The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04


QUEEN"
At the town meeting yesterday West
Randolph was chosen as the place for hold
ing town and freemen's me,tings in the
future, by a majority Of 1902. Tax, 40 cents
town, highway and state school.
Miss Matte Holdridge spends her vaca-
ton at her home in 1rasburgh. -= Miss
Grace Spauding is sick. 80 Charles
Montgomery takes possession of the post
Office Monday. -= Clara Huse has re-
turned to Morrisvile -= John Hobart
will assist Mr.. Montgomery in the post Office
for two or three weeks.
South Randolph
Mrs. Emma Gould is convalescent from a
sickness of three weeks. - The wife OF
II. II. Fowler has been taken TO Worcester
Mass, for medical treatment. - j. G.
Fowler was seriously injured by n fall upon
the ice, but is now able to be out. - IT.
is reported that Henry Walker has hired
the Brooks house in East Bethel. =- Mel
son Woodbury. has rented his farm to
George Gould at West Randolph, - A.
p. Paine is visiting friends in and near
Boston.
Rochester.
Mrs. @. NJ. Ford is quite i'll at the resi-
dence of her father, j. A. Vinton, in Gran
VILE -= Mrs. Jessie Tinkham and Miss
| Leila have returned from Ohio. where they
have been visiting. - Lyman Haskins
of Brooklyn, N. y, is visiting his mother,
Mrs. s. G. Haskins. 80 Mrs Lucinda
Eaton has returned from Springfield, where
! she has been visiting relatives. - John
! Bixby and wife are visiting Mrs. Jane
| Emerson, the mother Of Mrs. BiXby.
West Topsham.
Grand promenade and oyster supper at
the village hall Thursday evening, March 3.
There was a surprise party at c. E.
Woodwards last Thursday evening.
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brought here from ST. Johnsbury for burial
- William Buck is to occupy one of
| the tenements over the old store and will
work for Wallace f.. Campbell 80
f. p. Cunningham & Co. aud f.. w. East
man have been drawing lumber for more
new tenements at East Barre. - Will
lam Page and John Trow Of Barre were in
town one day looking for horses. 80 Mrs.
William Rogers is in feeble health.
Tunbridge.
The Grand Army men held their first
meeting in their new hall last Saturday
evening
The woman's Christian Temperance
Union holds its next monthly meeting next
Friday afternoon at two o'clock with Mrs.
G. b. Smith in North Tunbridge.
Fred Chapman of Montpelier spent Sun
day in town. - Ellie Kibby is ill at
home 60 Rev. Mr.. Knbail occupied
the desk of the Congregational church last
Sunday. - Mrs DR. Dean is visiting her
mother in Washington 80 Henry Cush-
man is quite ill., - Mrs S. A. Dean is in
Keene, N. H. caring for her brother, who
is sick with the measles. 60 Mrs. Ros.
well Durkee is so far convalescent as to be
able to sit up. Her daughter, Mrs. e
Drew of Barre has been caring for her
j NJ. Kibby is earring lumber fol
e. e. Graham of Montpelier. 80 Lydia
Noyes is slowly improving in health.
Waitsfield.
The orange festival was well attended.
A goodly number attended the donation
at Rev. f.. S. Fiske's on Tuesday evening
February "a They left $40 and the best o
wishes as token of the este III in which
the pastor and family are held.
There was crowd at the social at j. j
! Kelty's, February 26. Over one hundred
= sat down to the tables and the money lief
. him shows that the people mean to stand b.
the landlord if he will stand for the right.
+. Mrs. Willard Brooks has been at Mr.
3 Fiske's for a time. - Miss Mary FISH
of Montpelier has been here visiting OLE
friends - Abbie Newcomb (Gale) ha
been with her parents. - Lulie Jones
| who has for some weeks been visiting i
+ Massachusetts,, is at home. 60 Mrs. j
n H. Hastings, who has been in poor healt
for a long time, is quite low.
Washington.
n The dance held in SINNERS hall last Fri
day evening was well attended, some forty
- five couples being present. The net pre-
y ceeds, twenty-five dollars, were given to til
: band.
Mrs S. e. Carpenter was called to Barr
last Saturday TO attend her daughter Clara
, who is sick there. So Fred Worthley
sick with the measles. - A. G.. Dicke
a and wife returned last Friday from two
= weeks visit in Warren. 60 Mrs. Il. j
= Huntington and Mrs Ruth Dickey {
u Lebanon, N. H., are visiting in town. -
y Mrs. e. A. Warner has been quite ill, bu
q is now convalescent, - Ira Ordway {
,, East Corinth is visiting relatives in thi
+ place.
u Waterbury.
n Mr.. Miller has been engaged as leader
. the new choir at the Methodist church. i
$ double quartette is proposed.
y The interest in the meetings at Colbyvill
o still continues One young man began I'll
h Christian life last Tuesday evening.
The Epworth League held an interestin
u meeting and social at the residence OF W
Il L. Guptil on Monday evening of this weel
i The Wesley centennial was observed {
= the Methodist church last Sunday and Rev
u Mr.. Davenport gave sketch OF the life
l. the mother Of the Wesleys.
The dramatic troupe went to Morrisvil
Saturday night and played to a good house
IS They intend giving an entertainment O
V Thursday evening, March 3, in the Waite
4 bury hotel hall, which will close the season
ir Give them a full house.
In the report of pension Charles Wei
re received in the items of last week IL
D. printer made it read 81 per month.
q should have been So per month. And
d. the case of George Carpenter il should hay
t. read, bound over in $780,
g. Governor G. S. Page and daughter wei
B. in town last week, as also was Lieutenan
r Governor Fletcher, attending a meeting
the trustees Of the asylum, to open bids lC
T. lighting the asylum and grounds with ele
Ia tricity. The bids will not be announce
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