Fred Bailey have opened
grocery store in Dell Fletchers building
and are doing well.
The new hotel was opened August 90,
with concert, dance and supper, which
was largely attended. The hotel is called
The Fullerton"
North Fayston.
David Brown found his bay mare dead in
the pasture recently. 1t is thought she was
accidentally shot. She had nice colt
about two months old A little more care
should be exercised in firing rifles.
The farmers have been busy getting in
their grain, etc, during the past few days.
oats are The best they have been for some
tlme. Potatoes are reported a good crop,
hut some are rctting. Winter apples are
SCdiNc anu III EOOl ueludnu.
The n. A. Stockwell farm was sold at
auction September II, to S. Il. Marble for
$500. - The schools are again in session
with Lillian Porter teacher in No 9 and
Flora Goss in No. 1. 80 Mrs. Il. Richard
son is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Gero, in
Barre. 80 l.. b. Eaton has gone to
Maine to visit his mother, and Fred Heaton
carries the mail. - Mrs. John Little,
who has been very sick, is better. -
Mrs. L. 4. Kimball and children of Tafts.
vile are visiting her father, w. S.
Chapman. - W. j. Fisher and wife
are happy over the birth of a daughter.
- Charles Corliss and wife are rejoic-
ing over the birth of a son.
Marshfield.
An infant daughter of Burt Batchelder
was buried Friday last.
Frank Northup broke his arm while play
ing in the school yard, last Friday.
The Methodist sociable will be held with
Mrs, Joseph Bullock on Saturday afternoon.
G. Il. Shepard took third money in the
green race at St. Johnsbury, last week,
with his sorrel gelding, "Pat Wheeler"
Six heats were trotted.