The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-03


Plny Parker was married to widow Char
lotte Spaulding last week.
PIainfieId
A new granite company has just been
found here by A. e. Snow and Hugh
ORourke.
Ezekiel Skinner has sold his house on
School street to Mrs. Ellen Batchelder, but
is to hold possession until the first of No
vember.
Mrs Lupien was brought home last week
and is rapidly recovering from the injuries
received by the runaway accident on Maple
Hill some two weeks since.
Rev. Mr.. Van Giesen, a late graduate of a
divinity school, preached at the Congrega-
tiona church last Sunday, and has been
engaged to supply the pulpit for the present.
The residence of Walter Page and the
double tenement house on School street, re-
Gently purchased by J.. f. Fortney, have
been greatly improved in appearance by
paint.
The Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor is to have strawberry social at
the vestry of the Congregational church on
Monday evening" June 8, to which all are
cordially invited.
Joseph Shorey, a veteran of the late war,
died at his home in this village at an early
hour Monday morning of last week, aged
sixty-six years. The funeral services were
held last Wednesday at the Catholic church
| III mOUUDelleT, w. W. mdTUln posi- u. n.
r., of which the deceased was a member,
was we'll represented at the funeral and the
officers and members reformed the solemn
yet beautiful rites of their ritual at the
grave. The bereav9d family circle have
the sympathy of the community.
South Randolph.
The grass crop looks very promising
through this valley. More than the usual
quantity of corn has been planted, and
hnnn a xxytl1 yn
buying so much western product.
Mr.. l.. d. Monkey of Tunbridge was in
town May %. -C G. p. Folsom and wife
visited in Tunbridge last week. - Hor-
ace Clifford, wife and daughter inertia, who
have been in California the past three
arrived at their old home the past week
Mr.. Gifford's health has been quite
poor for the past year, and will try YER
mont air a while. - Mrs. Evans Stevens
has been quite seriously i'll recently. -
Mr.. S. j. Jones and wife Of Brattleboro Wis
tied friends in this vicinity recently. -
Darwin Paul, who formerly resided in East
Bethel, but is now living with his grandson
in Brattleboro, spent few days with
friends about his old home recently He is
upwards of eighty years of age. -
Charles Belknap has put up a nice set of
outbuildings in connection with his house.
- Miss Melissa Green has been con-
fined with a serious illness the past three
WcthSb Dub 10 SlOWly Improving.
Mrs. Ira Henney is quite seriously i'll with
heart trouble. - Fred Fowler and wife
have returned home to his fathers from
Worcester, Mass His wife is very low
with consumption.
West Randolph.
The tenth annual graduation exercises OF
West Randolph High School, class of 81,
was held in Dubois and Gays hall on Fri
day evening. The class-day exercises were
| auditorium 'TbnrQHaU az
ing. The programme is as follows: Prayer,
Rev. j. j. Cooper music, high school quar-
tette; roll-call, Harold M. Thompson; pres
entation speech, Nellie f. Fisk; response
from 49, Carrie 1. Tewksbury; music, solo,
Harriet Brewster, 80; Grafton, American
Genius" Ernest G. Burridge; essay, Rome
was not Built in a Day." Ada l.. Lamson;
class chronicles, Alice F. Hatch; music,
high school quartette; prophecies j. Win
nifred Parmenter; farewell from '92, Pearl
r. Drake. The programme for graduation
evening was as follows: Prayer, Rev. NJ.
Morrow: music, orchestra; essay, . A Sin
gle Idea," Harriette A. McBride grafton,
Architecture" Carroll II. Pratt; solo,
"Down by the Sea-beat Shore" Charles E.
Wood; essay. " Hills peep Ger hills and
Alps on Alps arise" Matte B. Holdridge;
grafton, Free Education" Irwin L. Chad
wick; poem, The Legend of Sunset HILL"
Minnie l.. Clark piano solo, Clara A. Du-
Bos essay Mary Stuart" NJ. Lucina
Saxton; grafton, " Reciprocity" Agar f.
Carleton. A class ode written by Kate A.
Connolly and music set by Charles E. Wood
was sung. With a few well-chosen words,
Professor Whitehill addressed the class,
after which the diplomas were presented,
Thus closed one of the most successful
graduations in the history of the school.
The graduates and their respective courses
are as follows: College Preparatory--Algar
Ethelbert Carleton nglish-Ernest George
Burridge Katharine Agnes Connolly, Car
roll Henry Pratt, Irwin Leslie Chadwick,
Nellie ENERGY Fisk, Harold Murray Thomp-
son, Charles Ezra Wood; Latin Scientific
Minnie Lucretia Clark, Alice Frances Hatch,
Ada Lorette Iamson Julia Winniefred
Parmenter, Clara Adelaide Dubois, Matte
b. Holdridge, Harlette Allen Mcbride,
Mary Aurelia Peck, Mary Lucna Saxton.
, Immediately following the graduation exer-
t cises the classes of 80 and 81 held ban
quet in the Red Lion Inn. Here about
forty-tive young people were assembled.
After the feast, toasts were given by repre-
sentatives of both classes.
. Professor Whitehill is at Greensboro
= pond, fishing. - Mr.. and Mrs. Hold
l ridge from Irasburgh were in town last
g week. - Mrs. John Hobart is visiting in
+. Cambridge, Mass. Mrs. William Wall
< and daughter in Boston. - l. l.. Chad.
i wick is working in Bucks printing office.
: Richmond.
5 The Champlain Association of Universal
j. lists will hold its annual session in the
Church of the Restoration in Richmond
, Wednesday and Thursday, June II and IS.
5 The young people of the Church of tn,
n Restoration will give a strawberry party il
. the vestry Thursday evening, June II, wher
y the operetta of Grandmas Birthday will bt
: given.
a Tunbridge.
!, 1t is reported that the Secondary Advent
il lists are to hold tent meetings at North Tun
= bridge soon.
!, " Children's day" comes in two weeks
d the second Sunday in June-and is to b.
9 observed in the usual way.
:, The teachers of the town expect to atten,
u the county institute at West Randolph
% % Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of thi
70 week.
a The Grand Army and the citizens listene,
to very thorough and interesting address
on Memorial day, given by Lawyer Darling
OF Chelsea.
u 1t is reported that Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. S
Smith, who are well known in this town