The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-05

The funeral of T. b. r. Hildreth was at
tended at his late residence, on Wednesday
of last week, Revs. /. p. Booth and Fl. l..
Thornton officiating.
South Royalton.
Sufficient money has been raised for a
band-stand, and the structure is nearly
completed.
There were twenty-one attendants at the
teachers examination held by j. II. Dun
bar, last Tuesday and Wednesday.
c. p Tarbell, John Shepard and Will
Sargent, with their wives, are camping on
Lake Champlan, this week. - Mrs. j.
mother.
There will be Sunday-school picnic
near the village on Tuesday, August II.
Everybody is invited. The band will be in
attendance.
Miss Mary .Gorton, who has been teach
ing in Hampton, Va, goes this week to
Montana to engage in the same work. She
will be accompanied by her mother, Mrs.
j. j. Gorton.
Wilbur Bigelow is home from Salem,
Mass, on a vacation. - Miss Mead OF
Salem is stopping in town. We record
the marriage OF Lewis Pike and Emma
Slayton; also Mr.. Sulham and Mrs. Miller,
with others in prospect.
West Topsham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Shabott of Boston
have been visiting in town few days.
- Mrs. G.. X. Church and daughter,
Lena, are visiting in Lyndonville for a
short time. - Mr.. and Mrs. s. Howard
of Middlesex we're the guests OF DR., and
Mrs. II. l.. Watson last week. - s. X.
Dexter and family of Lowell have been
visiting the old homestead. - Miss Ger
trude Jones of Bradford was the guest Of
Mrs. V. A. and Miss Bertha Bagley. -
Mrs. Lorenzo McCrillis has moved to Barre.
W. b. Carpenters children and
Miss Kate Dearborn are stopping few
weeks at the old home. - Miss Rosie
Wilds, who was so severely injured by a
fall, short time ago, is gaining slowly.
- Hiram T. Wood is moving into the
house recently occupied by l.. d. McCrillis.
- Farmers in general are nearly
through haying, and report fine crop
waitsfleld.
Mrs. Julia Emily, wife of n. B. Small
ley, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Martha Ashley, July q. at the age of eighty
four years. She had been resident Of this
town the greater part of her life, her father,
Jason Carpenter, formerly we'll known in
the town and county, having come with his
family from Sharon, VT, in 1919. Her mem
bership in the Congregational church of
Waitsfield dated from November 20, 1881,
continuing nearly sixty years. She had
been for long time an nvalid-nearly help
lessly so for the last six years-and, while
retaining strong mental powers, had re-
quired almost the constant care OF her hus-
band, whose familiar form has of late rarely
been seen upon the streets.
Miss May e. Gleason has been spending a
week in Montpelier. -, Mrs. Nathan
Smalley, who has been an invalid six OF
| seven years, died July n. - Il. e.
Wilder, who has been away on two weeks
vacation, has returned. - Grace e
Haselton has gone to Bellows Falls, where
she has a position as type-setter in the
Bellows Falls Times office. - Ale Sea-
bury and Celestia Selleck of Somerville
Mass, were in town last week. - John
q. Josin returned to Medford, Mass, Sat
urday. - Ed. Smith and wife of An
SONIA Conn, are in town for short stay
- Mrs. Ed LaBelle who has been Wis
iting her people in Stockbridge, has re-
o. NJ. Eaton and family, and others will &C
to Highgate Springs this week to camp out
Waterbury.
Colonel Charles Dillingham;, receiver O.
the Texas Central railroad, and Mrs
Matthew Hale Carpenter of Milwaukee, art
visiting their mother, Mrs. Paul Dillingham;
Several parties have been to town to study
the plans, with reference to making bids or
Uut new htuuOulSG CuuTCu'
Miss Dora Tate went to Cabot as delegate
to the District Epworth League convention
More would have gone but for Governor
Dillinghams funeral.
Belle Henry has returned to stay with hel
mother, in the absence of Mr. and Mrs
Luce. - Miss Hattie Morse is still al
Waitsteld.
The attendance on church services at both
churches has been unusually large, lately
also at the Thursday evening prayer-meet
| ings.
The monthly meeting of the Woman's
For eign Missionary Society will be with
Mrs. G.. E. Moody, on Saturday afternoon
of this week.
AT the meeting of the creditors of j. c
Griggs, at the probate Office July %, a divi-
dend of seventy-five cents on the dollar
was declared which will be paid at once
The assignee also reports property and
notes on hand which will probably realize
between 81 800 and s., 500 which, as soor
as they can be converted into cash, will
make second dividend to the creditors
Mr. Griggs will resume the shoe business
early the present week.
Waterbury Center.
The fifty-first anniversary of the Water
bury River church will be observed August
9. The day will be devoted to the children's
| interests, and a collection will be taken fol
the Sunday-schoOl library. 1t will be good
time for the friends of the church to make
it a visit
"illiamstown.
Mrs. Lucy Earle Hollis baby boy died in
Barre on Monday, aged seven months.
A daughter was recently born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Tracy L. Jetfords of Washington, d. G
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin j. Prescott, now OF
Barre, have recently made a pleasant visit
to Maine.
Rev William Schoheld, now of Marlboro
preached at the Congregational church last
Sunday morning.
Dr. George e. Maloy has located in St
Cloud, Minnesota instead of st. Paul, as he
purposed at first.
Rev. l.. Tenney hopes to be able to sup
ply the East Brookfield church on Sunday
afternoons, for the present.
Our old townsman, Perkins Bass, Esq
who is so generously painting and other
wise improving the Congregational church
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