The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27

The dance at the town hall Friday even
ing passed off very pleasantly, the company
| being large enough to make IL interesting.
Mr.. Gilmore and wife furnished the music
Jesse Thomas discovered female deer
Sunday, May 18th, while coming through
the woods from what is known as the Char
ley Sun place, and coming out near the Asa
Hathaway place now owned by Mr.. Smith,
and by her side was young fawn. On Mr.
| Thomas approaching it, she would walk
around her young, making bleating noise
similar to that of sheep and each time
around would move farther away.
f. e. Donahue has been in town for few
days. He is soon to go to Alabama. -
Miss Jennie Mayo went to the White Noun
tains on Monday, to work in Hotel Went
worth the coming summer. - b. j.
Stockwell and family have moved to Waits
field. - f. ID. Griffith is at work for Mr..
Trip, drawing logs.
MorrisvilIe.
The village is to adopt a system of sewer
age, which will be planned for and con-
structed part each year.
Rev. w. e. Allen OF Craftsbury will
preach at the Methodist church next Sun
day, in exchange with Rev. w. e. Douglass.
The free public library is becoming more
and more an appreciated institution. Fifty
dollars toward the fund was received from
| an unknown source last week.
Morrisvile furnishes three Memorial day
speakers-Hon. II. II. Powers at Spring
field, George NJ. Powers at Water bury Cen
ter, and Rev. p. b. Fisk at Cambridge.
A memorial sermon before Post Warner,
the Woman's Relief Corps and the Sons of
Veterans was preached by Rev. p. b. Fisk
on Sunday afternoon at the Congregational
church. On Saturday the usual services
will be held at the town hall and in the ceme-
terry, with Captain George W. Burleson OF
st. Adams as the speaker.
Tho officara of tha ipcornorotad ,,;IIaoo
as elected at the recent annual meeting,
are: President, A. A. Miles, clerk, w. H.
Robinson; trustees, G. w. Hendee, A. f.
Whitney, Seymour Harris, A. o. Gates and
Harlan p. Munson; collector and treasurer,
A. NJ Burke; auditors, H. A. Slayton, G.
w. Fitch and G. II. A. Stafford.
Northfield.
G. d. Sawyer has put in a small barn near
Fletcher's livery stable.
Nathaniel Houston died Saturday and
was buried Monday afternoon He had
been deranged for some time.
Mrs. j. p. Brooks died Thursday morning,
having been sufferer with cancer for many
years. The funeral was held Saturday at
two o'clock.
f. G.. Wheeler OF the Northfeld Manu-
featuring Company was quite seriously in
jured last Friday afternoon at Harris saw
mill by stepping into hole and falling.
The Good Templars will hold their lodge
meeting on Saturday evening of this week.
There will be sociable, and each member
OF the lodge is to invite two to be present.
The Middlebury College nine played our
University nine last Friday on the Univer-
sity grounds and won NY score of sixteen
to fifteen. Saturday the same nine played
on Riverside park and the cadets won by
nine to two.
Cross Brothers are building polishing
shop and engine house twenty-five by eighty
five feet between the saw-mill and the side
track near the bank of the river One of
their old boilers had been reftted and they
Will put in a new engine.
Elijah Winch died Friday forenoon at his
home at the Center. He had shock of
apoplexy some time ago and has been fail
ing since. Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon, Rev. 1. p. Booth officiating
The Masons attended in body.
The graded school closes this week. The
graduating exercises of the grammar school
department will be on Wednesday evening
and the high school on Thursday evening,
both in Concert hall The usual reception
will be held in Armory hall Friday evening.
Frank Plumley, Esq, was at Windsor
last week and is there this week attending
the United States district court. Pro-
lessor Q. w. Emerson of Boston arrived
here on Saturday. - Henry Ferris and
wife left on Monday for months visit in
Canada. - Mrs. Herbert Rice started on
Monday to join her husband at Monterey,
Mexico - Miss Hassett was able to re-
sumo her work in the grammar school room
last Monday.
Pittsfield
The sick ones are some better, while 9TH
ers are not so well.
Rev. H. A. Bushnell and family have
gone to West Enosburgh.
Rev. S. c. Vail and family have arrived
and are temporarily settled.
e.. A. NJ
is under way for immediate erection.
The fair held at the town hall last Friday
evening, under the auspices of the Ladies'
Aid Society, was complete success.
Plainheld.
Will A. Brown is fireman on the st.
Johnsbury & Lake Champlain railroad.
Roxbury.
Mr.. Henry Merrill of Danvers, Mass, is
in town.
II. c. Averil had the misfortune to lose a
val liable mare and colt last week. The
animals were found dead in the pasture.
Rev. G.. W. Ellison of Brentwood, n. H.,
formerly pastor of the Congregational
church here, is in town. Mr.. Ellison de-
livered lecture here last Friday evening
and preached here on Sunday.
Stowe.
Walter Bigelow is teaching in North Hyde
Park.
Memorial service was held at the Meth
odist church on Sunday.
; Memorial day will be observed by our
people generally. The Grafton will be at
the town hall in the afternoon by Captain
Austin of Barton.
A bear has been making havoc in flock
of sheep owned by John Gibbs in the south
east part of the town. A " dead-fall" was
: put in position and the bear entered the
same but made good his escape leaving a
quantity of hide and hair.
. Lanoille County Good Templars' Union
was held at Stowe on Thursday last. The
attendance was good and the session profit
able. A public meeting was held in the
: evening, which was addressed by Rev. l. p
Booth of Mortified. The band was in at.
l. tendance and added much to the entertain.
y ment.
The funeral of Henry, son of Orson Smith
now OF Waterbury, was held at Unity
: church on Wednesday of last week. The
band, of which the deceased was a mem
Der, attended in body in full uniform. The
Q band-stand was draped in mourning during
u the day. The family have the sympathy OF