The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

- Mr. ana MRS. George Lathrop and
Mrs. Harriet Pike from New Hampsbire.
Mr.. and Mrs Dana Williams and Mrs Jones
Ferris and son from Roxbury were in town
Thursday in attendance upon the funeral
OF Mrs. VanDusen. - Quite a numerous
company assembled at the home OF DR.. e.
w. Slayton, last Wednesday, to witness the
marriage Of his daughter, Miss Minnie, to G..
o. Lang OF Morrisvile. Wishes for a sue
cessful and happy future are freely extended
to the young people. - Windsor Gleason
OF Pennsylvania is visiting relatives in this
place. - Rev. and Mrs. II. E. johnson
are spending short time in Chittenden and
Brandon.
williamstown.
Rev. II. L. Thornton of Mortified will
preach at the Universalist church at two p,
NJ, next Sunday.
George Williams has lost valuable four
year-old colt and X. w. Demeritt has lost a
serviceable horse.
The Village Cemetery Association is busy
on the addition recently made to the ceme-
terry, fencing it, etc.
A farmer living near the north line OF the
town has contracted his wood for So per
solid cord, on the stump.
Mrs. Chauncey Lougee and Mrs. George
Savory were thrown from buggy recently.
and Mrs. Lougee was somewhat hurt by the
fall.
Rev. r. L. Bruce OF Springfield will lee
ture at the Methodist church on this WED
nesday) evening, his subject "a Trip to Ep-
WORTH England"
A singing class here for Willis III. Gale is
assured. The first session will be at the
Methodist vestry, Friday evening next at
seven O'Clock sharp.
Photographer Bixby of Chelsea has lust
added another to his Photographic views of
our village, showing specially the new
buildings at the north end of the place.
So abundant is the apple crop here this
season, that quite large quantities in some
instances are left by the farmers in their
orchards ungathered, or given away to
those who are willing to gather them.
There is some prospect that former res
ident, Oliver w. Martin, for some years
stone-cutter in Barre, will return to this
place to live. Their many friends will well
come the coming of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin.
Rev. r. L. Nantons subject for his Sun
day morning discourse will be, "The Vine,
the Branches, the Fruit" He will preach
at three o'clock P. M, at the Pratt school,
house, his subject to be 4" Paul and Christs
Idea of Childhood" In the evening there
will be union service at the Congregational
church.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. Nichols marriage and Mr.
Nichols fiftieth birthday, was observed by
friends on Tuesday evening. Harvey
L. Cheney has recently visited Boston and
Lowell. - Mrs. Mary j. Lothrop Crane
| has given up utI mere, anu Is 10 re-
side in East Randolph hereafter.
After quite long absence from town,
Charles Thompson has returned and is at
work as a tool-sharpener at the granite
sheds. - Brock Flint OF Chelsea is, ere
long, to discontinue work for j. X. Lynde
- James Cruickshank, Scotch gran
lite cutter, has recently come here from
Barre, and is in the employ of Bissett
Brothers. - Mrs. Chester Martin is in
Massachusetts for week or two
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friends in Waitsfeld and Warren.
House builder Charles Savage of Washing
ton is employed by the Williamstown Con-
struction Company on some of their new
buildings, and may, perhaps, take up his
abode here later. - Walter Flint finds
work in the carpet department of the store
in Newark, n. j., in which his brother
Myron is employed as bookkeeper. -
Don A. Earle is running an engine at
George Mann's quarry in Barre.
Waterbury.
David Manning is building house just
above j. l.. Roberts mills.
Carl Benedict has returned from st. AL
bans, where he has worked for year past.
Rev. Joshua Coffrin continues to grow
worse, and his youngest son has come to
assist in caring for him.
Rev. S. H. Wheeler preached in Charlotte
last Sunday, that being the place where he
is spending his vacation.
Rev. S. ii. Wheeler assisted last week at
the council which installed an assistant pas
tor for his father at South Hero.
George Warren has let his farm for one
year, with an optional lease for five years,
and has moved to Stowe to open livery
stable.
One of the asylum inmates eluded the
overseer and took French leave, last Satur-
day, while engaged in out-of-doors work
with others.
Mrs. ID. w. G.. Green, Mrs. Anton Landt,
Mr.. and Mrs. David Ring, Mrs. NJ Nj. Man
ming and Jesse Foster took in the excursion
to Boston yesterday.
w. Irving Covel, son OF Warren s. Co
veil, is going West, to teach winter term
of school near Princeton, Illinois, where
Horace Fdrnham taught last winter.
Among other evidences of productive
season, the fact may he cited that eleven
acres on the asylum farm yielded 800 bas-
kets of ears Of corn, and six acres 1000
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