The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-29

barre were In Town over SUNDAY, at w D..
Fosters. Miss Mary Jacobs is to
teach the village school in Charlotte, where
she taught last winter. == George Davis,
who has been i'll long time from the ef~
fects Of the grip, is decidedly improving.
- Rev. Lester Warren was at Essex
and Jericho Corners last Wednesday to at
tend the funeral OF Julius Shaw. -
ened with pneumonia and Miss Marcella
Young has the grip.
CRANKY.
No new discoveries have been made as
yet in regard to the recent wholesale
poisoning of dogs and cats at Gallup's mills.
There are indications OF much earlier
spring than usual In wet lands grass is
beginning to look quite green, and the sweet
notes of the song birds are heard on every
side.
Marshfield.
There was no service at the Methodist
church last Sunday, those who attend that
church going to the Congregational church.
There is to be a special town meeting ne It
Tuesday, May 8, to assign the lots in Harris
Gore to the several school districts as the
the town may vote, for the purpose of
school taxation.
Villas Smith got into trouble with his cat
tie last Tuesday while drawing load of
syrup to the depot and tipped out three
kegs, breaking open two of them and dam
aging the other one His cattle became I'M
manageable and ran into Eli Edson's shop
yard, overturning wheelbarrow and break
ing it. Some of the syrup was found along
side OF the road where 1t had been dumped.
Villas was somewhat demoraized and left
town the next morning about four o'clock.
Mrs. Joseph Wilson is some better than
she was a week ago. - Myra Hudson
returned from Plainfeld last Thursday,
,bar la hao of ha
80 Roswell Hudson is to move into the
St. Clair house next Monday. - James
Whitney was brought before Justice Bemis
last Friday for intoxication and was fined
$40 and costs, it being second offense
- Burt Shepard came home from
tack of the grip. - Mrs. G. K. Shepard
spent last Sunday in Mortified.
Shady Rill.
Arthur Markham is going to housekeep-
ing in Barre.
Jesse Flint has been very sick with the
grip, but is now much better.
Moretown.
Father Brelivet held mass at the Catholic
church on Sunday last.
Franklin D. Griffith has gone to work In
j. w. Eagan's saw-mill.
The fence viewers were called out last
week to divide the line fence between Miss
Holt and Farnsworth.
The entertainment given in the town hal
| Friday evening, under the auspices of the
| Epworth League, realized $10.25.
The young people are to have dance al
the town hall on Friday evening, May
with music by Bryant's orchestra, from
| Richmond.
Katharine McCarty from Waitsfield wa.
buried in the Catholic cemetery on Satur
day last. The funeral took place at tn,
Catholic church, Father Brelivet officiating
Seven stone masons from Montpelier ar,
at work on the abutments under the arcl
bridge near Wards mills, repairing tn,
damages caused by the ice when the rive
broke up early in the spring.
Mortified.
| The subject of sermon in the Methods
church next Sunday will be "The Minis
ter-His Message"
! Communion services will be held at thu
| CONGREGATIONAL church next Sunday. TIL,
preparatory lecture will be on Saturda.
afternoon at half-past two.
Mrs. Helen McGowdy died Friday nigh
at the home of her father, l.. ID. Cady. TIL
| body was taken on Monday night to Leon
mister, Mass, her home, for burial.
RH. Farr, who has been living on tn
Farnsworth farm, has moved to the Craw
| ford place at the Center. H. 4. Brown ha
bought the farm and Joseph Baker ha
moved to it and will carry it on this year.
At the Good Templars' quarterly cleo
ton last Friday evening the following OF
ficers were elected: Frank Plumley, G. I.
Roxanna Orcuttt, V. T.; Fred Q. Davis, S.
q. III. Davis, +. s.. Mrs. Frank Plumley
T.; Rev. II. L. Thornton, c.; G. A. Plum
ley, M; Bessie Messer, g.; G. ID. Edgerton
Sent; Alma Huntley, organist; Mrs. X. n
johnson, S. j. T. The installation vii
take place this week, when the result c
the work for the past quarter will be an
nounced. 1t was voted to continue tn
competitive system.
Miss Nina Riford of West Randolph i
filling a temporary engagement in Gilchris
Il Smiths millinery store. - X. f Camp
bell took charge of the telegraph Office las
week during Burnell's illness, and is now a
Braintree. - Editor Ropes was in tow
on Thursday. - Miss Sadie Ingalls, c
East Calais is in town. - Mrs. s.
Avery visited here during conference.
GouldsviiIe.
The measles are making their annual vis
here.
The Ladies' Aid Society meets this after
noon at p. U. Smalleys.
The Good Templars have changed thei
night of meeting from Saturday to Thur
day evening. They have also readopte
the competitive system for next quarter
with Mrs. ID. C. Braman and Willard T
Springer as captains
H. II. Dunsmoor is at home from Wo
cester, Mass, on a short visit - Mr.
Laura Warrington is at Lebanon, N. III
caring for her son, who is very sick. 60
Mrs. Lizzie (Thompson) Drew of Hartfor
: has been visiting her mother. 60 job
Patrick is visiting his sons at Lawrenc,
Mass. == Mrs. Ruth Buttertield will Va
cate the clearinghouse this week an
Charles Simons intends to move in at one,
60 Francis Wiley is to move 10 Norti
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