The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

the Colby house, which he has bought from
Mr. Graves. IS. Ridley Parker left on
Monday for Amherst to renew his studies
800 Mr.. John Parker has moved into his
new house on Winooski street. - Miss
Annie Palmer is very sick with peurisy
$500 Frank Hodges, who has been in
Massachusetts for the last few months,
selling honey, sugar and syrup. Is at home
with his family for few weeks. 80
Stephen Hodge is sick with consumption
and IL not expected to live long. =-= Mrs.
Harry Douglass is very sick and not ex-
pected to live.
Waterbury Center.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet with Mrs Il. b, Huse next
Saturday, January II.
donation will be given Rev. r.. B.
Fuller, Wednesday evening at the Sem
mary. Oysters will be served at the lodge.
The January session of the Huntington
Free Baptist quarterly meeting was held at
the Waterbury river church last Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. Interesting dis
courses were delivered by J NJ. Page of Lin
coin, Rev w. RI. LSster of Huntingdon II.
w. Cummings OF Middesex, f.. NJ Buker
and Rev. +. b. Fuller Of Waterbury Cen
ter. The Sunday school address was
given by Professor +. NJ. Buker, who also
preached Sunday. Meetings were held
Saturday and Sunday evenings at the Cen
ter church.
Rev. Mr.. Bartlett was i'll and unable to
preach on Sunday. - Mrs. ID. Hayes has
been spending few days at Stowe.
WiIliamstown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Nixon opened their
house last evening to the Congregational
ladies' socable.
The Central Vermont Railroad Company
relents enough to allow an extra train to
Barre of an evening, for fifty passengers.
Arthur Smith, who formerly lived with
William Witherel, and Of late has been in
Boston, came back here last week for visit.
George Edison has been sick abed with
the measles of late. Members of Melvin
Burnham's family are also i'll with the same.
THE Brooktield road " as it enters the
village, offers good sliding and great enioy-
ment. The granite boys and especially
the Scotch among them to whom the sport
is new, are making much of the opportunity.
Captain Milton Martin recently had taken
from his house something over 5000 in
money. Suspicion fastened upon lad
living in his family and doing chores, who
was arrested, and after a trial, was bound
over to the county court in the sum of $500.
People unfamiliar with the pay of granite
workers may be interested to know some
thing of it. Apprentices here have been
getting seventy-tive cents a day for the first
year and Sl.50 for the second aud last year
OF their apprenticeship. FlrSt-ClaSS Journey
men get from 81 50 per day, of niue hours,
and upwards.
George Wilbur, who is in the lfe-insur-
ance business, has been in Boston of late
80 Robert Gamble, James Crnikshank
and George Durkee of Barre have been
added to the force of granite-workers here.
- Will" Veazey, for some years in
II. D. Abbott's family, is still pursuing theo-
logical studies in Boston. He has mission
airy work in Africa in view. - Miss
Mary Abbott is a pupil in the st. Johnsbnry
Academy at present. - Miss Stella Mar
tin, it will rejoice her friends to hear, is
gaining in health, in Washington, d. G.
South Woodbury..
Jason Town is in very poor health. -
Alonzo Batcheder, of North Dakota, is WIS.,
ting here. - Mrs. George Lance, who
has been very i'll for long time, is a little
more comfortable at present.
Worcester.
Rev. NJ. II. Ryan has been presented with
anice watch and chain by his friends -
Remember the Grand Army meeting on the
nth - Joseph Ladd, an eminent aud
popular preacher in the Methodist church,
and Stephen Ladd, both of Illinois and
former residents of this town, brothers of @.
NJ. Ladd, are making tour OF the Holy
Land