The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-02-25

TlBnJ Cneek last week Wnlle leeulnR MT.
Trips lath machine. - Karl Knapp of
was in town over Sunday visit
ing friends. 80 Frank Griffith went to
Bolton o., Saturday to visit his oldest daugh-
ter, Mrs. Tracy. 60 Grace Moulton was
in Middlesex and Barre during the past two
weeks visiting friends.
Morgan.
The voters are talking of going back into
the old district system of roads at the COM
ing March meeting.
Ten births, three marriages and eleven
deaths in town the last year
Mrs 1. G. Taylor is expected home from
Massachusetts, the Dist 80 Mrs. Levi
Pearsons is very sick. Mrs. Rood is i'm
proving. 60 Mrs. Martin Moore is home
from Holland where she has been teaching.
Mortified.
A valuable COW belonging to e. Huntley
died last Thursday.
The juvenile temple will meet this week
Saturday afternoon at two o'clock
The bound volumes of the session laws
have at last arrived and are at the town
clerks Office for distribution.
S. II. Kent has bought Edison Kimbal's
house at the south end of Main street and
MIR. Kimball is to move to Massachusetts.
A fine electrotype cut OF Frank Plumley
Esq, can be found on the first page of the
February number of the Temperance Her
aid.
The winter term Of the graded school
closes this week for vacation of two
weeks Room No. 3 will continue through
next week to make up for time lost at the
beginning of the term when Miss Hassett
was i'll.
A union temperance meeting will be held
at the Methodist church next Sunday even
ing at half-past six An address will be
delivered by Rev. Mr.. Hamilton and there
will be short exercises by others. This is
the second in a series arranged by the
Good Templars' lodge.
The school at the Center which has been
taught by Miss Angie Badger closed last
Friday and there was an exhibition in the
evening Miss Ellen Badgers school at
the South village enjoyed ride in Joseph
Bakers four-horse team Saturday forenoon
and the final exercises were held Saturday
evening.
The Good Templars will hold a
social at their hall in place of the
regular meeting this week Friday even
ing, at which there will be literary exer-
cises, refreshments and games Music will
be furnished by Chase's orchestra. Each
member is to invite two from outside to be
present.
The Washington County Good Templars'
quarterly union will be held at Plainfeld
on Thursday of this week Half-rates on
the Central and Wells River roads, tickets
being on sale Wednesday and good to re-
turn on Friday. An interesting programme
has been prepared and a large attendance
is desired.
The funeral services of b. j. Reed were
held at the residence on Main street on
Thursday and the body was taken to New
Hampshire for burial. The Good Templars'
lodge, of which he was a member, acted as
thirty 1Dp hprQ hpinu
About twenty of the granite workers also
marched in body. The services were con-
Quoted by Rev. w. S. Hazen, assisted by
Rev. j. Hamilton.
w. f. Cushman has been in town during
the week - Squire Pumley is at
tending district court at Burlington this
week. Alanson Holton is also there on the
grand jury and II. r. Brown on the petit
jury. - William Edgerton has hired a
farm in Stowe and goes there this week.
Orange.
The Farmers League gave supper last
week Tuesday evening. 1t was well at
tended and thoroughly enjoyed.
The Public Library Association has
elected as officers the following: Mrs. A
S. Martin, secretary; Reuben Lord, trsab
urer; A. s, Martin. Mrs, |. G. Mcgee and
w, II. Crockett, trusteesi Rev. q. H. Cool.
a." ""rar'a". The examining aud solicit
ing committees remain as last year.
Harlie Barnes is convaescent from the
measles - A. S. Martin has lost cow
from choking.
Plainfield.
The Congregational society will present
the Deestrict Skewl at an early date
The Washington County Good Templars'
Union VIII be held at the CONGREGATIONAL
yestry Thursday, February 26.
The Farmers League will hold an oyster
slipper at Kinney's hall, Thursday evening
February %, and a cordial invitation is ex-
tended TO all.
l.. F. Fortney has purchased the double.
tenement house owned by the estate of the
late G. j. Foster and will put the same in
good repair SOON
Miss Laura Gale closed successful
twelve weeks term of school in district No
II, Marshield, last Friday. Those having
no marks are Flora Hill, Lila Rusblow,
Bonnie Kiser and Eta King.
Randolph
What this town thinks of the town sys-
TEN of schools was shown last Friday. 1t
was the annual examination day. The
town house was filed all day with schools
and the friends of the schools. Each school
gave us recitation in arithmetic, geog-
raphy or history, and then came contests
ioi pllAtS given ny tHt TOWN., LOT uecla1nd-
tons, reading and spelling. We think that
one day did more to interest parents in the
schools than years of the old independent
district system ever did. A resident who
has been acquainted with schools in five
different towns in Vermont wishes that
town superintendents would come and visit
any of our town schools and compare the
two systems for themselves. This union,
with its general supervision, its teachers
meetings "school day" gives first-class
schools to small districts, --frst-cass teach
ers to all,-and general stimulus to teach
ers and pupils
West Randolph.
The town clerks report for 1890 shows
that there were sixty-fve deaths, forty-one
births and thirty-nine marriages.
The first of a series of dancing schools
was held in the hose company's hall Friday
evening. Gibson of Bethel is the teacher.
Mrs. Caroline Chandler was brought here
for burial last Friday. The funeral oc-
Cured Saturday afternoon at the residence
of John Moses. She was sister of Mrs.
Moses.
A. NJ. McCollum and Mrs. Herbert Sails
bury of the Congregational society will at
tend the Christian Endeavor convention,
held at Windsor on Thursday and Friday
of this week. - Willis Sparhawk has